00:09:20 Melissa Stroh: Hi Brandy, Elaine, and Patricia! 00:09:31 Brandy Brow: *Wave* 00:10:29 Adrienne Terrebonne: I wouldn’t miss it! 00:10:32 Cole Claybourn: Excited for this session! 00:10:40 Mary Luce: You know me from Facebook, but my picture is normally the cat :-) 00:12:28 Elaine McAllister: Hi Brandy...Hi Melissa...Hi Anne...so many friends. 00:12:39 Melissa Stroh: Yes! 00:13:04 Elaine McAllister: I can already tell this one will be fun. 00:13:04 Melissa Stroh: Isabelle! 00:13:18 Crystal Caudill: Y’all, hubby just brought me cookies and ice cream, so I’m going to turn of video. :-) 00:13:30 Anne Rauth: Hi back Elaine and Happy Friday everyone! 00:13:40 Naomi Craig: hahah! 00:13:46 Brandy Brow: HI Isabelle *wave* 00:13:52 Crystal Caudill: That is AWESOME!! LOL 00:13:54 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: Hello from France, 2 am in here, just awaking 00:14:15 Elaine McAllister: wow - i'm impressed. 00:14:17 Crystal Caudill: Oh my goodness! Welcome Isabelle! 00:14:18 Jean Hall: Welcome, Isabelle! 00:14:18 Carlton Hughes: Isabelle, cool! 00:14:23 Melissa Stroh: Oh wow, Isabelle! 00:15:02 Lila Diller: cat tail! 00:15:05 Jaycee Weaver: safe from the smack zone. LOL 00:15:09 Floss: Great earrings! 00:15:37 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: Thank you, Love from across the ocean. 00:15:53 Naomi Craig: aww! I had a black cat like that @mary! 00:16:00 Anne Rauth: Hallee, is your husband a radio voice? Because he should be! 00:16:11 Karen Bradford: Hello mkbrad24@gmail.com bkbrad60@gmail.com Karen Bradford from Scottsboro Alabama 00:16:16 Regina Walker: We just got two little rescue kittens. They are seven weeks old. They've been harassing me all day. 00:17:45 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: Today for me, hihi, already the 20th ! 00:18:04 Carlton Hughes: Isabelle from the future! 00:19:36 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: Already at the hour of grace for devotionals @Carlton 00:19:41 Michelle Nebel: Looks great! 00:19:42 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: I see 00:19:48 Leah: I can see it 00:19:49 Barbara Fox: Looks good 00:19:59 Carlton Hughes: That's great, Isabelle! 00:21:14 Melissa Stroh: Congratulations! 00:21:27 Gina Holder: Congratulations! 00:21:36 Regina Walker: Congrats! 00:21:46 Yvonne MacKay: 17 years! Congrats! And taking in your niece. I've always loved your big heart. 00:22:05 Melissa Stroh: My younger kiddos love Harry Potter. 00:23:03 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: I thought I could preach the Gospel from Harry Potter, so many people giving up their lives to help their « saviior » destroy the root of evil, @Hannah I am in 00:23:21 Elaine McAllister: Is that 7 of 10 nationally or beyond? 00:23:57 Robyn Monroe: I do five times better on Facebook than Instagram tho I personally like Instagram better. 00:24:20 sharonhcarpenter: Do you recommend an author’s page instead of just a personal page? 00:27:07 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: When I decided that I wouldn’t pay Fb, for the author’s page with pen name Louisa, then I lost the visibility on the 10 years old personal page as Isabelle 00:27:48 Jaycee Weaver: My page posts aren't being seen, but there's great engagement on my "personal" account. 00:28:07 Jaycee Weaver: But yes, Insta stories are doing very well. 00:28:22 Cole Claybourn: I’ve found when I post video clips from podcast, they get far less interaction that photos. 00:28:54 Janis Van Keuren: Photos are a big hit on Instagram. 00:29:41 Patricia Tiffany Morris: I don’t understand this. 00:29:55 Patricia Tiffany Morris: Oh, got it. 00:30:28 Janis Van Keuren: Facebook loves photos of family, travels, etc. 00:30:42 susan: Does the 80/20 rule apply to business pages? 00:32:49 Jaycee Weaver: Can I beg for that spreadsheet?! 00:32:58 Leah: Does one have to post every day? Or every other day? 00:33:15 Liz Pope: What if you're more of an introvert and not the best at "small talk?" 00:33:23 Gina Holder: I don't have a pet. We rent and pets aren't allowed. 00:33:29 Elaine McAllister: ??? (for whenever you want to answer it) What's your opinion about how many FB pages you have? I was advised to make an author page BUT I find more interaction w/my personal page and I don't mind showing author related things ON my personal page. Should I delete my 'extra' FB pages??? Commit to one only??? 00:33:56 DonnaS: when sharing what other authors are doing, does promoting them when they guest blog for me count? 