Give some attention
Someone once said that the difference between traditional marketing and Web marketing is the difference between getting attention and giving attention. I couldn’t agree more Let’s say I want to get your attention and you’re on the other side of…
100 thoughts on social media
Valeria Maltoni, who did a helpful post last year called 100 thoughts on marketing, has just posted 100 thoughts on social media. Great stuff.
Laurie R. King’s use of social media
I’ve been watching Mary Russell’s Twitter feed for several weeks, and it’s fascinating. Not because I’m a fan of the character — The Beekeeper’s Apprentice is still in my TBR pile, and I’m swamped with revisions on my own book…
Building your author platform
Author Justine Musk is writing a great series called “building your author platform even if you’re not published yet.” Part one explains why you should, and part two talks about what to do after you’ve created your blog.
The Writer’s Guide To Twitter
The Writer’s Guide To Twitter covers everything: picking a username, the etiquette of following and retweeting, how to use hashtags and chats, spam, and more. This is a great series.
sample chapters lead to book sales
LibreDigital research confirms something we’ve always heard anecdotally: readers who check out online sample chapters are more likely to buy books.
Five Tips on an Easy-to-Use Social Media Tool: Commenting
Harlequin’s Malle Vallik always has excellent advice on social media. Her column today at Romancing the Blog is excellent: A great social media tool is the comment section of your blog or someone’s blog that you’ve identified as worth following….
You can now sync your MySpace status with your Twitter account!
MySpace has just introduced a beta feature that will let you sync your status with your Twitter account. Log in to your account and go to the ‘sync’ section. Give MySpace permission to use Twitter, and you’re done! You can…
SF authors on social networking
This week’s Mind Meld at SF Signal asks: “How has blogging and the emergence of social networking changed the face of publishing? How has it affected you personally?” Fourteen authors offer fourteen answers.
Redo
Normally, I dread redoing old work. Not today. I’ve just switched out the cover images for Justine’s Liar, and I couldn’t be happier about it.
