If you have a WordPress blog, you probably know by now that Google will be retiring Google Friend Connect for all non-Blogger blogs on March 1, 2012. I’m thrilled about this because I’ve always hated Google Friend Connect but have never had the cahones to delete it from my blog. I just did, and it […]
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February 23rd, 2012 | Tags: Bay Area editors, Facebook, Google, Google Friend Connect, Meghan Ward, San Francisco editors, social networks, Twitter, Writerland | Category: Social Media, The Author Platform | 23 comments - (Comments are closed) 1. Get over your fear of self-promotion. Just do it. Now. Done? Good. I get an email newsletter from professional coach Martha Borst every week. It has her photo at the top and an image of her book cover on the side. I don’t see that and think, “Oh God, there goes Martha promoting herself […] January 31st, 2012 | Tags: author blogs, author platform, author websites, Bay Area editors, Berkeley editors, blogging, Facebook, Meghan Ward, personal brand, San Francisco editors, Social Media, Social Media classes, social networking, Twitter, Writerland | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 23 comments - (Comments are closed) The week before Christmas, I looked at my birthday notifications on Facebook and saw that it was my friend Chris’s birthday. Facebook has this new feature that allows you to wish your friends happy birthday without even visiting their walls. But because I know some people post fake birthdays to protect their privacy, if I […] January 13th, 2012 | Tags: author websites, Bay Area editors, Berkeley editors, blogging, death, Deathbook, Facebook, Meghan Ward, Publishing, Writerland, Writing | Category: Publishing, Social Media | 30 comments - (Comments are closed) I was a Klout junkie. The first thing I did when I woke up in the morning was reach for my iPad and check my Klout score to see if it had gone up a point since the previous night (scores apparently change in the middle of the night). I’m a casual gamer (Settlers of […] November 8th, 2011 | Tags: Bay Area editors, Blogger, blogging, blogs, Facebook, Google, Klout, Linked In, Meghan Ward, publising, Social Media, Social Media classes, social media influence scores, social networking, Sprout Social, Tumblr, Twitter, Wordpress, Writerland, Writing | Category: Marketing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 40 comments - (Comments are closed) I’m on vacation for a couple of weeks, but I’m looking forward to catching up on everyone’s blogs and tweets when I return. Meanwhile, here’s a guest post from Samuel Park, author of This Burns My Heart. If you haven’t bought his book yet, do! Samuel is an exceedingly intelligent and talented writer. I loved […] August 2nd, 2011 | Tags: Author Interviews, author platform, blogging, Books, branding, Columbia College, Facebook, fiction, Google, Meghan Ward, novels, personal brand, Samuel Park, Social Media, social networking, This Burns My Heart, Twitter, Writerland | Category: Author Interviews, Marketing, Publishing, Reading, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 17 comments - (Comments are closed) It’s so easy for bloggers to get caught up in the race for more followers, more comments, more hits. I know that when I get two comments on my Link Love posts (and one of them is mine) I want to stop posting links—partly because I feel it’s a waste of time if people aren’t […] April 19th, 2011 | Tags: Anastasia Villareal, Blogger, Christine Lee Zilka, Editing, Elizabeth Browne, Facebook, Klout, Kristan Hoffman, Meghan Ward, Memoir, Publishing, Twitter, Writing | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Reading, Social Media, The Author Platform | 33 comments - (Comments are closed) Because I will be teaching a social media class at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto beginning next month, I’ll be blogging a lot about social media in the coming weeks. Many of you commented on my post about Facebook Pages with questions, so Miles has graciously offered to write a follow-up post. Here it is: […] March 29th, 2011 | Tags: author platform, Facebook, Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Page, Glee, Meghan Ward, MIles Christian Daniels, milesmaria, personal branding, Social Media | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform | 7 comments - (Comments are closed) Because I’m going to be teaching a class on Social Media at the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto next month, I’ll be blogging more about social media in the coming weeks. Today: 10 Twitter Tips. 1. Choose a Twitter handle that people will remember. Whether it’s your name (@charliesheen, @meghancward), a cute nickname (@ Mc_Huge, @iamnatedavis), […] March 22nd, 2011 | Tags: Anne R. Allen, author platform, blogging, Dane Golden, Facebook, Jordan MacKay, Josh McHugh, Kristen Lippert Martin, Laughing Squid, Meghan Ward, personal branding, Publishing, Sierra Godfrey, Sin and Syntax, Social Media, Twitter, writers, Writing | Category: Marketing, Publishing, Social Media, The Author Platform, Writing | 19 comments - (Comments are closed) If you’ve read any personal finance books, you’ve probably come across the phrase, “Pay yourself first.” The rationale behind this advice is that if you wait until all your bills have been paid (and you’ve done all your shopping) to put money into a savings or investment account, there may be nothing left. But if […] March 8th, 2011 | Tags: blogging, blogs, Editing, Facebook, LinkedIn, Meghan Ward, pay yourself first, personal finance, Publishing, Twitter, Writing | Category: Publishing, Social Media, Writing | 11 comments - (Comments are closed) Today I have an interview with Miles Christian Daniels, founder and co-partner of milesmaria, about how to make your Facebook Page (formerly known as a “Fan Page”) fantastic. milesmaria is a publicity, communications and media company that works with authors, filmmakers and entrepreneurs to “tell their story.” For writing tips, social […] February 22nd, 2011 | Tags: book publicity, Facebook, Facebook fan pages, Facebook pages, maria gutierrez, Maria Menenses Gutierrez, miles c. daniels, miles daniels, milesmaria, Publishing, Social Media | Category: Books, Marketing, Publishing, Social Media | 28 comments - (Comments are closed) |
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