Showing posts with label coaching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coaching. Show all posts

Monday, August 6, 2012

New Author Advice: Joining Social Media

What's the Key?
This week, my friend Karen Cote' and I talked about what a new author should do to get started in social media. We feel there are several important places to start. Just who are we to give advice? I'm a multi-published author, founder of Marketing for Romance Writers and Romance Lives Forever (two active Yahoo groups with well over 1200 members each) and owner of nine blogs. Karen is the best selling author of Erotic Deception, creator of a unique talking website, a Twitter maven with over 5k followers, and the Promotions Director for Marketing for Romance Writers.

We recommend that before you jump in and start joining social media everywhere, you take time to read MFRW member Cassandra Carr's guides for Twitter (there are two). You can download them on our resources page. http://marketingforromancewriters.org/resources.htm
Then, do the following things to begin your journey.
To me, the top thing to do is join Marketing for Romance Writers and stay actively involved. After that, start here:
1. Make a Facebook page, and start friending the members of MFRW Authors https://www.facebook.com/groups/mfrwauthors/
2. Get a Twitter account and follow people who use these hashtags: #mywana #mfrworg #amreading That will make more sense after you read the Twitter guides.
3. Create an Amazon Author page https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/help
4. Blog at least three times a week. Use Networked Blogs to gain readers, plus, when you post a blog, it will automatically feed to Facebook, saving you time. You can pull your blog post automatically into Goodreads, and other sites as well.
5. Join Goodreads, post your books on your page, and link your blog. http://www.goodreads.com/author/how_to
6. Shelfari is a good spot.  http://www.shelfari.com/help
7. Get social by joining WANA Tribe http://wanatribe.com/  (we are not alone - authors helping authors)

Marketing for Romance Writers
Above all, be open to learning new things. Take them one at a time, and don't try to do everything at once. Have a daily schedule. I start my day by checking email, then check my Facebook account, Twitter page, and jump over to my blog, and then stop by my other accounts. I repeat that round of visits during the day. Sometimes, depending on what else needs to be done, I'll do it again in the evening. We need time for writing, a social life, and family. Social media is important, but if you don't have a new book -- what good is it?

Remember, balance doesn't mean that everything is stable. It means you are always in motion, making the fine adjustments to keep your career and life on track.

When you decided to take the plunge and join a social media site, which one was it? Why that one? Would you recommend it to a newbie?

MORE ABOUT MFRW

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Class: 10 Ways to Promote Your eBook

Do you have a limited budget, or don’t think you have enough time to promote your book? Everyone deserves their 15 minutes of fame and in this two-hour workshop, Susan Palmquist will show you ten easy and inexpensive ways to get your name out to the masses.
When: Saturday, Feb 4, 2012
Time: 7:00 pm Eastern
Where: Class will be held on the Marketing for Romance Writers Yahoo Group. Click the name to visit the home page. 
Cost: Membership is free, and so are all classes.
Teacher: Susan Palmquist is a freelance writer, writing teacher, author and blogger. Prior to her writing career she worked in PR for non-profits. She was also a publicist for three years mostly working with authors, actors and musicians. One of her specialties is promotion on a budget.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Win a Platinum Twitter Intensive Course

The intensive Twitter 101 Course (Platinum Edition) is one 90 minute Twitter Strategy Session with Twitter 4 Business Specialist Keith Keller.* You'll learn how to:
  • Get more followers
  • Extend your reach using hashtags (#)
  • Track the progress of your tweets using customised URLs
  • Automate your tweets to save you time
  • Drive traffic back to your website to increase your database and your sales
  • and much more
You can enter to win this $197 platinum package by attending the Tweet Like a Pro class on Sept. 27, 2011 from 6:30pm-7:30pm (Eastern US). One name will be drawn at random by Keith Keller.


*Note: I copied the incorrect platinum package when posting the original prize. Keith says the Twitter 101 package actually offers more one-on-one time for coaching, whereas the other was a webinar format. In order not to break the URL, I have not changed the title of this post. [Updated 9/23/11 10:46pm]


OFFICIAL RULES
You must:
  • have an active Twitter account
  • be a member of Marketing for Romance Writers (go here, then click "Join This Group" and mention this post)
  • be present to win (post on the group & Twitter during the workshop)
  • use the hashtag #tweetlikeapro (on Twitter)
  • follow the sponsors' Twitter accounts...

If you follow mine, I'll be more than happy to follow back.





SPONSORS
Karen Cote is the sponsor for the Tweet Like a Pro class. Keith Keller is the sponsor for the Twitter 101 (Platinum Edition) giveaway. Marketing for Romance Writers is the official host for the workshop.




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Tweet Like a Pro class Marketing for Romance Writers Tues Sept 27, 2011 6:30 pm Eastern. #tweetlikeapro #mfrw