00:34:32 Melissa Stroh: Are you searching this on your personal profile or is this an author page? 00:34:33 Gina Holder: where do we find this for our Facebook pages? 00:35:00 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: My bunny posts were brilliant to create links, bunny ran away, chicken came in… Thanks for the tip 00:35:02 Lila Diller: go to your FB page and one of the tabs on the top is Audience Insights 00:35:03 Janis Van Keuren: Is this on your personal page or your Author/Business Page? 00:35:41 Lana: Does that work for personal page or does it have to be author page? 00:36:03 Mary Luce: If you have a business/author Page, it's possible to schedule a post, so you can do a whole week's worth of posts in one sitting. I have found this helpful! 00:36:35 Robyn Monroe: Some of the big accounts are posting five times a day it seems. Proverbs 31 Ministries. Women of Prayer. 00:36:48 Robyn Monroe: I cannot keep up with them 00:37:14 Kentucky Christian Writers Conference Conference 1: Conference hashtags = #KCWC2020 and #WriteTheVision 00:40:03 Lila Diller: hashtags only help you get new followers if you have a business account, btw 00:40:06 Naomi Craig: hash tags: you can get a word document with all your common hashtags. cut and paste(and switch up) 00:40:18 sharonhcarpenter: newbie question…are hashtags used on fb and insta? 00:41:13 Robyn Monroe: 30 is the max 00:41:14 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: SOme say use the 30 # allowed 00:41:33 Cole Claybourn: Personally, I think any post over three seems like overkill and can distract from what the caption actually says. 00:41:53 Lori Scott: ?? How much do they have to be mixed up? 00:42:18 Leah: Can we make up our own hashtag? Or do we have to use a pre-existing hashtag? 00:42:56 Melissa Stroh: I don't like to exceed 3-5. I like keeping hashtags focused. Too many distract me too. 00:43:05 Lori Scott: How do they know it's the same? Right now, every other post I put up is a sketch I made. That sketch looks different every time... but it's still a sketch. 00:43:07 Naomi Musch: It seems counterintuitive the way that FB/IG suppresses posts, when they're supposedly promoting interaction. I get it when they're knocking down the hard sell, but that they try to "steer" me toward one individual and not another, that just doesn't make sense. 00:44:29 lianageorge: Is it a bad idea to post the same thing to FB and Insta - sending posts from one to the other? 00:44:47 Cole Claybourn: I agree, Naomi. 00:46:37 Melissa Stroh: I don't do selfies. 00:47:26 Lori Scott: I was told you'd want to show your face every 6 or so posts. Not true? 00:48:17 Melissa Stroh: Oh, no, say it ain't so. Don't say we need to. I don't want to! :( 00:50:59 Lila Diller: ? What about brand colors -- do we need to try to keep it on brand, obvious that it's mine? 00:53:38 Cole Claybourn: Just started my newsletter in May 00:54:58 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: How when you write in different genres, christian AND non christian…? 00:58:37 Naomi Craig: super helpful on newsletter and algorythms 00:59:20 Cole Claybourn: I modeled mine after Hannah Brencher’s. Her’s are good as well. 00:59:36 Melissa Stroh: I have both a blog and newsletter. so it often feels like twice the work to keep both going. Knowing what to share/post is a struggle. 01:00:02 Elaine McAllister: I agree, Melissa. Would be great to combine - use the blog as a newsletter! 01:00:12 Lila Diller: I have been using my newsletter to drive people to my blog. Is that good? 01:00:28 Cole Claybourn: I use Canva for EVERYTHING. It’s a lifesaver. 01:00:48 Melissa Stroh: I should think so, Lila. And using the blog to drive people to the newsletter. That's what I try to do. 01:03:26 Melissa Stroh: Canva and Book Brush! 01:03:31 RondaWells: thank you! 01:03:47 Barbara Fox: Thank you Hanna 01:03:52 Barbara Britton: Thank you, Hannah! This was great! 01:04:02 Leah: Thank you, Hannah! 01:04:04 Cole Claybourn: I started my newsletter in May and have 55 subscribers. What’s a good growth rate? Is there a number I should aim for? Or is open rate more important? 01:04:07 Julie Cox: Thank you! This was wonderful information! 