LINK REHAB. THE FIRST STEP: ADMITTING YOU NEED HELP.   People use links like crack on Twitter. Which is great! How else can we find out about all this cool, great stuff? Like charitable causes (seen Caine’s Arcade yet), art, amazing peeps, and yes, great books.   We, as authors, must promote our books. If […]

(*Please note: this post originally appeared in 2012. I now have three books out.) My two books were free for three days over Easter weekend. So were 4,999 others. So, how’d I do? Results: I had almost 50,000 downloads between the two and as I write this, A Walk In The Snark is #1 on […]

Many people who are new to Twitter are unaware of lists. Actually, I should amend that. They may be aware of them but are frightened and run away from them, scared they might bite or blow up.   In fact, in a survey of Twitter’s own employees, less than half used lists! And in the […]

THE TOP SIX REASONS NO ONE IS FOLLOWING YOU BACK   A very nice older man asked me recently on Twitter why people weren’t following him back.  I offered to look at his stream and see what I could see.   There were several things going on that were potential ‘turn-offs.’ He was a nice […]

In addition to writing, I’m also a social media consultant. Notice I don’t say expert, guru, or any of those goofy words #thankgod Here’s my deal: I started my blog back wow, now about four years ago in ’08. Mostly because like you, I had something to say. And after hanging all day with my […]