Tips for Self Promotion, Sales, and Advertising discussion

I had an idea for increasing our followings on Twitter, lets follow Friday each other. It's too late for this week, I know, but that gives us seven days to get organised.

Most #ff's I see are like this

Follow @KaterinaGraham @kevwilliamson @xomalese @M_Siega @M_Trevino @zgeorge222 @PaulMSommers @livtayabb (copied from my friends list)

They tell you nothing about the people you're supposed to follow.

I suggest we all post here a tweet length message (including the #ff tag) that we'd like others to post for us. For example-

Follow @example She/he writes mysteries novels, blogs and tweets about TV, movies and his/her books #FF

Everyone who posts a tweet to be tweeted must pick at least 5 others peoples tweets to copy/paste to their twitter next friday (April 2nd).

Try and choose people your followers might be interested in. If you write self help, pick another self help person. If you tweet about current affairs, choose someone who also tweets on current affairs etc.

If this is successful I'll also try and organise a blog role, where we can pimp each others blogs.

So, who's up for it?





Tweets so far

Follow @CatChester_ She writes vampire books and tweets about writing, issues, TV and general chatter http://bit.ly/b33KGs #ff

Follow @VictoriaTwead funny, friendly author of 'Chickens, Mules & Two Old Fools'.#ff

Follow @mpax1 sci-fi writer & amateur astronomer #FF

#FF @Jaleta_Clegg retro space opera, silly horror, random musings, and recipes.

Follow @bitsyblingbooks for a writer's opinion about what to read & book blogs.


#ff @LisaSanchez3-paranormal romance writer and cheer mom extraordinaire.

#ff @jrlindermuth-mystery and historical fiction writer.

Follow @odysseybooks - they publish beautiful & inspiring books, support new authors & tweet interesting stuff about the publishing biz #FF

Follow @BarryAChambers Author of the new novel RATTLER (from Pinnacle), a Western with a humorous slant.#ff

Follow@LisaFoxRomance paranormal romance, free reads, hot men and witty repartee.

http://twitter.com/jenknox2

http://twitter/lori_newman

@TuckerAuthor

Great idea. (Following you Cat, and have tweeted your tweet already.)

I suggest we make sure we use well below 140 characters to allow others to retweet.

My tweet:

Follow @VictoriaTwead funny, friendly author of 'Chickens, Mules & Two Old Fools'.#ff

Thanks,

Victoria

Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools

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I'm just learning about this retweeting stuff. Great idea.

Follow @mpax1 sci-fi writer & amateur astronomer #FF

Will tweet you both

I'm in.

#FF @ursulasquid SF, comic horror, & recipes

I'm in too

follow: @bitsyblingbooks- book reviews, HF writer & 'What's Charlie Talking About?' blog. #FF

twitter: http://twitter.com/bitsyblingbooks

Blog: http://www.charliecourtland.com

I need to write sticky notes to remind me to come back here Friday and post all of these. Great idea!

I'm in, too.
Here's my blog: http://jenknox.blogspot.com/
And Twitter: http://twitter.com/jenknox2

I'm already following most of you, but I'll catch up with the rest. Warmly, Jen

Please add me, too.
blog: http://jrlindermuth.blogspot.com

twitter: http://twitter.com/jrlindermuth

Lori, Jen and JR, please leave a twit that you'd like us to tweet to tempt our followers to follow you too.

Remember to post all these tomorrow on Follow Friday! Hash tag every post with #FF

Thanks, everyone.

Posted follow Fridays for all of you because it is already Friday where I live and I may not be around much tomorrow to do it.

My preferred tweet is-

Follow @CatChester_ She writes urban fantasy & vampire novels. She tweets about life, TV, books, issues and her writing. #FF

I think I posted all #ff. Thanks for the follows back.

Got yas on a snowy Friday ... snowing, snowing, snowing

Hey all! Am I too late to join in on this? I'll happily post for all of you :)

My preferred tweet is @LisaSanchez3-paranormal romance writer and cheer mom extraordinaire.

Thanks!!!

I went through and posted all of yours on my list :)

Too late for this week, C.S. But for future tweets:
@jrlindermuth-mystery and historical fiction writer.

Thanks for inviting me to the group, CatChester. I'm tweeting everyone in the group today!

Here's my preferred tweet for Follow Friday:

Follow @odysseybooks - they publish beautiful & inspiring books, support new authors & tweet interesting stuff about the publishing biz #FF

Thanks!
Michelle

Does someone want to post a list of all the #ff? I'm sure I'll miss someone if I do it.

Set up my hootesuite. It will be sending out all my #ff friday tweets! What a handy app!.

