Freelance Writer NZ

Building the Platform

It seems that almost every blog, writing course and marketing strategy for authors I have come across lately wants to talk about platform. So what is an author’s platform? How do you build one and what can it do for you? (more…)

Today I have a guest post from Jim Edwards:

“The Web’s Best-Kept Traffic Secret”

- by Jim Edwards

(c) Jim Edwards – All Rights reserved

http://www.thenetreporter.com

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Jim Edwards and Joe Vitale are two of the web’s most successful online marketers and writers. Their e-book How to Write and Publish Your Own Ebook in as Little as Seven Days has become a classic since it was first published. (more…)

One of the things that I have noticed while learning about social media is that many people do not use grammar effectively. So the question has to be asked- is grammar important in your social media content?  Here are a couple of reasons why  it is. (more…)

Now that we have had a couple of weeks of the business pages for Google+ it’s probably time to evaluate what freelance writers are doing with the new social media platform. From the chatter I’m picking up around the net, it seems that while some freelancers have set up their Google+ page many are still not sure what to do about it.

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Google+

This post was going to be about how Google+ looks like fun but probably isn’t right for business yet. However, I was interrupted…

There’s a new big kid on the social media block. Google is having yet another attempt at knocking Facebook off its perch. And unlike its previous efforts with Buzz and Wave, Google+ seems to have the full backing of the megacorp. (more…)

In the first part of this series I looked at Facebook and Twitter. Those two are the biggest of the social media platforms but they are far from the only ones.

You could spend months checking out all the different sites and their promises of instant targeted traffic and unlimited connections. Some of those promises might even be true. But to be on the safe side you should probably stick with the more well known platforms, particularly at the beginning of your social media strategy. (more…)

Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Digg, Tumblr, YouTube etc. It seems that every day there is a new social media platform popping up. I get invited to new ways to network at least every week. I don’t have time for all of them, so how can I choose? (more…)

There’s a lot of talk around the internet about social media strategies and how to plan this vital part of your online marketing. Many marketing people seem to enjoy making social media more complicated than it actually is. Here are a few tips that should help you simplify your social media interactions. (more…)