Are you looking for ways to promote your Facebook Fan Page? You do know you should always be looking for opportunities to promote yourself and your page(s).

Don’t have a page yet? I can help you with that. However, since this opportunity is happening September 26–28, put up a very simple page is you want to get started. You can always tweak it later.

To find out more about participating in this event as an exhibitor, jump over to Promote Your Facebook Fan Page and take a look.

I’ll be hosting a Q&A webinar with Tamara Riddle (the woman who came up with this brilliant idea). on Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 6PM EDT/3PM PDT. Come ask your questions and get some great ideas for Facebook page promotion.

There will be a replay, if I remember to hit the record button and the technology cooperates.

We’ll (actually Tamara, since I’ll just ask the questions) will be showing you around the member’s site. She’ll also show you how to set everything up. It’s really easy. I’ve already set up one of my pages.

If you don’t have your page setup yet or you don’t want to promote it right now, you can still participate in the Show Your Face event as a visitor. Of course, you can be a visitor even if you are a participant.

As a visitor you can:

• See lots of great pages
• Meet some new people
• Get ideas for your own pages

Don’t forget to “Like” the pages that catch your eye.

Click this link to join us on Thursday to find out how this event will help you promote your Facebook Fan Page. That’s

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/121042873

I look forward to talking with you on the webinar.

Write on,

Lynn

You probably know that Google has launched a new social networking product. Google Plus lets you separate your followers into circles. This eliminates the problem that plagued us in Facebook before they added Facebook Fan Pages. That sounds good and lets us keep things separate, right?

However, Google Plus isn’t really open to businesses. I’ve heard a lots of complaints from folks who have had their accounts deleted. This is because they set up a profile under their business name. Right now, accounts are for individuals only.

If you’ve been pay attention to what I’ve been telling you, you have a Google Profile set up for your name or pseudonym. You can use this name to set up your Google Plus account.

Remember that Google Plus in still in beta. If you don’t have an account or an invitation, you can leave a comment telling me you need one. Google is rolling the service out in waves. Sometimes you can just sign up and sometimes you can’t.

Google tells us that they are working on setting the site up for businesses. I really think they will do this, but I don’t know how long it will be before it’s ready. We’ll just have to be patient and see how things get set up. Once this is in place, you will be able to put your book titles there.

In the meantime, make sure you have a good personal Google profile If you don’t already. If you need help, pick up the free report at Social Networking for Writers. Start building relationships with folks who are your prospective readers and others in the publishing industry, agents, editors, and your fellow writers. Remember that social networking is all about building relationships.

However, don’t send only writing related updates to your reader’s or writer’s circles. Share some of yourself with these folks. Readers want to connect with you as a person. You may think your life is ordinary, but to your readers, it’s fascinating (or at least encouraging to know that you have car trouble and your washer goes out too).

When Google reveals their business platform for Google Plus, you will be ready with a group of folks who will be interested in you and your writing. Don’t overlook Google Plus as part of your social media plan.

When you get your Google Plus account set up, leave a comment so I can add you to my circles.

Write on,

Lynn

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In my last post, I mentioned how an email from EzineArticles.com inspired me with several subjects for blog posts.

Here’s the post from the title that EzineArticles suggested. I have submitted the article. (Usually I post articles here first, then edit them for a more general audience.  As my blog readers, I feel I have a more personal relationship with you and say things here that I wouldn’t put in an article directory.)

I received another email from Ezine Articles telling me they had found a problem with my article. This is the first time I failed to have an article approved upon submission. When I logged into my article manager, I found that the problem was that the link in the resource box went to a the free report page for Social Networking for Writers. The message said that the destination site didn’t have enough related content.

In the past, this type of linking has been fine. However, Google recently made a change that penalized sites without good content. Apparently Ezine Articles took a substantial hit in the search engine rankings. That explains some of the changes they are making. I’m doing more research and will have that post ready soon.

It has been on my mind to write another post about using your voice to build relationships with your readers. Well, after that extended introduction, this is the post.

You probably know that giving talks at writers’ meetings and conferences is a great way to get people to know you and find out about your books. These talks can be extended to the virtual world as well. Whatever you can do in a speech at a live event can be done in a teleseminar or webinar. The principals are the same, and the speech can be the same.

One of the frequent questions I’m asked about giving a speech is how much to promote yourself and your work. Most commonly people make two mistakes. They either over-promote or under-promote. › Continue reading…