Whether you create your own author website or we create one for you, we want to give you the best tools possible to build an effective online author platform and get your writing out there for all the world to read. Here’s our latest Links Roundup with a bunch of helpful hints about social media for writers.

The Top Five Social Media Marketing Mistakes and How to Fix Them via Jeff Bullas — Look, nobody’s perfect, but when it comes to promoting your writing online, you want to do it properly. Get a better handle on your social media promotion with Bill Nixon’s five most common marketing mistakes and how to fix them.

10 surprising social media statistics that might make you rethink your social strategy via The Next Web — Social media trends can change at the drop of a hat. In order to make the most of your self-promotion efforts, you may have to alter your marketing strategy to accommodate these new trends. Do you know what the number one activity is on the Internet, which social network is keeping most sixty-year-olds busy, or which social network gains a new member every second AND has the lowest percentage of active users? Fortunately, after you read Belle Beth Cooper’s article, you will.

A Writer’s Friends – how to build an author platform via Writers Write — Expanding your author platform is important to promoting your writing and gaining more readers. Mia Botha helps explain social media by comparing the networks to some of your favorite friends: Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, and Joey. The Friends sitcom entertained audiences around the world; see how the show can help you improve your social marketing.

Four Ways to Promote Your Book By Blogging via Publisher Production Solutions — We always recommend that authors start marketing and publicizing their projects before the books are even finished. Blogging and utilizing social media are great ways to spread the word about your book and drum up excitement for your characters and stories.

5 Ways Authors Abuse Their Facebook Profile Privileges via Kristen Lamb’s Blog — Authors need to spend a lot of time promoting their writing on social media. However, committing social media faux pas can undo all your hard work. Follow Lisa Hall-Wilson’s advice about using Facebook for your book promotion.

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