Post Objective:

Share networking ideas and tools.

Networking is a very important part of marketing.  There are many channels you can utilize to network. 

Friends and Family – Networking the old fashion way can be very effective.  Hand out your business card (suggested in the previous posting) to your friends to let them know you have or are about to have a book published.  

Send out an e-mail to your family and let them know about your book; then send them a copy.  Ask that they let others know about it.

I expect there were people who helped you along the way, maybe with research or doing a pre-read.  Make sure you thank them with a free copy of your book.

Social Networking Tools – There are many social networking tools out there.  I’m sure you have heard of:  FaceBook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.  Check out wikipedia for a list of additional sites.

I have a facebook page for my book, I invite you to become a “fan“.  I also have a twitter account – mygreypub

I’ll have to admit, these tools are new to me and I am in the process of learning.  As I locate helpful resources I will share them here – I also welcome those of you who are experts to share your knowledge and resource links here.