Comments on: Branding for Writers

By: Dianna L. Gunn

Dianna L. Gunn — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:28:11 +0000

Great post. I could do without any of it, but I couldn’t do without my blog itself. Twitter’s my main focus otherwise, mainly because I hate all the changes on Facebook, which have made it slower on my computer and way more complicated to use properly. I barely ever log into that thing. I think it might be evil.

~Dianna

By: Branding Basics from ThrillerfFest « DIY MFA

Branding Basics from ThrillerfFest « DIY MFA — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:25:17 +0000

[…] decisions you need to make for your brand right at the beginning of your career. As I mentioned on Tuesday’s post: it all comes down to building trust by connecting with your readers on a person-to-person level. […]

By: Chris Sanders

Chris Sanders — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:58:50 +0000

This article was very useful and timely for me. I’ve been falling into the trap of trying to build a presence on multiple social media platforms. Focusing on one or two seems like a much more practical approach. Thanks!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:03:12 +0000

I took a social media for writer’s class and they said essentially the same thing just more drawn out. You need to find that ‘thing’ that’s going to make readers think of you whenever they see it – a word, a phrase, a style, a logo etc. – and establishing it early on in your writing career makes it easier to handle when you do eventually get published. So I have a facebook group that I post in every day and a twitter account that I use constantly and I’ve got a bunch of other accounts all over the palce but they’re just another way for people to connect with me I don’t really use it. Except for GoodReads. Until I joined Twitter I’d never heard of GoodReads and I think it is such an awesome tool for writers to connect with readers but not as many people use it which is a shame. And I think it is a balance when working at creating your brand because you do want to get your name out there and post, tweet etc. a reasonable amount of time but you also don’t want to bombard readers because that gets too close to spamming and it turns people off. You also want to find the balance between posting nothing relevant to your writing life and posting nothing but things that are relevant to your writing. Posting nothing related will amuse your friends but not really attract a new audience but posting everything related annoys people because all you’re doing is shamelessly plugging things and there’s no connection to the reader. It seems like stuff only the media savvy could get right but it’s really not that hard if you find a habit (like writing on a patterned timeline). The teacher suggested you tweet (anything) about 10 times a day which I don’t always adhere to. As long as the majority of the content you put on the internet is related to you and your writing then I think you’ll be fine in branding your name. But that’s just me…

By: Great Stuff on the Writers’ Blogs, July 18, 2012 « cochisewriters

Great Stuff on the Writers’ Blogs, July 18, 2012 « cochisewriters — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:33:34 +0000

[…] Pereira (@DIYMFA) discusses Branding for Authors. Not only does she define what “branding” means for writers, even unpublished ones […]

By: Connie B. Dowell

Connie B. Dowell — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 13:21:18 +0000

Agreed. It’s better to do a few things well than to try a lot of different outlets but not have the time to give them the attention they deserve.

By: Ziv W

Ziv W — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:36:04 +0000

Kudos for concentrating on social media with real, substantial content 🙂 Believe me, it’s much appreciated – and it stands out a mile away between the many, many snippet-floods that are so common.