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I have been interested in social media, specifically how writers can use it to promote themselves and their work, for some time. Items up for discussion here are primarily blogging, Facebook, Twitter,...
View ArticleFacebook: Group or Fan Page?
My experience is with group pages. (I started and administer the group page for the National Writers Union.) Because his experience is with fan pages, I was interested to read what...
View ArticleAnd the survey says…
Here’s an idea for helping to formulate your brand from the MBA world. Emily Bennington writes on the Personal Branding Blog about teaching her business students the value of soliciting feedback to...
View ArticleOh, go Google yourself!
Seriously, part of managing your personal brand online is knowing how you appear to others. To a certain extent, it is what it is, but there are things you can do. If you’re lucky, you have an...
View ArticleTwitter Tools: Making your links more concise
If you’re like me and tend to write expansively (sometimes even my parentheticals have parentheticals), you may find writing Tweets of 140 characters somewhat of a challenge. And if you want to post a...
View ArticleLinked and Done…but wait, there’s more!
Professional writers tend to be somewhat undecided when it comes to choosing between Facebook and LinkedIn. Facebook provides an almost overly social network that turns some off, but is helpful in...
View ArticleUberTwitter is the UberBest
I used to send my Tweets by text and was pretty happy with the arrangement as it was easy enough to do, since the SMS screen keeps count of the characters and is an easier screen to type in. (I just...
View ArticleHow not to lose friends in the Mafia Wars (though you can always bury them in...
Like most social media sites, Facebook is different things for different people. Some use it to share photos and updates with family and friends; some use it as an address book preferring to direct...
View ArticleFollow you, follow me: Getting the most out of Twitter
If you are trying to build a presence on Twitter, it is key to build a group of followers. After all, if you don’t have followers you are pretty much talking to yourself. (Remember, Twitter is...
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