The virtual blog tour to promote my book Internet Dating is Not Like Ordering a Pizza is over. This was the first time I had focused on a “tour” with a concentrated number of stops. Normally, when I promote a book, I contact people here and there and appear at blogs throughout the run of the book. I do that because I work full-time and it’s hard to schedule things in one block.

This time around, however, I wanted to try at least one “tour” to see if it made a difference in my book sales or media pickups. And boy, did it ever. It was worth all the work involved, to be sure. And it was a lot of work, especially the upfront posting and answering interview questions. (Fun work – I’m not complaining!) I started working on the tour when the book came out in November and had it finally in April. Here are a few emotions and thoughts I’ve had along the way:

• Amazed at the creative writers we have scribbling away at blogs today.
• Happy that the book received great reviews.
• Delighted to have worked with some of the best writers and Internet marketers we have today.
• Disappointed that some of the authors I’ve helped in the past didn’t return the favor.
• Surprised to see a few folks offer up blog space for the very reason that I have helped authors in the past. (In fact, I got on several high profile blogs this way.)
• Confused at people who love a book but start off giving it a bad review before they tell you they loved it.
• Thrilled to have the support of my favorite group of writers at Suite101.
• Sad that the tour has ended!

Would I do it again? You betcha. I’m debating it for the book I have coming out in a few weeks. Did you visit me at my tour stops? Write and let me know what you thought.