After I got published I thought that most of my work on the book was finished. I never realized that my work was just getting started. The time that is needed to help to promote my book is becoming equal to, or greater than the time that I devoted to writing the book.
If you are hoping to get published in the near future then plan on making time to brush up on, or learn about social networking. With all the social networking avenues available to you out there it is important to figure out early on which ones will give you the biggest return. Such as targeting the ones that your target audience may most frequent, and it should go with out saying that Face Book is a must.
As I have found out all of this can take some time to set up. Prior to being published I did not have an internet profile, short of a few newspaper clipping from old productions I had worked on. This was a mistake on my part. I never wanted a public profile floating out there in cyber space, but what I am finding is that it is possible to craft what and where you appear, at least at first. You will never be able to control all that will appears out there, but just remember there is no bad press, just press. It's what you do with it or how you react to it that can slant it to be good or bad.
So take the time to learn what is out there for you to be able to take advantage of and learn how to use their systems as quickly and efficiently as possible. Then enjoy the journey, because it will not stop until you want it to.
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