01:04:14 Mary Luce: What email program do you recommend for your newsletter? 01:04:15 Diana Manos: Thank you! Really helpful! 01:04:20 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: Thank you Hannah, very dynamic and relevant ! 01:04:30 Cole Claybourn: @Mary Luce — Mailchimp has been easy for me 01:04:31 Michelle Nebel: How would you advise an unpublished writer to approach building a newsletter? 01:04:33 Word Weavers 1: And you do all this in 15 min/day???? 01:05:07 Melissa Stroh: Tosca Lee 01:05:40 Barbara Fox: Do you you recommend an author page for a pre-published writer 01:05:51 RondaWells: I am a total Tosca Lee, very private but want to sell my books! 01:06:14 Brandy Brow: If you have a FB page, click on Insights at the top. 01:07:00 Robyn Monroe: my book will be about prayer. So I only post about prayer and not about myself. Do you think it is important to post about yourself? 01:07:46 Melissa Stroh: What do you recommend for those of us who are less tech savvy. Google Instagram for Dummies? 01:08:25 Crystal Caudill: Will using a scheduler like Later reduce how you are seen? 01:08:26 Melissa Stroh: Tagging people and reposting totally confusing me. 01:08:30 Robyn Monroe: What do you do about guys who DM you? They say they just want to be friends. How do you handle that? 01:08:31 Andi Lehman: Would you please explain open rate? 01:08:45 Cole Claybourn: I started my newsletter in May and have 55 subscribers. What’s a good growth rate? Is there a number I should aim for? Or is open rate more important? 01:08:52 Floss: If your book isn’t published yet (or contracted) what do you put on your author page? 01:09:06 Lila Diller: I've never had good engagement on FB author page. I use it as a billboard and a place to buy ads from. IG is more personal. 01:09:25 Liz Pope: The comment section on my IG page is currently closed. Do you recommend opening the comments and if so, how can you effectively "police" the comments? 01:09:56 Karen Bradford: facebook settings....Are your settings set to public or just friends and friends of friends. Im a widow and get some weird post so I reset my facebook page 01:10:06 Gina Holder: Yeah, I can't get any interaction for posts on my author page. 01:10:16 Mary Luce: On a Page, you can schedule posts to be posted the next day or some other time in the future. That's a big help for me. I don't believe this is a feature on Profiles. 01:10:42 Cole Claybourn: I don’t get much interaction on my author page either. I also have way more friends on my personal page. I usually post to author page and share to personal. 01:10:56 Patricia Tiffany Morris: Post to page first OR profile first. ???? 01:11:16 Becca the Short Weidel: Have you noticed that Facebook seems to share your personal page posts more than your author page ones unless you pay to boost them? It's something I feel like I Have noticed 01:11:24 Leah: Can I make up my own hashtag? Or do I have to use a pre-existing hashtag? 01:11:36 Robyn Monroe: I started my social media (Instagram and Facebook) on April 27 with no followers. I have 130 Instagram followers and 600 Facebook page followers as of today. Is this good? What is a good growth rate? 01:11:43 Robyn Monroe: You can make up any hashtag 01:11:51 Tracy Schuldt Helixon: When I share my author page posts to my personal page, my personal page (which isn't public) garners more likes and reactions than my author page (which is public). Should I not be re-posting my author posts on my personal page, to encourage the likes and reactions on the public page instead? 01:12:10 Gina Holder: How do you feel about sending invites to like your page to other authors? 01:14:09 Diana Manos: Is Twitter useful as a medium for authors? 01:15:14 Barbara Britton: Diana--I find a lot of writing tips and blog information on Twitter. 01:16:05 Lila Diller: you can also segment your email newsletters 01:16:43 Diana Manos: thanks, Barbara! 01:16:46 Naomi Musch: Diana, it's a great place to find readers and writers that are in your genre tastes, because you can follow hashtags there, like #Christfic or #Histfic 01:17:26 Melissa Stroh: Topics on the blog and newsletter. 01:17:32 Naomi Craig: wow @ robyn Monroe and @cole claybourn I'm impressed with your fast numbers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 01:18:18 Lori Scott: I think with Social Media, you just invest in it. I like cheering people on, so I spend some time each day liking and commenting on posts. 