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Social Media for Publishers & Authors Practical help to drive readers to your books, help you sell internationally and build communities of support for your work

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Social Media for

Publishers & AuthorsPractical help to drive readers to your books, help you sell internationally and build communities of support for your work

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Why I can provide this serviceMy 1st novel was published by Harper Collins UK in 5 territories in early 2012

Rights sold quickly to 9 foreign language publishers

The Istanbul Puzzle earned its 3 book advance out before the first book came out

The overall deal was acknowledged by HC as partly a result of my social media presence

I am giving a 1 day course at the Irish Writer’s Centre, Dublin, on July 14 th called: Getting Your Writing Noticed Using Social Media

I provide author training, author social media identity management, follower growth strategy and implementation, Twitter feed management, blog management

My social media guide will be finished in the Autumn of 2012

I will promote all clients to my 40,000 reader/industry followers in the UK, the US, Ireland and around the world. That number is growing by about 250 a day

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But you can do all this yourselfAnd each author/book will require a different level of support and a different social media plan

And some will be Facebooking, blogging & Tweeting already

And others will disdain it all

And do you have the time to help each author/book appropriately?

You know social media works.

This service will allow you to promote cost effectively and prove the impact on the bottom line

This service will be restricted to a few clients on a first-come-first-served basis

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Examples of a Social Media Identity:

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Results:The Istanbul Puzzle reached #8 on the UK Kindle chart 5 weeks after publication (22/2/2012) selling tens of thousands of copies:

Newton Compton are launching the Italian edition of The Istanbul Puzzle June 21st and have produced a book trailer:

Twitter follower growth is steady and now growing on 5 separate accounts and driving about 200+ unique visitors a day to my blogs:

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Here’s the best part:I understand you may be reluctant to commit (aren’t we all)

I suggest a small start with a single author and a half day training course provided free of charge to that author (one to one, in person or with 3 x 1 hr Skype calls)

A social media plan will be delivered for that author after the session free of charge

The author’s books and social media sites will be promoted via my blog and Twitter feed free of charge

No financial commitment required in the test phase. This is a low cost outsourcing service after that

This service can be used for book launch support, ebook support or back catalogue support

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Contact details:@LPOBryan @ThePuzzleSeries @IstanbulPuzzle @LaurencePOBryan @LaurenceOBryan1 40,000 followers and growing

www.socialmediaisdynamite.blogspot.com A series of free posts on using social media

www.lpobryan.wordpress.comMy blog for my novels and posts on writing

www.facebook.com/theistanbulpuzzleThe Istanbul Puzzle Facebook page

www.youtube.com/user/lpobryanA series of YouTube trailers

www.pinterest.com/laurenceobryan/pins/Picture based social media

And also on Google+, Goodreads, Shelfari, Klout, Flickr, Instagram, Foursquare, Soundcloud, LinkedIn & Slideshare and [email protected] and on Mobile: +353 (0)86 8369254