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Then, one morning, I turned on my computer to discover that my Facebook account had been blocked or banned or shut down, whatever you want to call it, for ‘spamming’!
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Facebook Friends Part 1 I recently ran a campaign to drum up support for for my latest novel, and a large part of that took place on Facebook. However, I only had 1,100 Facebook friends and it soon became apparent that I would need at least double that for a campaign of thirty days. Now, …
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Facebook and Its Spam Detectors I don’t know whether you have been a victim of Facebook and its Spam Detectors (a.k.a. spambots) recently, but they are giving me a lot of gyp. For example, Facebook and its Spam Detectors used to force me to fill out its questionnaire and change my password about once a …
Social Media Friends are an unusual breed. Do you find them more fickle than someone you can shake hands with? Are they really friends
When talking about poor responses on Facebook, I mean that few people reply, and it’s always the same ones, even if you’ve got many friends
Logging In Conspiracy Has anyone else noticed how high the bar has been raised in order to sign up and log into an application these days? Logging in was a simple question of typing in two words a few years ago, but nowadays, I am constantly being asked to complicate my log in. At first, …
The Solution As my regular readers will know, life has been pretty frustrating for me for the last couple of days, but last night the thought occurred to me that the reason why Amazon and Facebook might be behaving oddly was the image driver because they are heavy users of images. So, I told my …
Promotion for Art-Lovers If you are one of the growing number of creators of art without an agent, then you will have to do your own promotion. This was the realisation that I came to three years ago, when I joined the not always so merry throng of indie writers and artists. Promotion is tough …
Promo and Collaboration Yesterday, I talked about seeking publicity, and today I’m going to continue in a similar vein. Seeking publicity boils down to promotion or promo for short. Many writers and other artists consider promo to be the bane of their lives, but this is pointless, since it doesn’t get anyone anywhere. I have …
Advertising My Books on Facebook My experiment in advertising my books on Facebook has been disappointing. I normally promote all my books by any means at my disposal, but for this month, I decided to try selling the Behind The Smile series only by means of Facebook ads. One of the main criteria of …
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When I go off someone of something, that is the kiss of death for me. I doesn’t happen often at all, but it invariably final…
Buying Likes and Other Social Indicators All of us who have web sites, which includes blogs, want them to be read. I think that that goes without saying, even if the site has not been monetised to earn commission or sell something. What is the point of writing if no-one is going to read it? …
