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Don Lafferty

140 Characters Conference Philly Would Like to Thank Kodak

Kodak’s Jeffrey Hayzlett, a good friend of the #140conf, has generously donated a sweet Zx1 high definition pocket video camera for us to give away at our Philly meetup next week. Thanks, Jeff.
So if you’re attending the Philly 140 Characters gig next Tuesday evening at National Mechanics and would like a shot at walking away [...]

Does Your Web Presence Help You or Paralyze You?

by Don Lafferty

Being social and remaining effectively present in a social context is, like most skills, easier for some than for others. Maybe “easy” is the wrong word.
I was having breakfast with Philly author Jonathan Maberry this past week when the simplest of examples dropped in my lap.
I’d seen a blog post earlier in the morning [...]

Who’s in an Author’s Community?

by Don Lafferty

Chris Brogan talks, in his article yesterday, about Paul Coelho and Scott Westerfeld using the social web to engage their communities in a way that enables readers to congregate, and to participate in the creative energy surrounding a book like never before. While doing this, these guys create real relationships which always amount to [...]

My Story of Hope for the Publishing Industry

by Don Lafferty

I spent yesterday bouncing between publishers and agencies like a pinball, doing what I do; helping authors and publishers find their readers. One publisher at a time. One person at a time. One conversation at time. One convert at a time.
The usual for me.
Except things feel different now.
From my first cup of coffee to my [...]

Trust Summit Breakfast with Trust Agents and Trusted Advisors: Trust Me

by Don Lafferty

It’s hard to believe three weeks have blown by since breakfast with Chris Brogan and Julien Smith, authors of Trust Agents, along with Trusted Advisor authors David Maister and Charlie Green.

It was quite a scene.
I hoofed it over to the Harvard Club of New York from the Hotel Roger Smith in plenty of time [...]

Author Marketing in a Web 2.0 World

by Don Lafferty

My stressful Saturday morning melted into a tremendously positive afternoon after arriving late to Rosemont College for Philadelphia Stories’ one day writer’s conference, Push to Publish 2009: Strategies and Techniques to Get Your Work in Print and Online.
I met a bunch of cool local writers who reminded me again why I continue to bury [...]

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