Photo chosen because this illustrates exactly how I feel trying to keep up with social media.
In my last post I talked of the ineffective side of social
media for the purposes of spamming, but that is not to say that social media is
not an important part of an author’s platform.
You cannot expect to ignore the audience and still sell books. You have
to get the word out somehow (without spam of course), so how do you do it? What
sites are you linked to, and how do you utilize them properly?
Have I missed any? Let me know in the comments if I did.
Now that we have a list of places to belong to, how do you
utilize them without letting them rule your life (you do have to have time to
write, right?)? Well, there just happen to be a few productivity helpers out
there to assist you with keeping up with post while you’re not away. The beauty
of this is that you can schedule tweets, post, blogs, etc… for times you know
you will be away from the computer, but don’t let that stop you from actually
interacting with your audience. The biggest problem, as I stated in the last
post, is that the spam all becomes white noise.
HootSuite - Features
like Personalized Tabs, Personalized Columns, Multiple Twitter Accounts, Team
Work Flow, Embedded Columns, Track Statistics, Create Groups, Feed Your RSS
etc.
SocialOomph – A
free and a professional service for posting to social media.
TwitterFeed – Auto
tweeting to Twitter and Facebook from your RSS feed.
Of course, if I missed any, let me know in the comments
below.