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1-2-3 Great Automated Twitter Support Tools

By on April 23, 2012 in General, Social Media, Twitter, Wordpress

I just love it when I log into Twitter and right in the feed find the perfect tweet to retweet (RT) on the spot. But RTing isn’t typically that simple. I usually have to go hunting! The truth is, the busier we get and the more followers we acquire, the more difficult it is to [...]

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How To Succeed On Twitter

By on April 2, 2012 in General, Mark of the Loon, Self-Publishing, Social Media

When I fired up my Twitter account in March 2011, I was a total social media newbie (and still am – do we ever stop learning?) My goal (then and now) was to build a social media platform that would help me get the word out about my (soon to be) self-published novel, Mark of [...]

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Twitter Tools: HootSuite & TweetDeck Highlights

By on February 13, 2012 in General, Social Media, Writing & Writers

My brilliant techie friend Laura Zera put together this great Twitter Tools post for us. Enjoy! Thoughts about how to best engage in Twitter have occupied a large part of my frontal lobe lately – even in my waking moments, which is sometimes disconcerting! How to make using Twitter easy is the other part of the [...]

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The Best Editing Tip Ever #1 – Key Line Layout

By on January 30, 2012 in Editing, Mark of the Loon, Self-Publishing, Social Media, Writing & Writers

I’m a novice self-publishing author, tackling something new almost every day. It’s a tough road, and one I share with many writers traveling a similar path. The tasks that fall to us – writing, editing, working with cover artists, researching ebook formatting and print edition options, putting up websites, blogging, tweeting, posting on Facebook – can [...]

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Ah, Decisions! FREE WordPress Blog or Self-Hosted Website?

By on January 9, 2012 in Social Media, Wordpress

Promo people and industry experts everywhere are advising clients – and anyone who will listen – that starting a blog can do wonders to promote a business. So whether you’re a real estate agent or an author (or both!), no doubt blogging is on your must-do list for this year. I started my original, free [...]

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