Writing Social Media

Merchants of Truth is the groundbreaking and gripping story of the precarious state of the news business told by one of our most eminent journalists. Jill Abramson follows four companies: The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, and Vice Media over a decade of disruption and radical adjustment. The new digital reality nearly kills two venerable newspapers with an aging readership while creating two media behemoths with a ballooning and fickle audience of millennials.

Before you share information, can you separate fact from fiction? Bias Is All Around You: A Handbook for Inspecting Social Media & News Stories is designed to help you authenticate any form of information for possible bias before you use it and/or share it in your network. “A life worth living is a life well led”, as the famous saying goes. We need to take the lead, because inspecting information properly for mental health is one of the biggest challenges of our time.

Like so many other millennials, Paige Reynolds yearns for social media stardom. Vicarious Vacations—an organization that manufactures fake vacations to increase one’s social media influence—promises Paige that their services can guarantee her ascension to social media royalty. True to their word, Vicarious Vacations elevates Paige’s online presence, but now that she’s amassed a respectable following, what will she pay to regain her privacy?

SELL YOUR BOOK NOW Most writers only sell about 50 books in their lifetime. With Promoting Your Writing, you can learn how to sell more. First I must confess that though Promoting Your Writing will be an easy read, it's very hard to put into practice. Why? Because you have to be persistent and you have to be prepared to promote your writing WHILE YOU WRITE - BEFORE IT IS PUBLISHED! Promoting Your Writing is not a sprint to get a quick few dollars in the bank. Promoting Your Writing is about running the MARATHON. Gone are the days when you can just put a book together and expect people to ...

These days, it’s not enough to just write well. If you want your book to sell, you’ve got to have a platform. For many writers, this is the greatest stumbling block to success. But it doesn’t have to be! From the basics of creating an author website and online presence to the nitty-gritty of email lists, Facebook ads, and blog tours, Overachieving Your Platform will give you the tools you need to break out and connect with large audiences. Adapted from the best writing of the WordServe Water Cooler—the award-winning blog of the WordServe Literary Agency—these essays teach writers ...

Over the past decade, social media has transformed from a fad into a necessity for writers. But for the inexperienced author, trying to make sense of - much less master - the available platforms can be a frustrating experience. The variety of social media options alone is dizzying enough: WordPress, Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube, Pinterest, and more. Whether you're just starting to create an audience or looking to refine your online presence, this guide will equip you with the essential tools you'll need to succeed.

En primer lugar, no te sientas mal por la cantidad de seguidores que tienes o dejas de tener en las redes sociales. Siempre es un buen momento para rejuvenecer y relanzar tu estrategia de Social Media con técnicas de copywriting. Uno de los elementos centrales para construir una estrategia de Social Media exitosa que logre aumentar el compromiso de los usuarios es la redacción de textos comerciales persuasivos para los medios sociales.

Struggling to write copy that grabs attention and drives engagement? Want to turn casual visitors into loyal customers? Words That Click is your ultimate guide to mastering the art of social media and web copywriting. Whether you’re a business owner, marketer, content creator, or aspiring copywriter, this book will teach you how to craft high-converting social media posts, persuasive website copy, and compelling calls to action that get results.

We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton (author of the best-selling The Architecture of Happiness), but this has a huge impact on our sense of what matters and of how we should lead our lives. In his dazzling new book, de Botton takes twenty-five archetypal news stories - including an airplane crash, a murder, a celebrity interview and a political scandal - and submits them to unusually intense analysis with a view to helping us navigate our news-soaked age.

Beginning with America’s first newspaper, investigative reporting has provided journalism with its most significant achievements and challenging controversies. In The Evolution of American Investigative Journalism, James L. Aucoin provides listeners with the first comprehensive history of investigative journalism.

Journalism of the 21st century has underwent transcendent metamorphosis; there are soaring differences between today’s journalism and the journalism of the yesteryears. When journalism kicked off for the very first time on the earth, printed newspapers were the sole medium used to furnish information. Then, magazines, television, radio and Internet entered the scene. As of today, newspapers are reeling under colossal pressure from the World Wide Web. Currently, more people are endeavoring to plunge into the Internet mania. Sleek gadgets and social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, ...

Interested in marketing your book using social media? Want to gather some tips for launching successful book marketing campaigns? Trying to find out why you are not selling books and gaining followers? If you answered yes to any of these questions then this book is for you... 50 Things to Know About Marketing Your Self-Published Book Using Social Media by Joseph Young offers a simple, yet comprehensive list of things you need to know as an self-published author that will help you save time, money, and your sanity.

From the start of Barack Obama's presidency in 2009, conservative populist groups began fomenting political fractiousness, dissent, and surprising electoral success. The Tea Party was one of the major characters driving this story. But, as Khadijah Costley White argues in this book, the Tea Party's ascent to major political phenomenon can be attributed to the way in which partisan and non-partisan news outlets "branded" the Party as a pot-stirrer in political conflicts over race, class, and gender.

In today's world, many are suffering from information overload and are re-thinking the consequences of "over-sharing". The Secret Life is a helpful guide to leading a quietly powerful life - one that can lead to greater personal effectiveness, satisfaction, and success. The concepts that originated with Maimonides - one of history's greatest philosophers - demonstrate the benefits of living a more private life. The result is an antidote to the depression, finger-pointing, divisiveness, unhappiness, and inefficiency that many of us would like to change in ourselves and in the world.

An expat's witty and insightful exploration of English and American cultural differences through the lens of language that will leave listeners gobsmacked. In That's Not English, the seemingly superficial differences between British and American English open the door to a deeper exploration of a historic and fascinating cultural divide. In each of the 30 chapters, Erin Moore explains a different word we use that says more about us than we think.

With each passing day the potential reach of a single false news story — and its ability to negatively impact all of us — grows in both size and scope. Although politicians, activists, and ordinary citizens regularly complain about deceptive or biased news reports, they tend to define fake news as anything with which they happen to disagree, thus compounding the problem even further.

After her brother died unexpectedly and her mother moved into a dementia-care facility, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson felt called to a new quest: to face death head-on, with the eye of a tourist and the heart of a pastor. Blending memoir, spirituality, and travel, Near the Exit examines how cultures confront and have confronted death by investigating Egypt's Valley of the Kings, Mayan temples, Colorado cremation pyres, Day of the Dead celebrations, Maori settlements, and tourist-destination graveyards.

If you are an Entrepreneur, how do you write Executive Summaries & Business Plans to get the money from an Investor? If you are an Investor, how do you read Executive Summaries & Business Plans to know whether or not to invest? In only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction learn the answer to this question from the author of The Entrepreneur's Guide who helped bring American Power Conversion (APCC-NASDAQ) public in 1988, a company that recently sold for $6.1 Billion.

In an increasingly digital age, website content is the pinnacle launch pad that prompts your audience to act. Establish your brand values, determine the needs of your niche audience, and curate a website that highlights the exclusive opportunities only you can offer with Content is King as your go-to handbook.

In questo corso ti insegnerò i principi fondamentali di una corretta scrittura per il web con lo scopo di migliorare da subito la qualità dei tuoi articoli, post e contenuti pubblicati online.