Social Media Strategy for Writers

Here’s an excellent To Do List for writers put together by social media guru Chris Brogan. These are a few tidbits I found especially insightful.

• 3. On the blog, write about interesting things that pertain to the book, but don’t just promote the book over and over again.
• 4. Start an email newsletter. It’s amazing how much MORE responsive email lists are than any other online medium.
• 6. Consider recording a video trailer for your book. [House on Black Lake has done an excellent job of this.]

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Have you found other strategies to promote yourself as a writer? Please share them in the comments.