by Laurence O'Bryan | Mar 26, 2023 | Advice, Featured, Marketing Advice, Members, Steps to Success |
The # symbol, a hashtag, is used to designate keywords or topics in posts. It was created by users as a way to categorize messages. It is now used across other networks including YouTube, Facebook, Google+ and Instagram. Hashtags (#) make it possible to...
by Laurence O'Bryan | Mar 20, 2023 | Advice, Marketing Advice, Members, Steps to Success |
We all know that X should only be used for self promotion for about one in ten of the Tweets you send out. But that still means you can send the occasional Tweet, as long as you have given value to your followers in your other Tweets, either linking to...
by Laurence O'Bryan | Mar 15, 2023 | Advice, Marketing Advice, Members, Steps to Success |
I teach a 3 hr class on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) as part of a Diploma Course in Digital Marketing at City Colleges in Dublin, which I have delivered since 2013. I am also an author with three novels published by Harper Collins and a self published guide...
by Laurence O'Bryan | Mar 10, 2016 | Marketing Advice, Members, Steps to Success |
Self publishing is a golden opportunity. For the first time in history authors can reach readers without going through the traditional publishing system. But many self published authors are making horrible, beginner-type-mistakes, which will cripple their book...
by Laurence O'Bryan | Mar 6, 2016 | Marketing Advice, Members, Steps to Success |
As you know I am an author. My first novel came out January 2012, published by Harper Collins. So why do I do all this stuff on social media with BooksGoSocial.com, promoting great authors? I believe we are in a new age of hand selling or screen selling (screlling?)....
by Laurence O'Bryan | Mar 3, 2016 | Marketing Advice, Members, Steps to Success |
Since time immemorial we have gathered by the camp fire to listen to tales of monsters, fair maidens and battles long ago. An interest in such stories seems hard-wired into our genes. One clear opportunity for writers, who are familiar with story-telling techniques,...