01:18:32 Cole Claybourn: I just worry an agent won’t be impressed by 55 subscribers, even though it’s only been two months. Haha 01:18:50 Lori Scott: COle, if they see your effort, that may be enough 01:19:05 Robyn Monroe: I didn’t catch the name. Did you say Miller Lite? 01:19:07 Elaine McAllister: Hannah, you are inspirational! I've enjoyed this topic, yet it continues to overwhelm me a bit - I've got to learn to ENJOY it more and FRET less. I've got this! Thanks for your info and enthusiasm. Very good session. 01:19:15 Melissa Stroh: Mailer Lite 01:19:19 Lori Scott: One agent said he looks to see that you are making progress and showing that you're willing to work 01:19:40 Karen Bradford: It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our ablities....So true our choices to Serve God through writing 01:20:53 Lori Scott: Elaine, I was fearful and hesitant to join Instagram. And I made a lot of mistakes at first. But now I enjoy it and have come across some interesting accounts. I started by following people I met at the Write to Publish Conference last summer and just kept working at it. 01:21:44 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: How do you know that they don’ t open mails ? 01:22:10 Cole Claybourn: Thanks Hannah! 01:22:14 Naomi Craig: what about two step subscriptions? I have people who don't click through. should I send an email about are you still interested 01:22:28 sharonhcarpenter: Thanks, Hannah. It was fun. 01:22:54 Lori Scott: Naomi, make your opt-in freebie available if they click that second subscription step 01:23:09 Liz Pope: The comment section on my IG page is currently closed. Do you recommend opening the comments and if so, how can you effectively "police" the comments? 01:23:12 Tracy Schuldt Helixon: Thank you! So helpful! 01:23:41 Janis Van Keuren: Thank you, Hannah, for all your information and help. 01:23:44 Angel Moore: Is there a way to get rid of the creepy followers? 01:23:47 Naomi Musch: @Cole if you have a short story or something you could give away as a lead magnet, you could sign up on one of the sites that allows you to try and gain newsletter subscribers by offering that. Ryan Zee or Story Origin. S.O is currently free. 01:23:57 Naomi Craig: @lori, working on the freebie. good idea! 01:24:36 Robyn Monroe: Use strong profanity filters 01:24:44 Robyn Monroe: I added words like stupid and fraud 01:24:47 Cole Claybourn: Thanks @Naomi, I’ve not heard of that so I will check it out! 01:24:55 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: Hihihi I have 900 insta followers for @louisatreyborac but they started as a rugby european base… in which I mix books and life and Jesus as smuggled in… and the rugby people like it ! God’s doing, really ! 01:25:07 susan: Thanks so much! Goodnight! 01:25:34 Robyn Monroe: Good advice 01:25:37 Karen Bradford: Thank you so much excellent information 01:25:42 Liz Pope: Lol! Good deal! Thank you all for the responses :) 01:25:46 Becca the Short Weidel: It seems like Facebook is suppressing posts on pages while the same post can get more likes on a personal profile unless the post is boosted. Have you noticed this at all? 01:25:50 Robyn Monroe: Yikes 01:25:51 Karen Procopio: Thank you!!! 01:25:54 Heidi Keiser: Thank you! 01:25:56 Robyn Monroe: Thank you, Hannah! 01:25:59 Karen Bradford: Its 630am my time 01:26:00 Yvonne MacKay: Thanks, Hannah. It was informative and fun! 01:26:03 Robyn Monroe: Very interesting 01:26:04 Floss: That’s 5:30 a.m. in Denver !!!!!! 01:26:04 Naomi Musch: Thanks Hannah. Lots to digest. 01:26:13 RondaWells: doing that early class in non revealing PJS 01:26:38 Melissa Stroh: Yeah, 5:30 my time too. I won't be doing that. Already had to be up at 4 AM just to make the first class this morning. 01:26:57 Cole Claybourn: I slept through my alarm this morning for the newbie class... 01:27:24 Carlton Hughes: Come to the Newbie class! I will make every effort to . . . be awake! 01:27:58 Lila Diller: thank you, Hannah1 01:27:58 Robyn Monroe: Thank you!!!! 01:28:03 Isabelle-Louisa Robert Bartolo-Treyborac: Thank you Hannah ! 01:28:04 Becca the Short Weidel: thank you! 01:28:04 Crystal Caudill: Thank you! 01:28:05 Jeanette Cameron: Thank you, Hannah!