Thanks for your thoughtful post. Having grown up in the transitional time between nonexistent internet and now, I can’t stress enough how important it is for authors to be social marketers–particularly as new generations move from children’s/YA readers to adults. Thank you for helping illuminate further this need!

You are right, many tweets are not read. It’s up to you to be “marketer” and know what the right time and who the right followers are for your book/brand. Timing is everything.

The thing is–it’s impossible to read all the tweets unless you’re logged in every day. If you look enough, you’ll see your favorites and you’ll keep an eye out for those. And someone out there thinks you are one of their favorites too! Have confidence. The quality of your tweets will not only keep your followers reading but will get you more followers.

As to lists, not something I’d worry too much about. It is a way to categorize a group of people/companies you want to follow not necessarily in your regular “newsfeed.” You can be more selective about when you see their information. To create a list, if your interested, the twitter help guide is extremely helpful.

It makes me happy that I excited you–it IS fun–trust me. To answer your question, is there a step by step. There certainly can be. This is something I’ve been working on creating to sell at a decent price. I LOVE doing favors but too many and I’m spread thin. My goal with my own social marketing packages is to make it a one-time investment. Give the power to the client to take over the reigns–have fun and succeed!

Diane–
Thank you for your knowledge. You hit it spot on and I am forever surprised at how many companies/authors aren’t on board. If people just TRIED they would see that it isn’t that hard. Set up the accounts. Ask around and see what happens from there. You don’t have to fully comitt from the get-go. Everyone should go at their own pace.

Thanks for your comments.