You wrote your book and sold copies to family members, friends, and colleagues. Now you want to reach readers around the state, across the country, or on the other side of the world. But how? With social media, you can build your platform and reach markets you never imagined possible before. In this book you will learn how to: create your Facebook fan page and initiate active engagement with your readers, use a myriad of Twitter applications to help you economize your time while expanding your tribe, optimize your LinkedIn profile with keywords, tackle Google+ with renewed confidence, build Pinterest pinboards and use them to promote your books and blog, and round out your online strategies with offline marketing techniques. (Check it out on Amazon)
So, one of the things I am hoping to do better this year is be a better marketer. I mean, I have my second book coming out, am attempting to still market Colors Like Memories, and well, I'd just like to do it a little better! I mean, who doesn't? Well, when Trish from TLC Book Tours offered to let me review and take a look at Social Media Just For Writers, I was all "heck yeah!" :) And it has been really, really helpful!
So, Social Media is a how-to book for setting up and managing the different giants that exist in the world of, well, social media. Frances Caballo goes over the worlds of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, LinkedIn, and blogging. For those who are really new to any of these areas, Caballo spends some time going over the basics of getting everything set-up, and set-up right (the first time--seriously, for a few things I really wish I'd known about these things before I stumbled through it all the first time around). Caballo then spends time going over the additional programs and add-ins that help make these different websites more manageable, targeted, and fun. This was probably the most useful aspect of the book for me, as I've spent ages searching through different programs on the web to find decent ones (like sites to add tabs to Facebook, or figure out who unfollowed me on Twitter), so having a nice list with the pros and cons of each was incredibly handy. I totally spent several afternoons playing with all the new tools :)
On top of all this, Caballo has tips on the most effective way to actually go about using the social media giants--the best times to post, the kinds of posts that are most effective, and ways to build an online following.
I seriously found this book to be incredibly helpful in many different ways, and highly recommend it!
And, because you all are so awesome, I'm allowed to give away a copy of Social Media Just For Writers here! I have a hardcopy for people in the States; internationals are also welcome to enter for a chance to win an electronic version. To enter check out the rafflecopter below, and drop a comment about what your favorite social media network is!
(Mine is Pinterest. I'm totally addicted. I love facebook for keeping in touch with people, but for wasting time, nothing is better than the DIY and Humor pages on Pinterest!)
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This is brilliant! There's a number of great resources out there on this topic, but I can tell this one has something special to offer. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you find it as useful as I do!
DeleteSounds like a great read! Glad you found it helpful, I might have to take a look at it a few years down the road.
ReplyDeleteThe sooner the better for this kind of thing! I wish I'd really gotten serious a long time ago :)
DeleteThat book is going to be so helpful for so many writers.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely! It's super handy!
DeleteI'm hammering away at social media too and anything helpful would be welcomed. Good luck with your #2 book!
ReplyDeleteThanks, and best wishes to you on all the ins and outs of social media!
DeleteI think we could all use that book! Blogging's still my favourite thing, but I probably should explore other avenues if I was to publish.
ReplyDeleteIt does help, though all the networks can be a little overwhelming. This really helps with all that though!
DeleteHi, my favorite social media is using WordPress for blogging. This book could be helpful for puzzling my way through social media.
ReplyDeleteI haven't worked with Wordpress much, but have heard so many good things! Blogging can be a blast!
DeleteSaw this tweeted the other day and was already thinking about buying it. Your review gave me that extra nudge!
ReplyDeleteYay! I hope you find it as useful as I do!!
DeleteVery nice, I also think Pinterest is *all that* & can get caught up for hours if I don't watch my time! Lol! Thank you for stopping by my blog also! ;)
ReplyDeleteOh I hear ya--I can get lost on Pinterest for ages! Thanks for entering!
DeleteSounds like a hugely helpful book for writers starting out in social media.
ReplyDeleteI think so too! :)
DeleteFacebook and Google+
ReplyDeleteI was curious to see if anyone would say Google+--I haven't used it a whole lot. Glad to see you enjoy it!
DeleteI'm glad you found this book to be so full of helpful info!
ReplyDeleteThanks for being on the tour.
Thanks for the chance to enter--I really appreciate it!
DeleteIt's facebook and twitter. Thanks for the awesome giveaway! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for entering!
DeleteThis sounds exactly like the kind of book I need. Since my first historical romance 'Angel Heart' was published last October I discovered how much promotion and networking I really need to do to get my name 'out there' and it's really overwhelming, and disheartening, especially since I am not very good at it! I only just recently created a Facebook account, and don't really know what to do with it!
ReplyDeleteMarie Laval
I'm always interested in learning more about social media for writer's...thanks for putting it all together, Frances;)
ReplyDeleteI would benefit by reading this book
ReplyDeleteWrite more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems
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You clearly know what youre talking about, why waste your intelligence on just posting videos to
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