Online Marketing, Social Media & Blogging Tips | PiggyBankPie. Daily Blog Tips. Yöshi Sodeöka. Freelance Blog | Guerrilla Marketing Tactics to build your freelance business. The official blog of Helium.com. Whenever I used to read magazine columns, short stories, greeting card poems etc., I’d almost always hear that little voice somewhere in the back of my mind saying, “I can do this.” It wasn’t until a few years ago, after reading a really great article on coffee that I finally heard another important question to follow up the last one: “How come I’m not selling my work?” Ok, I’m going to skip that first big step to selling your work (which is the step about moving past the fear of rejection and actually sending your work out) and move to the next big step: How to sell yourself by using your social media platforms.
Twitter offers amazing opportunities for writers today. It was only five years ago that I decided to sign up for a Twitter account and I told my wife, “Ha! Twitter can’t possibly last long, it’s useless.” The Social Media Golden Rule (my golden rule, of course): Get your story to those who have been waiting for it. Social Media is 100 percent about conversation. 1. 2. 3.