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BROKEN PEOPLE by @RachelintheOC, #writing #Books #media
(2021-09-20)
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  • Jun 5, 2014 – 12 Most Glaringly Obvious Reasons You’re a Twitter Newbie
  • Feb 20, 2014 – 12 Most Critical Ways To Make Your Twitter Stand Out
  • Sep 16, 2013 – 12 Most Relevant Reasons You Should Self-Publish
  • May 14, 2013 – 12 Most Annoying Ways to Tick People Off on Social Media
  • Apr 10, 2013 – 12 Most Important Ways To Waste Your Time
  • Dec 13, 2012 – 12 Most Smart Ways Not to Engage in Twitter Spam
  • Sep 7, 2012 – 12 Most Obvious Reasons Women are Smarter than Men

About.com

  • Part Two – Rachel Thompson, Bad Readhead, But Good Business Smarts
  • Part One – Rachel Thompson, The Yoda Of Snark, And Social Media Maven

Bit Rebels

  • The Big Bang Theory Secrets: What You Don’t Know About This Geeky Show
  • Blade Runner Deconstructed From A Geek’s Perspective

BookPromotion.com

  • The Best Care and Feeding of your Blog by guest @sugarbeatbc
  • How To Sell Without Being A Sleaze by guest @K8Tilton
  • 5 Reasons You Need To Stop Being A Lazy Writer on Social Media
  • How To Gain a Fanbase by Blogging by guest @K8Tilton
  • 5 Ways You Can Easily Repurpose Blog Content For More Shares
  • How To Create Content People Care About by guest @K8Tilton
  • Which is right for you? A Quick Guide to KDP vs. KDP Select by guest Naomi Blackburn (@NBlackburn01)
  • Not Selling Books? How To Change That Today!
  • Gutting Yourself: How to Find and Use Raw Emotion for Your Writing
  • 3 Awesome Email List Buiilding Tips for Fiction Authors by guest Bri Clark (@Bri_clark)
  • Email Marketing for Authors: Don’t Discredit what you Haven’t Tried by guest Bri Clark (@Bri_clark)
  • How to Price Your eBook on Amazon by guest Naomi Blackburn (@NBlackburn01)
  • 3 Valuable Tips You Need For Amazing Blog Content
  • Why I Use Different Social Media Networks (And Maybe You Should Too) by guest @K8Tilton
  • Why WordPress is the Best Choice for your Author Website by guest @sugarbeatbc
  • A Quick 8-Step Guide to Publishing Your eBook on Amazon! by @NBlackburn01
  • Facebook OR Twitter? Here’s Why You Should Choose Both!
  • The Reason Writers Conferences Are Worth It by @K8Tilton
  • How Do I Get My Local Bookstore to Carry My Books? by @nblackburn01
  • Authors Be Genuine on Social Media by @K8Tilton
  • How to Find Your Audience Online by @nblackburn01
  • This is The Reason You Need To Focus Your Content To Sell Books
  • How to Use Pinterest on Your Author Website by @K8Tilton
  • Self-Promotion Sucks…Because You’re Doing It Wrong
  • Measuring Social Media ROI by guest @nblackburn01
  • Important Goodreads Changes You Need to Know about Now by guest @sugarbeatbc
  • 2015 Social Media Wish List
  • Changing Your Paradigm About Your Author Platform!
  • 10 Websites You Need To Create Awesome Author Stuff!
  • 4 Free, Easy Ways to Promote Your Book on Your Facebook Page
  • 3 Easy Steps to Finding Great Social Media Content to Share
  • What Should Writers Blog About? A Quick Guide
  • Social Media Scheduling Tools for Authors by @K8Tilton
  • Are You A Writer? Then…Write!
  • Amazon and Booktrope Announce A New Business Relationship
  • How To Stop Those Annoying Twitter AutoDMs!
