Comments on: Meet Thriller Writer and Tweeter Marcus Sakey

By: Sloan McBride

Sloan McBride — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:47:21 +0000

Marcus, wonderful article. I was like you very reluctant to do the facebook and twitter thing. I had a myspace page from the onset but only posted blurbs and reviews about my books. I finally about a month ago signed up for facebook and twitter. I still only post once or twice a week and usually on the weekend when I have time. My biggest problem at the moment is time. I can’t imagine posting what I’m doing every minute of the day when most times I barely have enough time to take a breath in between..LOL I applaud those who do it though. I understand your comments about using it to your advantage and getting on everyone else’s network and I will devote some thinking to it about a contest and such. That’s a wonderful idea and I appreciate you sharing.

Best of luck to you in your career.

Sloan

By: sherrill Bodine

sherrill Bodine — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:12:55 +0000

Great blog by Marcus!!! I’m signing up for a twitter account next week. Thanks for sharing.

By: Elizabeth Moon

Elizabeth Moon — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:27:08 +0000

It’s not clear how much time it takes to do all this–especially the reading of thousands of return tweets and commenting personally on some of them.

By: Morgan Mandel

Morgan Mandel — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:01:34 +0000

Hi Marcus,
You’ve got some great ideas. I’ll have to try a variation with my new book, Killer Career. So far, I’ve mostly been tweeting about my blogs each day.

Good luck with your new release. Sounds like you’re really going places since the first time we were on the panel at the Schaumburg Library.

Morgan Mandel
http://morganmandel.blogspot.com

By: Dana Kaye

Dana Kaye — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:36:28 +0000

Great post, Marcus!

Lynn, the @ is basically a reply that everyone can see. The idea is if people see the @MarcusSakey, they’ll click on it and it’ll lead to his profile.

The # is a hashtag. It’s similar to tags on Amazon or on blogs. It has a similar purpose: people will click on the hashtag and see all the replies with the sam tag.

Hope that helps!

By: Lynn Romaine

Lynn Romaine — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:37:18 +0000

Great blog by Marcus – I’ve been Twittering for four years but still can’t get the hang of that “@MarcusSakey #TheAmateurs” thing he talks about – I’ve asked many other Tweet people and no one can explain – maybe someone on your blog can – it’s the messaging system to people following you – (tried various ways and it never works) – also the # thing – I’m going to go to Marcus’ Twitter page and see if I can get it – thanks for sharing this – one of the most helpful explanations for marketing with Twitter I’ve seen – (love your books, Patricia and going to check out Marcus’ books) lynn romaine – Long Run Home due 09-18-09 TWRP