Pinterest, Tumblr, Instagram Icons
There are many other social media sites. I went into detail with the ones I use the most often. Several I simply connect to my blog and leave it at that. Here are a few more that you might want to play around with.
I do use Pinterest a lot more than the rest of this list, but I’ve never really done more than the basics. It’s great for visual artists. Authors can play around with it, but it’s really about the pictures. You can ‘Pin’ books directly from their Amazon page, which makes the ‘Pin’ a doorway to the page. It can help other authors to ‘Pin’ their books and make an album for eBooks. Take some time to wander Pinterest and ‘Repin’ things that you like and build up a few boards. The truth is that you can utilize this social media site without going back to it after you set up.
Google +
I remember when people were swearing by this and telling me how great it is. ‘Better than Facebook’ was the pitch. Haven’t heard people talking about it as much since then and I never figured it out. The ‘Hangout’ feature was useful for chatting in groups, but I still can’t be entirely sure that I’m on my page as the owner or a guest. Still, I have it connected to my blog and get a few comments from time to time. I use it mostly for sharing news from other authors and sites.
Tumblr
Like the child of blogging and Twitter? Another one that I attached to my blog, it’s a lot harder to interact on this social media site. It’s very visual, so long chunks of writing don’t get much attention. It’s definitely in my ‘every little bit helps’ category. In fact, I think that’s going to be the phrase for a lot of what’s coming.
I actually don’t use this one because I don’t do a lot of camera stuff. All I can think is that it helps if you’re into selfies.
Youtube
If you can make a video and post it then go ahead. I lack the know-how to do this and I’m pretty sure I’m boring. Also, I wouldn’t be able to edit these things and I routinely think faster than I speak, which causes issues. This is very useful for all you skilled or curious high tech people.
I’m on there and never really do anything. My blog posts go there, but it’s a lot about job networking. I joined a few fiction writing groups and nothing really came of it. I will give it credit for being in-depth with skills and resumes. Though it doesn’t strike me as artist friendly. Also, I’ve been snapped at a few times for endorsing people on the ‘wrong’ skill or when they didn’t want to be endorsement. That’s a minefield I don’t need.
Path
Connected to blog and have no idea what it is. The set up was there on WordPress, so I did it.
That’s all I can remember right now. Did I miss anything?
Legends of Windemere 
Have you looked at Medium? It is another blogging site – not sure about the social aspect. I’ve only just discovered it and haven’t had much time to look around at it.
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This is the first I’ve heard of it. I’m always iffy on jumping into another blogging site. Handling one is chaotic enough for me. Does it work like WordPress?
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I can only comment about Google+, Tumblr, YouTube and LinkedIn as they are the only ones I use. I might get more views if I used FaceBook and Twitter granted but I have personal reasons for not using those.
Google+ can be somewhat quiet but I find that if I share my blog posts with the right circles and put the occasional hash tag to make sure it appears in searches, I can get quite a few views from it.
I agree that Tumblr tends to be very visual and it is why I will always try to put a picture on a post if possible. I find though that tagging posts with as many appropriate tags as I can really helps posts to be found and to encourage people to read them. Find the right fandom on Tumblr and it will generate a view or two every day.
I have a YouTube (well, I have to have one since I have a Google+ account!) and admittedly, I do not post many videos on there. Mostly because I just don’t have the skills necessary to make and edit them. I did do a couple of vlogs for Camp NaNoWriMo a few years ago but I just was not disciplined enough to continue with it. Maybe I should try to do more…
Lastly but by no means least is LinkedIn. Since I have so few connections on there, maybe it’s no wonder it generates the least amount of views possible. I keep posting my posts there to try and keep it alive in the hopes that it will help me towards getting a job. Could be wishful thinking. I have noticed however that LinkedIn does report that at least one of my connections is looking and reading my posts so there could be something happening there that I am not aware of.
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I’m connected to a few of these, but don’t actually use any of them. I suppose that if I could figure out how they all function (in a useful manner) I would probably spend more time on them. Until then…I think I will stick with the basics, Facebook and Twitter.
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Same here. I’m there, but not very often. It feels like a lot of time to maintain exposure on all of them, but that would kind of cut into my writing time too.
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Have you ever looked into StumbleUpon?
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A little bit. I got my books up there, but I never remember to wander around there.
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I’ve seen a few Tumblr blogs that roll out nicely when they consist mostly of images with captions. I’m shy of Instagram and cameras. 🙂 Haven’t heard of Path until now… I’ve seen a lot of activity on Google Plus, but haven’t been able to dedicate any time to it… (Partly, I feel like I should support Other Social Media, since readers are supporting my Other Books…)
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I feel the same and I’m still not sure what Path is. I don’t know anybody on it and it works through my iPhone, so maybe it’s a phone-only thing. I try to do a little through Google Plus too when I see the option.
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