Daisy Whitney's Blog, page 12

Seven Best Practices for Building an Online Presence

I recently participated in the WriteOnCon online conference for writers and presented a talk on Building an Online Presence. The talk included my "Seven Best Practices" and I'm going to share them here.

1. Be consistent online

- Blog every day or once a week or not at all. Establish the schedule for you and then stick to it.

- Decide what you want it to be about – Writing, querying, kids, family?

2. Pick and choose where you want to be online
- You don't have to be on all platforms. Do you want ...

Violet's baby picture!

So hubby and I were reminiscing about the day we got our dog Violet. Who is, incidentally, the cutest dog in the world. And if you don't believe me just look at this picture he sent me to show me the dog he'd found for us at the local shelter in March 2009.

As you can imagine, the second I saw that picture in my email there was no way I could resist that dog!! We got her the next day and she's mine and I love love love her!!!

Take a Trip to the Virtual Mall

Marketing through virtual goods and worlds can increase purchase intent by three times and brand awareness by ten times, according to a recently released study by social media services firm App Savvy. ;The news comes as marketers continue to pour money into virtual goods, a medium that drew $1 billion in ad spend last year from brands such as Godiva, Anheuser Busch, H&M, Travel Channel and others, according to Daisy Whitney's report in this week's New Media Minute.Tags: daisy whitney, new...

My new cover! And a blurb!!

Some of you have seen this already, but in case you haven't here is my new cover for THE MOCKINGBIRDS!

Oh, and look at my lovely bookmark with the BLURB from Courtney Summers!!!

Bad Hair Days, Asparaguses and Infrared Toilets

Pursuant to my tweet yesterday about abolishing bad hair days, I would like to add that if I were elected President of Common Issues and Quandaries, I would, in addition to abolishing bad hair days, also abolish infrared toilets and asparaguses the size of miniature baseball bats.

Excellence is a habit

At the SCBWI writer's conference (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators) last week, I had the pleasure of attending a workshop led by Jennifer Hunt, the editorial director of Little Brown Books for young readers. Yes, Little Brown is my publisher!

Among other things, Jennifer talked about the pursuit of excellence and how being "best in class" is something she strives for at Little Brown. Similarly, she believes that authors who are serious about having a career writing for kids...

Virtual Ice Cream and Augmented Reality Cars

When it comes to emerging media one of the hottest new areas for marketer is augmented reality. Its a digital venue that marketers such as Audi and Ben & Jerrys are all dabbling in and offers some promising retention plays for consumers and brands. For more details on how this marriage of virtual and real world elements words, check out Daisy Whitney's report in this week's episode of the New Media Minute.Tags: daisy whitney, new media minute, natpe, digitalsmiths, the platform, augmented...

Things you won't see me wearing in my driveway – Bathrobes

Every morning when I walk my dog, it is inevitable. I always see at least one person leave his or her house in a bathrobe. They may be fetching the paper or taking out trash or kissing a spouse goodbye for the day. I just want to say you will never see me in my driveway wearing a bathrobe. Not only do I not believe in bathrobes — I subscribe to the "get dressed after shower" school of thought — I don't believe in wearing them outside of the four walls of one's house. So in case any paparazzo ...

Book Party Prizes!

Remember when I ran that vlog interview with the lovely author Holly Cupala? Well, here's a cool mash-up trailer she made for her book Tell Me a Secret. Check it out!

Check it out and you can win all sorts of cool book prizes!

How to Land an Agent

I love happy agent stories! So I thought I would share one with you from a blog reader of mine. I'm SOOOO thrilled that L.R. Giles just landed a terrific agent from the Andrea Brown agency for his young adult novel WHISPERTOWN so I did a quick interview with him on the query process. I hope this helps other writers also looking for agents. And I always want to hear these type of stories so email me anytime with them and I will share!

Daisy: Tell us about WHISPERTOWN
L.R. Giles:A teen in...