by Joel Friedlander | Feb 19, 2011 | Social Media
Twitter is so basic, it reminds me of a utility more than anything else. You have electricity running into your house. What you do with it is up to you. On Twitter, I know people with private networks for extended family or friends. All the people are following each...
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 17, 2011 | Marketing, Social Media
Do you use Twitter hashtags? Those funny, frequently unreadable letters with a “hash” (# or pound sign) in front? You should. Here’s why. Hashtags are tags we add to our own content on Twitter. They: become a form of metadata for tweets self-identify...
by Joel Friedlander | Feb 9, 2011 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
February is a busy month. I’ve signed on to take part in several educational efforts aimed at authors who want to self-publish, and self-publishers who want to improve their business. San Francisco Writers Conference: Self-Publishing Boot Camp This is a terrific...
by Joel Friedlander | Dec 16, 2010 | The Joel Friedlander Archives
Just in Time for the Holidays, a Great Gift for any Writer The author of 38 books including Design to Sell and The One Minute Designer, as well as many books on desktop publishing software, Roger C. Parker also runs the Published&Profitable daily writers blog. His...
by Joel Friedlander | Nov 12, 2010 | Self-Publishing, Social Media
Late last summer I sat in my car at in the parking lot of the gym I go to, just ten minutes from my house. Although it was hot, I couldn’t leave the car. I was listening to the audio of an ebook called The Blog Profits Blueprint by Yaro Starak. I had been...