Facebook Video Crossposting: Make New Friends!

Video is king on the Internet! It is. Listen, I know we’re writing books, but by 2020, EIGHTY PERCENT of consumer Internet traffic will be video. Video gives your reader a feeling of being in the “in-crowd” and that’s how you’re going to get them talking about your next book. Readers buy books from people…

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Writers: Do These 5 Things Before You’re 5

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Are you a writer? How old are you? Not your real age, your writing age. I decided seven years ago that I wanted to pursue a professional writing career part-time. So, I’m roughly seven years old in “writer years” or maybe since it’s been part-time, I’m really 3.5 years. Let’s go with that because this…

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Popular Instagram Hashtags for Writers

When you’re thinking through your Instagram best practices, think about hashtags. Instagram Hashtag Instagram is not like Twitter, where one or two is considered acceptable. For Instagram, you can use up to thirty hashtags. Yep thirty. But place them appropriately. In the caption, only put three. You don’t want to clutter up your caption. Then…

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Book Marketing: It’s Part of Your Writing Career!

Book Marketing – the favorite part of your writing career. As writers, all you want to do is market books: Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, Amazon ads, and the best, in-person book signings! It’s your lifelong passion to be promoting yourself and books. Yet, every time you see me coming, it’s like …..

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