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Post by Alan Petersen on Jul 13, 2015 20:55:00 GMT -5
I don't know why, but I had a well-known person in the indie world follow me (I wasn't following her) and that has set up a nice chain reaction of followers for the past week. Today I just had the Marketing Manager of BookBub follow me. I didn't know who she was. Just went to go check to see if that person was worth to follow back (I check manually) and saw she was with BookBub so of course I followed her right back! Maybe I can ask her to help me get BookBub to accept my money.  |
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Post by ameliasmith on Jul 14, 2015 12:31:36 GMT -5
I ran over there and followed you just to see if I could catch some of the magic!
I'm trying to work with twitter more. I read a book about how to pretty much automate everything, and it just sounded so annoying, so I'm doing almost everything manually (using tweetdeck a lot, though). Twitter is mysterious to me. I don't think it has reasons.
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Post by Alan Petersen on Jul 14, 2015 15:32:16 GMT -5
I ran over there and followed you just to see if I could catch some of the magic! I'm trying to work with twitter more. I read a book about how to pretty much automate everything, and it just sounded so annoying, so I'm doing almost everything manually (using tweetdeck a lot, though). Twitter is mysterious to me. I don't think it has reasons. I believe with Twitter the quality of the follower is more important than the quantity. I'll go look for you. It could be an interesting experiment! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2015 15:45:06 GMT -5
I'm a relatively new twitter convert. ( @lauraleelenhoff ) I'm just starting to make real sense of it. What are y'all's @names? (so I can follow y'all!) My 'breakthrough' in understanding twitter came when I started browsing and using the hashtags. There are some really great conversations that are fun to be part of (or even browse after the fact using the #'s). I haven't automated anything over there so my twitter progress happens in spurts since I'm not disciplined enough to check it out every day. A few times a week I check in, then occasionally I spend a few days really interacting and thats when my followers grow in leaps and bounds. I do use crowdfire (<--kinda a scary name right? it used to be justunfollow but it does more than just unfollow lol) There are lots of similar plug in applications that work with twitter. I use crowdfire to identify inactive accounts that I'm following so I can ditch them and follow more active users. that app also allows me to see who has unfollowed me recently or identify easily who i'm following that is not following me back. This is useful--I check in on feeds that don't follow me back or recent unfollowers and I fave tweets of theirs I like &/or retweet their self promotion tweets. I find that this sort of interaction usually gets me a new follower (or a refollower). Fun conversations I recommend: Weekly chats with the #10minutenovelists or lunch with a literary agent going thru queries and analyzing why they work (or not) with #querylunch and tags like #amwriting or #authorhappiness are great for connecting with other writers. So, basically if you can't figure out what twitter is good for-- I recommend exploring #'s personally, I see twitter primarily as a tool for connecting and networking and not a direct marketing tool. one tip, If you're looking to get more retweets and followers "use images" is something I hear recommended. Tweets with images (or video) are more likely to be retweeted to help spread your link/tweet. I've only just gotten started tho, so if/when/if I start promoting on twitter I'll have to do more research on engagement. I really was all shrugs and  's when i started twitter, and it all scrolled by so fast it seemed like chaos. Now I love it. It's like being in a huge ballroom where there are tons of conversations going on and you can stroll up and join any talk. Just don't be the social reject alone in the corner shouting "BUY MY BOOK" and not contributing to the conversation (although thats true of any social media). I admit--It's a special thrill when you tweet about an awesome book you just finished and the author favorites it or retweets it. |
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Post by Alan Petersen on Jul 23, 2015 20:46:23 GMT -5
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's when i started twitter, and it all scrolled by so fast it seemed like chaos. Now I love it. It's like being in a huge ballroom where there are tons of conversations going on and you can stroll up and join any talk. Just don't be the social reject alone in the corner shouting "BUY MY BOOK" and not contributing to the conversation (although thats true of any social media).