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Just read up on shopify on Facebook and wondering if that is a good idea? If it allows more opportunity to connect with the type of people who might approve of my stories? Think the Facebook crowd might be the ones who would really welcome stories written about them...? Perhaps they are the ones who don't see a lot of stories representing their lives..
And if so, would using ads boost this possibility? Just try perhaps putting out a few ads to see what response I get? In which case I will need to think of a clear marketing strategy...
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I also don't understand what you mean by: Who on earth are "the Facebook crowd"?
So shopify isn't somewhere you sell your story ideas on? They're not able to be promoted to the Facebook community via shopify for sales?
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Shopify is a complete ecommerce solution that allows you to set up an online store to sell your goods. It lets you organize your products, customize your storefront, accept credit card payments, track and respond to orders — all with a few clicks of the mouse.
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I might think that we tend to look at things with a more rounded point of view, and perhaps be more analytical of certain topics.
This is just a little gem to drop into the Easter basket.
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Facebook people are just a mix.
On my page most of my friends are writers and poets, so not a mix, really - however, many of them do buy my books. As I buy theirs - so again, not a good way of making money, lol.
I guess I fit in the rare minority of those who enjoy our craft for the sake of personal enjoyment, exploring creativity, achieving challenges and goals, and offering works to the public for its enjoyment -- not money.
I think if you take it seriously for creative and non-financial reasons then 'footling about' is a bit unkind.
In fact, i think those that can write well shouldn't for no money, otherwise they are taking money out of the mouths of people who do do it for money. I'm not talking about blogs here.
Similarly people who visit schools etc. on a regular basis without payment.
Choosing writing as a career is not the best choice for most people if you want to make a living and never has been.
On the other side, those who write and self publish do so in the hope of merely breaking even. A great many of us don't, but we didn't write for the money; we wrote for the challenge and achievement. It may be viewed as 'money down the drain', but it is much more pleasurable and rewarding seeing it swish away beneath a copy of our book or magazine articles, than from a stack of empty Marlboro packets or Beck's bottles.
Wondering now, whether it would be a good idea to target facebook and concentrate on promoting my ideas etc on there? Would this be a good strategy?
Will check out if more women use this media, as I have read that on Twitter and tumblr, males tend to dominate and, as I am going to be targeting the lesbian community, it might be best to target the media that women use most...
I think most TBers have business pages.
Any free platform is worth exploring.
Authors especially use them to promote their books.
But first take a step back. What ideas do you want to promote? There is no benefit to you by merely telling people 'I have such and such an idea for a book/script.' That might work if you already have a publication and you want to offer a snapshot of a following publication, but in the FIRST INSTANCE you must have a publication available. I have read of many Talkback members offering this VITAL information.
Get the work done and then promote a completed product, not an idea.
I confess, I'm not certain as to who my demographics would actually be. According to this book I need to work out a strategy for when I am ready to publish my e-book. The writer suggests lots of high quality content and keeping things fun, with humour and lots of images, as opposed to just text, cos they go down the best, and text should be simple and short. To try to engage any followers with questions, and indeed, special offers.
Not sure when my writing will be ready, but could write a few short stories and see how these are perceived? Test the waters? Perhaps start a subscriber's list for this...?
Do you think being 'holistic' and caring enough about my followers to want to offer them some other insights, other than writing, like downloading things about healthy relationships, fashion and suchlike to create a feeling of a bond between me and my readers. The idea to be slightly different to other writers. A friendly place where everyone is welcomed to join in. Could that work or would it deter readers?
For you, I wouldn't think starting NEW work, in the form of short stories specifically for a subscriber's list would be advantageous. Remember, you showed me your book/script draft some months ago. To give you an instant jump, why not consider releasing that on your website/blog, one chapter per week, in much the same way as E.L. James did with 'Fifty Shades'?
THEN you can link to that through your Facebook and other social media accounts. You seem certain the lesbian community would enjoy your work. Why not try to arrange a link FROM some of the communities better sites to YOUR site?