Social Butterfly Tip: Working With Online Magazine

    
 

When you are creating your promotion plan, I highly recommend you add a few online magazines to your plan.  Online magazines are always looking for new content and what I love about their promotion is that they are normally archived, so you get the most bang for your promotion, because people can read the promotion for years.

 Make sure you find the magazines that cater to your audience. 

Below are five ways you can use online magazines for promotion.   Pick one and see if it works for you.

1.    Interviews - are great for free promotion. Make sure when the interview goes live, that you are telling everyone you know about the interview.

Let your mailing list subscribers know. Post on your social media platforms.

Add it to your promotion schedule because someone hasn’t seen the interview. Even if it’s two years old, someone will enjoy learning more about you.

2.    Contribute an article - There are many online magazines that are always looking for new submissions. They always feature a byline and a short bio. This is an excellent way to share your knowledge with readers. It will introduce your writing abilities and place your name in reader’s minds.

You can write about your experience as a writer, the craft of writing, or maybe you're expert in a subject. Write an article about it.

Use a query to approach an online magazine. Your purpose for the submission is to introduce yourself to their readers. The added bonus is some sites pay for content.

Before you send out your query letter, remember to do your research first.

•                   See what types of articles these ezines are looking for.

•                   What is the word count?

•                   How do they want you to submit? You don't want to submit a medical article to a poetry       magazine.

3.    Visitor/Member – Don’t underestimate making a comment or becoming a member of a magazine community. Members like meeting other members. Some magazines offer extra perks to their members. For instance, if you’re a member of SORMAG’s community, you receive a one free promotion when you join.

 Make comments on the magazine’s blog and make sure to always include your links. This is a good way for readers to learn about you and if they’re curious, they’ll click through to your site.

4. Monthly Columnist – Some online magazines look for monthly columnists. This is your chance to talk about your special topic only you know about. Share your wisdom with their readership and at the end of your column, include your bio, which can be a short blurb about your latest book and a link to your site/blog. Check out your favorite online magazines and see if they’re in the need for a columnist or send an intro letter to the editor and offer your services.

5.    Host a workshop – Some online magazines like to host special events for their readers. Workshops are a good way to introduce yourself and your book. Do you have writing skills you can teach (how to write a synopsis, how to add conflict to your manuscript). Readers are looking for new things to learn, you can be the person who offers these types of workshops. You might even make a few extra dollars in the process.

Bonus Tip:  Online magazine promotion is worth the cost. You reach your niche market, most promotions are archived, so it’s not just a one-time promotion. Check out your favorite online magazines and see how they can help you reach new readers.

SORMAG Digital is always looking for new content to feature. If you are interested in writing for SORMAG Digital, contact me at 1sormag@gmail.com. I would love to receive your pitch.

LaShaunda C. Hoffman is the editor/publisher of SORMAG Digital.  She published her first book, Building Online Relationships - One Reader At A Time to help authors and business owners learn how to build relationships while promoting online.   CLICK to get your copy.

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Book Picks Of The Week: April 8 -14, 2019

A family…a career…a dream…can a woman really have it all?

Florence Kinkaid is content as a small town clothing designer and seamstress. Married to her high school sweetheart and the mother of two sets of twins, she’s certain her life is complete. But deep in her heart a forgotten dream waits. A dream she tries to ignore. When a noted fashion mogul undertakes a nationwide contest to discover America’s next fashion designer, Flo wonders…what if?

Flo secretly enters the contest and is thrilled when she is named one of the top five finalists. When she tells her husband William, she’s shocked to find opposition in her own home. William wants things to stay as they are and does his best to discourage her from leaving. He calls her opportunity a pipe dream. Hurt, but determined to get a second chance at her dream, Flo decides to prove her husband wrong and follow her heart. But in doing so, will it cost her more than she’s willing to pay?

 

 

Finding love was never part of the plan...

Leah Phillips doesn’t think she deserves happiness. For ten years, she’s blamed herself for the disastrous end of her marriage. In a freak accident, her ex-husband was paralyzed, and she became a single-parent riddled with guilt. After so much pain, she can’t imagine finding pleasure or joy. The plans for her storybook life seem more elusive than ever. 

 
Morgan Alexander is a corporate Superman with a reputation for swooping in and saving the day. He’s created a blueprint for success. Resolving problems that seem to baffle the most brilliant minds brings him great satisfaction. But he has no idea, the biggest challenge he’ll meet is in the form of a 5’4” honey-skinned, single mom named Leah. 

 
When their worlds collide, clever plans prove no match for the demands of love. Do they follow the new path placed before them or do they walk away?

 

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When your heart leads you down a road that you wouldn’t normally follow, what are you supposed to do? Especially when it leads you away from the love that never fails. Deborah Miller is a saved, sanctified and set free sister who meets a man who appears to be everything she has been praying for. Antonio James is a brother on mission, who wants to get everything he can, by any means necessary. They find themselves in a relationship that is full of lust and excitement but is it enough to sustain something real? How can Deborah let go of a man that keeps her coming back for more, especially when the stakes are so high? Find out in Fool For Love a Christian, fictional, short story based on actual events. 

