Guest Expert: Teresa Morrow The statistics continue to rise regarding the importance of social media marketing, such as Facebook, for authors. The power of Facebook allows a more direct connection with the author creating a more personal experience for any avid reader. By implementing the following basic fundamentals, Facebook can showcase you as an author readers […]
How to maintain your privacy on Facebook
Privacy settings on Facebook are important and I cannot stress this enough. No matter whether it’s for games or work or marketing, setting your privacy right can avoid some embarrassing moments and data/identity theft. Facebook by default sets all Privacy Settings to Public. i.e. viewable by everyone. That means, if you have never visited your […]
Organise your Friends! Create ‘Lists’ on Facebook
Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with both close friends and new friends you make but, as your number of friends increase you will start to miss out on updates or see too many updates from someone you aren’t very interested in. This dilutes the value of Facebook both as a personal […]
Readers Who “Like” You, or Readers Who “Friend” You — Which Is Better?
Guest Expert: Laurel Marshfield This year, Facebook topped 550 million members. If it were a country, Facebook would be the third largest in the world (ahead of the United States, in fourth place with a mere 309 million). Impressive numbers, but why should that interest authors – interest you as an author? Here’s why. If […]
Five Ways Authors Can Promote Books on Facebook
Expert: Dana Lynn Smith Facebook is the second most popular website in the U.S. (after Google), accounting for about 10 percent of all online usage. Bottom line: if your potential customers are on Facebook, you should be there too. Here are some suggestions for getting the most from this powerful networking tool: 1. It’s amazing […]
Getting Social Without Getting Out from Behind Your Computer
Expert: Carolyn Howard-Johnson This article is for writers. It is especially for shy writers but anyone who has been putting off joining Facebook will benefit. I’ll tell you right up front. I’m a Facebook fan. And I hate the idea of being a fan of anybody or anything. I’m a fan because I know Facebook […]
How Authors Can Use Facebook Pages for Their Book Marketing
Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller With over 500 million members worldwide Facebook is a social media giant. And, as such, this is one online place that book authors should definitely be hanging out. First, though, let’s clarify a couple of things because Facebook is very sensitive to misuse of its site. The number one thing to […]
How to Avoid Becoming a Book Marketing Dinosaur
The technology landscape and associated opportunities for marketing your book is changing at an unprecedented pace. Online games, mobile marketing, Facebook, Twitter, the Kindle, the iPhone, the iPad and the Android are pushing the boundaries of what is possible when it comes to promoting and marketing your book. As an author, it is important that […]
The Great BookBuzzr Christmas Giveaway
X-Mas is almost here and the giving spirit is all around us. We’d like to run a fun little contest and give away 10 prizes valued at over $200. Here’s how the contest works: 1. On Twitter: Go to your twitter account and tweet one thing that you like about BookBuzzr. Make sure that you […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: Everything You Do Online Reflects on Your Book
Everything You Do Online Reflects on Your Book: Make Sure That Reflection Is Professional Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller This month’s guest post is a natural extension of last month’s guest post “Do Your Offline and Online Book Promotion Activities Support Each Other?” In that post I talked about how your book author website should […]
TGIF Book Marketing Tips: Four Stages of Effectively Using Social Media to Promote Your Book
Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller It helps to have a roadmap to follow when promoting a book, whether it is your first book or your 15th. And if you want to use social media effectively to promote your book, you need to go through some foundation stages before you even get to using social media: […]