Author: P.S. Bartlett

Writer and Artist in no particular order of importance. They hold hands.
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My five cents worth on getting ahead on Twitter

Christoph Fischer's avatarwriterchristophfischer

Since I mentioned that my sales seem related to my Twitter activity, I’ve been asked several times to write about my experience with Twitter, so here goes. I cannot claim to have studied Twitter and admittedly my Twitter knowledge can still be hit and miss, but these are my anecdotal views.

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My main message upfront: It can be hard work but I found it very worthwhile and an important marketing tool.

Reluctantly, I joined twitter about 18 months ago and had humble beginnings. Like an enthusiastic lapdog, I immediately followed everyone who was remotely book related and soon the number of people I was following was 2000. However, Twitter has an in-built barrier and you need to have 1800 people following you before you can follow your 2001st, 2002nd etc. Twitter account.

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Thanks to some friendly help from an author in the know, I learned that justunfollow.com (free software)…

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Authors-Set Up your Web Presence.

Ronovan's avatarLit World Interviews

One of the first things you will find out as an Author is that YOU ARE YOUR ADVERTISING. Agents and Publishers look at what your presence is online and how you are selling yourself. Don’t be offended at that word. Use the word marketing if you like.

The point is, you have to get attention in order to get attention. As soon as you realize you want to be an author start marketing. What are things you need to do?

Establishing your Network/Platform or whatever you want to call it.

Professionals will tell you to focus focus focus. Focus your energy on two or three media outlets and that’s it. Okay, I somewhat agree.

Today let’s talk about three of them:

  • Blog
  • Twitter
  • Facebook

What’s the best way to control your presence, your marketing, your portfolio and establish a home where everyone knows your name? You got it . …

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How you see yourself …#Quote 192

Julianna's avatarJ. Ricci Energy

How you see yourself

There’s so much truth to this adorable little quote/image! We DO create what we think of. If we think of ourselves as brilliant, loving, courageous, talented beings, that’s what we become. Each thought matters. Each word.

So how about it? Bring beauty into your life by choosing to see it, starting from within.

If not now, when?

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The Absolute Indie

jorobinson176's avatarLit World Interviews

When I first decided to self-publish my books I had no intention of doing every little thing myself. I planned on paying for editing and formatting, and buying my cover designs. I had a rude awakening when I discovered that living in Zimbabwe, as I was at the time, meant that I had no access to PayPal, who sanction that country, and from what I could see back then, that was the only way to pay.

I had page numbers, headers and footers, indents and lots of other fancy bits and pieces in my original manuscript and no clue as to what formatting even meant. Seeing other writer’s beautiful covers all over, my heart sank because I knew that I could never create such things. It was the most frustrating feeling in the world until I discovered a few free resources that meant I could do it all myself. None…

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Waiting Waiting

These are the friends and lovers you need. The ones who will lift you up. They don’t judge, begrudge and constantly remind you of how lucky YOU are to have them. You just know you’re lucky. “The kind of person who brings out the best in you in you and makes you a better person.” Don’t ever take it for granted. Cherish them.

instantimpression's avatarThink Positive, Be Positive

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