1. Each platform is different. Facebook is a great relationship and website-hits builder. Twitter reaches new readers quickly. Instagram is good for brand building. Google+ is important for SEO. 2. Use tools such as TweetDeck.com and Bufferapp.com. They will save time. 3. Different Facebook posts work in different ways. Pictures are good for engagement & shares, not always for click thrus. Link posts are better for generating … Continue reading
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The Five Free Tools of Social Media Success for Writers.
Social media helped me get a global publishing contract. I am now translated into 10 languages. It helps me every day to promote my novels and the novels of the authors I work with. Here are the main five tools I use to build, manage and continuously develop a social media presence: 1. A blog. WordPress and Blogger are … Continue reading
Supercharging social media with storytelling techniques: #1 Conflict
Since time immemorial we have gathered by the camp fire to listen to tales of monsters, fair maidens and battles long ago. An interest in such stories seems hard wired into our genes. The challenge for social media strategists is how to use such genetic hard wiring to increase the audience for any given post … Continue reading
Seven Traits of the Social Writer
Writers are under increasing pressure. Low advances, intense competition and the pressure to self-market, to engage on social media, are making our jobs more challenging than ever. I want to embrace this challenge. I hope you will too. Here are seven traits of the social writer. Being social is about using the social media … Continue reading
On social media and writing – project video
We are now in a new age, a new in which the visual world complements and attracts. I am hoping to launch a new project linking well known out of copyright Irish writing with the world of social media. One part of that will be bringing well known Irish writers’ work into the 21st century. … Continue reading
Does it work?
The big question is, does all this social media stuff work if you are a writer? Well, that depends what success is or “working” is for you. There are two criteria for me. They are sales and personal connections. 1. On sales it’s not difficult to distinguish book sales for writers who are on social … Continue reading
Using social media magic to increase reader involvement
If you get potential readers involved with you or your work through social media you are more likely to turn them into readers. This is the power of involvement. Here are it’s rules: 1. Get readers to participate, to share, to comment (please do so below). 2. Ask for advice. What do you think of … Continue reading
Trading social media for writers?
I got this great position near the door of a bookstore in Dublin last January for my first two novels by building a personal relationship with the staff there and by offering to hold low cost workshops to them. Unfortunately the shop is now gone. But I do think trading is a good way for … Continue reading
What goes around comes around
Can you get on with people who are different to you? Collaboration is a critical part of achieving your dreams as a writer. If you can’t get along with your editor, mentor and writing group colleagues how is all this going to work? And the next step to getting along is helping your fellow writers … Continue reading
Get Noticed – Find Readers! Discovery services for writers
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. My total … Continue reading
