All Discussions Tagged 'media' - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T20:21:04Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=media&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIs anyone else tired of doing guest blogs?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-10-13:537324:Topic:3188482011-10-13T00:07:22.318ZSusanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Susan
<p>Everyone says that visibility is the key to marketing and blogs and writing guest blogs are part of the process. Okay, so I wrote one guest blog and the blog host lost it ... or forgot I sent it or something ... and said if I resent it she'd find a spot for me NEXT YEAR. Needless to say, I declined. I did another guest blog, with a novel sample and sent it off and the host emailed me last night to say she couldn't open the attachments I sent.</p>
<p>My question: is anyone else as tired of…</p>
<p>Everyone says that visibility is the key to marketing and blogs and writing guest blogs are part of the process. Okay, so I wrote one guest blog and the blog host lost it ... or forgot I sent it or something ... and said if I resent it she'd find a spot for me NEXT YEAR. Needless to say, I declined. I did another guest blog, with a novel sample and sent it off and the host emailed me last night to say she couldn't open the attachments I sent.</p>
<p>My question: is anyone else as tired of doing guest posts as I am? Is there no other way to grab readers attention? Yeah, I know, go to forums ... but it's so tiresome. Everyone's flogging their books. Same thing on Goodreads. I await your suggestions. Breathlessly. Desperately. </p>
<p> </p> Re; Ruthless Ruth ... the first woman put to death in the electric chairtag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-09-22:537324:Topic:3156862011-09-22T22:02:20.446ZSusanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Susan
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<p>Born into poverty in 1895, Ruth Brown had big dreams. As a teenager in New York, she longed for the fancy clothes she saw in department stores, but her job as a telephone operator barely paid the rent. Determined to get ahead, she took shorthand classes and dreamed of marrying Prince Charming.</p>
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And soon did. She landed a job at Boating Magazine as secretary…
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<p>Born into poverty in 1895, Ruth Brown had big dreams. As a teenager in New York, she longed for the fancy clothes she saw in department stores, but her job as a telephone operator barely paid the rent. Determined to get ahead, she took shorthand classes and dreamed of marrying Prince Charming.</p>
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And soon did. She landed a job at Boating Magazine as secretary to the editor, Albert Snyder, a wealthy older man. They married in 1915, but trouble arose immediately. Ruth had a rival.<br />
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<p>Read more here: <a href="http://darkdeeds.susanfleet.com/blog_1.php?entry_id=1316639310&title=ruthless-ruth" target="_blank">RUTHLESS RUTH</a></p>
<p> </p> Novel writing introverts need not apply?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-04-05:537324:Topic:2821282011-04-05T17:49:35.443ZCopper Smithhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CopperSmith
<p>Remember when writers could be wallflowers, even recluses? Laura Miller of Slate does.</p>
<p>In this thought-provoking article she ponders what we could be missing in a world where aggressive self-marketing and mastery of social media seem to matter more than sheer talent:</p>
<p>(see link)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/story/index.html?story=/books/laura_miller/2011/03/29/writer_sell_thyself" target="_blank">Author, sell thyself</a></p>
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<p>Your…</p>
<p>Remember when writers could be wallflowers, even recluses? Laura Miller of Slate does.</p>
<p>In this thought-provoking article she ponders what we could be missing in a world where aggressive self-marketing and mastery of social media seem to matter more than sheer talent:</p>
<p>(see link)</p>
<p><a href="http://www.salon.com/books/laura_miller/story/index.html?story=/books/laura_miller/2011/03/29/writer_sell_thyself" target="_blank">Author, sell thyself</a></p>
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<p>Your thoughts?</p>
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