Author Toolbox Blog Hop: Finding Content for Your Facebook Page by J.Q. Rose

#AuthorToolboxBlogHop

Hello and welcome to the Focused on Story Blog and to the Author Toolbox Blog Hop #AuthorToolboxBlogHop which meets every third Wednesday of the month to share resources and tips for authors. Thanks to Raimey Gallant for hosting this venture. 

Please join us to learn more about the craft of writing and to meet bloggers who are dedicated to helping each other become the best writers possible. Click here for the list of participants and take a break and visit them. 

We are traveling this week so I can't visit hop participants, but I'll catch up when I can. 

Finding Content for FB Live by J.Q. Rose

I've been playing around with live streaming videos on Facebook--FB Live. It's fun. I'm learning by doing.

Why use FB Live Video? Not only is it fun, but these videos on Facebook can be used as a marketing tool to get the attention of viewers/readers. FB Live videos can be used on your blog, Youtube, social media--anywhere you leave your "footprint on the web." 

Research has shown video keeps visitors on your website longer and engages browsers more than just text or text and image. 

The gurus say "relationship marketing" is the way to go to sell your products online such as your books, online courses, webinars, etc. FB Live allows viewers to meet you via video and affords them the opportunity to connect with you.

Use Content from your Blog Posts

Rather than spending valuable time writing a manuscript/notes for a FB Live video, I use content from my blog posts. I based the following video on a blog post about Writers Groups--Points to Ponder. Click here if you wish to read the entire blog post written in 2017.

VIDEO: Writers Groups--8 Tips for Having a Productive Meeting

Writers Groups--8 Tips for Having a Productive Meeting

If you think you can't do live streaming because you have no topics, then look no further than your own blog for ideas. 

Have you tried FB Live or live streaming on Youtube? Leave us your feedback in the comments below. Thank you..

Want to watch more FB Live videos on Writing Tips? Click here to visit my Facebook Author Page, J.Q. Rose, and click 'videos' in the left sidebar. Please like my page while you're there. Leave your FB link, so I can visit you. Thanks.

Click here to visit bloggers sharing helpful tips for this amazing writer journey. Thank you.

Keep reading AND writing!

Labor Day Weekend, Author Facebook Page, Fall Hobby Hoedown, and This Week

HAPPY MONDAY! 

Hope you had a restful and relaxing weekend or perhaps a lively weekend filled with fun, family and friends. Labor Day weekend was a fantastic weekend in Illinois with a family reunion (my DH side) on Saturday and my brother and his wife's 50th anniversary celebration. We certainly made memories to cherish. Of course when we arrived home after much traveling, we were exhausted, but happy.

Today I want to ask you about your Facebook page. Do you have one? I thought I would never want to add that extra responsibility to my marketing chores. After reading so many articles telling me Facebook is the place to be to find readers, I broke down and created my own J.Q. Rose page. And I must tell you I am pleased so far. I like to receive reports on the activity generated by the page and I love to see the  "likes" building. (Let me add I like to like other Facebook pages too.) Take a peek at the J.Q. Rose Facebook Page and like it if you haven't already. Leave me your FB addy in the comments or email me and I will like your page too! 

I use the page as a "hub" to notify my readers of my blog posts on both the J Q Rose blog and the Girls Succeed blog, news about my books and author friends' books, and writing resources/ information other authors may like to check out. I'm having fun with it. If you have an author page, how do you use it in your marketing effort? We can all use some suggestions, especially for this newbie!

In my part of the world, school is back in session and Labor Day is over, so it is officially fall! Time to look forward to colorful foliage, crisp apples, and warm campfires. I'm so delighted to announce the Hobby Hoedown is continuing into the fall season--just because I have had such a great time meeting authors and learning more about their creative outlets besides writing. Another good reason is that you, dear readers, seem to be enjoying the posts too. Watch for these authors and their hobbies to be featured this fall:

Sept.

12	Heather Brainerd
19	J.Q. Rose
26	Roseanne Dowell
Oct.
3	Lorrie Struiff
10	Kelly Whitley
17	Break
24	Available
31	Halloween
Nov.
7	Heather Greenis
14	Margaret Mendel
21	Jane Lebak
28	THANKSGIVING NO GUEST

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12:

Heather Brainerd discusses her hobby, visiting Disney Parks. Love, love Disney!

MG author Katie Carroll and I swap blogs. She visits the Girls Succeed blog and I hop over to her blog. Swaps are fun! Win prizes too!!