It’s not the best time to expound on Twitter’s benefits for writers. The hot takes on journalists’ ill-informed initial tweets about the Covington Catholic video are still sizzling. The day I wrote this, New York Times technology reporter turned opinion writer Farhad Manjoo wrote that Twitter: “prizes image over substance and cheap dunks over reasoned […]
Poll: Where do you spend the most time online?
Please take this poll on the social network you use the most, to help me decide where to create a online community for the WordCount blog.
How freelancers and other writers can use Pinterest
Promote a blog, develop a character, track a subject – writers are using the hugely popular image-sharing site for all this and more. Read on to see how.
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.