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I have a question I haven't (yet) found a clear answer for, and hope someone can offer some advice or point me to other resources that can.
I'm writing a memoir. I've researched social media marketing enough to understand the importance of socially promoting my book -- on Twitter, Facebook, a personal blog, etc. -- sooner rather than later.
What I haven't yet found is sound advice on *when* to proceed with a social media marketing campaign, or whether there is a time that is actually too early. For example, I don't yet have a working title or a brief synopsis (lots of contenders for both, but nothing firm...yet).
I also seek ideas about *how* to proceed. For example, my hunch is that, absent even a working title, I would socially market myself under my own name, so as to build name recognition. And I have some ideas of what I can blog or tweet about -- relevant research I come across, for example -- but am less clear about what to blog about in terms of actual draft copy.
This isn't intended to be a "blog-to-book" project, yet naturally I want to engage readers in advance of publication -- especially since the journalistic approach I plan to take to this memoir might benefit from input from my potential audience.
If it helps to know, I plan to *attempt* taking the traditional route of finding an agent and publisher.
If anyone can offer any advice for when to start blogging about a book-in-progress and how best to proceed, I would greatly appreciate it.
Best...
I'm writing a memoir. I've researched social media marketing enough to understand the importance of socially promoting my book -- on Twitter, Facebook, a personal blog, etc. -- sooner rather than later.
What I haven't yet found is sound advice on *when* to proceed with a social media marketing campaign, or whether there is a time that is actually too early. For example, I don't yet have a working title or a brief synopsis (lots of contenders for both, but nothing firm...yet).
I also seek ideas about *how* to proceed. For example, my hunch is that, absent even a working title, I would socially market myself under my own name, so as to build name recognition. And I have some ideas of what I can blog or tweet about -- relevant research I come across, for example -- but am less clear about what to blog about in terms of actual draft copy.
This isn't intended to be a "blog-to-book" project, yet naturally I want to engage readers in advance of publication -- especially since the journalistic approach I plan to take to this memoir might benefit from input from my potential audience.
If it helps to know, I plan to *attempt* taking the traditional route of finding an agent and publisher.
If anyone can offer any advice for when to start blogging about a book-in-progress and how best to proceed, I would greatly appreciate it.
Best...