#PublishingReinvented 30 - #tags for writers + 4 offers to get 2021 off to a good start!
The # symbol, a hashtag, is used to designate keywords or topics in Tweets or posts.
It was created by Twitter users as a way to categorize and find Tweets related to the same topic. It is now used across other networks including Facebook and Instagram.
Hashtags (#) make it possible to view messages across each social media platform, which include that #tag in the message. You can follow conversations and find other people using the same tag, who you may be interested in engaging with.
Tweets and other posts may be tagged by putting #tag (the tag part is what you will select) at any part of the post. Here is an example: Try a great #mystery novel today
People use the hashtag symbol in their Tweet to help them show up easily on social platforms. Large volumes of searches are performed across the world for individual #tags. This allows people who are not connected to see Tweets on a wide range of subjects. #Tags are used extensively for events, politics and TV shows, as well as more general topics.
Hashtags that become popular often become trending topics on Twitter.
If you Tweet or post with a #tag on a public social media account, anyone who searches for that hashtag may find your Tweet. Please don't overuse #tags in a Tweet. No more than two #tags per Tweet, please.
Please also use #tags only on tweets, posts, and messages relevant to the subject.
You can also use #tags to indicate emotion = #happy, find experts =#askanagent, and recommend a book = #bestread.
Below is a short list of 12 relevant #tags for writers:
#amwriting - for when you are writing - to connect with others writing
#askagent - to ask any literary agent for advice
#books - to designate a book
#BGSAuthors - Tweets by BooksGoSocial Authors
#eBook - to designate an ebook
#fridayreads - to show a recommended book on any Friday
#mystery - to say your book is a mystery novel
#PitchanAgent - to pitch your book publicly to agents
#read - to recommend a read
#romance - to say your book is a romance novel
#suspense - to say your book is a suspense novel
+ Here are great offers to get your 2021 off to an amazing start:
Join us for 100% free Secrets Packed webinar on how to run Auto Amazon ads at this link. I am providing this free through the Non Fiction Authors Association. This course will also be available free to paid sign ups to this newsletter in February.
Read about the Hottest Book Marketing Trends for 2021 here.
Come back to the BooksGoSocial Author Group on Facebook here, share your book in the post about buying each other’s books and share a blog post to allow us to see what you are doing this holiday season.
Get a $40 discount on any service here to help you sell more books. Use coupon code bgs40 at the checkout!
We are here to help. We are getting better and we expanding in 2021. Watch this space.
You can Unsubscibe at any time using the link at the bottom of all our emails
Here’s what this newsletter is about:
This #PublishingReinvented newsletter will provide you with:
Weekly insider advice on preparing, editing, publishing and marketing your own work.
Your questions answered in the next email or personally by reply if you are a subscribing member.
Something free, regularly.
A community to support you.
Discounted editing, publishing and marketing services.
This weekly email will hit your inbox each Monday. See all previous emails in this series here.
To subscribe, for those who may have received it as a trial, click below for monthly and annual options:
Subscribe now
To subscribe with PayPal for only $6 per month click below:
You can cancel anytime and pay no more.
Laurence O’Bryan
Author
Founder BooksGoSocial & The International Dublin Writers’ Festival.