Erica’s Comments (group member since Jan 10, 2017)

Erica’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

I am going to drop this link here too. We are going to be doing author takeovers on the Navigating Indieworld and Indie Authors Monthly Magazine Facebook pages. Here is the thread with more info: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Thought some of you might be interested. Especially those of you looking for unique marketing opportunities. :)

Yay, Anita! Best of luck with your release!

New article:
https://medium.com/@egraham040/the-be...

We will be doing author takeovers on the Navigating Indieworld and Indie Authors Monthly Magazine Facebook pages! This is a great way to reach a potentially new audience. The only the cost to you is anything you decide to giveaway as prizes. Here is how a takeover works:

1. Sign up for a time slot (these will be 30 minute slots), and yes, you need to have a Facebook account.

2. Plan some games and giveaways to post during your time slot. Most people do an intro to who they are/their books and 2-3 other posts with games and giveaways.

3. Promote, promote, promote the event.

4. On the day of the event, get on the Navigating Indieworld or the I.A.M. Magazine Facebook page (whichever you signed up for) atleast 5-10 minute prior to your scheduled time. Once the author before you finishes, the hosting position will be passed to you. You will add your planned posts during your time slot. Be sure to give time between each post for people to participate.

5. At the end of your time, the event will be passed to the next host and you are done.

*Just a note, you can leave some giveaways open for longer than your 30 minute slot so people who join later can look back and still enter.

If you are interested, here is how to sign-up:
1. Go to the Indie Authors Monthly Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/IndieAuthors...) or the Navigating Indieworld page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/17603...).

2. There is a post with a sign up sheet.

3. Click the link for the sheet and put your name and email in the time slot you want. The sheet should automatically save your information. Please close and reopen the sheet to make sure your info was saved.

*Please only sign up for one of the takeovers at this time to allow everyone a chance. If you are interested in participating in both, please keep an eye on this thread. We will let you know if we need more participants in the other takeover as soon as we feel everyone has had a chance to sign-up.
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May Takeover sign-ups are now live:

Navigating Indieworld-May 3, 12pm-8pm EST
Indie Authors Monthly-May 10, 12pm-8pm EST

I love it, Amy!

Followed, Evelyn

WOW! Amy, that cover is awesome!

Very nice, Elina! Sounds like a GREAT start.

Sorry, Aislinn. That sucks. It is good to hear from you again though.

A local bookstore shared this article. I never thought about this and am thinking twice about my buy links or at least including both Amazon and indie bookstores as options for my paperbacks. I may make less royalty, but independent bookstores are very important to me personally. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...

Carole-Loved the interview and book reading. Commented and shared.

That's great, Dale! When you write for a publication, do you just get a flat fee, do they take a cut, or do you still get everything?

That is great news Carole! I will check out your interview and book reading first thing tomorrow. :) Is Monsterland Reanimated a sequel? I saw a teaser for it somewhere a a week or two ago. I don't handle "scary" well. I am a wimp. Haha. Del's book The Unicorn Hunter was pushing my limits.

Thanks for checking it out, Carmel! I am glad some of it made sense. :)

Thank you, Sam. :)

Feel free to message me if you have any other Facebook questions. I promise to try not to give you a second heart attack! haha hugs

Looks like you are up to 10 on your business page. :) It will get easier the more you use it. :)

New one for me. This is the first article in a series about strokes and recovery as they relate to speech therapy. A bit more technical than other articles I have written, but you do get to see my amateur skills at drawing brains. :)

https://medium.com/@egraham040/stroke...

There is some contradicting information about why this happens. For me, it let me add a username after reaching 25 followers. Some people say you need to make sure you have a telephone number connected with your personal account. Other people claim they had to add an admin (a close personal friend) and their friend was able to do it.

And to answer question about double checking the type of page--it is a business page so no worries. ;) That was my fault. I was looking at the wrong one. hugs