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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

The benefits and drawbacks of social media


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I only  use three types of social media: Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/KatrinaAnneJack/ Twitter https://twitter.com/kateannejack and my WordPress blog. Of course there are a myriad of other social media sites, but as I work full time, I can just about manage to maintain these three.
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I spend a lot of time promoting my books, http://goo.gl/rpJxPM Amzn UK http://goo.gl/KD4uZ2 Amzn US as do other writers. Long gone are the days when publishers marketed your work for you and with the advent of self-publishing, self-promotion is very important, not to say essential.
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The question is, which of the three sites I’ve mentioned are the best for promotion? In my experience, it’s Twitter. Tweeters seem much more willing to retweet and share other people’s posts, than they do on Facebook. But here’s the important bit. If you can, return the favour, or at least thank the author of the retweet; a little bit of courtesy goes a long…
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