By Frances Caballo As I prepared for a presentation for the San Francisco Writers Conference a few years ago, I thought, “Wouldn’t it be cool if I could come up with an acronym about the way writers should use social media?” I sat at my desk and played with some...
Audience – the people who watch, read, or listen to something — Source: Merriam-Webster The dictionary’s first definition for an audience is: “a group of people who gather together to listen to something (such as a concert) or watch something …” But its...
You’ve heard it a million times (or at least several hundred times): Indie authors need to use social media as part of their online marketing strategy. I’m sure you’ve seen lists of reasons why, but let’s look at the most important reasons social media is so important...
By Judith Briles Of all the social media platforms, Twitter was designed for me. Why? … It’s fast and punchy, which I like—it’s my style. And it’s the platform that I used to grow my radio listening audience with. Authors are discovering how powerful Twitter can be....
If you’ve read my previous posts on this blog, you know by now that I’m a huge fan of Twitter. And Twitter has been good to me; it’s my number one source for traffic to my website. But that’s not the only reason I love Twitter. I’ve met people from around the world...