social media
November 19, 2009
- You here a lot of talk amongst authors and publishers about the importance of social media. As the days of traditional marketing campaigns are waning, we authors are required to contribute more and more to building an audience for our published works. Ask what to do and you'll get lots of answers: Twitter - You don't have a Twitter account? Oh my goodness, you need to be tweeting. That is a ...
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November 12, 2009
- I attended the subject webinar yesterday, sponsored by Digital Book World. Since I'm knee-deep in promoting my new novel, "Husbands May Come and Go but Friends are Forever," I was quite interested in the topic. The panel included Jane Friedman, Publisher & Editorial Director, Writer's Digest, Diana Vilibert, Web Editor, Marie Claire, Dan Blank, Director of Content, Reed ...
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November 12, 2009
- Bob Marley once sang, “It takes a revolution to make a solution.” I hope he’s right. Because just as the “reggae” revolution turned the world on its head by creating opportunities for many Jamaican singers, I’m hoping the “digital” revolution, of which we are in the midst, will have a similar effect for Caribbean writers. For Jah knows we need a revolution in Caribbean ...
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November 7, 2009
- As mentioned in yesterdays WNFiN post, when a publisher or acquisition editor examines a prospective author's nonfiction book proposal, he or she will look long and hard at a number of things that have little to do with that writer's writing. In particular, purchase of a manuscript depends to a great extent upon a proposal section called the "Author's Platform." If ...
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October 18, 2009
- [double-click imace to launch YouTube video of interview] Twitter Revolution: Interview With Warren Whitlock At BlogWorld BlogWorld & New Media Expo - While attending the conferences and exposition at the Las Vegas Convention Center, we, at Symblogogy, had the occasion to meet and interview renown marketing concepts author, Warren Whitlock. His book, "Twitter ...
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September 29, 2009
- We all have felt it. The surly teenager that doesn’t acknowledge your presence, the elderly parent that practices selective hearing, or the spouse that responds “Did you say something?” after you pour out your most closely held feelings. Some we chalk up to stages of life. Others we brush off to poor timing or other circumstances well beyond our control. But today we have been given ...
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September 3, 2009
- (Originally posted at sierragodfrey.blogspot.com)Twitter is still confusing to some, but to others it’s the preferred short-hand way of communication, quickly, with the world. I personally love it. I love that I can only say things under 140 characters, and I love that I only have to read things under 140 characters from other people. This means information is faster. I also like the personal ...
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August 18, 2009
- Chris Guillebeau has just published,"the Unconventional Guide to the Social Web, and the goal is to demystify the art of using social media to promote something without being lame."Why? Chris says,"Because there are no real experts in the field of online interaction– there’s just you and your message."At Chris's site The Art of Nonconformity the book is described there.He ...
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August 12, 2009
- The world has entered a new age. We are now in the glorious Social Media Age, where beings thousands of miles apart can communicate with one another at the speed of tweet. Companies from Sasayama to Walla Walla that are pant seat deep in the loamy waters of recession are urgently trying to figure out how to turn this chattering world of free interaction into pocket lining green. So, there I ...
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August 7, 2009
- Just received an email that Dan Levitin, author of the excellent This Is Your Brain On Music, is having an online book event today at 5pm California time for the paperback release of his latest book, The World In Six Songs. I'll be at the office so don't know if I'll be able to check it out, so if you do let me know how you liked the format: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/daniel-levitin
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