Is this for original writing? To promote yourself, or just to start building your 'brand'? Just curious. :)
I used Wordpress. That and blogger are the two most popular. I also have a FB, TW and G+ account for my author persona. I was told pintrest/tumbler is also a good one to have (one of those) because the younger crowds tend to hang out there... but I just can't face doing another SM.
The thing is, you want to build your 'platform' by engaging with people, building a 'community' so when your book is ready to come out, you can talk about it, versus just bombarding people with 'buy my book'. Also, it's all about Google and increasing your 'author rank' which means making good, steady postings to your blog and making sure Google knows it's you making it. Then link your awesome posts all over all your SM and get your friends to link it and your author rank/SEO rises.
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Date: 2014-02-09 10:37 pm (UTC)From:I used Wordpress. That and blogger are the two most popular. I also have a FB, TW and G+ account for my author persona. I was told pintrest/tumbler is also a good one to have (one of those) because the younger crowds tend to hang out there... but I just can't face doing another SM.
The thing is, you want to build your 'platform' by engaging with people, building a 'community' so when your book is ready to come out, you can talk about it, versus just bombarding people with 'buy my book'. Also, it's all about Google and increasing your 'author rank' which means making good, steady postings to your blog and making sure Google knows it's you making it. Then link your awesome posts all over all your SM and get your friends to link it and your author rank/SEO rises.
Or something like that. I'm a noob too.