Posts Tagged ‘Social Media Tips’
How Important Is Google Page Rank In Selling Books?
How Important Is Google Page Rank In Selling Books Even if you know very little about SEO and SMO and the thought of it turns you into a confused puddle of goo, this is an important topic and one I’ve been thinking about a lot – and researching even more – in order to…
Read MoreTop 5 Tips For Incorporating StumbleUpon Into Your Marketing Plans by guest @girl_who_reads
Confused by StumbleUpon? Join the club. I do my best with it, but it still confounds me. Which is why I’m thrilled to introduce you to book blogger and publicist Donna Huber, who offers to take us through the maze. (For more tips, see this StumbleUpon post from one month ago by Natalie Sayin, author…
Read MoreThe 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),…
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…
Read MoreTOP 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…
Read MoreYOU 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? …
Read MorePLEASE: DO NOT SPAM ANOTHER LINK UNTIL YOU READ THIS!
PLEASE, DO NOT SPAM ANOTHER LINK UNTIL YOU READ THIS! In our current economy, the urgency to sell our product or service can overtake our ability to do most anything else. Financial obligations don’t just disappear the way many of our jobs, or prospects for business, have. Bills and taxes wait for no one.…
Read MoreVISUAL SOCIAL MEDIA YOU SHOULD BE USING NOW
VISUAL SOCIAL MEDIA YOU SHOULD BE USING NOW I was lucky enough to be one of the 600+ people who attended the first (I’m sure to be annual) #OCSMS aka Orange County Social Media Summit this past Friday (see RachelintheOC.com blog for details). I’d like to focus on some of the cool stuff…
Read MoreWHY I WON’T RETWEET YOU
WHY I WON’T RETWEET YOU. There are two main reasons I won’t retweet you. 1) Are you presumptuous? 2) Are you rude? If you want a RT of your article or book link, and send it with a link on my stream or in DM, chances are I won’t. (On…
Read MoreHAS TWITTER LOST ITS MOJO, BABY?
HAS TWITTER LOST ITS MOJO, BABY? Or have you? If you’ve read my last few posts or heck, read your stream lately (or listened to anyone on Facebook), it certainly seems so; what with the hackers, spammers, automation, and, as someone (whom I greatly respect) said recently in an article, ‘branding is ruining…
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