Archive for the ‘Twitter’ Category
Could we quit the oversharing…please?
I read a novel years ago where one female character was describing how overprotective her husband became when she became pregnant. He even wanted her to leave the bathroom door open in case she miscarried. “I said no to that one,” she said, “a woman’s got to maintain some mystery.” Amen, sister. I teach classes [...]
June 8, 2011
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Tags: Anthony Weiner, oversharing, sharing personal information online, social media marketing · Posted in: Buy The Book Marketing, Social media marketing, Twitter
Maintain your marketing focus….Oooh, look! Shiny!
If you want to succeed in marketing online you need to focus on your objectives. That being said, I’m one of the biggest offenders of succumbing to BSO (Bright Shiny Objects) syndrome. I’m always chasing down rabbit holes, all in the name of research. I do learn a lot of good stuff, but it sometimes [...]
March 15, 2010
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Tags: bright shiny objects, CIPA, Colorado Independent Publishers Association, EduCyber, marketing focus, social media marketing · Posted in: Buy The Book Marketing, Facebook, Self publishing your book, social networking, Twitter
Why I lurk on social networking sites
It’s been estimated that over 93% of people lurk on social networking sites; not participating, just listening to the 7% who are actually taking part in the conversation. I confess to occasionally lurking myself. I’m really a social person. But sometimes when I’m on Facebook or Twitter I just don’t feel like chatting. So, I lurk. [...]
December 8, 2009
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Tags: Facebook, lurking, social network sites, Twitter · Posted in: Facebook, social networking, Twitter
5 ways to research your book idea
How do you know if your brilliant book idea is really brilliant? I’ve met a lot of authors who had what they thought was a great idea for a book, wrote and published the book, and were stunned to find out that nobody was interested. Or not enough people were interested to sell many copies of [...]
November 2, 2009
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Tags: book research, researching your topic, writing a book · Posted in: Self publishing your book, Twitter, Writing
