Twitter real time networking can be beneficial to your book and business. Here are some techniques for enhancing your experience and those sales.
1)Your website is your business card. Post your link with credible contact information. For example book stores, libraries, and other authors and publishers may want to know more about your book business. You may want to send out media kits or complimentary copies.
2)Build relationships. Follow. Talk. Follow. Communicate with people using @ and RT.
3)Use Twitter time savers. There are so many. Try and see what works for you and your schedule. My favorites include:
http://tweetlater.com
This allows you to pre schedule Tweets for later posting. You can then recycle previous posts with one click. Time and timing are everything. It is Twitter on autopilot.
http://tweetdeck.com
This allows you to have a full screen of Twitter columns like all friends, direct messages, replies. There are many excellent features you can do with a click. Today Tweetdeck was updated and now has a Facebook icon.
http://hootsuite.com
This allows you to Tweet, pre-Tweet,live Tweet and more.
http://tweetgrid.com
This is a tool especially good for group meetings and chat. Follow your favorite topics here, too.
http://search.twitter.com
This is a good internal search engine and chat tool.
4)Educate yourself. Study and learn as you go. There are many Twitter teachers. Two of the best are @JohnKremer http://bookmarketing.com/twitter and @bookgal http://amarketingexpert.com .
5)Be yourself.
J.L Richardson, MD is author of Patient Handbook to Medical Care: Your Personal Health Guide. Bend of the River Books is her publishing company created to self publish her titles.
http://mypatienthandbook.com
http://mypatienthandbook.blogspot.com
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Twitter Facebook and Your Book
I started this blog with the intention of starting with my book experience from the beginning; however, I felt it necessary to start from what I am doing now. Times and technology change so fast. If you are waiting and thinking about social media networking with Twitter and Facebook, just do it. It is one of the best ways to make your book and company a brand and make sales. Best of all is the contacts you make, and the information you learn.
Joining is free and takes little time. Learning the "languages", and "rules" requires on the job training. As you go along read and study all you can. It takes a few weeks to set up your storefront. There is a lot of manual data entry to do. Once this is done you will be able to connect everything - your website, blog, social media networks, and much more.
Posting a Twitter widget and BlogTalkRadio widget on your website are great additions for connectivity. Put them together on a separate page of your website. This will keep the attention focused on the information on your website. Websites and blogs that have these and lots of ads can be distracting overkill as well as seizure precipitants. Keep it simple.
Keep your mind focused on developing great relationships instead of the number of your followers and friends. Seek out those that are like minded and that are affiliated with your niches. Have more than one niche. For me this includes patient education, patient advocacy, doctor, health/medical, writer, publisher, small business, and many social interests as well.
Use of social media marketing does just that. You are able to monitor and post social events like book signings. You are able to attend video events, blog events, chats and make your own happen. Twitter is very useful for communication especially in disaster and emergency.
Last week I was help to pass on current useful information for North Dakota flood area and groups involved. Message Tweets allowed connection to area Red Cross chat, live newspaper and radio feeds. Mass media had little help to offer, not even continuous critical contact help info on the crawlers. Many have forgotten, but recovery is just beginning.
As you start your social media networking, remember to be kind and respectful. Put up a picture and web address as well as reliable profile info. This adds credibility, and looks professional.
Comments and suggestions welcome as always.
Joining is free and takes little time. Learning the "languages", and "rules" requires on the job training. As you go along read and study all you can. It takes a few weeks to set up your storefront. There is a lot of manual data entry to do. Once this is done you will be able to connect everything - your website, blog, social media networks, and much more.
Posting a Twitter widget and BlogTalkRadio widget on your website are great additions for connectivity. Put them together on a separate page of your website. This will keep the attention focused on the information on your website. Websites and blogs that have these and lots of ads can be distracting overkill as well as seizure precipitants. Keep it simple.
Keep your mind focused on developing great relationships instead of the number of your followers and friends. Seek out those that are like minded and that are affiliated with your niches. Have more than one niche. For me this includes patient education, patient advocacy, doctor, health/medical, writer, publisher, small business, and many social interests as well.
Use of social media marketing does just that. You are able to monitor and post social events like book signings. You are able to attend video events, blog events, chats and make your own happen. Twitter is very useful for communication especially in disaster and emergency.
Last week I was help to pass on current useful information for North Dakota flood area and groups involved. Message Tweets allowed connection to area Red Cross chat, live newspaper and radio feeds. Mass media had little help to offer, not even continuous critical contact help info on the crawlers. Many have forgotten, but recovery is just beginning.
As you start your social media networking, remember to be kind and respectful. Put up a picture and web address as well as reliable profile info. This adds credibility, and looks professional.
Comments and suggestions welcome as always.
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