More Tips for Being Found by Your Readers
From the comments and tweets, my previous post – "5 Tips for Being Found by Your Readers" – seemed to give people some things to consider for their blogs. There was a lot of interesting conversation in the comments as well. Since I called the post "5 Tips …" and only realized later that there were, in point of fact, only 4 tips, I felt I owed you at least one tip (not that anybody seemed to be counting since I discovered my little mistake myself 
) So, without further adieu … or is it ado? … here are *more* tips (as with the prior tips, they're certainly not mandatory and some may have specific reasons for not wanting to follow these tips):
Make sure you include your website/blog address(es) in your personal Facebook profile. Whether you talk a lot about your website on Facebook or not, you'll want your friends to know about your website if they come poking around on your profile page. So, to add your website, go into profile / edit profile / contact information / and enter your website URL and click "save changes". Before you leave this page, read the next point …
Include your Facebook fan page, if you have one, in your website list on your personal Facebook. You're not limited to just one website, so go ahead and list your Facebook fan page there in addition to your website / blog. Even if you invite your friends to your fan page, some may ignore your invitation (either intentionally or accidentally), so if your link is available to them then they may seek you out. This is also very helpful if you're squeamish about inviting your friends to your fan page – it at least gives your friends a chance to discover your page if they are seeking out information about you. Same goes for Twitter, by the way – you just might discover that some of your Facebook friends are also on Twitter.
Make your website links viewable to everyone, not just your friends. There are lots of reasons to consider doing this. Maybe somebody follows you on Twitter and decides to try to find you on Facebook. They search for you but instead of pulling up your fan page, they pull up your personal profile. Maybe they don't know you well enough to feel like they want to "friend" you, but maybe they would be comfortable "liking" your page. By having your website links viewable by 'everyone' you become easier to find. Another scenario is if you make a comment on a Facebook fan page (perhaps a page of another author) that somebody else sees and thinks is profound (don't laugh, it could happen
) they might click to your Facebook profile page to find out more about you. Again, maybe they don't necessarily want to 'friend' you but they might check out your fan page if you make it known that you have one. In order to change your privacy settings, go into profile / privacy settings / customize settings. The sixth item down should be 'website.' I have my settings so that everything on that page is "friends only" except my website is set to "everyone."Which of these tips do you do? Which of these tips do you NOT do and why? What other tips do you recommend for being found? Thanks for reading & now, join the convo!
