Are You Alienating Fans on Facebook & Fracturing Your Platform?
Reblogged from Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Writers are NOT salespeople and marketers. We aren't. If we were AWESOME at sales, we'd be in SALES. Sales pays way better than playing with our imaginary friends and hoping we create something others want to read. In fact---and I might be going out on a limb here---I would wager most of you are not thinking, "Well, I'm only doing this writing thing until I can land my dream job in…
Food for social media thought on Kristen Lamb's blog today. It's easy to see a teeny icon and a name and overlook that there's a person attached. As I read this, two pieces of advice sprang to mind: one from my favorite boss, who said you shouldn't put anything online that you wouldn't want your mother to read (or wouldn't want to see posted on the front page of the New York Times, and the other paraphrased from Bob Vila: read twice, post once. I'm not perfect—heck, I even misspelled Kristen's name in my comment, but I'm trying. Happy Tuesday!
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