• Leo Babauta wrote this interesting article on using Facebook and Twitter to drive traffic for your blog.
• Kathy Carlton Willis posted INTERNET MARKETING: How Do You Use Your Social Networking? She includes a number of pointers that I’m going to try.
• From Writers’ Digest comes Online Marketing Works If You Have the Long View. Sure, they always tell us that we must have patience. But, we need to hear it again and again.
• The Writer’s Weekly site features an 11-part series on online book marketing. Start here. There’s plenty of good advice in this series.
• And, one of my favorite bloggers, Lawrence Wilson, offers this post entitled “Advice on Writing a Memoir.” And—you might wonder why I include this article with others on marketing. As I’ve mentioned many times in my marketing articles and classes, you need to start thinking about your reader before you create a product. Wilson’s article outlines the publisher’s point of view. The main question a publisher must ask is, “Will it sell?”

First, Wikipedia defines Social media thusly: “Social media describes the online technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives. Social media can take many different forms, including text, images, audio, and video. These sites typically use technologies such as blogs, message boards, podcasts, wikis, and vlogs to allow users to interact.”

Twitter: Let’s look at Twitter first, since it’s the simplest of the social media. Follow these links to learn how to Twitter and how it’s used by other Christian writers.

How to Twitter

Twitter and the Christian writer

Lee Warren’s thoughts on Twitter

See my Twitter page, and follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/emilyakin

Facebook: You can do more with Facebook. Your posts can be longer, and you can add photos and notes about yourself. Start with the how-to videos, and then check out how other writers use Facebook.

Videos on how to use Facebook

Facebook for Writers

My Facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/emilyakin

And finally, advice on how to manage your time on social media:

General Social Media Tips for Writers

I invite comments from writers on this post. As I said, I’m not sure it’s helping me promote my writing, but I’d like to hear about the experiences of others. Comments are moderated, so, if you do comment, it may be a few hours before your comment appears here.