I think I've got everyone. Here's my list:
Follow @odysseybooks - they publish beautiful & inspiring books, support new authors & tweet interesting stuff about the publishing biz #FF
@jrlindermuth-mystery and historical fiction writer #FF
@LisaSanchez3-paranormal romance writer and cheer mom extraordinaire #FF
Follow @CatChester_ She writes urban fantasy & vampire novels. She tweets about life, TV, books, issues and her writing. #FF
follow: @bitsyblingbooks- book reviews, HF writer & 'What's Charlie Talking About?' blog. #FF
#FF @ursulasquid SF, comic horror, & recipes
Follow @mpax1 sci-fi writer & amateur astronomer #FF
Follow @VictoriaTwead funny, friendly author of 'Chickens, Mules & Two Old Fools'.#ff

Thanks for the list Jaleta. I did half will do the other half later. :)

Thanks Jaleta.

Hi Guys,

Sorry i missed last friday, my only net access has been through my phone, not exactly ideal! But hey, at least I finally caught up on my TV.

Still, things seem to have carried on in my absence. Much as I wish the world revolved around me, it still saddens me to realise it doesn't ;)

I'll put all our tweets in the top post for easy reference.

Are people finding this works?

Hey all! I was away on vacation last week and didn't get to participate. Got ya all this time around though :) Happy Friday!

Hello all! I've resisted the twitterverse until now and I still have only vague ideas of how it works. I'm @TuckerAuthor if anyone would like to follow. I've added many of you to my follow list. Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated!

Hi---

I'm new, so I'll try to add last weeks tweets too.

Here's my tweet...
Follow @BarryAChambers Author of the new novel RATTLER (from Pinnacle), a Western with a humorous slant.#ff

Alan wrote: "Hello all! I've resisted the twitterverse until now and I still have only vague ideas of how it works. I'm @TuckerAuthor if anyone would like to follow. I've added many of you to my follow list. An..."

Alan, don't forget to tell us what you'd like your Follow Friday tweet to say.

Got everyone on the list. Thanks!

Got most of you yesterday, the new ones today. :D Chowda!

Dang, I might have to try this. =)

So how is everyone finding this? Is it working? Do you know ho many new followers you have?

I think it's working. I've seen an increase in followers from it :)

I've posted #FFs again today for everyone listed at the top of the thread.

I think I gained about a dozen new followers from participating 2 weeks ago, so thanks again everyone.

I've gone from about 90 followers to 153 in the last 3 weeks. Something is working. If only my sales numbers would rise like that.

Check out Nexus Point

Thanks!

May I please get in on this fun?

Follow @LisaFoxRomance –paranormal romance author and connoisseur of all things supernatural. #FF

I’ll get to work on sending out everybody’s tweets now. Happy Friday everyone!

Lisa wrote: "May I please get in on this fun?

Follow @LisaFoxRomance –paranormal romance author and connoisseur of all things supernatural. #FF

I’ll get to work on sending out everybody’s tweets now. Hap..."

Gotcha covered, chica!

Hi Lisa. Added your tweet to the top post and about to tweet your FF now.

Thanks everyone!

My hootsuite is getting all geared up to send out the #ff's. I've added the newbies :) Thanks to everyone for your generous tweets and support.

Thanks everyone :) Hope you have a wonderful weekend :)

I got them all out yesterday. Lisa, I will do yours today and add you to my list.

I'm with Jaleta. When I started with Goodreads, I only had like 30 followers. Now I'm in the 160's. I get picked up off other people's lists. It helps me drive traffic other places.

This was an idea that seems to be working. :D

Hi guys,

I think it's time to change our tweets. Our followers might be getting tired of seeing the same tweets. So i thought we should mix things up for next week.

Those who want to, leave a new tweet and I'll replace it in the top (master) post.

I know i havent been about much and totally missed last week (how did that happen!) but I promise I'll update the master list before next friday.

I missed last week, but I am back this week. I am setting up my hootie send out my #ff for Saturday. Hum...I will have to think up another tag and get back to ya with it.

Hey! I changed my twitter user name to Jaleta_Clegg instead of ursulasquid. Can you please change my tweet?

How about this: #FF Jaleta_Clegg retro space opera, silly horror, random musings, and recipes

Thanks!

Will do Jaleta. :D

Sorry I'm a little late to this revamp discussion. I think new tweets are an excellent idea.

I'd like to change mine to: Follow@LisaFoxRomance paranormal romance, free reads, hot men and witty repartee

I'd also like to say a big, huge thanks to everyone for all those #FF's. Not only has this been fun to do, but it has allowed me to meet some really great people.

Thanks everyone!
Lisa

Those tweets are changed in the top post.

Thanks, CS! This has been a boost for me, at least in twitter follows. I'm still wondering if anything will translate into book sales. But, as Yoda said, "Patience, young Jedi."

Offering my updated tweet msg

Follow@bitsyblingbooks-a writer's opinion about what to read, book blogger

Just noticed I missed the @ in my post. Please change it again. (One of these days I'll get this right, one reason I dropped out of programming - too much punctuation and syntax!)

#FF @Jaleta_Clegg retro space opera, silly horror, random musings, and recipes