4 Top Tips for Creating A Spectacular Author Platform

4 Top Tips for Creating A Spectacular Author Platform, Rachel Thompson, BadRedhead Media @BadRedheadMedia

4 Top Tips for Creating A Spectacular Author Platform What is this platform thingy people keep talking about? Why do people use this term? Many authors are thoroughly confused by how to start marketing their work (whether it’s a blog or book – any genre). Let’s deconstruct. MARKETING PLATFORM According to well-known marketing definitions (and pulled…

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Why Live-Only Interaction on Social Media Doesn’t Work

People who only live tweet are steadfast that the Twitter Police will arrest you if you don’t only interact live. Okay, kidding…kinda. Yet many of these people are quite zealous in preaching to people that if they schedule in ANYTHING AT ALL, they are DOING IT WRONG. I disagree and here’s why:    As someone…

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9 Twitter Basics You May Not Know

9 Twitter Basics You May Not Know                   How long have you been on Twitter?   I’ve been on Twitter for, well, going on four years now. From the beginning, I sensed the enormous marketing potential with the platform, and that has only grown over the years.   In the last two years, I’ve…

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Make Your #KDPSelect Days A Success: 12 Top Tips!

 Make Your #KDPSelect Days A Success: 12 Top Tips!   I just finished a three-day free Amazon promotion of my second book, The Mancode: Exposed. How did it go?   It’s still going! Here are some numbers:   Three days, over 10,000 free downloads Mancode: Exposed overall paid ranking prior to promo: #25,000ish. Mancode: Exposed…

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The Top 5 Twitter Memes Authors Need To Know

The Top 5 Twitter Memes Authors Need To Know    Let’s get this out of the way first: it’s pronounced meme, like theme. Here, listen to this: http://youtu.be/3dErjFPTarc (it’s Greek — go argue with them).   Meme can mean a lot of things, like a viral pic (remember ‘ridiculously photogenic guy?’), video (the infamous RickRoll),…

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