Friday Find for Writers: Social Media Resources
Yesterday, I spent a wonderful afternoon at the Manhattanville College Summer Writers’ Week. My task was to deliver a presentation on “Social Media Strategies for Writers.” To complement the presentation (and to acknowledge the resources I’d found most helpful in constructing it), I prepared a handout (light on blogging/author website resources, since other sessions were tackling those areas). Keep reading if you want to take a look at the resources I shared.
SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES FOR WRITERS
Prepared by Erika Dreifus
www.erikadreifus.com
www.twitter.com/erikadreifus
www.facebook.com/erikadreifusauthor
General
- MidgeRaymond.com: “Book Promo 101” series
- Social Media Tips from Book Marketing Experts (via Shelley Hitz/Self-Publishing Coach.com). See the tips, plus the “free 10 day e-course that will help you streamline your social media efforts to just 15 minutes per day.”
- MarketingTipsforAuthors.com (Tony Eldridge): “Establishing an Author Presence on Social Networking Sites”
- The Creative Penn (Joanna Penn): “Social Networking and Web 2.0 Sites for Authors and Writers”
- Sree Sreenivasan: “@Sree’s Social Media Guide”
- ChrisBrogan.com: “An Insider’s Guide to Social Media Etiquette”
- There Are No Rules (Jane Friedman): “When (or Why) Social Media Fails to Sell Books”
- Guest Post on BeckermanVoices (Dan Cohen): “The Rapture will not be on Twitter”
- Girlfriendbooks.blogspot.com (Group blog; this post by Ellen Meister): “20 Social Media Tips for Writers”
Blogging
- NinaBadzin.com: “Blogging Tips: What I Know Now”
- MichelleRafter.com: Blog posts tagged “How Writers Can Use LinkedIn”
- BookBaby.com (Chris Robley): “Facebook for Authors: Setting up an author page” (Part One & Part Two)
- Book of Kells (Kelli Russell Agodon): “No Smoking Penguins: Why Authors, Poets, & Writers Should Have a Facebook Page”
- RobynBradley.com: “Making the Most of Your Facebook Page”
- Jane Friedman (On Writer Unboxed): “Using Facebook to Amplify Your Reach (and Not Annoy People)”
- Lauren Cerand, in Poets & Writers: “How to Use Twitter to Connect with Readers”
- Inkygirl.com (Debbie Ridpath Ohi): “Writer’s Guide to Twitter”
- NinaBadzin.com: “Twitter Tips”
- The Savvy Book Marketer (Dana Lynn Smith): “What to Tweet About”
- SocialDialect.com (Fadra Nally): “Common Mistakes on Twitter”
Goodreads.com
- Vonna Harper, on the Novelists, Inc., blog: “Goodreads for Writers”
- Goodreads.com Author Program details (Part One & Part Two)
Virtual Book Tours
- Erika Dreifus, on Grub Street Daily: “Virtual Book Tours 101” (features links to other guides)
- Winter Tour for Quiet Americans
Erika:
Thanks so much for including my LinkedIn post in your presentation. I write about social media resources for writers on a regular basis, please feel free to stop by any time.
Michelle Rafter
Erika! Wow! Thank you so much for the including the Twitter tips and the blogging ones, too.
Have a great Shabbat and July 4th.
Nina 🙂
Thank *you*, ladies!
Hi Erika,
Thanks for your presentation at M’ville on Thursday. I am now on Twitter, following you, Jane Friedman, among other book and writing sources! Also going to revive my blog. You gave me courage 🙂
That’s wonderful, AmyG! Thanks for letting me know. Now I’m going to go look for you on Twitter.
Many thanks for this list – I will use it for book number 2!!
I’m glad, Caryn!
Erika, this is wonderful. As a too-busy novelist/writing instructor in the DC area, social media and promotion often have to come last on my to-do list. So being efficient and effective is important. Your blog was and is very helpful to me, and I suspect to many others! Thanks! Now back to the WIP, due on my editor’s desk September 1. Geesh! Kathryn
Thanks for taking the time to comment, Kathryn. And good luck with that September 1 deadline!
This is a great list Erika. I found my way here via the LinkedIn Group LinkEds & Writers. Seems apropos to find a list of social media resources through social media. Inadvertently, I recently started ghostwriting on social media platforms for several small businesses, so I’m eager to study these resources for tips I might apply in these jobs. I’m excited that I may have a new niche for my freelance writing and I’m excited about these resources. Thanks.
Thanks, Patricia, and welcome to the blog!