Social Media
Author Promotion: How Terry McMillan Got Her Bestselling Start
When Terry McMillan’s first novel Mama was published in 1987, her publisher only sent out press releases and review copies — their standard low-level effort for first-time authors. So Terry took the promotion into her own hands. She wrote more than 3,000 letters to bookstores, colleges, chain stores, African-American groups, and other groups asking them […]
Pinterest Pin Continues to Go Viral
On November 14, 2012, I posted a redesign of a pin I had found on Pinterest. My redesign was simple: A pink border around the black and white graphic. Nothing fancy. You can see the original post here: http://infographicaday.com/the-skinny-rules-via-bob-harper. That post started to go viral, sending as many as a 1,000 people to my website […]
The 13 Rules of Good Behavior
I found these rules on Facebook and modified them a little to include 13 rules of good behavior. Common decency, otherwise known as the rules of etiquette, requires most of us to follow these rules of good behavior. How many of these common actions do you take while interacting with others? You’ll find that marketing, […]