Making a plan

I've been playing with a social media plan to get more readers. Apparently, writers need to do more than write to be successful, unless they get picked up for a $3.4 million book deal with TOR like John Scalzi and get major name recognition.


General goals from my plan:

• To reach more readers
• To have a vibrant community to talk with
• To share my works with people 

So far, my presence on social media is as follows:

• I have 20 regular readers here on Blogger
• I have not gotten a comment on Blogger (other than fraudulent sales pitches) for over a year
• I have less than 20 followers on Twitter
• I get 2-3 likes a day on Twitter
• I have 79 followers on Facebook

Time to set outcomes:

• To get 30 regular readers on Blogger
• To get 3 comments a week
• To get 30 followers on Twitter
• To get 10 likes a day on Twitter
• I have 100 followers on Facebook

Why are these so small? Because SMART goals are:

• Specific
• Measurable
• Action Oriented
• Realistic
• Time Bound

But note these aren't really the goals above, but results. The part I'm currently struggling with is HOW to increase readership and interaction.

This is a work in progress.