  • What You Need To Sell More Books — Basic Overview
  • 3 Twitter Basics You Probably Don’t Know About
  • How To Find Out Your Website’s Ranking and Grade!
  • Self-Published Authors: You Are Not An Author…
  • Why Social Media Is Worth Your Time
  • 3 Types Of Messages To Ignore On Social Media
  • Why ‘Read My Book!’ Doesn’t Work…And What To Do Instead
  • Basic Social Media Resources To Help You!
  • The Most Effective Social Media Channel Is…
  • Want To Manage More Twitter Followers? Try These 3 Tips!
  • 6 Advanced Twitter Tips To Help YOU!
  • How to Get Your Book Banned – Q and A with guest @moha_doha
  • Confused About Keywords? Think Like A Reader!
  • Branding 101 For Authors
  • Interview with Evan Jacobs of @Authorgraph
  • Two Easy Tips For Creating Compelling Visual Content
  • Before You Get Offended By Someone On Social Media, Read This!
  • Read This Before You SELL SELL SELL Books On Twitter
  • How Social Media Fits Into Your Author Platform
  • What’s An Author Platform Anyway? A Quick Overview
  • 4 Dumb Ways To Waste Your Writing Time
  • 4 Common Misperceptions About Self-Publishing Authors Need To Change NOW
  • You’re An Adult. Write Like One.
  • What is #MondayBlogs and Why Should Bloggers Participate?
  • Merry Christmas, Authors!
  • How Authors Must Bring Social Back To Social Media
  • Branding 101 For Authors
  • Multi-Genre Marketing — Is There A Best Way?
  • 4 Tips To Curating Great Content
  • Should Authors Ever Pay For Reviews? It Depends.
  • Why Are You Following Only Authors? Follow Readers!
  • You Owe It To Your Readers To Be Interesting
  • How Often Should Authors Post To Social Media?
  • 5 Tips To Stop Annoying People On Social Media
  • Free Promotional Tools For Authors
  • Brand The Author, Not The Book!
  • How Will Book Marketing Change in 2014?
  • Does Shaming Have A Place On Social Media?
  • Why Blogging Is Key For Authors
  • Social Media on 9/11
  • How Do I Sell My Book On Social Media? Don’t.
  • Who Should You Follow On Twitter? Top Tips!
  • Before You Automate Your Social Media, Read This!
  • Memes, Hashtags and Chats, Oh My!
  • Will Twitter Help My Book Sales?
  • 3 Twitter Tips You May Not Know
  • What Are Your Expectations of Twitter, Anyway?
  • Which One Social Media Site Is Best For Authors?
  • Increase Book Sales With These Three Twitter Tips!
  • Make The Annoying Twitter AutoDMs Stop!
  • Publish on Amazon Only? One Author’s Perspective
  • What Social Media Is, And What It Is Not
  • Why Live-Only Social Media Interaction Doesn’t Work
  • How Can I Possibly Write AND Market? Here’s How!
  • Before You Send Another Tweet, Read This!
  • 4 Tips For Dealing With Difficult People on Social Media
  • 5 Twitter Changes You Can Make Today!
  • Changing Your Author Marketing Paradigm To Make It Work!
  • How Do I Grow My Twitter Following?
  • The Top 5 Twitter Memes Authors Need To Know!
  • How NOT To Sell Your Book On Twitter!
  • How Do I Market And Write? There’s Not Enough Time!
  • Does An Author Need A Blog? Yes!
  • 3 Tips To Help You Contact Book Reviewers!
  • To Pen Name or Not To Pen Name? That Is The Question!
  • 5 Ways To Be An UnSuccessful Indie Author
  • Guest Post: Top 6 Lessons From BookExpo America You Need To Know NOW

