Unfortunately,
I have not. I’m still working on that memoir book about attending college as a
mother of five. Crawling forward ever so slowly. And those five children—in addition
to their father—still want the lion’s share of my time.
*Aren’t I the lucky one?*
It’s time to run to the library again, to turn off my cell
phone. To hide among the stacks. But then I worry that something bad happens
and no one can reach me.
*Sigh!*
As
for networking, I have some of you fellow IWSG bloggers. I read and follow your
blogs hoping to form solid connections, connections where we can ask each other
advice when necessary. I cherish each one of you who follow my blog and leave
me notes. You keep my spirits up, so that when I finally do have that memoir in
hand, I hope to be able to turn to you all for support and information on how
to publicize and sell the memoir. I’ve learned so much just by reading all your
blogs.
I
feel like I’m scattered to the winds with my facebook author page, google+, twitter @VictoriaMLees,
Goodreads page, and 2 blogs. I have a Camping with Five Kids blog that I update at
the beginning of the month as well as this writing blog.
I do have a few questions about your experience in platform
building though:
Even though I have no book, should I create
a webpage with my blogs and social media connected to it? I have nothing to
sell. Do you have any suggestions for what I could put on the landing page?
What about an e-mail list? Do you have one?
How did you start it? Do you need to
solicit e-mail addresses separately for list purposes?
I need to offer a newsletter to the e-mail
list in regular mailings, right?
What do you write about in any newsletter
you send to an e-mail list?
How difficult are the Email marketing
services to use? Which one do you use?
Thanks so much for stopping by Adventures in Writing and offering
any advice or experience you may have about these topics. Please follow my blog
if you haven’t already. It’s greatly appreciated.