33. Setting up your writer’s profile on Facebook

Have you contemplated creating a writer’s profile, but you aren’t sure if that’s necessary, what the benefits might be, or when would even be the right time?
In this episode, you’ll not only learn the answers to these questions but also walk away with tips like what to beware of so that your second profile doesn’t get shut down AND how to set up your writer’s profile so that you maximize its potential.
Think this doesn’t apply to you (yet)? You may be surprised.
Topics discussed in this episode:

• Keeping personal and public information separate
• Networking and collecting fans
• How you present yourself
• What about pen names
• Using a writer’s profile with a writer’s page
• When you should set up a writer’s profile
• Creating a new email
• Using an alternative phone number
• Choosing your writer’s profile name
• The repercussions of sending too many friend requests
• How to maximize your profile
• What to include on your cover photo
• Tips for your profile picture
• Uses for an author logo
• Streamlining your info on your profile
• Reviewing Erin’s writer’s profile as an example

About Erin:
For 15 years, Erin has worked as a magazine and book editor, encouraging each writer’s individual voice and strengthening their writing goals. When she became a parent, she set aside her own writing aspirations to focus on her family. As the years passed, she grew increasingly anxious, depressed, and angry until she realized that she had forgotten who she was beyond being a parent.
Despite fearing her skills had atrophied, Erin started writing again. She first created her blog, Life Beyond Parenting, and then created the Parents Who Write podcast. Erin’s current role as a podcaster and writing coach enables her to help parents pursue their writing dreams.
She earned her MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University, and she has finished the first draft of a fantasy-romance novel. She lives with her husband and their two young boys in Maryland.
Connect with Erin:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erinptcanning
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/erinptcanning
• Facebook group: https://facebook.com/groups/parentswhowrite
• Book a free 30-minute consultation call: https://calendly.com/parentswhowrite/30min-meeting

Resources discussed during the show:

• Canva

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