Business2Community

  • Sep 22, 2014 – The Why and How of Developing a Blog Strategy
  • May 10, 2014 – Basic Social Media Resources To Help You!
  • Feb 21, 2014 – Before You Take Something Personally On Social Media, Read This!
  • Jan 28, 2014 – 4 Dumb Ways To Waste Your Writing Time
  • Dec 23, 2013 – What Works, What Doesn’t In Book Marketing
  • Dec 15, 2013 – Does Negativity Work As Motivation For Writers? Maybe.
  • Dec 8, 2013 – Branding 101 For Authors
  • Oct 21, 2013 – How Much Can Indie Authors Realistically Make?
  • Sep 27, 2013 – 6 Tips To Help Protect Your Social Media Accounts From Hackers
  • Aug 16, 2013 – How Did I Get So Many Reviews Of ‘Broken Pieces?’
  • Aug 10, 2013 – How A Great Twitter Bio Can Net You More Followers…and Sales!
  • Jul 15, 2013 – Fiction vs Nonfiction: Which Is Easier To Write?
  • Jul 6, 2013 – Can We Ever Benefit From A Flame War? I Say…Maybe.
  • May 31, 2013 – The Psychology of Bad Reviews
  • May 27, 2013 – How To Effectively NOT Sell Your Book
  • May 17, 2013 – What’s the 3-Step Process to Marketing Your Book?
  • May 4, 2013 – Top Tips To Creating A Dynamic Twitter Account
  • May 3, 2013 – What Is Monday Blogs and Does It Work?
  • Apr 18, 2013 – Interview with Lorna Suzuki, Indie Author of Movie-Optioned ‘The Imago Chronicles’
  • Apr 13, 2013 – Invest In Your Book For Successful Sales
  • Mar 31, 2013 – How NOT To Sell Your Book On Twitter!
  • Mar 20, 2013 – 3 Tips To Help You Contact Book Reviewers
  • Mar 14, 2013 – Why Product is the Most Important Part of Your Platform
  • Mar 6, 2013 – 4 Top Tips for Creating A Spectacular Author Platform
  • Feb 6, 2013 – 10 Things I Wish I Had Known About Being An Author
  • Jan 31, 2013 – Why Live-Only Interaction on Social Media Doesn’t Work
  • Jan 15, 2013 – 9 Twitter Basics You May Not Know
  • Dec 31, 2012 – The Top 6 Social Media Mobile Apps You Need Now
  • Dec 6, 2012 – 4 Top Tips To Help You Understand KDP Select
  • Nov 30, 2012 – The #1 Secret To Help You Sell More Books Is…
  • Nov 16, 2012 – How Do We Find Targeted Readers? 5 Top Tips!
  • Nov 15, 2012 – Before You Follow Another Tweep, Read This!
  • Nov 1, 2012 – If Self-Publishing Books is So Easy, Why Do We Work So Hard At It?
  • Oct 25, 2012 – 7 Ways You’re Unintentionally Spamming People!
  • Oct 18, 2012 – How Important Is Google Page Rank In Selling Books?
  • Oct 16, 2012 – The Top 7 Tips To Advertise Your Book!
  • Oct 5, 2012 – Make Your KDP Select Days A Success: 12 Top Tips!
  • Sep 24, 2012 – 6 Top Visual Twitter Tips That Help You Stand Out
  • Sep 13, 2012 – The Top 5 Twitter Memes Authors Need To Know
  • Aug 5, 2012 – How To Tweet Without Being An Annoying Spammer
  • Aug 4, 2012 – Trusting Your Vision Implicitly Makes Your Work Better
  • Jul 13, 2012 – Bad Reviews Suck. Why I Don’t Care.
  • Jul 12, 2012 – Top 3 Reasons Nobody Comments on Your Blog via @BadRedheadMedia
  • Jul 6, 2012 – Top 5 Reasons Blogging is Critical to Your Success!
  • Jul 1, 2012 – Branding isn’t Your Best Friend: It’s Your New Lover
  • Jun 11, 2012 – Top 5 Lessons From Book Expo America 2012 (BEA12)
  • May 31, 2012 – You Are Boring and Your Blog Puts Me to Sleep
  • May 25, 2012 – Please: Do Not Spam Another Link Until You Read This!
  • May 17, 2012 – Why I Won’t Retweet You
  • May 11, 2012 – Has Twitter Lost Its Mojo, Baby?
  • Apr 30, 2012 – No Thank You On Twitter, Please: 5 Top Alternatives
  • Apr 26, 2012 – Top 25 Ways to Sell Your Book Without Constantly Spamming Links
  • Apr 24, 2012 – Link Rehab. The First Step: Admitting You Need Help
  • Apr 24, 2012 – The Top 10 Reasons You Need to Use Twitter Lists Now
  • Apr 24, 2012 – The Top 6 Reasons No One On Twitter Is Following You Back

