A Crowded Cloud

I have many followers on the Peluso Presents Twitter Account.  The thing is, I don’t really use Twitter for what it’s really good for.. a public conversation.  For me, Twitter is about announcements.  I do try and make a comment here and there, but mostly it’s about putting out the word that I have a new post. Clearly I need to get more followers, who potentially can retweet the post announcements.

Trending.  That’s the word.  How do I get an idea, a post, a conversation to ‘trend’.  Well step one is to develop a community of people who would actually care.  I don’t have that yet but i’m working on it.  Step two is to make it easy for them to connect and share when I have a big event.. such as a live event or a launch of a book.

I think I have found a new option for step two. It’s called Crowd speaking.  I’m not the only one to think that this idea is a solid option for promoting a new book. They are  Crowd Speaking services that are easy to use, like any cloud base service.  The first is Thunderclap and it’s competitor is Headtalker.  I like the idea of a Thunderclap for a book because it really works well when trying to time an event.

I’m not ready for Thunderclap yet.   I only have about 50 twitter followers.  For those that actually read my tweets.. Thank you.  Please continue and invite people to come to the blog.  I need people to follow me on twitter and I need people who will visit the blog.  That way when the book is finally done, I have an audience who will buy it or take part in something like a Thunderclap.

This post is a little bit unlike me.  I generally don’t ask my readers to do anything.. but if there is something I have learned in my decades in sales, it’s that you should always ask for the business.  Since i’m not asking anyone for a deposit check in this case (wow, did I just age myself or what?), I will instead ask for the retweet.

Funny thing though.. it seems that getting the check was easier.

Inspiration for this post via Gamasutra: Natalia Dolzycka’s Blog – Smart ways to use social media while promoting indie games.