Celebrating Independent Authors
The world of Pinterest continues to develop at a breakneck speed. This post will be an update that will contain some of the most helpful new features and stylish changes on the website. If you haven’t read any of the previous posts about Pinterest featured on Indies Unlimited please check out the following posts:
This post will assume that you have a profile already set-up and that you understand the basics of the website. Continue reading “Pinterest Update”
Pinterest versus Socl? Well, I really don’t think so. Pinterest is a huge monster – third largest social network in the world – and it’s humming with activity. Socl is just starting out and is a little more limited because users can only post what they can find on the search engine Bing.
So why bother with Socl, then?
Well, I like things that are fast. I find it a LOT faster to create a board on Socl than on Pinterest. On Pinterest, you need to search for the photos you want, then pin them to your board. For Socl – you just type in your search term and you pin directly from the results onto your board. Fast. Easy. If you can tolerate Bing and the fact that you won’t always find exactly what you’re looking for, that is. Continue reading “Tips: Visual Social Networking for Authors (or Anyone)”
Being an indie author has its perks. One of our advantages over the big guys is that we can react faster to changing circumstances. You could say that while they’re driving Humvees, we’re driving Mini-Coopers; while they’re piloting a hulking Armageddon machine, we’ve got go-kart handling.
Nowhere is this clearer than in the case of current events. Big publishers who want to take advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime event have to start planning a couple of years ahead of time. And they’re lousy at reacting quickly to the big news of the day. Think about 9/11: we didn’t start seeing books about it on store shelves until years after the fact. That’s because publishers first had to find somebody with a manuscript, and then they had to go through all the usual gymnastics required for getting a book into print. Continue reading “Real-time Promotions”
Most of us spend a good chunk of our time interacting with the world through social media. Various platforms abound and new ones seem to bubble up to the surface almost daily. Many people use multiple platforms, but we suspect we each have one that is our favorite. Hopefully, we spend the most time on the social network that gives us the biggest return for our investment of time and energy. We’d like to know which platform that is for you.
Tell us, from among the choices listed, which is your preferred social media platform:
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