I'm sharing a few posts for Ghost of Death and Witch of Death, the final stories I promoted this year in an effort to promote my published work that was an epic failure.
Yup, it's the broken record again.
How pathetic this made me feel makes me not want to promote my work on social media ever again. Especially when trying to get interest in works-in-progress is also an epic failure. It's a huge letdown how these platforms are run and how the algorithms ruin everything. I know so many authors/writers who no longer want anything to do with Instagram because of how their posts get buried or are never shown to our followers.
Anyway, the graphics below are clickable if you want to see the captions on Instagram.
I hope you enjoy!
Let me know your favorite quote/graphic in the comments. 😊
WITCH OF DEATH
GHOST OF DEATH
I think those that do well promoting their work on social media only use that as part of their social media posts. Maybe 10% promotion with the rest of it them being themselves about other stuff.
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain, Chrys. I'm not the right person to give advice, because I have the same problem. They say one should share personal ideas or experiences and build up a relationship with the recipients of one's newsletters, rather than just plugging one's wares. But how/where to pick up new recipients??? I'm afraid your genre is not really what interests me.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I didn't intend to write anonymously...
ReplyDeleteSorry your social media presence isn't working in your promotion efforts. There is always a conflict of interest as you have the internet Barrons who only want to make money and keep changing up the algorithms. While I have an Instagram account, I have never used it. I stick to blogging, Facebook, and Bluesky (now that I avoid Twitter).
ReplyDeleteI just came upon this from another blogger/writer I often read and thought it might be helpful to you: https://storyempire.com/2024/12/11/whats-happening-in-the-writers-world-pinterest-buyable-pins-or-tiktok-shop/comment-page-1/#respond
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