Last week, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, introduced a new platform, Threads. Perhaps you noticed fellow authors or influencers posting this unique-looking background to their Instagram newsfeeds or stories, and you’ve been wondering what it’s all about.…
Social Media Exhaustion: 9 Ways to Cope
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in for Rachelle Gardner
How do you deal with social media exhaustion?
By Airman 1st Class Devin N. Boyer [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsIf you’ve been working to promote yourself, build a platform, keep current …How to Use Twitter Polls–and Hearts
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Want to increase other’s engagement with you on Twitter? Two recent changes might make that more likely.
Late in October Twitter introduced polls.
You can make a benign statement in your poll such as: “Stuffing …
Should Voice Mail Die?
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 …
Just Try It! Discovering New Social Media
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 …
Unplugged
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 …
Internet Safety and Privacy Tips
Blogger: Rachel Kent
In a world that is based more and more online, it’s easy to forget that privacy is increasingly harder to come by and is more important than ever. As we see with the celebrities, a glitch in …
3 Social Media Marketing Tips I’m Resisting
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Sometimes I feel weary of all the social media “musts” in my life. How about you?
Can I really add one more thing to my day, which is already as overstuffed as an LA freeway during …
Why Do Readers Connect with You Online?
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Twitter and Facebook Tips
I think many authors need to be reminded why a reader connects with him or her beyond the book, especially through social media. I’ve recently seen such a focus by authors on promotion …
Social (media) Anxiety
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
Part 2 of 3
So. . . you do have a compelling website, right? One that changes often and stays fresh? Have you decided to incorporate an online store? And you are …