Reviewers: Amazon's Top 10K

From Chis McMullen, independent author and educator of our nations next generation of leaders. See this article and other useful posts related to self publishing (and a few not) at chrismcmullen.wordpress.com


"...Amazon ranks customer reviewers:

• Click here to see the top 10,000 customer reviewers ranked in order.
• Click here to see the Hall of Fame reviewers and their accomplishments.

The numbers are impressive. On the first page of the top reviewer rankings, I see:

• Most have written 1000 to 2000 product reviews.
• 10,000 to 60,000 helpful votes on their reviews.
• 94% to 97% of the votes deemed their reviews helpful.

Amazon takes steps to help ensure fair play. For example, suppose you write 100 reviews and get your friends to vote Yes on all 100 reviews. Your friends’ votes won’t count toward your top reviewer rank. If someone votes Yes on most of your reviews, they are considered to be a Fan Voter and their votes don’t affect your reviewer rank."

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"...Many of the top reviewers allow themselves to be contacted by clicking on their Amazon handles. Click on a top reviewer’s name at Amazon and you may find an email address at the left side of their profile page. Many top reviewers make their email addresses publicly visible this way."


And there is more to this article on Mr. McMullen's blog. Read: Amazon's Top Customer Reviewers

My upcoming novel, The Social Event, will be available in about two weeks (or less) and in the course of learning the in's and out's of indie book marketing I stumbled upon this jewel. Why would one not pursue this??!!

There are many other helpful tips on Mr. McMullen's also. He also has three books on the topic (in addition to a plethora of dedicated to learning math, algebra and other topics). I just finished reading:

How to Self-Publish a Book on Amazon.com: Writing, Editing, Designing, Publishing, and Marketing

Full disclosure: I do not know Mr. McMullen, nor have I ever met him.

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