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SOCIAL MEDIA BEST PRACTICES FOR INDIES WINNERS

BEST PRACTICES

  • Your goal for social media is to build publishing platforms using tools like Facebook, Twitter, Vlogs/Blogs, etc.
  • Social media offers you a chance to get noticed in a new way: be authentic, positive, enthusiastic.
  • Watch trends and engage in “moment” marketing when possible using your book topic.
  • Share covers, author travel schedules, other media coverage.
  • Don’t try to work all social media—pick one or two (Facebook and Twitter, for instance) and focus on growing your following there.
  • Come up with a sharing schedule, don’t just post once. Change it up, so you aren't always posting the same thing.
  • Link to other relevant content.
  • Think of ways to “engage” with your audience. Start a conversation.
  • Take advantage of hashtags, especially on Twitter. Use appropriate hashtags (i.e., #romance) but also pay attention to what’s trending and see if you can tie your content to a hot topic of the day.

HOW TO SHARE YOUR WINNER STATUS

Share the news on your social media sites using our handy share icons located on your book's page, or use these Twitter and Facebook templates and customize with your award-winning book's information:

Tweet Templates for Twitter:

  1. [BOOK TITLE] is a #[CATEGORY] winner in @ForewordReviews #ForewordINDIES #BookAwards [LINK TO CATEGORY]
  2. Happy to announce [BOOK TITLE] is a @ForewordReviews #ForewordINDIES #BookAwards winner in #[CATEGORY]! [LINK TO CATEGORY]
  3. .@[AUTHOR'S TWITTER HANDLE HERE]'s [BOOK TITLE] is a @ForewordReviews #ForewordINDIES winner in #[CATEGORY]! [LINK TO CATEGORY]

Facebook Post Templates:

  1. [BOOK TITLE] has been selected as a [CATEGORY] winner in Foreword Reviews' prestigious 2021 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards! [LINK TO CATEGORY]
  2. Feeling the indie love! [BOOK TITLE], by [AUTHOR NAME], has been chosen as a Foreword Reviews' prestigious Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards WINNER in [CATEGORY]! [LINK TO CATEGORY]
  3. Pleased to announce that [BOOK TITLE] has been named a [CATEGORY] winner in Foreword Reviews' 2021 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. [LINK TO CATEGORY]