BONUS MATERIAL for Debbie's 2015 SCBWI-Florida Social Media Master Class Workshop

(Last updated:January 18, 2016)

The following are some of the links and resources were mentioned or referenced during my Social Media Master Class workshop at the 2015 SCBWI-Florida regional conference. Please don't share this URL with anyone who did not attend the workshop, thanks.

MY TWITTER RESOURCES:

Twitter Guide For Authors and Illustrators

List of agents who represent kidlit/YA

List of art directors and creative directors

List of children's kidlit/YA editors and editorial assistants 

RESOURCES ABOUT SPECIFIC PLATFORMS

FACEBOOK:

Facebook For Authors: Getting Started Guide - by Jane Friedman

Using Facebook - posts by Linda Parkinson-Hardman

TWITTER:

Using Twitter Lists - Twitter Help Center

Using Twitter - posts by Linda Parkinson-Hardman

Tools for scheduling tweets: Hootsuite, Sproutsocial, SocialOomph, FutureTweets

#Pitmad info - Pitch Wars info - Brenda Drake

The Ultimate Writers' Guide To Twitter Pitch Contests - by Carly Watters

Using Twitter search - from Twitter Help Center

INSTAGRAM:

Top 7 Ways Authors Are Using Instagram - by Adrienne Erin

YA Highwayers On Instagram - by YA Highway

10 Authors and Publishers To Follow On Instagram - BookRiot

How Authors Can Build Their Audience On Instagram - Duolit

How I share my Instagram photos:

PINTEREST:

34 Strategic Ways You Can Use Pinterest to Market Your Book and Your Author Brand - by Kimberley Grabas

5 Ideas For Using Pinterest As An Author - by Amanda Luedeke

LINKEDIN:

Using LinkedIn - posts by Linda Parkinson-Hardman.

RESOURCES ABOUT PROMOTION

9 Ways To Use Social Media To Launch A Book - by Michael Stelzner

7 Strategies and 110 Tools To Help Indie Authors Find Readers and Reviewers - Digital Pubbing

Kidlitosophere Central: Society Of Bloggers in Children's and YA Literature

Librarian's Quest - example of book blogger

TeenLibrarianToolbox's tweet about Mental Health in YA Lit and life of teens

SOCIAL MEDIA STATS

Top 15 most popular social networking sites - January 2016 - eBizMBA.com

Leading social media websites in U.S. in October 2015 - Statista

RESOURCES ABOUT NETWORKING

6 Ways To Network More Effectively - by Drew Hendricks, Forbes

USEFUL TIME MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

Pomodoro Technique

Pomodoro Time app for iPhone, iPad and Mac

MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES

Advanced Search in Google

Google Search Operators guide: find pages that link to a certain page etc.