More and more lately, I have heard comments from Authors generally dismissing Social Media as a key component to online marketing and their Internet presence.

Last chance to go back to the “chalk”board Authors!  School for the kids has been well on the way for months – but as an author you have the opportunity to get back in the classroom! This weekend in Las Vegas a whole lot of very knowledgeable experts will be speaking at Author 101 University. It’s last minute but [...]

Recently, Author Source  attended the 21st Century Book Marketing Event in San Diego.   A full event, with over 200 authors and a dozen or so Publishing and Marketing experts in attendance, it was an information-packed 2 days. With industry giants like Arielle Fordand Mike Koenigs hosting the event, along with book publishing expert speakers like Rick Frishman [...]

There’s no question that the single most internationally exposed Social Media tool of the last 12-18 months is Twitter.

Already well on it’s way last fall, by Spring 2009 Twitter reached a Popular Culture high of success when Oprah Tweeted for the very first time on live TV in front of an estimated 10 million people.

With an ever growing number of people using Facebook everyday, it’s unlikely that any one with an online business can deny the importance of their presence on Facebook.  Ever more important is the quality and appropriate nature of the information and connections made.  Facebook’s most recently published stats show that they currently have over 250 million [...]