Ten Tips to Success

[Kevin]

MyWriters and Authors strives to connect writers to readers and resources. This means that everyone involved in publishing, from readers to publishers, are welcome members of our community. To build a successful network, use the following steps:

#1 Critique the work of as many writers as you can

-       Writers love to receive input

-       Critiques will create traffic to your profile page

-       Critiques help writers meet the expectations of their audience

#2 Invite others to join us

-       Friends increase your credibility

-       More members mean more opportunities for you

#3 Leave comments on as many profiles as possible

-       Leave a personalized welcome for all new members daily

-       Introduce yourself and your work to 20+ people per day

-       Offer to help with their interests

-       Include a link to your profile page

#4 Thank members for commenting on your work

-       No one likes for their efforts to be unappreciated

-       It will create additional traffic to your profile

#5 Post your original work under the appropriate tabs

-       Book Promotions offers four types of opportunities to make your promotional material easy for readers to find

-       Pub & Crit offers opportunities to make shorter works easy for readers to find and critique

#6 Reply to all forum discussions

-       Consider what is being communicated

-       Respond appropriately

#7 Create an awesome profile page

-       We are looking for awesome profile pages to feature

-       Remember, every member is trying to sell something

-       Everyone wants to do business with friends who are professionals

-       Create separate text boxes for personal information and professional information

-       Follow the personal profile with your professional profile

-       Add images, blogs, discussions to your profile

-       Be careful not to use too much hype - keep it real

-       List tags in your profile to help members find you

-       Look at the profile pages of our featured members

 

Tips for personal profile information

-       Write it in first person

-       Tell about things you enjoy

-       Add content that shows who you are on a personal level

Tips for professional profile information

-       Write it in the third person

-       Tell about your achievements that are related to your specialty

-       Mention endorsements from respected people/organizations

-       Tell about how you got to where you are

-       Show how your work relates to publishing

-       Indicate who your audience is  

#8 Get involved

-       Participate in, or start, contests

·          Wining contests make your profile more visible

-       Earn a position as a Top 20 member

·          This will make your profile more visible

-       Start or join about 5 groups related to your interests

·          Participate in the groups you join

·          Create a group with a name that indicates its purpose

·          Add an RSS feed to the group

-       If you have a network or critique forum for writers

·          Create a professional profile for it

·          Contact the site administrator

·          Get added as a co-operating network

 

#9 Build Relationships

-       Maintain a professional appearance

-       Engage before selling – show interest in others first

-       Work the network – make 100+ comments per day

-       Make friend requests

#10 Remember, our aim is to improve the quality of publishing

-       Try to aim content at some facet of the writing industry

-       Do not send ads in comments or e-mails

-       Do not Spam our members

·          Spammers will be banned

 

[Sean V. Lehosit]

Great tips!