Making Social Media Manageable for Writers

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Social media can be time-consuming and emotionally draining. It’s also not something that comes naturally to everybody. I’m certainly not an expert on social media, but I thought I would put together a quick list of tips and tricks that have worked well for me.

1. Create author/writer social media accounts – I write under a pen name, so this one was a bit obvious for me. This helps me keep my personal life separate from my professional writing. Also, this tip comes in handy in #5
2. Promote and interact with other people’s posts — people love when you support them, and you also have a better chance of getting followers. I try to like or retweet other people’s material as often as possible
3. Post regularly — I do my best to post throughout the day (although, I’m not always successful)
4. Plan ahead — I pre-write posts and tweets, so I can still keep up my activity on busy days
5. Stay on-brand — I only tweet about things related to my WIPs, my blog, or books I’m reading. I try my best to steer clear of arguments, debates, or gossip that aren’t related to the brand I’m trying to build. *This is easier to do if you have separate personal and writing/professional accounts
6. Use hashtags appropriately — the guidelines I follow is 2-3 hashtags per post. For writing, my preferred hashtags are

• #WritingCommunity
• #WritersOfTwitter
• #WritersLife
• #AmWriting
• #AmEditing
• #AmQuerying

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