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“Duck and Cover.”
This was the name of a 1950’s animated movie featuring “Bert the Turtle” and he taught American school-age children how to respond to a nuclear bomb attack. Bert the Turtle taught the kids to drop to …
Surviving the Threat of Social Media Nuclear MeltdownRead More
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Filling in for the traveling Mary Keeley–who needed to take a break from social media this week.
When I took a break last year …
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week a number of people reposted a meme on Facebook created by author Tony Aleo. It said: “When you buy a book from an author you’re buying more than a story. You are buying numerous hours …
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Last week my colleague, Rachelle Gardner, blogged about not embarrassing ourselves online. Wise advice. I’m going to piggyback on her thoughts because just today I’ve counted no less that two dozen cringeworthy posts in my newsfeed.…
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
What’s the most effective way to actually connect with a business entity nowadays? Apparently the answer isn’t voice mail. Both Coca-Cola and JPMorgan have abandoned voice mail in segments of their offices. You can read more …
Blogger: Rachel Kent
During our Books & Such retreat this week, there was lots of talk about marketing–and of course a major part of marketing involves social media these days. We saw charts showing how Facebook is still the #1 …
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I once read that the Age of Gentility ended with the close of WWI. Social historians note that the increasing effect of commerce and commercialism forever changed manners and expectations. I have an extensive collection of bound …
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I’ve had more than one local friend mention how wonderful my life seems to be. I always chuckle and say, “Oh, that’s just my Facebook life, edited for consumption by strangers.”
Then this week one of my …
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
We expend many words encouraging writers to build their social media platform, develop a Facebook following, Twitter appropriately, explore Pinterest, Goodreads and many other online media. You’re supposed to have a knockout website and maybe even a …
Blogger: Rachel Kent
I’ve been noticing that some authors are struggling with what to put on their Facebook author pages. I have a few tips for all of you with “fan” pages; I hope they’re useful!
1) You have just …
