The 10 Social Media Commandments for Authors
The reminder we all KEEP needing. Do not feed the trolls… live in peace with everyone… but there is much more in this post to inspire, than just those points. Really – the Internet is a small world. Not only will that troll notice your negative actions, but so will others. Faithful followers can lose their respect for you.
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
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Anne R. Allen has published a great list with The 10 Commandments of Social Media Etiquette for Writers on her blog. Here’s a brief summary: If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it.
Not enough? Alright then, here are her ten tips for online behavior for people planning a writing career, summarized for your convenience:
1) Thou shalt not spam.
What is spam? Here’s the short version: if you’d ignore it in your own inbox, FB page, or Twitter stream, it’s probably spam.
2) Thou shalt support other authors.
Your fellow authors are not “rivals”. The number one thing a beginner should be doing on social media is getting to know other authors in your genre and subgenre and making friends.
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