"Your site and the system that you have really helps people build some good relevant back links to their sites. I've had quite a few visitors from your site and I show up pretty high on Google for certain keywords. This changes with each item I post there, but it draws attention, and it's really built subscribers for me. This is why I've been telling my subscribers and customers to check out your site. I don't see any other article publishing sites that do what you do. It's creative and it's a valuable service at the same time." - Bonnie Kotch of Trinity Online Marketing School

Book Bidding Process

The IdeaMarketers bidding system allows those who submit books to receive enhanced promotion. You can bid for book placement on our home page and on top positions on our category channels.

Here's How It Works

Books are displayed on the site sorted by

a) Bid amount - from greatest to least
b) Date

The home page features the top 35 bidders

Choosing a Channel Category

When you submit a book, you get to select a category. That category determines your channel. For example any category with LIFE in front of it goes in the Lifestyle/Personal Development Channel. Anything with HOME in front of it goes in the Home/Family/Parenting Channel. 

You can edit this category later - even after your bid is placed. We do monitor these, so please do not place your book in a category that it doesn't relate to just to get first page positioning. We'll reroute your book to the proper category and this could affect your positioning.

BONUS EXPOSURE! 

• If you bid at least $5 or more, your book cover will appear next to your book to make it stand out! Note that you must have entered a valid graphic URL for your book when submitting it.

How Long Bids for Promotion Last

All bids last for 7 days. If you bid again on a book you have already bid on before the 7 days is up, any time remaining is erased and the bid starts over for another 7 days. For example, if you bid $30 for a spot on September 15th and come back on the 19th and bid $50, your bid in the system will be $50 and the effective start date of your bid will be the 19th.

How to Bid

Log into your writer account, then scroll down to the Promote Your Books area. Click on the Books link and there will be a list of your books in the system (if you've added any). By each book title will be a Bid link. If you don't have any books in the system, use the Add link to add some and then place your bid.

You'll be shown current bids for top positions for each category so you have an idea of what the category positions are going for so you can place an appropriate bid.

You'll enter your bid amount and submit. You'll then be given a bid confirmation number which you should write down. Then click the Paypal link and pay for your bid. After your bid is successfully paid for, you'll be taken to a page where you can put in your unique confirmation number to activate your placement in the system. If you go to the confirmation page from Paypal and it makes you log in, then you've timed out for some reason. Make a note of the confirmation page (bookmark it) and then Log in and then go to the confirmation link again. 

Q&A

Q. Can I still post books for free?

A. Of course you can still post books for free as you always have! People will still be able to search the system and find them. The bidding system gives those who want prominent positioning exposure on our popular home and channel pages. Our site receives over 1.3 million page views/month, so it's a great boon to those who have back-end products to sell or who are trying to increase their search engine positioning through prominent placement on our popular site.

Q. I placed my bid and paid through Paypal, but my bid isn't there.

This usually happens when, for whatever reason, Paypal doesn't send you to our confirmation page to enter your confirmation number. Please give us 2-3 business hours to complete this process and then if your bid still isn't activated, you may email us at webmaster@ideamarkekters.com .

Current Bids

Here are the current bids in the system. Notice that you can only bid in whole dollar amounts! Please be aware that these bids are subject to change. This is a live bidding system. We can't guarantee that by the time you place your bid that these bids won't have changed.

Note: ONLY the top 7 book bids in each category will appear on the articles in their category! Lower bids may appear on the home page of the site.

Business
Bid 1: $17
Bid 2: $16
Bid 3: $10
Bid 4: $10
Bid 5: $9
Bid 6: $8
Bid 7: $7
Bid 8: $6
Bid 9: $5
Bid 10: $2
Bid 11: $2
Bid 12: $1
Bid 13: $1
Bid 14: $1
Bid 15: $1
Bid 16: $1
Bid 17: $1
Bid 18: $1
Bid 19: $1
Bid 20: $1

Technology:

Financial:
Bid 1: $18
Bid 2: $2
Bid 3: $1
Bid 4: $1
Bid 5: $1
Bid 6: $1
Bid 7: $1
Bid 8: $1
Bid 9: $1

Marketing:
Bid 1: $12
Bid 2: $11
Bid 3: $10
Bid 4: $10
Bid 5: $8
Bid 6: $4
Bid 7: $2
Bid 8: $1
Bid 9: $1

Travel/Tourism:

Auto/Architecture:
Education/Nature:

Entertainment/News/Politics/Gifts:
Bid 1: $19
Bid 2: $1

Health/Fitness:
Bid 1: $10
Bid 2: $5
Bid 3: $1
Bid 4: $1
Bid 5: $1
Bid 6: $1

Home/Family/Holiday:
Bid 1: $10
Bid 2: $1

Humanities/Publishing/Writing:

Lifestyle/Personal Development/Coaching:
Bid 1: $19
Bid 2: $18
Bid 3: $18
Bid 4: $17
Bid 5: $11
Bid 6: $11
Bid 7: $8
Bid 8: $8
Bid 9: $4
Bid 10: $4
Bid 11: $4

To place a bid, Log into your Writer Account