Posts Tagged ‘Rachel Thompson’
Facebook OR Twitter? Here’s Why You Should Choose Both!
In my new series on answering YOUR questions, Morgan Dragonwillow asks: If you could be only on one, Facebook or Twitter, which would you choose and why? Well, it all depends on what your goal is. Want to build relationships AND improve your overall SEO (Search Engine Optimization)? Twitter. Want to build relationships but are not all…
Read MoreThe Reason Your Author Platform Matters
Every day I hear prickly, sometimes even angry authors, discussing The Evils of book marketing: “Blogging is a waste of time. I could be writing.” “Social media doesn’t result in sales, so forget it. Not worth it.” “Author platform is just a dumb term some bean dip in a suit made up. Next year they’ll…
Read MoreThe 5 Biggest Risks I’ve Taken As An Author
Post originally published on Jessica Bell’s The Alliterative Allomorph. Reposted with permission. Written by Rachel Thompson. I’ve written a lot of blog posts. A lot. A lot, a lot. Yet, nobody has ever asked me before what the five biggest risks I’ve taken as an author are, til now. So thank you Jessica for the opportunity…
Read MoreIndie Authors Naked Excerpt
From the Introduction of Indie Authors Naked by Amy Edelman: IndieReader was launched in ‘07, otherwise known as the dark days of self-publishing. Back then, every book was considered a vanity publication, every author a failed writer. Denial ran so high that when the self-pubbed book, Her Last Letter by Nancy C. Johnson hit The New York Times bestseller list, the good folks at…
Read More9 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…
Read MoreIf Self-Publishing Books Is SO Easy, Why Do We Work So Hard At It?
If Self-Publishing Books Is SO Easy, Why Do We Work So Hard At It? I love when I see article titles like ‘Write and publish your book in three easy steps!’ since it sounds so doable. Hey, didn’t we all write bad poetry and song lyrics when we were thirteen? (Okay, you don’t have…
Read More7 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…
Read MoreMake 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…
Read More6 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 –…
Read MoreHow To Submit A Guest Post That Will Be Accepted! @PegFitzpatrick
Please welcome guest blogger and exclamation mark extraordinaire, my friend Peg Fitzpatrick. She’s awesomesaucey and a cat fan which makes her extra cool. (For the record, she taught me how to create a sarcasm symbol — shhh). How to Submit a Guest Post That Will Be Accepted by guest Peg Fitzpatrick (co-owner of 12Most) and…
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