It’s a toss-up between Facebook and Twitter; they are both utterly addictive (and useful) but for different reasons. I like Facebook because it’s a good way to stay in touch with key people such as family, friends and fellow book bloggers. The new feed list feature is a great way to keep up with your favourite authors and reviewers with the added bonus of being able to like / re-share their content. I also play a couple of games so I’m always on it anyway… LOL As a blogger, I think it’s important to have a Facebook fan page. They are an easy-to-use tool that’ll help drive traffic to your site and the visitor metrics are a nice bonus.
With Twitter you’re not limited to “who you’re friends with”, you’re free to follow/tweet pretty much anyone. It’s my social media of choice because it allows me to connect with authors, readers, bloggers, followers, publishers, … Twitter is also a great promotional tool if you’re a blogger. Sharing is effortless and can be done from pretty much anywhere.
I’m a bit of a geek though so I’m constantly trying the newest craze and just because Twitter and Facebook are my favourites doesn’t mean that I’m not on a ton of other sites as well. Pinterest is quickly rising in the ranks as one of my go-to sites. What can I say? I like looking at pretty things like book covers and wolves. I’d be completely lost without GoodReads; it helps fill my need to make lists and keeps me on schedule with my review requests.
Owner, designer and main blogger behind Rabid Reads. Avid book reader, snowboard bunny, video gamer and Supernatural fan. I love all things paranormal, werewolves especially. Oh, and I’m Canadian, eh!
I spend a lot of time on blogs so am not on Facebook as much as I’d like and I still need to get on Twitter. That’s my next thing to join. I think it’s really good for bloggers and authors.
Twitter is a must! It’s helped my blog grow so much but it is a HUGE time suck.
I’m in between FB& Twitter…they’re my main ones. I”m also use Pintrest at times too. I do try other sites, but it can get overwhelming sometimes 🙂
It can get overwhelming. I have so many opened accounts that I’ve forgotten about.
Twitter.
Twitter’s cool cuz it’s like mini-blogging!
I never really use Facebook at all, though I should! I guess I’m just not sure how to do the whole intersection of personal life / contacts and writing contacts?
It’s definitely a balancing act. I only friends peeps on FB who I’ve known for a while in the blogging world. Otherwise, I use my FB fan page to interact with the rest because you don’t share as much personal info there.
I don’t particularly like Facebook and don’t really maintain it.
Twitter, I love. I need to get better about talking on there though.
I have bouts of obsessions with Twitter. Sometimes I’m on constantly and sometimes my account is radio silence for days…
Definitely Twitter! I set up my Facebook so it will automatically post my blog posts and I will go on it every now and then, but I love twitter. It seems like everyone is on there and you can end up in a conversation that ends up for hours and hours. I just use Twitter more, so I like it more.
And Btw, Congrats, girl! On the move to WordPress. Sorry if you had done so long ago and I haven’t been around to notice. I’m just getting back to blogging and I will stalk ur blog like I used to more. Haha! 🙂
It’s super helpful being able to connect your social media sites and a major time saver not having to share the same thing over and over.
Thanks! I noticed you were MIA for a while. Welcome back! 🙂