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I created this list to support a presentation on social media that Emma D. Dryden of drydenbks and I made at the 40th annual National SCBWI Conference in Los Angeles in early August, 2011.
General Principles
Blogs, Twitter, Websites, and More: Connecting to Young Readers through Social Media: A good overview.
Build Diversity into Your Online Presence: Is focusing on one social network dangerous?
It's All About the Social Network: Publishers discuss how they are using social media.
Seven Questions Every Social Media Strategy Must Be Able to Answer: Points to ponder and help you stay focused.
Social Networking: What a Children's Publisher Expects: What you need to do, or not, in this brave new world.
Ten Ways to Kill Your Writing Career Using Social Media: Pitfalls to avoid.
The Unproductive Writer's Guide to Success: You don't have to blog, tweet, update constantly--you do need to keep your followers engaged.
When (or Why) Social Media Fails to Sell Books: What can go wrong, and how to avoid it.
Facebook News Feed Settings: Cracking the Facebook Code: What shows up in a person's news feed on Facebook? Why? Obvious consequences for those using FB to promote.
Is Facebook Relevant for Book Publishers? Are publishers using FB effectively?
Should You Create a Facebook Fan Page? If So, When?: Jane Friedman answers the question.
The Evolution of How I Use Twitter: Jane Friedman discusses how her use of Twitter has changed.
Hootsuite: One of a number of sites (Tweetdeck is another) that make it easier to schedule Tweets, organize your stream, etc.
Ten Twitter Hashtags for Writers: These will get you started. You should also know #kidlit.
Twitter Cheat Sheet: from Jon Reed.
Twitter Topics and Why They Become Popular
Who's Got Pull in the Publishing Twitterverse: A 2010 look at which publishers were using Twitter effectively.
Why 150 Followers Is All You Really Need: Excellent, counter-intuitive post.
Why Teens Don't and Won't Tweet: This suggests using Twitter to reach teens may not work...
The Writer's Guide to Twitter: From Debbie Ridpath Ohi. This is an extremely useful site.
Blogging
Blogs can be on any topic. Easy to start, easy to drop. Some people have more than one. Examples:
- Mad Woman in the Forest: Laurie Halse Anderson. Personal and book-related.
- Cynsations: Cynthia Leitich Smith. Daily. Lots of material. How does she do it?
- The Lisa Yee Blog -- is this aimed at kids, or at adults? Very successful.
- Through the Tollbooth: Group blog by children's writers.
- I.N.K: Group blog focusing on nonfiction.
- Drawn: Illustration and cartooning.
Author Blogging: You're Doing It Wrong: Who is your audience? Blogging should not be a never-ending writer's conference.
Kidlitosphere Central: for information and help, and a good "Sampler" in their Resources section.
Other Topics
5 Ways to Use Book Trailers to Drive Sales
SLJ's Trailee Awards: A description of the award for best book trailers and a list of the latest winners.
Book Video: Not an Oxymoron Anymore: On beyond book trailers.
An Author in Every Classroom: Kate Messner describes how to use Skype to visit a school.
Skype/Virtual Author Visit: How it went: Cynthea Liu discusses her first, and includes links to resources.
Why I'm Loving Google Plus: Perspective of a Writer, Illustrator....: It's early days yet, but Debbie Ridpath Ohi already has something to say about it.
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