How to use Facebook to promote your writing business
Yes you need a Facebook page for your writing business – and other advice from Trish Lawrence, a marketing pro who helps authors plan social-media strategies.
Social media expert Carri Bugbee and Twitter for writers on July 28 WordCount live chat
Tune into WordCount Last Wednesday’s July 28 live chat to ask award-winning social media expert Carri Bugbee about using Twitter in your writing business.
If you’re over 40, you belong on LinkedIn
If you’ve sworn off online communities like Facebook because all people do there is goof off, join LinkedIn, the site that puts the work in social network.
WordCount joins the BlogHer ad network
WordCount has joined the BlogHer ad network. It’s time to turn my two-year-old enterprise from a nonprofit to a money-making venture.
Lessons learned from a year on Twitter
Here are some lessons learned from my first year on the Twitter, 17 in honor of joining on Dec. 17, 2008.
Guest post: Blogging and Twitter, the perfect match
When it comes to Twitter, does it feel like the parade’s passing you by? Don’t let the fact that 50 million people discovered it before you stop you from giving it a whirl. If you have a blog, Twitter is not only a good way to promote your blog, it’s also an idea factory you [...]
Williams wants Twitter’s List feature to ‘go nuts’
Twitter has been working on a Lists feature behind the scenes for some time, but this is the first glimpse of it most of its millions of users have had. Co-founder Ev Williams says the potential is huge.
Freelance tribes
When I went freelance, not only did I lose my full-time paycheck, I lost my tribe. Instead of being part of a pack of 300, suddenly I was on my own – at least that’s what it felt like at the time.
Tweet me a pitch & other social media tips for PR reps
Social media has made a PR rep’s job harder. Should you ask before following a reporter on Twitter? Is it OK to respond to a HARO request even though the expert you represent only kinda sorta knows about the issue? Is it ever OK to just pick up the phone and call someone? No, no [...]
How to survive a social media sabbatical
It wasn’t so long ago I was telling anyone who’d listen why I didn’t use Twitter. Then I started using Twitter. And never stopped. For the last eight months I’ve tweeted every day, with the occasional weekend off. I tweet eight, 10, 12 times a day: when I put up a new blog post, when [...]
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