I am proud to announce my upcoming writers panel! Here’s a LINK to my panel info.
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ASJA 2015 Conference: Connect for Success at the Roosevelt Hotel (map)
May 1, 2015 • 11AM – 12:15PM
Use Social Media to Land Writing Gigs and Make Money (session: F06)
Do you not “get” how to use social media to make more money? Writers are pressured by editors, publishers and agents to build an online platform. Have you missed out on work because you don’t know the tips and tricks to build a better following — or even where to begin? This accomplished team of five, which includes writers, editors, social media managers, marketing and branding experts, a webmaster and a literary agent, will give you what you need to succeed.
Most ASJA writers are busy hard-working professionals who feel like there’s never enough time in a day. Between deadlines, creative pursuits, researching, and submitting pitches, who has time to blog, update their website and keep up with social media?
In this session you will learn how to use your time efficiently to get the best results. You will be given tips and tricks based on hard-won experience. We’ll talk about the best tools to use for your specific goals and how to stand out online amidst worldwide competition.
You’ll learn about improving your website, blogs, and social media accounts. Find out the different language and etiquette for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram, Google+ and YouTube. And, most importantly, you’ll learn how to use social media to make more money.
SPEAKERS:
Dorri Olds is an award-winning freelance writer whose work has appeared in book anthologies, and numerous publications including The New York Times. She writes about her obsessions: Movies, A-list celebrities and dogs. Olds is also a web designer and social media consultant with marketing and branding expertise.
Kirsten Koza is the author of LOST IN MOSCOW; A BRAT IN THE USSR, a humorist, Facebook junkie, adventurer and contributor of audacious stories to Travelers’ Tales anthologies. She is the founder of Writers’ Expeditions, which hosts writing and photography workshops while adventuring across exotic destinations. CHRY radio (Toronto) says, “Kirsten Koza is like Judy Blume on acid.”
Nikki M. Mascali is a New York-based journalist with 10 years of experience in print and digital media. She is currently the editor in chief of TheBlot Magazine, an online publication that covers arts and entertainment and social and political issues.
Jason Gross is the Social Media Manager for TheBlot Magazine, freelance writer (Spin, Time Out, Village Voice, Red Bull Music Academy, PopMatters, Film Comment, Book Forum), SXSW music panel moderator, reissue producer, and co-producer/compiler “OHM; The Early Gurus of Electronic Music.”
Tom Miller, literary agent, joined Greenburger in 2014 after 30 years as an editor at Simon & Schuster, Putnam, McGraw-Hill, Wiley, and HarperCollins. Tom represents projects in wellness, culture, self-help, business, spirituality, literary fiction, and narrative nonfiction. Tom has worked with Jared Diamond (winner of a Pulitzer Prize), Dr. Loren Cordain (author of THE PALEO DIET), Deepak Chopra, Steve Forbes, Ginger Rogers, Erica Jong, Judy Collins, Oliver North, Jack Cafferty, Milton Berle, Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Shirley Temple Black, Brian Wilson, Erich Schiffmann, and Roger Walsh.
CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Jennifer Finney Boylan is the author of 13 books, including the memoirs,Stuck in the Middle With You and She’s Not There: a Life in Two Genders, the first bestselling work by a transgender American. Boylan’s articles have appeared in GQ, Allure, Glamour and Conde Nast Traveler and she is the Contributing Opinion Writer for the New York Times op/ed page; she frequently appears on national television, including segments on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Live with Larry King and the Today Show. A writer and civil rights activist, she is the inaugural Anna Quindlen Writer in Residence at Barnard College of Columbia University and serves as the national co-chair of the Board of Directors of GLAAD. Boylan was also one of 24 writers chosen for the Amtrak writers residency. She lives in New York City with her wife, Deedie, and her two sons, Zach and Sean.
