If you follow me on Instagram, you may have noticed that over the last 14 or so weeks, my feed looks different that in used to. There is a little more cohesion, an overall style and colour scheme that repeats and I've actually managed to maintain that!
So a few weeks ago, I shared a post called "Does An Author Really Need a Social Media Platform?" With everyone being online and plugged in, it's not surprising that mostly we lean towards social media and understand why it's useful for authors. But I wanted to discuss the idea of not directly using social media.
As writers, we have to come up with different ways to market our work, build a following, encourage action and all that jazz. One of the ways can be with giveaways. Giveaways can be great, from something small to something large, you get to reward your follwers/readers/fans. But there can be issues because there are …
If you've been following this blog for, well, any length of time you will probably have seen me categorically-state how much I hate Facebook. Now, that is still very true, of all the social media platforms, I consider it the worst, however, I have FINALLY found a benefit for it.
It's not a secret that I'm not the biggest fan of social media, though I do appreciate its necessity these days.
I have also been lucky enough to meet some marvellous people through social media so I try and give it the attention it deserves.
However, since I'm a busy little bee most of the time, between bouts of SAD, I need to make sure I'm as efficient as possible and let's be honest, social media can become a huge time suck!
I don't know about you, but the number of places I can be found on the Internet seems to be growing.
While I don't do much on all my social media platforms, it can be good to have a presence.
I've had a lot of people ask me about my Twitter account and how I stay on top of it with all the posts.
Now, I only started Twitter back in 2016 and I had to learn it fast to ramp up my activity and make it work for me.
Facebook has once again made some changes that are rolling out in 2019 with the main change being they want to focus heavily on building relationships and interactions. This means if you want your Facebook Page's posts to be viewed by more people you need to really build those connections and avoid some pitfalls. Receiving …
Continue reading What the New Facebook and Instagram Changes Mean For You
This will be the last post in my mini Social Media Series. I covered the platforms I currently use. I hope you enjoyed this series and found it helpful.
Also, since I am in my busy period re business, I am stopping any Thursday posts for the rest of this year. However, Thursday posts will be back in January. 🙂
I'm back with another post in my mini Social Media Series. Today’s topic is Facebook and as always, I'll start with my disclaimer by admitting I’m no expert (like at ALL).
This article is more about what I’ve learned about being on Facebook. Things that have helped or hindered me. Hopefully, some of this will be useful to you guys too.
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