7 Ways You’re Unintentionally Spamming People!

 7 Ways You’re Unintentionally Spamming People!    I have never seen so much spam on social media. And I don’t just mean Twitter and all the hacked DMs. Facebook, too. Even Pinterest!   I work really hard on my streams and for my clients, to ensure they’re getting real human, targeted followers to interact and…

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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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6 Top Visual Twitter Tips That Help You Stand Out

6 Top Visual Twitter Tips That Help You Stand Out   Twitter is a cool platform – everyone who follows me here on BadRedheadMedia or my author account, RachelintheOC, knows how valuable I think it is as a free marketing tool – when used correctly (read: not spammy).   From a metadata perspective, yes –…

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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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TOP 5 LESSONS FROM BOOKEXPO AMERICA 2012 (BEA12)

TOP 5 LESSONS FROM BOOKEXPO AMERICA 2012 (BEA12)    I’m just home from #BEA12 (Book Expo America 2012) in New York City and I’d like to share with you a few insights and observations (beside the fact that their WiFi sucked):   1)   WHY INDIES MATTER was the first panel discussion I attended, hosted by…

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YOU ARE BORING AND YOUR BLOG PUTS ME TO SLEEP

YOU ARE BORING AND YOUR BLOG PUTS ME TO SLEEP   Are you boring?   I don’t mean in a ‘my personality sucks, I need a makeover,’ kind of way. (You’re on your own there.)   I mean, why should we click on your blog posts? Leave a comment. Follow you on social media?  …

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