What Is the Favorite Social Media Plank In Your Platform & Why?

[Giovanni Gelati]

Authors need to have a well balanced attack on social media. What is your favorite weapon and why?

How many social media hang outs do you have in your "platform"?

[Grace]

I'm a blogger, not an author, but Twitter is my favorite for interacting with publishers, authors, and other bloggers.  I've dabbled with G+ but didn't really get into it as much as I could have.  I also use Facebook, but I use that mostly to give people who don't know how to use RSS (eg. some of my friends/relatives) a way to follow my blog posts.  I stopped liking Facebook a few years ago when it went from having a very clean interface to becoming a cluttered eyesore.

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Books Without Any Pictures

[Giovanni Gelati]

Twitter is a bit of an anomaly for me. I use it but not well. What are the big advantages? I look at it like it is a blink of an eye, here and gone. Your advice and input would be appreciated.Thanks.

[Grace]

I didn't like it when I first tried it either, but my first Twitter account was a personal one rather than for my blog.  Once I started using it for my blog instead of just with friends, I liked Twitter much better.  The advantage is once you start following authors/publishers/bloggers, you get a relatively steady stream of discussion about books and publishing.  It doesn't have the permanence of a Facebook post, but it has the advantage in terms of real-time or almost real-time conversation.  There are also events like #litchat where people use a hashtag to have a more open discussion over the course of an hour or two.  The trick though as an author is to say more than "Buy my book" and throw in a link.  It's more casual.

[Giovanni Gelati]

I can agree with that ,it becomes white noise.Thanks