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Why Writers Should Incorporate Facebook Live into Their Marketing

Go Live Dear WriterWriters have one goal when it comes to digital marketing: convert social media window shoppers into raving fans of their work. Facebook Live provides a new way to do that. It allows you to bring your readers behind the scenes and connect with them on a more personal level.

With the introduction of a few additional tools, Facebook has made it more effective and easier than ever to stream live video. When it comes to diverting our attention away from our craft in order to promote ourselves and our work, quick and easy is the way to go.

Go Live from The Web

This is my new favorite feature.

With the new ability to go live on Facebook from a web browser, daily vlogs become more polished and professional. Not only will you have a simple, stable camera setup, but you can control your environment and lighting from the comfort of your own work area.

Going live from the web means you can respond to comments while Live in an easy format that doesn’t detract from the stream or content.

Live Contributor for Pages

Any contributor can now broadcast to Facebook pages, a far cry from the admin-only restrictions of before. By assigning a “live contributor” role, you can have additional content uploaders.

  • Imagine how wonderful it will be to livestream a book signing or reading event.
  • What about convention trackers searching for their author?
  • Contest managers could host live stream giveaways on behalf of authors.
  • Cover artists can join in on the cover reveal by hosting the stream.
  • Part of a writing group? Share the love and incorporate them into your live feeds.

These are just some of the ways you can use the contributor feature.

Video Insights for Profiles

Video metrics for public videos will be available soon for profiles with 5k or more followers. This will be for both live stream and regular public videos. With these metrics, you can see how much interaction your videos generate. Best of all, you can see which videos generated an action so that you can modify future content to better suit your viewers.

Live Comment Pinning

CommentingIndividuals comment ten times more on Facebook Live videos than other video content.

With Live Comment Pinning, broadcasters can pin comments to the bottom of a live broadcast. Are you in the middle of a Q&A about a book series? Pin the current question so others can track as they join the live stream.

If this is a book release live video, you can pin the buy links in a comment. If you’re explaining your writing process, you can post links to resources as they come up so your viewers can engage with you.

There are so many more ways you can use this feature. Brainstorm options beforehand so you can have comments ready to go when you are live. Or, if the audience comments are the ones you pin, have someone on standby with admin rights who can pin those for you.

Cross-posting of Previously Live Videos

You can now share previously Live videos across Facebook Pages. This lets you reach a wider audience for future content.

There are more features coming every day. Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to really connect with your readers. Yeah, it may seem a bit nerve-wracking at first – but you will soon get the hang of it and that authenticity will pay off as you generate viewers truly invested in what you have to say.

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Melody Jones is your social media aspirin. She helps take the pain out of social media for you! Check out her services and see which one can reduce your social media pain the most.

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Top Three Thursday: Social Media News You Can Use

Top Three Thursday

Top Three ThursdayWelcome to my Thursday feature. Here’s where I link three useful and interesting articles from excellent information sources all about social media and marketing subjects.

As you know, changes are always happening in the world of social media. We have a lot to keep up with!

Did you just run a shiny holiday special or campaign on your social media? Thinking about planning some more holiday promotions in 2017? The Social Media Examiner has some New Research on Holiday Specials via Social Media. Are they worth the time and effort?

There are a lot of different content options out there right now – infographics, video, articles, memes. Slideshares are quickly becoming a part of this equation. Buffer put together this 10 Best Social Media Slideshares of 2016 to Get You Ready for 2017. Love a good presentation? These are some of the best from last year.

Want to tell your brand story on Facebook but don’t want to deal with the hassle of live video? Facebook is tackling this concern with the Introduction of Live Audio. Podcasters rejoice! Whether it’s an interview, a review, book readings or simply a braindump – Live Audio is a great new way to broadcast your message.

See you next week with another edition of Top Three Thursday: Social News You Can Use.

Melody Jones is your social media aspirin. She helps take the pain out of social media for you! Check out her services and see which one can reduce your social media pain the most.

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Top Three Thursday: Social Media News You Can Use

Top Three Thursday

Top Three ThursdayWelcome to my Thursday feature. Here’s where I link three useful and interesting articles from excellent information sources all about social media and marketing subjects.

As you know, changes are always happening in the world of social media. We have a lot to keep up with!

Periscope just announced you can now share Periscope.tv  broadcasts on Facebook and Twitter. Not only can you share them, but you can also select a custom start time within the broadcast to share with others. This allows you to pass over some of the unimportant portions of the video that may not be relevant to a specific audience. Learn more from Social Times recent blog “ Periscope Now Let’s You Share Specific Broadcast Moments on the Web”.

LinkedIn has created Audience Insights for LinkedIn users. This new feature allows professionals to see who is viewing their profile and posts. In return, it informs the user if they are reaching their desired audience and delivers a number of how many they are actually reaching. LinkedIn describes how to use this new add-on in their article ”Introducing Audience Demographics: See Who You Are Reaching When You Post Content on LinkedIn”.

Google is still innovating behind the scenes and has introduced a new app feature to link with your Google Photos called PhotoScan. Google posted a blog recently titled “Now Your Photos Look Better Than Ever – Even Those Dusty Old Prints”. The new app is able to scan a real life photo, auto crop, and even remove glare. The photo is then saved to your Google Photos. This sound useful to you? Give us a comment below.

See you next week with another edition of Top Three Thursday: Social News You Can Use.

Melody Jones is your social media aspirin. She helps take the pain out of social media for you! Check out her services and see which one can reduce your social media pain the most.