social media marketing

  • The (Long) Tail of Self-Published Authors

    I read Meghan Ward’s excellent Writerland blog post, Does Social Media Sell Books?, this morning, and thought I would share a version of my comments here: I recently came across two terms that relate to me as a self-published and self-marketed author: “Googlable“: I have a blog that comes up on top of the first…

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  • Book Giveaway for An Irish Miracle on goodreads

    Contest ends September 16, 2012 so remember to enter today! Three free trade paperback copies of An Irish Miracle will be sent to winning goodreads members in the United States, Canada, Great Britain or Australia! If you’re not already a goodreads member, this is a great opportunity to sign up for a free membership. This…

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  • Tech Notes – HootSuite for Twittering Self-Marketers

    Back when I gleefully signed on to be a Self-Publisher, I knew there would eventually be some marketing involved, but I was blithely ignorant of what that really entailed. To paraphrase a memorable They Might Be Giants verse, “I was young and foolish then. I’m feeling old and foolish now.” Perhaps I should have listened…

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