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Previously, I recommended authors shift from Twitter to Mastodon. In this post, I am going to give some hints and tips for how to get the most out of Mastodon as a writer. First, some notes Here is a poll of what Mastodon users love most about Mastodon. Here is […]

A Writers’ Guide to Mastodon (with Dark Side tricks)

9th February 2024 in Social Media tagged Author Platform / authors / CammelCaseYourTags / dark side / instances / introduction / LikeThis / Mastodon / SuperbOwl / writers by Matthew Brown

group of people reading book sitting on chair — Are you, like me, an aspiring writer, a seasoned author, and/or a book lover? Do you want to connect with others like us? Look no further. I invite you to embark on an exciting journey – come join me in the thriving community of writers and book lovers on Mastodon. […]

Discover the Thriving Book & Writer Communities: Join Us on ...

18th June 2023 in Love Books / Social Media tagged Author Platform / authors / books / Mastodon / readers / social media / writers by Matthew Brown

abstract art cobweb connection — Author Buzz is introducing IndieWeb features – something we hinted at a few months ago. What is IndieWeb and why should authors use it? First the boring answer IndieWeb is a community of people building software to enable independent websites to maintain their social data on their own web domains. […]

What is the IndieWeb and how can it help authors?

7th September 2022 in Social Media tagged Author Platform / blogs / IndieWeb by Matthew Brown

white and blue robot figure — I asked an AI to write an article. I gave it 10 words and it came up with the rest. This is the way authors get noticed these days. First, they have to keep writing, and they also have to keep writing books with imaginative settings and characters that people […]

This is the way authors get noticed these days (written ...

14th July 2022 in Social Media tagged AI / Author Platform / Facebook / Twitter by Guest Writer

It was my birthday recently and with that day came a perfect case study on how to not promote a book. In this post, I am going to break down three things: What the author did wrong, why it was a bad idea, and a few suggested changes that should […]

How not to promote a book on Facebook: A case ...

25th September 2021 in Social Media tagged Author Platform / case study / Facebook / spam by Matthew Brown

All you writers are being too effective with your author Twitter accounts. Some of you are even getting readers. This is because you are not doing all the things that make your Twitter account fully ineffective. Forget the 80% content 20% fun rule – this is how you make sure […]

How to run a fully ineffective author Twitter account

12th May 2021 in Social Media tagged failure / sarcasm / satire / Twitter by Matthew Brown

Author Buzz UK is, fundamentally, a social network for authors. British authors in particular but all writers, authors, readers, publishers, and agents are equally welcome. In this post we will take a look at the ways you can use Author Buzz as a social network and where else you might […]

A social network for authors

27th June 2019 in Social Media tagged Author Platform / authors / blogs / directory / Facebook / Good Reads / groups / Reddit / Social Network / Stack Exchange / Tumblr / Twitter by Matthew Brown

Tumblr is a hybrid of a blogging platform and social media. It can be used to reach out to new audience members nut it can also be used in ways that no was probably not the intention of anyone who created it. These are some of the more creative uses […]

How to (ab)use Tumblr for fun and profit

27th May 2019 in Social Media tagged Author Platform / SEO / Tumblr / Twitter by Matthew Brown

Using Twitter — Would it not be amazing if you could prepare a large number of tweets and have them posted to twitter gradually – a few every day? What about if that same method improved reputation management and SEO too while allowing you to reach another audience segment. There are tools that […]

A twitter scheduling trick to increase social reach

16th January 2019 in Social Media tagged automation / reputation / social media / Tumblr / Twitter by Matthew Brown

girls whisper — You may have heard of reputation management perhaps as a part of an SEO tutorial but do you know it can be an important part of self marketing for authors? When it comes to online marketing the search results for your own name or brand are your reputation. Ethically questionable […]

What authors need to know about reputation management

9th January 2019 in Social Media tagged reputation / SEO / social media by Matthew Brown

Facebook toxic — Social media – like Facebook and Twitter – help authors but we need to periodically detox Facebook to get the best out of it. Recently, I took my Facebook account through a detox and I was amazed at how much more productive I was able to become. As a side […]

Detox Facebook to become a better writer

12th February 2018 in Social Media tagged detox / distractions / Facebook / motivation / social media by Matthew Brown