Tag: social media

  • The Elephant on Social Media: Deciding what to post about in 2017

    So here’s the thing. I’ve spent the past few weeks struggling to wrap my head around what’s happening in the world right now. I’ve been remembering how I learned about all those wars during my school years. I’ve been thinking about how many times I’ve heard the phrase “Never again.” I’ve been wondering how in freaking…

  • Paying it Forward as an Author

    We all know how hard it is to get started in this publishing gig. Sure, there are those overnight success stories we’ve all heard (and secretly wished for), but let’s face it…in the massively big picture of our industry, those stories are rare at best. So what’s a writer to do? Here’s what I think.…

  • Using Wattpad to Grow Your Readership & Sell Books

    In case you missed my multiple tweets about this ( 😉 ), I recapped my Wattpad experience last week in an article at RT Magazine‘s blog. As well as giving you updated numbers, the article outlines my tips on best practices to help you get started on building your own readership. You can check it out here! 🙂…

  • Rules of Facebook Etiquette for Authors

    A few weeks ago, I put out a call for topic ideas so that I could make sure I’m answering real questions and concerns on my Social Media Monday series. Somewhat to my surprise — because I honestly had no idea this was even an issue — I received a request from blogger Kelsey (Kelsey’s Cluttered Bookshelf) for a post on…

  • Excuses, Excuses… (and an attempt at a schedule)

    So here we are at another Monday, and I find myself empty-handed with regard to a social media post…again. Damn, but this staying organized and on schedule thing is tough. 😛 I’m not giving up, however. I’m stubborn that way. I’m actually stubborn in a lot of ways, if you believe my husband…but that’s a whole other post.…

  • The Fine Art of Being Anti-Social

    I love social media. I love the communities to which I belong, I love the conversations I’ve had with amazingly interesting and/or funny people, I love connecting with like minds from all walks of life and every corner of the earth…in fact, trolls aside, I love just about everything about life online. So much so that…

  • 4 Key Ways to Increase Organic Reach on Facebook

    A couple of weeks ago, I posted about why I’m not abandoning my author page on Facebook after the latest round of algorithm changes. I also promised to share with you what I’m doing to keep my page’s organic reach at a healthy 34 to 46 percent, which is well above the industry average of…

  • Social Media Glitches

    If you’re back on my blog today looking for the Facebook page tips I promised last week, they’re sorta not here yet. 😛 Those of you who have visited my website on prior occasions may have noticed a new look and feel to the site, but apparently that’s come at more of a cost than…

  • Why I’m Not Giving Up My Facebook Author Page

    So…Facebook changed its algorithms again this year. I know…big surprise, right? 😉 This time, it was in an attempt to weed out “overly promotional posts,” and as a result, I’ve seen a steady flow of writers abandoning their pages in favour of using their personal profiles instead. As you may have gathered from the title…

  • Social Media Stats Every Author Should Know

    Welcome back to Social Media Monday, an article series designed to (hopefully) help authors find their way through the morass that is online marketing.  To get us on track for 2015, I thought we’d take a quick look at some recent social media stats–because who among us doesn’t wonder sometimes (often?) if our efforts to be…