As an aspiring writer, I had no idea how to gain followers on Twitter who were interested in the same things I am. This is where Katharine Grubbs, "Conquering Twitter In 10 Minutes A Day" hands on workbook came in handy. The book delivers everything you need to know about Twitter, from how to set up your Twitter to how to get involved and gain followers.
The book features numerous exercises and I did each one of them. My Twitter has been complete for a few months but after reading the first section of the book entitled, "The Set Up", I changed a few things in my bio. Although I only changed a couple of words, my biography (Katharine refers to this as the initial handshake) was much better and seemed more appealing. The next section talks about your strategy to gain followers. Katharine talks about finding your market and targeting them. She describes how you can use Twitter hashtags to search other people who have used the same hashtag. The last section, Katharine explains how to maintain your following. One of my favorite parts about this section was her breaking down daily, weekly and monthly things you can do on Twitter to achieve that goal. The book offers so much more than what I am summarizing above. I would recommend this book to anyone who is new to Twitter and staring at the bio of the new person who just followed you, with thousands of followers, and thinking "how can I get that many followers"? This book will help you achieve that. Like I said above, I did all the exercises and I am happy to report I did gain many new followers. ***Check out my Q&A with Katharine Grubb*** Q. What brought you to write, "Conquering Twitter in 10 minutes a Day”? Katharine Grubb: "After writing my book, Write A Novel in 10 Minutes A Day I was thinking about marketing and how the next step after releasing a book is gaining readership. Twitter is one way to do that and a lot of writers get it wrong. I wanted a practical help book for writers who don’t know how to use Twitter well. This book was also an experiment. I have more ideas along the “in 10 Minutes A Day” concept and there may be more in the future. I wanted to see how this one worked." Q. The book has multiple exercises. How long did it take you to come up with them? How long did it take you to write the book? Katharine Grubb: "I collected notes on this book for a few weeks and then drafted it over a 4 week period this last spring. I am a homeschooling mother and I love to teach, so I looked at this book as if I had a class of Twitter students. The exercises were intended to be personal, encouraging and build on each others. They are also similar in style to the exercises in the Write A Novel in 10 Minutes A Day book". Q. Other than Twitter, do you have any other great marketing tools you use to gain readers? Katharine Grubb: "I’m a big believer in local marketing. If there’s going to be a next book in this series, it would be something like “How To Be Local Hot Shot in 10 Minutes A Day”. The exercises would revolve around your community resources, like your local library, local media and bookstores that would want to help you out". Q. You write both fiction and non fiction. Which do you find more challenging and why? Katharine Grubb: "Right now I find the fiction more challenging. I’ve been chasing story ideas around in my head for a couple of years and nothing has materialized. My Nanowrimo project may turn into something but I want it to sit for a couple of months. The non-fiction ideas seem to be endless. I’ve decided that 2016’s writing will be solely focused on non-fiction for my target market. I can’t wait to see what happens". Q. This is more of a fun question but I always hear people complaining about the 140 characters on Twitter and it is not enough. How do you feel about it? Katharine Grubb: "I have no complaints. I find the restrictions to be a chance for creativity and conciseness. Plus, I love writing one-liners. This is a good medium for me". Q. If you could give advice to new authors what would it be? Katharine Grubb: "Have low expectations. Write at least ten minutes everyday. Never compare yourself to others. Read and practice all you can about craft before you publish. Don’t quit your day job". Click on the link to purchase "Conquering Twitter In 10 Minutes A Day" http://www.amazon.com/Conquering-Twitter-10-Minutes-Day-ebook/dp/B016LDGVB6/ Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for a honest review.
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