social media for writers

What Social Media Can Do for Your Blog

May 13, 2011

Still not convinced you should use social media? Here’s what it can do for your blog traffic: That spike surprised me when I logged into my statistics yesterday. For some reason — because social media is a lot about making your own luck and a little about magic — a post I wrote in December, […]

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Why I don’t want to be friends on Facebook

February 16, 2011

I’ve received a lot of friend requests on Facebook lately. Most are from people I’ve connected with through Twitter or other online forums, or public relations types who know me from my day job as a reporter. But I don’t want to be friends with those people on Facebook. It’s not because those people aren’t […]

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Social media for writers: Twitter, Facebook & blogging

October 28, 2010

If you’ve found me through my guest post on Chuck Sambuchino’s blog, How Writers Can Use Twitter for Networking — Welcome! I know you’re here looking for more tips on how writers can get the most out of social media, so I’ve compiled a list of all of my posts that deal with that very […]

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