5 Things to Take Care of Before You Start Posting on Social Media

Make your profile picture your mugshot. While I’m sure your cat is the cutest thing in the world, ad so is your child, no one is interested to see them when they’re trying to find out more about your book. This profile picture is to ensure people, potential buyers, publishers, agents, editors, colleagues in the industry, are able to find you easily. So it has to be a close-up, clear, bright picture of yourself. Also ensure that your profile picture is the same across all platforms for consistency.

Your cover picture can be anything that’s related to your work or your book. Include the cover of your upcoming book. Or include an illustrated version of your main character or a photograph that depicts the theme of the story. If you write murder mysteries, no one actually wants to see a pretty picture of snow-capped mountains as your cover image. Unless of course, someone in your book has been pushed off those mountains. If you have a website or a blog, you can overlap the images with the text pointing to them. This is best time to put important information that will grab everyone’s attention.

While we don’t need your height or weight, we do need to know your writing history, links to magazines that may have published your pieces, why do you write, what do you write about, where do you get your inspiration from, when is your book coming out, et al. Put in the most essential information here, including Amazon or Goodreads links. You can also edit the About Me settings to include all your website, blog and social media links.

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