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You Can Sell Your Book on Twitter (With This Stupid Secret!)

April 5, 2013

All of us writers want our books to sell millions of copies. But most authors make a horrible mistake on Twitter that scares away readers. Is this you? Your Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius The mistake begins when you finish your book and upload it to Amazon. You wait, with baited breath, for the inevitable. [...]

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102 Hashtags Smart Writers Are Using to Build BIG Brands on Twitter

April 3, 2013

Below is an enormous list of hashtags used by writers on Twitter. Click on each to immediately start making new connections! To Connect With Readers 1. #Books 2. #BookWorm 3. #BookReview 4. #GreatReads 5. #IndieThursday 6. #MustRead 7. #Novel 8. #Paperbacks 9. #Storytelling 10. #WhatToRead 11. #WriterWednesday 12. #WW To Promote To Readers 13. #99c [...]

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Sell Books By Tweeting This Way

April 1, 2013

Time and again I hear the same arguments from writers on Twitter: It makes no sense. Who should you follow? How do you get followers? I felt the same when I started. But these questions have simple solutions. This week’s featured Social Caffeine ebook is 10 Commandments for Authors on Twitter. This ebook shows you [...]

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What Lori’s Reading: Issue #012 [Twitter or Sex? Edition]

March 30, 2013

Every weekend I give you the tastiest treats from everything I’ve shared on Twitter and Facebook over the past week. This is the content I’ve hand picked from across the Internet because I think it’s worth your quality time. In this week’s episode, I take a peek at the people who choose Twitter over sex [...]

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How Smart Authors Use Google+

March 29, 2013

Search is changing. Google is penalizing cheap SEO tricks and making search increasingly intelligent and relevant. What does this mean for content creators and marketers who want a first page rank on Google search results? Mainly, it means creating quality content that your readers love. Instead of creating content aimed at search bots, create it [...]

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23 Experts Every Smart Writer Follows on Google+

March 27, 2013

Information is thrown in our faces at an overwhelming rate, which is why I’m beyond thankful for Google+ circles. As a writer, I’m able to create feeds to consolidate article research, industry news, and personal interests. Here are my favorite experts to follow on Google+ as they apply to my writing career (in no particular [...]

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Writers: How to Get Readers to Work For YOU on Google Plus

March 25, 2013

Before the Internet and publishing companies, books were a privilege reserved for the wealthy. Enormous resources were needed to create a single scroll, and no copy and paste, no printing of numerous copies, and certainly no share buttons existed. Censorship was everywhere, and writers had few options. The printing press meant books could be mass-produced. [...]

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What Lori’s Reading: Issue #011 [Twitter Bugbear Edition]

March 23, 2013

Every weekend I give you the tastiest treats from everything I’ve shared on Twitter and Facebook over the past week. This is the content I’ve hand picked from across the Internet because I think it’s worth your quality time. In this week’s episode, I show you what you must NEVER write in your Twitter biography [...]

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The EZ Way to Spread Word About Your Cause With Google+

March 22, 2013

Key to the success of any nonprofit is raising support for what matters to you. That support is not only financial, though of course money is vital. Garnering real support means putting the issues you care about into the public discourse. Whether your nonprofit feeds and houses orphans in the majority world, provides a sanctuary [...]

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12 Easy Ways Nonprofits Can Stop Wasting Time on Google+

March 20, 2013

One of the most fulfilling things we can do is support the causes we believe in. For those who run the organizations we love, here are 12 ways to spread the word while saving time: 1. Create a Page It goes without saying Pages are for business and Profiles are for people. More than that, [...]

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