Social Media for
Authors
Marianne de Pierres
TW I T TER T IP S!!
KEITH KELLER
“Amid the clamour of social
media, you must find your own
voice. If you are enjoying
yourself then you’ll quickly
build a network.”
Authors can take the work
out of social media and still
achieve visibility by simply
choosing the right platforms for
them.
Here is a brief overview to get
you started picking a path.
Facebook:
What’s it like? Facebook works
well for the gregarious author who
likes to share both their own thoughts
and resources they’ve found. Simple rules
will help you manage your time:
What You Can Do?
- Run competitions
- Broaden your network by tagging
bigger common interest groups
- Have real time instant chats
- Network with colleagues
- Use paid for advertising
- Chat, share links and pictures
- Network - Twitter is one of the
best professional networking platforms
available
- Secure your own hash tag on
Twubs and build a whole tribe who are
interested in talking about the same
topic
- Use adjunct platforms like Twylah
to collect and aggregate your tweets for
readers to find at a glance
Twitter:
What’s it like?
GooglePlus:
Twitter is quick to update, but not
What’s it like?
immediately visual. Phrase your posts in
Google’s answer to Facebook is
simple direct ways and learn the power of looking better and better all the time.
the hash tag.
Works well with all the Google apps.
What You Can Do?
What You Can Do?
YouTube
What You Can Do?
By Marianne de Pierres
- Direct author address to readers
- Video reviews
- Host competitions
- Tag other vloggers in your videos
to help create a community following
Marianne de Pierres is a multi-award
winning Australian author who publishes
novels in the science fiction, fantasy, crime
and young-adult genres
Pinterest:
What’s it like?
A platform for sharing images with
limited written interaction. A very
connected “buy” orientated community
with a strongly female user base.
- Share posts and thoughts
- Run simple competitions
- Create a Google hangout - a videobased chat group - with other writers or
readers
- Google Huddles - chat with authors
and readers using a phone app
YouTube:
What’s it like?
YouTube’s video platform that has
been around for a long time. make your
own videos and upload. *Requires decent
bandwidth and some basic equipment.
What You Can Do?
- Create a board with “buy” links for
your books
- Allow readers to get to know you
by creating boards that show own
personal taste
- Find creative inspiration
- Make free info-graphics about the
industry or interest areas and share
them
- Find readers and writers with
similar tastes
Marianne de Pierres (Social Media
Coaching for Writers and Artists)