Tag: Social media
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G B Ralph marketing books on social media
Mark Stay, host of the Creative Differences podcast, has prepared another one-minute snippet from our recent live chat! I’ve previously shared snippets that covered writing deadlines and book pre-orders; a few festive, cosy and/or fresh book, TV and music recommendations; when I know I’m ready to start writing that first draft; and today’s features a few words…
G. B. Ralph
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Bluesky, here we go
It was only a couple of weeks ago that I was talking about the release of Meta’s text-based social media app, Threads. And as of yesterday, I’ve gained access to another Twitter (or is it X now?) competitor, Bluesky. This one is from Twitter co-founder, Jack Dorsey, and is currently invite only. Unfortunately it looks…
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Writers and readers on Meta’s new Threads app
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta are weighing in with their text-based social media app, Threads, after another turbulent week over on Twitter. Released to the public only hours ago, I’ve just started having a little look around. I downloaded the app (Apple App Store / Google Play Store), logged in with my Instagram account…
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Half a million views on TikTok
A quick little video I made has just ticked over 500,000 views on TikTok. That’s half a million! Here’s a screenshot of the video’s analytics: When I first heard the audio, I knew I had to do my own take on it. Wouldn’t you, if you heard reading a book being described as hallucinating wildly…
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G B Ralph on TikTok
Until recently, I had never used TikTok except to view the occasional video shared with me. But with the increasingly frequent mentions of BookTok by other authors and readers, investigating the platform climbed higher and higher up my to-do list. A month or so ago I decided to have a look, and then a week…
G. B. Ralph 