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Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 20th, I’ll be sharing the latest and greatest tools and tips for writers using social media channels to build their online platform and connect with readers. Here are the details: Who: Brandywine Valley Writers Group Cost: FREE Time: 7:00 PM Where: Ryan’s Pub (upstairs), 124 W. Gay Street, West Chester, PA. I […]

Please join me and the Mystery Writers of America on June 6th in Manhattan where I’ll give you my two cents on the effective uses of Social Media for Antisocial Authors. To register, send your check for $42, payable to MWA-NY, to Ann-Marie DiGennaro, 857 Grand Street, Apt 1L, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Any questions, please […]

Join us for a FREE 3-hour networking and discussion about writing and publishing at the Writers Coffeehouse. Location:  BARNES & NOBLE WILLOW GROVE (102 Park Avenue, Willow Grove, PA 19090. Time: Coffeehouse Sunday, August 28, 2011, noon to 3pm The Writers Coffeehouse is open to everyone. It’s a bunch of writers sitting around talking about […]

Thanks to Janie Hermann and Shelly Hawk of the Princeton Public Library for their hospitality, and for inviting me to speak at the 2011 Independent Author Day. For those of you who asked for a copy, here’s a link to my presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/donlafferty/princeton-author-day-2011 Here’s a link to the Socialnomics trailer: https://donaldlafferty.wpenginepowered.com/socialnomics-trailer/ Scroll down and look […]

PodCamp never fails to deliver, even when I can only make it for half a day. Many thanks and best of luck to everyone who attended my session, Advanced Business Development for Authors. Writing a book is tough. Getting a book deal is tougher. But marketing your book online can be like shooting fish in […]

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 […]

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 the […]

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 […]

Are you wondering if your business can benefit from the use of New Media Tools, Strategies and Tactics? Are you already involved in New Media and now you’re wondering how to optimize your strategy and growing network to raise market awareness and drive revenue? Then the best deal in town this weekend is 2009 PodCamp […]