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Category Archives: Social Media
Beyond Book Trailers: 4 YouTube Strategies For Authors
photo credit By Anna Patrick, Digital Publicist and Social Media Strategist “Booktubers.” A foreign word to some, but for the savvy author it’s a monicker that can’t be ignored – readers and the media alike have YouTube on their … Continue reading
Why Publishers Should Be Thanking Mark Zuckerberg
photo credit By Cori Cagide, Publicist The New Year marks the start of new beginnings, “new year, new you” mantras, an influx of gym memberships and an uptick of self-help books being published. New Year’s resolutions are taken pretty seriously … Continue reading
Facebook at Work: Will It Work?
photo credit By Dee Donavanik, Publicity Director This week, Facebook announced that it would be launching a new platform that aims to increase office productivity. According to the Wall Street Journal, though in the early stages and currently available … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged dee donavanik, facebook, Facebook at work, mark zuckerberg, media connect, public relations, Social Media
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6 Things To Tweet During #NaNoWriMo
photo credit By Anna Patrick, Digital Publicist and Social Media Strategist For many hopeful authors November 1st means more than just Halloween candy clearance sales. It means more than Q4 deadlines at work, or the first month of the … Continue reading
4 Ways Authors Can Use Pinterest To Maximize Book Publicity
photo credit By Anna Patrick, Digital Publicist and Social Media Strategist The following set of best practice tips appeared in the the latest edition of the MEDIA CONNECT newsletter. To view our fall newsletter or to subscribe for future editions, click here. … Continue reading
Best Practice Tips For Authors: Twitter, Skype Interview Tips
The following best practice tips appeared in the premier edition of the MEDIA CONNECT newsletter. To view our summer newsletter or to subscribe for future editions, click here. FOR TWITTER By Anna Patrick, Digital Publicist In aiming for higher … Continue reading
10 Authors You Need To Follow On Twitter And Their Strategies Worth Stealing
By Anna Patrick, Digital Publicist We can trust authors to pen hundreds of pages without batting an eyelash. But how does their craft stand the test of a 140 character limit? Twitter poses a unique challenge for authors who … Continue reading
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Tagged anna patrick, authors, book tweets, jackie collins, john green, joyce carol oates, margaret atwood, maureen johnson, meg cabot, neil gaiman, paulo coelho, sherman alexie, sloane crosley, Social Media, social media for authors, tweets, twitter, twitter for authors
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10 Things To Say in a Guest Blog Post
photo credit By Brian Feinblum, Senior Vice President and Marketing Officer To get media coverage in today’s world of book publishing one of the things the more successful authors do is write guest posts for many blogs who are open … Continue reading
Posted in Public Relations, Social Media
Tagged author, blog, blogger, book publicity, contribute, guest contributor, guest post, writer
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Social Media Traffic Times, the Best and the Worst Times to Post
photo credit By Brian Feinblum, Senior Vice President and Marketing Officer The key questions on social media are: Which sites should you post on , and how often? What type of content should you share? And what time of day … Continue reading
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Tagged brian feinblum, facebook, Social Media, social media traffic, twitter
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The Lit Has Hit The Fan (Fiction)
photo credit By Dee Donavanik, Publicity Director Has fan fiction officially become mainstream? The buzz over Fifty Shades of Grey has finally died down a bit, but with an upcoming movie in production it’s still making the occasional headline. By … Continue reading
