Giving away books is one of the easiest things you can do on social media as a writer to raise awareness. I have given away copies of my books every month for the past six months and I have posted copies to as far away as Japan. On Goodreads over 500 people responded to a …
One of the most challenging tasks for any writer is what to create for social media. Twitter is important and we can retweet, reply and link to other content with it, but if you have a blog or web site with valuable content you can draw people to your own site and expose them to …
Most writers want to get noticed. These services were designed to help you achieve that. I am both self published and traditionally published by Harper Collins. My first published novel achieved a number one placing in its paid for category on Kindle and is close to selling 35,000 ebooks since launch in 2012. I want …
Flipboard, as you know, is a magazine app on iPhones, iPads and Android phones and tablets. They have recently created a feature which allows us to create our own magazines. Anyone can subscribe to your magazine after you have created it. I have created a magazine called socialmedia4writers and it’s available on Flipboard http://flip.it/U21eR - just … Continue reading »
Reblogged from Restless Writers: The last thing I want as a writer is another social networking platform to worry about. I have enough distractions, thank you very much. And so it begins… With a little persuasion from Maria, I have started “Pinning.” I’m using Pinterest for my writing research. Sure, I’m creating personalized boards and … Continue reading »
Another storytelling technique you can use to build social media engagement is characterization. Characterization builds empathy between the reader and your post or feed/series of posts. But how do you do that? Characterization is built by revealing personal details. It’s in the advice to “be personal”, but we can expand on that idea to give … Continue reading »
A selection of the most popular tools for social media are listed below – with links. This is not a complete list, but hopefully it will help you and inspire you to look for more! If you’d like to add to the list do so through the comments at the bottom. Listening & monitoring: Topsy … Continue reading »
Creating tension, the need to read on, to find out what happens next, is a technique that social media posters can use to build engagement with their followers. I’m not suggesting that each post should have a cliff hanger, but I am encouraging awareness of how storytelling techniques can be used in a corporate or … Continue reading »
I have 13 boards on Pinterest and 298 followers on my favorite board linked and pictured above. That board provides clues to the riddle at the heart of my first published novel. You can click on the images. Some will take you to Amazon to buy the book. Others will take you back to my blog, … Continue reading »
Social media has become an increasingly important platform for writers to communicate with their readers (or find potential readers). This means we all need to be aware of how to make the best of it. 1. Remember, you are a brand. Just because social media can often require you to write a concise comment, this is no excuse … Continue reading »
