Tag: "social media"
Lenten Meditation: Kingdom Come
From The Word Among Us, today’s Lenten meditation reflects upon Matthew 6:10: Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. (Matthew 6:10) When you were young, did you enjoy hearing firsthand accounts of where your parents or grandparents grew up? Didn’t it feel as if you could picture their homes because [...]
Join The Peoples Vote on Social Media!
I’ve been busy today establishing social media accounts for The Peoples Vote in addition to working my media list. These are exciting times with the launch of the “official” website on Independence Day — July 4, 2012! Our first Twitter chat is set for Wednesday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. Eastern and will regularly take [...]
Exciting Announcement!
A short time I ago I blogged about a revolutionary new technology tool, The People’s Vote and encouraged engaged political activists to watch the embedded video and register at the site. Although I’d kept it under wraps, I had simultaneously been participating in a series of interviews with company President and CEO Chuck Kirkpatrick for a [...]
Independent Publishing, Part Four
Don Smith’s final installment in this four-part series is now up at SVT Publishing: Why? It’s the great question of life. WHY are we here? WHY do we do what we do? WHY can’t we stop and move on to something else? Who knows? And with this series, I have asked, “Why do people self-publish [...]
Independent Publishing, Part Three
My friend Don just posted the next article in his four-part series for SVT Publishing that delves into the world of self-publishing from the perspective of seasoned media professional Alexandrea Merrell, along with some self-published authors including yours truly (thanks Don!). Visit SVT Publishing to read Part Three in its entirety, but here’s a snippet: [...]
Independent Publishing, Part One
My friend, author/writer/interviewer Don Smith just published the first article in a four-part series examining the pros and cons of self-publishing for SVT Publishing, with a little help from Alexandrea Merrell, Director of Orndee Omnimedia and the author of the book Rules for Republican Radicals. Visit the SVT site to read the whole thing, but [...]
“Conversations with Friends and Creators”
I am blessed to have a wonderful friend in the form of writer/author/journalist Don Smith and privileged to have been his very first guest on his new Conversations with Friends and Creators series. Visit his blog and check out our video interview below. Don is becoming quite adept at creating these wonderful trailers so if [...]
Standing Out on Social Media
With so many social media options available — Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest — it can be quite a challenge deciding which platforms to use and how to best leverage them for success. So I was pretty excited when I came across this excellent post today from the International Association of Women Entrepreneurs Online, which features [...]
8 Ways to Use Social Media for Book Sales and Beyond
Today on Writestream, I discussed these eight points on the air and wanted to follow that up with a post right here on the blog for easy reference. To listen to the Writestream archive click here. 1. Plan A Marketing Budget – It’s almost counter-intuitive for a writer, but it’s also absolutely critical to set aside [...]
Blogging for Book Buzz
Authors, are you currently working on your next book or even your first book, yet resistant to blogging about it? Writers and journalists, do you have an impressive body of work but no centralized home on the web to showcase it? If your answer to the above is either “What’s a blog?” or “Why should [...]
Parasol Power Chat for Authors: Using Social Media
Are you an author torn between query letters and the temptation to self-publish? Confused by terms like print-on-demand? Intimidated by Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms? If your answer to that is anything other than a resounding “yes”, do we have a broadcast for you! So put down the pen (or keyboard), pack a [...]
The Revelations of Social Media
Several months ago, prompted by some things I’d read on the internet and social media sites, I posted an article entitled Is Professionalism Passe in Cyberspace? While it was inspired by many different people (most of whom I don’t know), a few of the twitterers and bloggers are indeed characters from real life — whom I’d immortalized [...]
Water Signs’ Real Life Back Story: Six Degrees of Separation
After the LinkedIn incident, I decided to leave well-enough alone. Thanks to another social media site, I’d figured out who’d been responsible, and though I was tempted to follow up my email to “Ken” with a phone call, better judgment prevailed. But a curious thing did take place soon after. Before I get into that, [...]
Water Signs’ Real Life Back Story: LinkedIn Deception
Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and to a much lesser extent, LinkedIn, have mostly proven an invaluable resource for me, not simply for promoting my book, but also for political activism, networking and even hosting internet radio programs like Conservative Republican Republican Forum (which recently celebrated its one-year anniversary) and The Liberty Belle Hour [...]
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