Apt Design » advice http://aptdesignonline.com Website Design and Graphic Design from Wenatchee, Washington Mon, 07 May 2012 16:01:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Advice from the Pros: How Writers Should Use Blogging and Social Media http://aptdesignonline.com/advice-from-the-pros-how-writers-should-use-blogging-and-social-media http://aptdesignonline.com/advice-from-the-pros-how-writers-should-use-blogging-and-social-media#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 05:42:29 +0000 Apt Design http://aptdesignonline.com/?p=1862 Recently I gave a workshop at Write on the River, a writers’ conference for North Central Washington.  My presentation was entitled Blogging and Social Media: What Every Writer Should Know.  I spent a lot of time preparing and had lots of great information for the talk, but one of my favorite parts was getting to show the power of social media directly to attendees.

A few days before the conference I had tweeted some of the most helpful and influential people who tweet about blogging and social media for writers.  My basic question to all of them was this, “I’m giving a workshop for writers about blogging and social media – could you give your 140 char. of advice about them?”  I received replies from everyone I tweeted, and all within 24 hours.

Thus one of the most powerful aspects of social media is displayed.  When else in the history could I get on such easy, instant, direct contact with someone who gets the respect and following of tens of thousands of people?

So without further ado, here is advice from the pros: How Writers Should Use Blogging and Social Media:

Ronnie Smith

Ronnie runs writersrelief.com, a great website with lots of tips, hints, and hot leads for submitting and publishing your books, poems, and stories.
@WritersRelief >10,000 followers

Advice? Proofread. Be consistent. Smile. :-) Sounds like a great workshop.

Dana Lynn Smith

Book marketing coach and author of The Savvy Book Marketer Guides at www.SavvyBookMarketer.com.
@bookmarketer > 3,000 followers

Blogging: Combine author blog & website; plan on paper first; keyword optimize; blog 3x/week http://bit.ly/BloggingResources

Social Media: Choose right networks; build effective profile; budget time; write effective updates http://bit.ly/SocialResources

Joanna Penn

Is the author of thecreativepenn.com, offering TONS of advice on writing, blogging, social media and how to get published. Tweets lots of links to great content for writers across the web.
@thecreativepenn >12,000 followers

get a distinctive blog, add great content regularly, be useful, use multimedia, stay in niche, focus hard on 1 social network

Alexandra Levit

Business/workplace author and speaker with 5 pubbed books and 2 syndicated columns. Featured in New York Times, USA Today, National Public Radio, ABC News, Fox News, CNBC, the Associated Press, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and Fortune.
@alevit > 34,000 followers

Set aside an hour a day for blogging and social media.  Otherwise they will eat up time surreptitiously.

Leo Babauta

Started ZenHabits.net, one of the best blogs ever (in my opinion) and WriteToDone.com, a blog to help writers improve their craft and their art. He’s a true poster-child for noname-to-stardom blogging. With his great content he got over 100,000 readers of his blog in less than 2 years. He’s also published multiple books from his blog.
@zen_habits > 42,000 followers

Writing advice: Say less, choose carefully, clear distractions. And it’s all distractions, if it’s not writing.

Have more advice for writers using blogging and social media? Give it below in the comments and be sure to leave your social media links.

Or, read one of these:

  1. Blogs and Social Media: What Every Writer Should Know
  2. The Power of a Personal Voice
  3. 4 Ways to get More Traffic to Your Blog

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Stapleton

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Could You Work 4-Day Weeks?

This article outlines one couple’s attempt.  Not as easy as they would have liked, but certainly something to aspire to.  I know a couple people trying this as well.

The Best Advice…Ever

Fortune outlines some of the best advice top business people, athletes, and politicians ever got.  Like a to-do list of how to be great!  (Here’s the best advice I got before starting my business.)

Super Creative Art

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Music Video

An innovative collaboration showcasing the power of a community of fans with webcams.  My favorite music video since Feist’s 1234.

Or, read one of these:

  1. Web 2.0 Video
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  3. 1 Simple Way to Love Your Job More

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