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Authors, Measure Your Engagement on Facebook

By Alice ⋅ January 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Tuesday’s Tip is about engaging your readers. Engagement is the buzz word this week at the Digital Book World Conference & Expo in New York City. If you’re like many authors you’re probably wondering how to measure your engagement with your readers. One really quick way is to look at your Facebook Page. I don’t [...]

Three Quick Ways to Unclutter in 2012

By Alice ⋅ January 20, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

As usual, at least for me, I’m looking for ways to reduce clutter in my life. I don’t know about you, but clutter isn’t just physical. It can be mental…or digital. So here are my three quick and sure ways to start reducing clutter in your digital life. These are starting off points and would [...]

The Edits Are In

By Alice ⋅ December 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

My copyeditor sent me the final edits for Tips for Authors earlier this week. I love how thorough she was and I can’t wait to share this book with everyone. It’s taken a decade to get to this point but I’ve compiled a whole bunch of tips for authors into one easy-to-read book. There’s a [...]

Going Paperless: Dropbox

By Alice ⋅ November 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

To all those people who told me how wonderful dropbox is, can I just say, you were right! I’m officially converted. Okay, so I’ve been preaching Dropbox to anyone who’d listen for about six months now but I haven’t posted about it on my blog yet. At least not with the respect it deserves. What [...]

Quick Tip: Characters should want something

By Alice ⋅ November 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

On the bulletin board in my office, I have a list of 8 tips for writers. I glance at them often, trying to decide if I’ve followed them well. Here’s on tip that helps me remember to give my characters goals and create conflict: “Every character should want something, even if it is only a [...]

9 Indie Authors You Should Be Following on Twitter

By Alice ⋅ November 21, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

If you’re interested in in self-publishing, you’ll find plenty of discussion on Twitter. No matter what the view point, there are a few key authors who you’d be smart to follow. They routinely discuss their indie careers, give tips and share excellent resources. Many will even answer questions. 1. JA Konrath 2. Barry Eisler 3. [...]

Twitter Tips for Authors: 9 Hashtags to follow

By Alice ⋅ November 14, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

So now that you have a grasp of hashtags you might be wondering which hashtags you should be looking for and using as an author. First up: #ww aka #writerwednesday This hashtag is used by authors and readers to share writers that they like. #FF or #fridayfollow Use this hashtag to share twitter users that [...]

Klout for Authors: Giving Klout to Friends

By Alice ⋅ November 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

One thing that Klout allows that no other social network does is a way to promote your friends by saying "this person knows about this topic." As previously mentioned in the Influential Topics post, you can see a whole page of topics a person is influential about. The more they network, the more topics will [...]

Twitter Tips for Authors: Hashtags

By Alice ⋅ November 7, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The other day, a dear friend asked me what a hashtag is. I wasn’t surprised and I was happy to educate her. In this new web 2.0 world authors are struggling to keep up with all the networking and promo options. If you’re one of them, read on. A hashtag is typically used on twitter [...]

Klout for Authors: Influential Topics

By Alice ⋅ November 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

As a registered user of Klout you’ll find all sorts of metrics on your profile page. One that has people sitting up and taking notice is the Influential Topics section. You’ll see three topics/categories listed on your profile page. Klout’s super algorithms have decided that I’m influential about Facebook, Marketing and Branding. This could be [...]

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