May's tweets from Indie Ignites: #indie business advice

As some of you know, Indie Ignites also has a Twitter account. Though we do tweet a lot of our bookish news and events via Twitter, we also share quite a bit of indie and self-pub advice, articles, and statistics. Here are seven selected tweets shared in May that might be useful to fellow indie authors:


How to Make the Bestseller Lists: Why Categories and Keywords Matter
via Anne R. Allen and @writerplatform (link)


Facebook Ads: Should #Indie authors Buy Them?
by @caballofrances via @JFbookman (link)


How to Be a Good Critique Partner
via @Wiseink (link)


Publisher's Weekly to Launch New Site Focused on News and Info for Self-Published Authors
via @thDigitalReader (link)


How to Create a Google+ Community to Grow Your Business
via Social Media Examiner /@writerplatform (link)


The Vin Diesel School of Facebook
via @duolit (link)



Business Plan Basics for Authors and Bloggers
via @MollyGreene (link)


Not following @IndieIgnites yet? We'd love to connect with you! (Click here to find us individually on Twitter!) 

All Aboard! Edits + procrastination = social media

I'm about to dive in to edits for By Sun and Candlelight, so naturally, I'm finding anything (and everything) not edit-ish to be  super fun and intriguing (yes... even laundry). My biggest crutch in the distraction/procrastination aspect, however, is social media. And boy does it do a great job of sucking time away!

So join me at the procrastination station while we waste a few more productive minutes doing things we don't really need to do. (The best part of procrastinating is when you're actually learning something while procrastinating, so it doesn't feel like you're procrastinating; just taking a different approach to er... approaching that train. Which is what we're about to do.) 

Below are a few infographics regarding social media. They'll help 1) waste time and 2) highlight what works best regarding networking. (Killing two birds with one stone!)

First up: The Best and Worst Times to Post on Social Networks

Courtesy of Lori R. Taylor at Social Caffeine

Whew! Worn out yet? Wanting to do what needs to be done? No? Well check out this second interesting tidbit, then: 

Info regarding best day to post on Facebook:

via Belle Beth Cooper on buffer

It's interesting to note that Facebook seems to have changed their algorithms again since this graphic was made, so though the graphic itself is probably still current, some of the info listed in the source link above are probably no longer as dependable as they were. 

Third: How to Get More Clicks on Twitter... Regarding branding on Twitter, there are quite a few things that make tweets stand out (this is serious analyzation, here):

courtesy of Dan Zarrella

And, if that info wasn't enough and you're still trying to procrastinate, check out the Indie Ignites Pinterest and Twitter accounts... We would love to connect with you (and, therefore, procrastinate! YAY! Oh, wait. Then we'd be producing less books. Boo.) You can also connect via our individual social media sites by clicking the About Us tab above!

Thanks for the ride, guys! Now I'm off to see if I can find a recipe for peanut butter waffles...

#K8chat Author Group transcript

Hi all! We had a wonderful time hanging out and talking about author groups with everyone at @K8Tilton's #K8chat last Thursday night! If you missed the chat, but would like to check it out and see our opinions on the pros of having an author group (the main one being support, support and more support), check out the transcript HERE.

For previous transcripts or to check out tonight's #K8chat theme (it's Kate's Author Birthday Bash!!!), click this link.

Happy Thursday! :)

Tonight: Indie Ignites on #k8chat

Just a quick post to share that Indie Ignites will be featured on Kate Tilton's (@K8Tilton) #K8chat Twitter discussion tonight! We will be discussing the benefits of author groups. The chat is from 9:00-10:00 EST.

#K8chat is a weekly Twitter chat hosted by Kate Tilton. (Click here to learn more about it.)

Hope to see you there!