Twelve Ways To Use Twitter to Promote Your Book.

By now we've all heard the analogy of Twitter to that of a cocktail party where people are communicating and working the room to network with one another. The biggest thing to remember about Twitter and any other social media networking site for that matter, is that you're establishing relationships and connections, so don't use Twitter only to push your book with sales messages.

12 Ways To Use Twitter to Promote Your Book

1. Tweet daily if possible. No, don't make those annoying posts 17 times a day such as "Going to work." "At work." "Home from work." But do tweet regularly and make it relevant and interesting because nobody cares what you had for lunch.

2. Tweet excerpts from your book.

3. Tweet links to book reviews.

4. Tweet about other authors or books that you enjoyed or reviewed.

5. Tweet links to websites that has useful information for your audience.

6. Follow other people and communicate with them. Others will start to follow you once you follow them.

7. Tweet an offer for a book giveaway, something like, the first 10 people who re-tweet about my book will receive an e-book copy of my book.

8. Tweet something funny or silly that will make people laugh.

9. Use an actual photo of yourself on your profile so that people can feel connected to you.

10. Customize your Twitter page to reflect the book cover of one of your books.

11. Tweet about your events or book signings that people can attend.

12. Tweet a link to an online bookstore such as Amazon when your book is available on each site.

If you want to monitor and track your Twitter activity, there are tools available such as TwitterGrader.com where you can find out your "grade" according to their analytics. Another website that might come in handy is http://friendorfollow.com where you can easily see who you're following that isn't following you and who is following you that you're not following.

Happy Tweeting!

Lori A. Moore is the author of From Zero to Christian in Just 35 Years and Missing Andy: The Journey From Grief To Joy.

Twitter: @Lori_A_Moore

http://www.loriamooreonline.com

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