Social media is one of the best ways to promote your books, connect with readers, and introduce a new audience to your books. However, in order to get the most out of the social media experience as an author, it’s important that you connect and interact with your followers. If you’re not quite sure how to do that, you’ve come to the right place!
Below, we’ll cover simple ways to make your author social media platforms more interactive.
Let’s dive in!
Respond To Messages And Comments
First things first, if you want your audience on social media to interact with you, you need to respond to them. Participate in the conversation. This will help your followers feel more connected to you. They will also appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to respond to them.
Create Polls
Polls are a great way to get the conversation flowing on your social media page and to hear your audience’s thoughts and opinions. Do you have a question regarding what trope you should focus on when writing your next book? Are you trying to decide if you should write your book in first-person or third-person narration? This is your chance to receive real feedback while including your followers in the process.
Create Fill-In-The-Blank Posts
When scrolling on social media, most people don’t necessarily want to get into thought-provoking conversations. Typically, people like to mindlessly scroll and answer fun questions to interact in an easy and breezy way. Fill-in-the-blank questions are an excellent way to start conversations and encourage followers to engage easily. You could create posts such as:
- My favorite book genre to snuggle up and read on a cold winter day is __.
- My favorite fictional character of all time is ___.
- One thing I can’t resist about a book is ___.
- My favorite trope is ___.
Create An Interactive Content Calendar
You could create a weekly content calendar to encourage your followers to participate. For example: You could post a graphic or post each week. Fridays could be Friday favorites, where followers can comment on your post with their favorite books. Wednesdays could be Wednesday reads, where people can share what book they are currently reading. This not only gives you weekly content, but it also helps encourage people to engage on your page.
Final Thoughts
Getting people to interact on your social media platforms doesn’t have to be complicated. If you’re still unsure or just don’t have time to handle social media and promote your book, Book Brush can help!
At Book Brush, we offer full-service social media management to help busy authors maximize their online presence while freeing up time. This way, you can focus less on social media trends, analytics, and audience engagement and more on writing. To learn more about this service and to see if it’s right for you, make sure to book a call!
