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Welcome to Indie Author Monday. Today we feature a guest post by author. D. T. Gray how how to use the Internet to market our work
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Writing is a passion for most of us. It is a way of expressing ourselves and ideas as much as it is a way for us to entertain and inspire. [...]

Many artists, authors included, go into art because they love it. But to build a business, sorry guys, love is not enough…
What am I saying? It’s passion that got me here in the first place. Passion and determination.
And building on my strengths.
That’s such an abstract concept. Let’s break it down.
It’s a given that we’re not [...]

Many authors just getting started in marketing their books think that Twitter is a confusing beast. But actually Twitter provides us with a wonderful platform to show off our writing skills 140 characters at a time, and still share a nugget.
If you just dive in with your creative writer hat on, you’ll find ways to [...]

Major confession time. I stopped blogging regularly a few days ago, and my traffic has been cut in half. And I started blogging more about a topic that is probably not that interesting to most of my readers: my new novel’s blog tour. So two major faux pas, but I’m just going to concentrate on the first one.

Many authors stare at me with a stunned look on their face when faced with the prospect of making new connections on social media. It can be daunting, confusing, scary even. We may think that we’re starting with nothing and that’s a scary prospect. But actually, we all already have a social circle. We just need to recreate it in a new place and grow upon that.

Many authors think they have to do everything in social media, but cringe when they think if using _______ . (Fill in the blank with Facebook or Twitter or blogging or another social media tool.) And that keeps us away from even experimenting. But actually you just need to get active in the one (or two) venues you enjoy. Because your passion shows through!

What Makes for a Successful Social Media Presence for Fiction Authors? Vision Drive Passion Clear purpose Excitement — All ingredients to a successful social media campaign. It — your success — all depends on what you would like. And it all starts in knowing what you would like!

Welcome to my Social Media for Author Tip Series, where I offer you tips to put into practice so that you can:

Connect with your readers and get to know them
Let them get to know you
Build your network
Contribute to your tribe!
Be of service
Create your author platform

So you can sell more books!
Social media is: Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, [...]

Welcome to my Social Media for Author Tip Series, where I offer you tips to put into practice the your social media tips so that you can: * Connect with your readers and get to know them * Let them get to know you * Build your network * Create your author platform — Today’s Tip #6: Share — Share what? Share yourself, your humanity, your vulnerability, a slice of your daily life? Why? Because we all want to connect with each other, feel each other’s humanity, belong and be loved.

Sometimes we just need to shut up and listen to our fellow authors and most importantly listen to our readers.

Many authors think that social media is like traditional advertising, all shouting at ya’ . But it’s not. Social media is social, which means authors succeed at it when we listen and give back. If you just listen deeply to your audience and talk about the things that are important to them then you will be included in their tribe and they will want to buy your book.

Welcome to my weekly series on Resources for Indie Authors. Yes, these tips and strategies apply to all authors!
We want to sell books, right? But we’re anxious about how to actually make that happen.
For our readers to buy our books we actually need to tell them — or someone needs to tell them — about [...]

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The 3 Most Important Social Media Tips for Writers
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This month Beth will discuss the 3 most important social media tips for writers.
Many authors think that social media is [...]

Authors, writers, if you’re not having fun, why use social media? But don’t let the learning curve get in your way. Not knowing how to do something is no excuse! So dive into Twitter or Facebook or making video or podcasting. You’ll find out which one you like by trying it, by yes actually doing it!

This Thursday marks the beginning of my social media for author tip series, where I offer you tips to put into practice the social media tips you hear rolling around out there so that you can:

Connect with your readers
Let them get to know you
Build your network

So you can sell more books!