Are you in a slump with your Twitter account? Do you struggle with what to tweet?
Or maybe you’ve never been entirely comfortable this platform microblogging site.
Don’t worry. I often hear this complaint from writers. The truth is when you’re starting out, Twitter often appears to be the most confusing social media network.
Get Out of that Twitter Slump
If you’re stumped in the mornings as your prepare your social media posts for the day, follow these steps:
- scan your Twitter lists
- look at your newsfeed
- check your notifications and consider what your readers and other authors are tweeting
- review the profiles of experts in your field
- set up an account with Mix to receive links to information about your genre, books, and reading
What to tweet? Check Out These Suggestions
If you’re still perplexed, keep this list of 50 tweets nearby and refer to it every day. This list will always keep your tweets fresh.
- Quotes from your favorite authors
- Quotes from authors who are your colleagues
- Reading quotes
- Images of book covers from your favorite authors
- Images of libraries
- Pictures of interesting bookstore entrances
- Pictures of unusual bookshelves
- Books you like that were written by other authors
- Tweets about your new blog post
- Tweets that lead readers to specific landing pages on your website
- Tweets that lead readers to a popular Facebook post
- Vacation images
- Holiday images
- Nonfiction authors can share their best tips
- Quotes from your book
- Quotes from your blog posts
- Thank you tweets
- Questions
- Answers
- Expressions of gratitude
- Reviews of your books
- Reviews of bestselling books in your genre
- Use the hashtag #1LineWednesday to tweet a great first line from a book you’ve read or are reading
- Send a tweet and use the hashtag #FridayReads to tell your audience what you’re reading now
- Links to podcasts you’ve enjoyed
- Access to a free PDF created
- Free first chapter of your book
- Links to free eBooks you’ve written
- Information about book fairs and events of interest to your readers
- Ask for introductions
- Announcements of a Twitter contest you’re hosting
- Notify your readers when one of your books is available for free
- Occasionally tweet about your book but never ask people to buy it or fill your tweet with hashtags your readers won’t understand
- Announce the nominees and then the winner of the Man Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award
- Share news about new nominees for the Pulitzer Prize and then share the winner’s name and the book that he or she wrote
- Share the good news about the world’s new Nobel Laureate in Literature
- Highlight poets you enjoy reading
- Share the news when you’ve won an award for one of your books
- Tweet quotes about your genres, such as what makes a good mystery or thriller novel
- Talk about new publications from famous authors who write in your genre
- Tweet fun/humorous images about books and reading
- Talk about the importance of literacy
- Tweet about the #ReadDiverseBooks movement
- Tweet above developments that may be news-related that are pertinent to your genre
- Share a link to your Goodreads account so your readers will know what you’ve read and what you’re reading
- Let your readers know when you’ve reviewed a good on Goodreads
- Share your book reviews you’ve written about books by authors you admire
- Check trending issues and incorporate trending hashtags into a tweet when it makes sense for your book
- Include seasonal topics, such as great summer reads, great winter reads, etc.
- Share images of your writing spaces
I hope the list helps you to become more active on Twitter and enjoy it more.
If you have other tips for tweets, please send them to me.
