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Day 2 is about Visual Expressions and Social Media. Of the 48 books read so far this year, none is really visual apart from 1 children book. So I’ll skip this topic and focus only on
Social Media
Here is the prompt:
How do you use social media to expand your blogging/writing horizons? Social Media is all about networking and connections, and utilizing today’s technology to the fullest. Make sure you mention your own social media pages. Do you have another blog, maybe a Tumblr? Have a Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook? Or maybe there’s an underrated social media program that you like.
How I use social media to expand my blogging horizons in 10 points:
- to find other book bloggers
- to follow regularly what they read and review – how could I live without Bloglovin?
- to comment on their posts
- to discover new books or authors I had never heard about
- to enter giveaways
- to spread the news about my own blog, what I read and review
- to invite fellow readers to enter my giveaways
- to share about the virtual book tours I organize on France Book Tours, and invite book bloggers. Come this way if you would be interested in posting on your own blog reviews of print/ebooks related to France – all our books are in English but set in France, or translated from the French. All genres present
- to spread the news about these amazing books and authors presented on France Book Tours
- to invite you all to participate in the numerous giveaways we have there – have you entered the one ending on May 31?
Where you can find me?
On Bloglovin, Goodreads, Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn. I also have a few videos on YouTube, nothing recent though, YES, I do need to do more vlogs!
I think social media is half of blogging. The networking, the finding people with shared interests, the different ways of expressing the love of reading.
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you are right, I don’t really see the point of blogging if you don’t connect with others
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Wow. That’s a long list. And you are right…we bloggers do use social media all the time. Thanks for the reminder!
http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2015/05/armchair-bea.html
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and I had forgotten 2: Google + and YouTube!!
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Social Media is definitely crucial for what we do. I kind of have a love/hate relationship with it myself. I love Bloglovin and Goodreads but Twitter drives me crazy.
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Twitter can be sometimes a great tool to communicate with authors, in my experience. Discovering all many book bloggers through it
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I think one of the reasons my book blog has been successful is because of the other social media channels i use. Previous blogs were not nearly as successful.
BTW I’ve read and reviewed a few French books from Le French Book. Girl Who Reads
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yes, and also the fact that you do a lot of how to/ tips and work hard on your SEO too it seems to me.
Which book frpm Le French Book did you read?
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I should be better at using social media to promote my website more than I do. I tend to use social media though to interact with friends. It’s where I go for support, to share news, to cheer on others, and to be cheered in return. I exchange recipes, books, advice, and everything else through Twitter and Instagram. I have a Facebook page for my website, but I never get on it. Everything that posts there posts automatically through another social media site. To me, social media is an extension of myself.
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the way you use it sounds great to me. I don’t think we need to ‘should’ ourselves with that, it’s how it makes more sense to you now and helps you connect better with others
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I agree with you all! Except…ACK! I don’t do it (social media) very well. I need a teenage assistant!
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you can set up your blog so that each time you post it automatically goes to facebook, twitter and google +, at least. Never too late to learn, some book bloggers share great tips. I’m almost 50, so there’s hope lol
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Commenting on blogs is my favorite form of getting social. I prefer Feedly for tracking new posts on my favorite blogs, but Bloglovin’ is a great RSS reader and I know that most people prefer its ease of use.
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I like the fact that I can use bloglovin whether on a computer, on a kindle thru the browser or on a nook through their great app. I tried a lot of different RSS after the death of the awesome Google reader. I follow hundreds of book blogs, so I had to really find something good
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I’m off to make sure I stalk all of your links. 🙂
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thanks, stalking is what bloggers like 😉
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