Rebelious rules by Kristina Gallo

https://youtube.com/shorts/F1NK0nr_k8E?si=XoKqy6GBQ9DlO9Q- It is hard to get YouTube subscribers. If you are not famous, you might get dislikes from kids who use internet for fun. Having a You tube content means you have to do something do attract audience. I saw a guy who is swallowing a big amount of food in rapid pace and recording it. Mostly, authors post their book links and advices for other authors, that not many are listening to. Your trailers for books will pass unnoticed, unless you are famous. Some people are organizing youtube boost, to gain followers in a way follow to follow. That is resulting with annoying people who text you to follow their channel. Making a quality content doesn't mean you will get many followers.  You need to catch your audience.  Today is unpopular reading books. If you promote book trailers, people will ask for audio books. Rare will click on your links.  We became society where is popular to fart online, but presenting something serio...

Thanks for leaving comments recently, dear readers. Today I want to pull attention to fake supporters and followers. Every author and artist who search for support in the virtual world will get some fake followers. It is not only about trolls and popularly called bots, it is about the nature of the person who follows your account. How do they act? If you have Instagram, the pattern is always the same. The person follows you and waits for you to follow him. After you follow, he unfollows, to increase his number and decrease your number of followers.  Another case: The person follows your accounts and like many of your posts. Then, when you follow back, a follower hits you with the message: "Will you buy my book cover? Can I promote you to my followers, for hundred dollars?" I f I can make a group of fake followers, they would be categorized in next ways: The pest. A follower who hits your inbox a few minutes after you add him. Usually, that is an invitation message to chat or ...

These days I was faced with intruders in my personal inbox. Goodreads and Facebook brought me messages from strangers. Shortly, they wanted a kind of education about sales and promotions, and to be a member of their groups. I am always fascinated by how someone can write to an unknown person, without checking her profile. What kind of genre do I write, do I wish to communicate with people I don't know, all could be clear from my profiles.  How do I answer these messages? With blocking, I don't want to waste time explaining what I want and what I don't want. This made me think, how many authors promote themselves in the wrong ways? I understand the desire to sell your book, but you can make a contra effect by forcing others to notice you. Social media are filled with book links. Authors are focused on numbers, they are automatically collecting followers, but a big number of followers doesn't mean selling by default. You will get a bunch of people on Twitter, Tik Tok, and...

Everyone wants to have a big number of followers. It is familiar how some famous persons bought followers, to increase their popularity. Having many followers doesn't mean that everyone will support you. If my 10.230 followers bought my book on Twitter, I would be very happy. To see beyond the surface, think about why people follow you: You have a nice profile photo. Guys want to flirt, and women might think you are popular, so they want to be in your crew. If you are a writer, book promoters, cover creators and editors want to earn money on you. Other authors want to offer you their books, to buy them. Trolls have interest too, in spamming your page, wanting to sell you lies, and spreading viruses on your computer. Desperate men who can't find a partner, in reality, try to get a connection with you. I know, it doesn't sound like a fairy tale. It sounds like a nightmare. Well, how to use your big number of followers in the best interest? Talk to them in public. Open a statu...

Every author needs a review. We all know how hard is to find readers who will buy and review your books. Mostly, people expect an ARC copy for free to review your book. We have 3 groups of readers: They take a free book, and never review it. They take a free book and review it on Goodreads or Bookbub or a blog. They buy the book and leave Amazon reviews. As every author is dreaming about Amazon reviews, many will get disappointed and try to get satisfaction in Goodreads. Goodreads is a minefield. There is a big mess that needs admins and bans. Everyone can create a page and leave a one-star review on your book, just to underestimate authors. Some people go even so far as to ask for money for their reviews or blackmail you to rate you with one star if you don't pay them. If you are a Goodreads member, you can notice the "currently reading " option. You can hope someone is reading your book.  Well, about 10 people will mark your book as "to read" or "currentl...