tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976780897387158854.post4789086940533705891..comments2023-02-28T05:12:32.770-08:00Comments on Brian Donald Wright: The Failures of Social Media Marketing (or You Don't Have to Have a Twitter Presence to Be a Writer)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976780897387158854.post-1147501095744481762017-08-14T08:44:21.295-07:002017-08-14T08:44:21.295-07:00So to kick-start my freelance social media work, I...So to kick-start my freelance <a href="http://buyscplays.com/buy-soundcloud-plays" rel="nofollow">social media</a> work, I joined a bunch of freelance sites like Elance, oDesk and Freelancer.Gloria Estefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145542138557732611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976780897387158854.post-42159329646288080762017-05-20T16:03:08.607-07:002017-05-20T16:03:08.607-07:00I feel the same. I have misgivings about social me...I feel the same. I have misgivings about social media for several reasons, yet I spend a great deal of time promoting my work on it. The book The Circle really struck a chord with me by illuminating many of my fears. Thanks for reading!Writers on the Stormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05512984931055509966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976780897387158854.post-6825256921945121472017-05-19T17:40:34.315-07:002017-05-19T17:40:34.315-07:00I am somewhat dubious of the success of twitter fo...I am somewhat dubious of the success of twitter for marketing, while at the same time trialling it myself. I use it to gather info from a lot of people, and sometimes I have found some great stuff and lots of photos. It can be a time consuming process building a platform, and that time might be better spent writing. But then who will know about your work? It's a continual struggle for balanceCindy Tomamichelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745486597002496865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976780897387158854.post-23676680591677678792017-05-19T17:10:43.885-07:002017-05-19T17:10:43.885-07:00You are spot-on in your analysis. Despite my misgi...You are spot-on in your analysis. Despite my misgivings, I use social media a lot and have had quite more success with it than without. The book The Circle, however, really is a rather chilling possible future, and got me wondering. That coupled with the fact that neither of the last two authors I read were on Twitter was the inspiration for the topic. Thanks, as always, for reading!Writers on the Stormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05512984931055509966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976780897387158854.post-52383542955731940192017-05-18T16:18:20.462-07:002017-05-18T16:18:20.462-07:00Thought-provoking post!
Here's my take on th...Thought-provoking post! <br /><br />Here's my take on the Twitter (read "social media) matter. For a book to be a raging success requires two things: its content to appeal to a good fraction of the population, and a good fraction of the population to be persuaded to try it. By far the most effective way to persuade someone to read a book is word of mouth. If a book is widely enough A.S. Akkalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068350618142417518noreply@blogger.com