Daily Life

I'm normally on Facebook and Twitter. Facebook is mainly for friends and family, where Twitter is built around my profile as an author. Twitter is where I do most of my reaching out, connecting with writers, publishers and editors in the horror, science fiction and literary fields. I also use it to talk baseball. Baseball and books sum me up pretty well.

I don't particularly care for snapchat. I don't really photograph things, nor do I really have a need to document my daily life. Other artists do so and do it well, I just never fully grasped the usage of snapchat. I don't have particularly negative reactions on any platform, just indifference. I'd say Twitter and Instagram are the most useful for growing your platform, as it is very easy to network with other users based on mutual interests.

I receive emails from every company possible, because I shop a lot online. Only a few are worth clicking. Thriftbooks is a website that sells used books at great prices, and they update me when a book I have on my wish list is available.

Something I notice about digital marketing is how quickly I will turn on an advertiser if I find them too invasive or too annoying. Recently, I was looking to switch phone plans, so I went to the straight talk website. I had a question about transferring a phone number, so I emailed their support. I then got a ton of email offers, and Chrome started showing me Straight Talk ads. By the end of the experience, I was sick of seeing Straight Talk, so I went with Cricket. One good ad is better than a dozen bad ones, in my opinion.