The Power of Facebook for Authors
I found a great article in the Huffington Post by David Henry Sterry that talks about how important it is for an author to have a Facebook fan page. The article addresses questions like:
- How many fans is enough to impress a publisher?
- Should I set up a fan page for my book or or just use my personal page?
- When should I set up my facebook page–when I start writing/once I have a deal/once my book comes out?
- How often should I communicate via facebook? What is too much?
- I’m worried about privacy issues. What should I do?
- Should I put up pictures? Video? What kind of pictures should I load into my profile?
The article also links to other useful information like what are the essential elements of an Author page and facebook settings that you need to be aware of. If you are a writer I recommend checking it out.
June 23rd, 2011 at 4:47 pm
This is a really good post… If you’d be interested writing a contributory post on my non-profit’s blog send me an email.
June 24th, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Alas…I am unable to utilize FB for my blog. As a teacher, anything I say can be used against me in terms of (un)employment. Therefore, I will not “advertise” my blog on FB where I have fellow teachers and former students as friends. I cannot afford to “be found out”. Forget 1st Amendment rights when you are a teacher. I will say that when I had a different blog, I used the heck out of FB and it truly helped to keep in touch with my readership and to find new followers! Great post.
July 8th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Well put, this got me thinking…