{"id":2609,"date":"2020-06-24T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/?post_type=chapter&p=2609"},"modified":"2020-06-26T20:18:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T20:18:33","slug":"types-of-writing-on-the-web-facebook-really","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/chapter\/types-of-writing-on-the-web-facebook-really\/","title":{"raw":"Types of Writing on the Web: Facebook? Really?","rendered":"Types of Writing on the Web: Facebook? Really?"},"content":{"raw":"

How Can Facebook Help to Promote My Web Writing?<\/h2>\r\n
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\r\n\r\nI have a bunch of \u201cfriends\u201d on Facebook. How can I take advantage of these nitwits to help promote my writing?<\/em><\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn many cases, your friends and family will (hopefully) be the ones most likely to want to see your work. After all, they have a personal investment in you and would like to see you succeed. So, announcing your work on Facebook and posting links on your wall is a good way to start getting exposure.\r\n\r\nThat may sound lame at first\u2014you want a big audience of strangers, not your mom, cousin, and that friend from kindergarten you just reconnected with. Nevertheless, you now have the world\u2019s largest social network working for you. If your mom posts to her friends, and some of them post to theirs, pretty soon you have dozens or hundreds of people checking your work out.\r\n\r\nOf course, if you\u2019re trying to keep your work anonymous, steer clear of Facebook. Even the old \u201cI found this cool thing online\u201d might backfire, since you\u2019re sending it to the very people most able to know it\u2019s really you.\r\n\r\nYou can also save time by using Facebook apps that will coordinate your efforts to let the world know about your most recent stuff. For instance, the Facebook app\u00a0Networked Blogs<\/a>\u00a0can be set up to automatically update your Facebook and Twitter accounts every time you publish a new blog post, and you can set things up so every time you Tweet, it shows up on Facebook (or vice versa).\r\n\r\nYour first step for promoting your stuff on Facebook should be to find an existing group of users who are already interested in the topic you\u2019re writing about.\r\n\r\n<\/a>\"Listing\r\n

Figure 8.<\/strong>\u00a0Use Facebook\u2019s search bar to find any existing groups dedicated to your topic. You can then join them and read what everyone\u2019s talking about. If no group exists, you can create your own group and then invite anyone you think might be interested to join.<\/p>\r\nConnecting with like-minded people is a sure way to not only grow your audience but also improve your skills. Don\u2019t just pester people to look at your stuff. Instead, spend time browsing their work, offering feedback (positive only). Be friendly and supportive at all times. As you gain the group\u2019s respect, you\u2019ll also be encouraging them to take your work more seriously and give you feedback on it.\r\n

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I have a bunch of \u201cfriends\u201d on Facebook. How can I take advantage of these nitwits to help promote my writing?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In many cases, your friends and family will (hopefully) be the ones most likely to want to see your work. After all, they have a personal investment in you and would like to see you succeed. So, announcing your work on Facebook and posting links on your wall is a good way to start getting exposure.<\/p>\n

That may sound lame at first\u2014you want a big audience of strangers, not your mom, cousin, and that friend from kindergarten you just reconnected with. Nevertheless, you now have the world\u2019s largest social network working for you. If your mom posts to her friends, and some of them post to theirs, pretty soon you have dozens or hundreds of people checking your work out.<\/p>\n

Of course, if you\u2019re trying to keep your work anonymous, steer clear of Facebook. Even the old \u201cI found this cool thing online\u201d might backfire, since you\u2019re sending it to the very people most able to know it\u2019s really you.<\/p>\n

You can also save time by using Facebook apps that will coordinate your efforts to let the world know about your most recent stuff. For instance, the Facebook app\u00a0Networked Blogs<\/a>\u00a0can be set up to automatically update your Facebook and Twitter accounts every time you publish a new blog post, and you can set things up so every time you Tweet, it shows up on Facebook (or vice versa).<\/p>\n

Your first step for promoting your stuff on Facebook should be to find an existing group of users who are already interested in the topic you\u2019re writing about.<\/p>\n

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Figure 8.<\/strong>\u00a0Use Facebook\u2019s search bar to find any existing groups dedicated to your topic. You can then join them and read what everyone\u2019s talking about. If no group exists, you can create your own group and then invite anyone you think might be interested to join.<\/p>\n

Connecting with like-minded people is a sure way to not only grow your audience but also improve your skills. Don\u2019t just pester people to look at your stuff. Instead, spend time browsing their work, offering feedback (positive only). Be friendly and supportive at all times. As you gain the group\u2019s respect, you\u2019ll also be encouraging them to take your work more seriously and give you feedback on it.<\/p>\n

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WEB WRITING STYLE GUIDE<\/p>\n

Version 1.0,\u00a0June 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

Edited by Matt Barton, James Kalmbach, and Charles Lowe<\/em><\/p>\n

The Writing Spaces\u00a0Web Writing Style Guide<\/em>\u00a0is available under a Creative Commons\u00a0Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) License.\u00a0Learn more about the licensing requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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