"HOW TO MAKE CLOSE
CONNECTIONS AND GAIN SUPPORTIVE ALLIES ON TWITTER"
Hi, and thanks so much for having me here once again at The
Overlords! Mike is such a great and supportive friend, he's one of the
reasons for my topic today. But, let me start off by introducing myself
to his new followers, as there have been some new additions to my family since
the last time I was here.
My name is NONNIE JULES and I'm a mother, a wife,
an author, and a great friend, among other things. If you're curious, I
named my top four. My first written piece of work is "THE
GOOD MOMMIES' GUIDE TO RAISING (ALMOST) PERFECT DAUGHTERS", 100 Tips On
Raising Daughters Everyone Can't Help But Love! I published it in May
of 2013, it was 102 pages long and it took me 17 days to write. My latest
baby (the newest addition I mentioned earlier) is my debut novel, "DAYDREAM'S
DAUGHTER, NIGHTMARE'S FRIEND" and it was just released a couple
of weeks ago, at the end of November, 2013. It is a whopping 370 pages
long and it took me 370 years to write! OK, although I'm stretching that
a tad, that's what it felt like to me.
Now that I've gotten that out of the way, let's move on to the
topic at hand, my title. I started on Twitter the early part of 2013 and
I WAS a fish out of water. I had no idea what I was doing, or what I was
supposed to be doing there, but I knew that I needed to market and sell my
books. Being as new as I was, early on I didn't find too many people who
were willing to help teach me anything. So, me being me, I just jumped
right in. One of the first things I noticed on Twitter, since it was the
easiest social media forum for me to pick up, was I learned that people were
sort of "clique-y". You know the kind I'm speaking of, the ones
who have gathered their close little net of friends and they just don't know
how to let anyone new in.
I would ask questions about certain things, and I'm sure you won't
believe me when I tell you this, but some of the answers I received were surely
meant to discourage me to move on and go pick a new hobby other than
writing. I was sorely disappointed that I was coming across people who
acted this way, especially since I'm known to be a great big supporter of
others.
One of the second things I noticed on Twitter was a thing
called a BLOG TOUR. Didn't exactly know what it was, but had
stumbled across it on someone else's blog, and it just so happens that Mike was
guest posting on that particular blog tour. I contacted the owner of the
blog who was a writer by the name of Taylor Fulks and I simply asked if she
would be kind enough to host me one day. She was more than happy to say
"YES!" and I almost fell over from the shock! Why?
Because I had met so many others who were not eager at all to help me in any
way, and here was this one person who said "Yes" without
hesitating or without me having to promise her one of my two very special
daughters. (Then I found out she had two seemingly very special daughters
of her own, so she didn't need one of mine *smile*).
From the tour that was going on there at Taylor's, I met Mike of
The Overlords and you know how they say "the rest is history?", Well,
let me tell you, it really is. Since that time Mike and I have appeared
on each other's blogs countless times and we have developed this friendship
that reeks of nothing but mutual respect and support. I said to him one
day recently, "I know that if I can't show up anywhere else in cyberland,
I always have a home at your place". That door swings both ways.
I learned on my own that I had to find a way to develop and
cultivate friendships on Twitter that would be mutually beneficial for me as
well as the other party. And here are some of the ways I did that:
1) I sat, I watched, I learned and then when the time was
right, I jumped right in on a conversation and from there, if I found a person
to be interesting and "of substance", I would spread their
message with a 'Retweet' and/or a 'Favorite'.
2) I randomly would select someone new to interact with, and
again, would just sit and peruse their timeline, read their bio and start a
conversation and then spread their message (again with Retweets and Favorites).
3) I personally have developed what I call my TWITTER
SUPPORT LIST. This list is comprised of people who have been very
supportive of me and I in turn, I am EXTREMELY supportive of them.
There are others on this list, too. These are random people who I've
never interacted with, yet I (once again) read their bio, perused their
timeline to see what they were all about, and then I would start to spread
their message (Retweets and Favorites). This is a habit that engages
people. It lets that random person know that you are a person supportive
of others and generally they will return the favor by spreading your messages,
as well as becoming a Follower of yours.
4) Lastly, I tend to go out of my way for certain people on
Twitter. Those are the people who I can call on in a pinch, they're
always the first ones to support me and my causes and they are simply
over-the-top great people! Mike, is one of those people to me. I
know beyond a shadow of a doubt that these people are always and will always be
in my corner, no matter what. As the kids say today: "I know
they have my back and I surely have theirs."
So, there you have it in a nutshell...ways to make close
connections and gain supportive allies on Twitter. It's how I did it, and
it's how you can do it, too.
Engage and engage some more. There are wonderful people out
there in cyber-land, I believe more than there are those clique-y types I met
early on. You just have to be patient and soon you will know that you've
made the best connections and gained the most supportive of allies.
My time here is up so I'm going to leave by asking for your
support. I ask that you visit the links below to my blogs, my books and
my book trailers (they are very nice to watch!). And then I'm going to
ask that you follow me for the rest of my tour. I have some very
interesting topics each day, that I really encourage you to not miss any of
them. Here is the Schedule for each leg of the tour so feel
free to click on each day's open link.
I will also be awarding 3 lucky winners at the end of the
tour. The first lucky winner will receive a "DAYDREAM'S
DAUGHTER, NIGHTMARE'S FRIEND" Swag Pack, and winners #2 and #3
will each win a $5 Amazon Gift Card! All you have to do to
win is to leave a comment below and for every comment you leave (1 per stop),
you will earn 1 entry into the giveaway. This is a 10-day tour so if you
leave 10 comments, that's a comment at each stop, then you will have 10 entries
into the drawing. Isn't that fun?
I wish you all much peace, love and great reads! Don't
forget to visit the links below and don't forget to leave us a comment!
Thanks!!!
Nonnie Jules, Author
"...and her words breathe life onto paper"
CONTACT:
General Blog
Parenting Blog
Nonnie's Book Store - Signed Copies & more
Twitter: @nonniejules
BOOKS:
"The Good Mommies' Guide to Raising (Almost) Perfect Daughters,"
100 Tips On Raising Daughters Everyone Can't Help But Love!
www.amazon.com/dp/B00CP62O56
www.createspace.com/4355124
"Daydream's Daughter, Nightmare's Friend
www.amazon.com/dp/B00GLM2VVM
"...and her words breathe life onto paper"
CONTACT:
General Blog
Parenting Blog
Nonnie's Book Store - Signed Copies & more
Twitter: @nonniejules
BOOKS:
"The Good Mommies' Guide to Raising (Almost) Perfect Daughters,"
100 Tips On Raising Daughters Everyone Can't Help But Love!
www.amazon.com/dp/B00CP62O56
www.createspace.com/4355124
"Daydream's Daughter, Nightmare's Friend
www.amazon.com/dp/B00GLM2VVM
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