The Catalyst Partnership

  • May 15, 2012 – Top Social Media Tips – Part 2
  • Apr 25, 2012 – Tweet Smarter not Harder – Part Two
  • Apr 14, 2012 – Tweet Smarter not Harder – Part One

Helium Blog

  • Aug 16, 2013 – Guest Blog: Rachel Thompson on the Basic ‘Do’s and ‘Don’t’s of Twitter

The Huffington Post

  • Sep 9, 2015 – Top 3 Reasons Censoring Your Writing Is Holding You Back
  • Jul 7, 2015 – 50 Shades of Trolls
  • Dec 4, 2014 – Using The Four Agreements to Deal With Criticism aka What Ayelet Waldman Didn’t Do
  • Oct 17, 2014 – Is This Why Indie Bookstores Are Dying Out? A Personal View
  • Aug 1, 2014 – Authors Are A**Holes
  • Jul 17, 2014 – Stop Spamming Me On Twitter! Interview with Screenwriter Joe Wilson
  • May 28, 2014 – Writing What Scares You
  • May 7, 2014 – This Is How You’re Doing Social Media Wrong… And How to Do It Right
  • Apr 10, 2014 – Is Polite Discourse Online a Contradiction in Terms?
  • Mar 11, 2014 – Reader Reviews Vs. Reviewer Reviews: Is There a Difference?
  • Feb 28, 2014 – The Dark Side of Selling Books
  • Feb 7, 2014 – Manage Your Expectations, Indie Authors
  • Jan 23, 2014 – Not Reading Indie Books Yet? You’re Missing Out

Interviewing Authors

  • Rachel Thompson: The Light & Dark Sides of the Award Winning Author

ManageFlitter Blog

  • Feb 19, 2014 – Think You’re Stuck At Following 2,000 on Twitter? Think Again!

San Francisco Book Review

  • Oct 13, 2014 – Amazon and Booktrope Announce New Business Relationship
  • Apr 25, 2014 – BadRedhead Says… The Most Effective Social Media Channel Is…
  • Feb 17, 2014 – BadRedhead Says: How Much Can Indie Authors Realistically Make?
  • Nov 5, 2013 – BadRedhead Says: 5 Top Tips for Marketing Your eBook
  • Sep 10, 2013 – Is Twitter Just Too Darn Hard? No Way, Say These Five Sixtysomethings!
  • Aug 6, 2013 – BadRedhead Says… Why AutoDMs on Twitter Are the Biggest Mistake You Can Make
  • Jul 2, 2013 – BadRedhead Says: The Advantages of Being Positive on Social Media
  • May 10, 2013 – BadRedhead Says: What Does Success Feel Like?
  • Apr 26, 2013 – BadRedhead Says: 5 Top Twitter Tips to Guarantee an Interactive Stream!
  • Mar 15, 2013 – Top 5 Ways to Start Your Author Platform NOW!
  • Feb 22, 2013 – BadRedhead Says: 3 Top Tips to Run Your Social Media Platform More Efficiently
  • Feb 8, 2013 – BadRedhead Says… What Makes a Bestseller?
  • Dec 18, 2012 – Take Responsibility for Your Book Marketing
  • Nov 12, 2012 – 7 Ways You’re Unintentionally Spamming People!
  • Sep 24, 2012 – The Top 5 Twitter Memes Authors Need To Know
  • Jul 18, 2012 – Bad Reviews Suck…and Why I Don’t Care

She Writes

  • Oct 13, 2013 – How Much Can Indie Authors Realistically Make?
  • Sep 22, 2013 –Writing To Heal

Stigma Fighters

  • Jun 27, 2014 – The Quiet Child by Rachel Thompson

Survivors Voices

  • June 3, 2015 – Ep13: Rachel Thompson (@RachelInTheOC)

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