 

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FEATURED AUTHOR: Leah M. Forney

Daughter, granddaughter, sister, friend, and student are some of the hats that Leah Forney wears. A native of Queens, New York, who is currently residing in Maryland, writing and speaking came naturally to her. Leah Forney is the oldest girl of six siblings. She grew up without her mother and father raising her. She learned early on the importance of having a relationship with Jesus Christ from her maternal grandmother who raised her in the church. Leah’s love for writing came at a young age when she would pen poems to release the pain she felt from not having her parents in her life. Never knowing where her writings would take her, Leah penned her first book. Leah has lent her voice in numerous projects from being a sexual assault awareness advocate to acting in her church’s drama ministry. As she continues to accept the calling that God has placed on her life, Leah is open to seeing where her gifts and talents will take her.

She released her first book, Unapologetically Me: Living, Owning, And Walking In My Truth, on April 1, 2017. She released her second book, Courage to Win: Igniting the Winner Within, on April 30, 2018. She started alongside her close friend Carmen, who is now deceased, a nonprofit called SAAVE ME (Sexual Assault Advocacy for Victims Everywhere). She can do it all. She has a heart for service. You can follow Leah on many social media sites.

The bond between mother and child is a strong one, but what happens when that connection is complicated by drugs, addiction and mental illness? What becomes of the child whose only desire is to be loved by the mother who abandoned her? And how does that child, now a woman herself, avoid the mistakes her mother made that seemingly come natural to her? In Unapologetically Me, Leah Forney recounts her personal story of abandonment and redemption to inspire others and teach them that even the painful parts of our lives have a purpose. Moving and gut-wrenchingly honest, Leah offers no sugary solutions to life's tough questions. Instead she presents the truth she learned after years of fruitlessly searching for love in all the wrong places—that only God's love can change you and move you beyond the shame and guilt of your past. Read Leah's story and learn how you, too, can become unapologetic about who you are and who you were created to be.

How can readers get in contact with you? 

Readers can connect with me via email at authorleahmforney@gmail.com

I am also on social media outlets. My Facebook page is Leah M. Forney. My instagram is IamLeahMichelle

What inspired your book?

I am a firm believer that everyone has a story to tell. I am also a believer that our pain has a purpose. My book was birthed from pain. Each of my books recounted personal stories of trials and triumph.

What would you like readers to take away from your book?

I would like my readers to walk away with motivation and inspiration from my pain. I want them to know that he/she can overcome as well.

What did you have the most fun writing about?

Writing for me is therapeutic. It is always a great feeling to be able to look back at events in my life that I thought I couldn’t overcome and now that I have overcame these events it makes me so proud of myself.

 What advice would you offer to someone whose book is about to be released?

 My advice would be to go hard or go home. No one is going to push your book harder than you. Also, be willing to put yourself out there and don’t be afraid to fail. Failure is a part of the process.

What does literary success look like to you?

Literary success for me is being able to truly inspire each reader with my story. It is to motivate and show others that no matter what challenges you are facing that you can and will overcome.

What has surprised you most about being a published author?

My biggest surprise as an author was the reality that you are not an overnight success. I learned that my book is not for everyone. Although, family and friends would support you as an author, it is very important to identify who your target audience is and where to find them.

What are three things you wish you’d known before you reached where you are now?

As an author, I wish I would have known all that it takes to publish a book. I was clueless to the publishing process in the beginning. I wish I’d known the importance of building a brand around your book. I've learned that your book is just the product that is the business or brand around your product. I also wish I knew how to create consistent products to keep your brand or business out there.

 

What do you do to interact with your readers?

I have done a book tour in the past. I have done giveaways. I have done magazine, blogs, podcasts, and radio interviews as ways to interact with my readers.

What are your three favorite social media platforms and how are you using them for promotion?

I only use Facebook and Instagram. I use these two platforms to push my books as well as my product store. I am working on a new strategy now to prepare for my third year as an author.

What are you reading this summer?

My summer reads will consist of Becoming by Michelle Obama and Win from Within by Pastor John Gray.

When you're not writing, what do you like to do in your spare time?

 I practice a lot of self care because I work in the mental health field. I tend to go to the spa or take a walk by the water or sometimes just lay in my bed and do nothing.

Oprah always asks, what do you know for sure?

I know for sure that you will overcome every challenge that you face and that your pain really does have a purpose.

Can you give us a sneak peek of your next book?

Sure, My next book is entitled Defining Moments: Discovering Destiny Through My Grief Journey. It is an real and raw look at my life and how I have been discovering my destiny through two significant losses in my life which were the unexpected passing of my fiancé and the unexpected passing of my sister/friend Carmen.

Anything you'd like to say to the readers of SORMAG?

I would like to say that no matter what you are facing, Greater is still coming. Your pain still has a purpose and you will overcome because you were built for this.

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MEDIA WEDNESDAY - Building Online Relationships With Online Magazines

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