Posts belonging to Category social networking
Posted by Julie Ortolon on September 4, 2012
A frequent mistake I see is for people to turn half the words in their message into hashtags in their Twitter tweet. Doing that reduces the tweet’s effectiveness. … resist the urge to put the # in front of too many words in the message portion of your tweet.
Categories: Promoting ebooks, social networking, Twitter |
Tags: author promotion, how to promote a book online, social networking, tips for authors, Twitter, Twitter use, using twitter to promote books | 
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Posted by Julie Ortolon on July 26, 2012
Goodreads is a very popular website where readers and reviewers convene to share their love of books. It’s also a powerful tool for authors to connect with those readers and build lasting relationships. But where does an author begin to be a part of this community that can seem complex and daunting?
Categories: Promoting ebooks, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: author Jennifer Ashley on Goodreads, author promotion, Goodreads article by author Kimberly Llewellyn, how to promote ebooks online, how to use Goodreads, promoting books on Goodreads, Reviews on Goodreads, romance author Kimberly Llewellyn | 9 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on June 4, 2012
I’ve only been on Pinterest a short while, but every day I’m discovering nifty little tricks that help me use this site as a powerful promotional tool. I thought I’d share three of them. 1) You can tag other Pinterest users by using the @ symbol followed by their Pinterest user name. You have to [...]
Categories: Pinterest, Promoting ebooks, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: author promotion, how to promote ebooks online, how to tag on pinterest, how to use pinterest, using pinterest to promote ebooks | 3 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on May 21, 2012
by Guest Author, Sherri Browning Erwin By now, most authors recognize the importance of establishing a presence on Facebook and Twitter to help drive promotions that can lead to sales. But what about Pinterest? What is Pinterest? Pinterest is a virtual pinboard, a way to organize and share things that you find on the web. [...]
Categories: Promoting ebooks, SEO, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: author promotion, how to promote ebooks, how to use pinterest | 15 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on May 1, 2012
I know many authors who recoil at the very thought of promoting ebooks. I suspect the reason is that many authors think promotion equals endlessly tweeting “Buy my ebook!” The good new is: that is not what I mean when I talk about effective ebook promotion. The bad news is: effective promotion is more complex [...]
Categories: ebooks, Facebook, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, SEO, Uncategorized, Website Design |
Tags: ebook promotion, effective author website design, how to promote ebooks, seo for authors | 9 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on April 4, 2012
Authors, are you struggling with the appearance of your Facebook page in the new layout? Here are some quick tips to help you get a great look. Cover Photo As you’ve noticed, this has to be a horizontal rectangle. For my personal profile, this was easy. I just grabbed a snapshot from my iPhoto library [...]
Categories: Facebook, social networking |
Tags: creating custom graphics for facebook, how to create custom graphics for facebook, how to pimp your facebook page | 9 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on August 2, 2011
Since I wrote my original post on How to Create a Facebook Page, things have changed. So, here are the new instructions (written August 2011) for creating a Facebook Page. After the instructions, I’ll talk about why I created a second Page for my Pearl Island trilogy when I already had an Author Page. Step-By-Step [...]
Categories: Facebook, Promoting ebooks, social networking, Uncategorized, Website Design |
Tags: facebook, facebook pages, how to create a facebook fan page, how to promote ebooks | 2 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on July 26, 2011
Are you one of the authors who has to be nudged, or maybe even pulled kicking and screaming, into doing self promotion? If so, you’re going to love this guest post from talented and prolific New York Times bestselling author of paranormal romance, Deborah Cooke. Is Promotion Your Priority? By Deborah Cooke (also writing as [...]
Categories: ebooks, Promoting ebooks, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: Claire Delacroix, Deborah Cooke, Dragon Diaries, Dragonfire series, paranormal romance, The Rogues of Ravenmuir | 9 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on April 18, 2011
I’ve had a wild ride at Amazon ever since they dropped the price of Almost Perfect, book one of my contemporary romance trilogy, to free. I know a lot of you have been asking how the heck did I pull this off. Anyone following the e-book revolution closely knows an individual author self-publishing an ebook [...]
Categories: ebooks, Promoting ebooks, self publishing, social networking, The Journey |
Tags: backlist ebooks, ebooks, ebooks by julie ortolon, epublishing a romance novel, epublishing with smashwords, free ebooks for kindle, free ebooks on amazon, how to get your ebook free on amamzon, how to promote a book online, how to promote an ebook, promoting novels online, romance novel ebooks | 11 Comments »
Posted by Julie Ortolon on January 23, 2011
Guest Blog by author Patricia McLinn Some people play Facebook like a Stradivarius. Me? More like a one-fingered piano-player wearing boxing gloves. Then I saw a Tweet by Harlequin Presents author Lynn Raye Harris about how she’d created a tab on her Facebook page listing all her books, with cover art, plus links to purchase. [...]
Categories: Facebook, Promoting ebooks, social networking, Uncategorized |
Tags: facebook, facebook pages, how to create a facebook fan page, how to promote a book online, how to promote a novel, social networking | 14 Comments »
