By Calvina Singh Day after day, the same boring tasks look like they’ve been duplicated into your life by some kind of cruel tyrant. Get up early, go to the office, work hard in that tiny cubicle, return home late and exhausted. That’s hardly a life one can dream of. The problem is that it’s not just boring: it literally kills your creative potential. The alternative is … [Read more...] about Guest Post: Mobile Traffic Statistics Inspire To Create New Businesses
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Guest Post: 8 Secrets to Increase Your Twitter Followers
By Andy Thompson - Freelancer Twitter is one of the biggest social networks, and for indie authors, it can be helpful to grow a following on Twitter. Andy Thompson details 8 strategies on how to increase your following. Twitter is certainly one of the social media foundations of the cyber world we are in. It is one of the most instrumental arenas to promote social media page … [Read more...] about Guest Post: 8 Secrets to Increase Your Twitter Followers
Guest Post: What Everybody Ought To Know About Facebook Account Management
By Andy Thompson - Freelancer Facebook is one of the biggest social media platforms, and indie authors can use it to help build an audience and promote their books. Guest author Andy Thompson goes over the basics of Facebook pages, as well as strategies on how to implement them. For any successful business these days, the concept of social media marketing is undeniable. On … [Read more...] about Guest Post: What Everybody Ought To Know About Facebook Account Management
Guest Post: The UK Self Publishing Conference
By Derek Cross - Cross Publishing Services The third annual Self-Publishing Conference covered a multitude of useful topics for aspiring and established authors alike. One topic in particular held resonance: using social media to promote books. On May 9, the third Self-Publishing Conference was held in UK’s Leicester University. Over 150 budding and published authors … [Read more...] about Guest Post: The UK Self Publishing Conference
Indie Authors: Making the Most of Twitter Profiles
Twitter recently changed the layout of profiles, which creates a lot of opportunities for authors. Lynda.com has a very helpful database of articles, including a recent one called "Make the Most of the Twitter Profile Page." It goes over in detail the changes in Twitter headers. Below is an excerpt: In the center column of the window, the list of tweets is now divided into … [Read more...] about Indie Authors: Making the Most of Twitter Profiles
4 Sites That Make News Social
My recent post about PressReader got me thinking about how news is created and shared nowadays with online tools. Online portfolios, crowdsourcing, social media, and livestreaming are all new developments in how journalism is being presented. CNN iReport Through iReport, CNN allows anyone to upload news stories. Not all articles are fact-checked, but some are vetted by CNN … [Read more...] about 4 Sites That Make News Social
Promoting Books With Social Media
Social media is a big part of book marketing, and it's interesting to see how many different tips people offer for all the social networks. Wishpond created an informative infographic that shows most customers (from social media) come from Facebook and LinkedIn. The Book Shepard recently posted a guide for the best and worst times to post on social media networks. There's … [Read more...] about Promoting Books With Social Media
Self-publishing: Marketing and Publicity
Image from Business Insider Marketing can seem like a huge task. However, it's also a very necessary part of self-publishing. … [Read more...] about Self-publishing: Marketing and Publicity
Marketing Tips for Self-published Authors
As a publisher, I send our authors a checklist of things they can do to help promote their book. I think it's important to get our authors as involved as possible, partly because the more people helping out, the more people will be reached, and the more books we can potentially sell. Many of our authors have also published books or are in the process of publishing a body of … [Read more...] about Marketing Tips for Self-published Authors
Pinning on Pinterest
Pinterest can be a powerful social media marketing tool. Since this is a blog about publishing, and social media is both a form of publishing and a huge part of marketing in the publishing industry, it seems relevant to share what I learned from a webinar on Pinterest, presented by Entrepreneuress Academy. … [Read more...] about Pinning on Pinterest
NYU Media Talk: Social Content, What’s Working? What’s Not? What’s Next?
Last night's NYU Media Talk was informative, and one of the most entertaining talks I've attended. The topic was on social content, and how social media affects publishing. It was moderated by New York Times Media Equation columnist David Carr, chief strategist and editor-at-large for WaPoLabs Rob Malda, editorial director for Flipboard Josh Quittner, and editor-in-chief of … [Read more...] about NYU Media Talk: Social Content, What’s Working? What’s Not? What’s Next?
DBW12 – eBooks for Everyone Else
The second day of DBW12 had a few interesting on-going series. The one I chose to listen to was eBooks for Everyone Else, which had panels for design, marketing, and distribution. … [Read more...] about DBW12 – eBooks for Everyone Else
Writers, Readers, Publishers: Present Tense, Future Bold
Tonight I went to a talk about ebook marketing. I'm part of a group, called Writers, Readers, Publishers: Present Tense, Future Bold that meets once a month to hear guest speakers talk about the state of the publishing industry. The first meeting was a talk with Robert Gleason, Executive Editor at Tor Books, a division of the Macmillan publishing group. Mr. Gleason acquires … [Read more...] about Writers, Readers, Publishers: Present Tense, Future Bold
