As of today, I have nearly 1,800 followers on Twitter. On Facebook I've almost hit 600 likes, on Goodreads I have almost 600 friends, 600 followers on Tumblr and 300 followers on Pinterest. YIKES! (Don't think I missed the fact that I just posted 600 three times in a row - my freaky mind is going to town on that one, wondering what it could possibly mean!) That's a lot of people. And a lot of work.
As most indie authors know, getting our name out there to promote our books can feel like a full time job in itself. Sometimes it hardly leaves any time for actual writing. I remember when I first started out on Twitter and wondered how on earth all these people gained thousands of followers. I remember being thrilled when I hit 100. Yes it has made me a bit of a social flake (I can't ever go very long without checking notifications on these sites) and yes I hardly get a fraction of the sleep I once used to get, but I really feel like I'm starting to get noticed and my book sales are steadily increasing.
So this Friday, I celebrate all my hard work and lost hours to the Internet. What small thing do YOU have to celebrate?
9 comments:
I could have sworn I left you a comment earlier - hmmm...web gremlins perhaps...anyway, kudos on all your followers. Have a great weekend :)
You did. It was on my other post. :) Hope you have a great weekend as well!
Wow look at those numbers, I'm intimidated ;) That is something to celebrate! Thank you so for joining in! :)
Wow, I can't imagine having that many followers. THAT's an accomplishment!
I know what you mean about the first 100 Twitter followers because it just happened to me a few weeks ago and I was pumped! Hoping to climb the social media ladder to your status one day - good job and congrats on your ever increasing book sales!! :)
Those are such accomplishments that are so time consuming. Congratulations! An encouraging post.
Welcome to the bog-hop! Congrats on your rising popularity and the sales of your books - that's great! :-)
Congrats on building your online presence--that's something to be excited about!
Social networking takes tons of work. Glad you're able to see the benefit!
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