Right ON, Amber! Plus you wrote a great book. 🙂

But it just isn't true. I've used social media (Twitter and Facebook mainly, but other platforms get mixed in there) to be SOCIAL and genuine. When you interact with groups, have conversations, share links and stories that actually are of interest to you, the people following you become invested.

They ask about your project/book/etc. They make the move.

For the non-believers, my book has had great sales for a first-time out self-pub, and I did and still do very little "buy my book" tweeting/facebooking.

Fantastic way to put it.

Always err on the side of being a helpful human being. 😀

Have a community to help you out is definitely a bonus. As much as people complain about Facebook changing the rules all the time, if you don't spam people or try and game the system, the changes are usually just blips on the radar.

The pitfalls of being an entrepreneur. You have to wear many hats, and you might not like all the hats you have to wear. Unless you can afford to hire someone to do it for you. I'm still working on that last part.

Hey - yeah, friending people can be a sticky wicket. Some writers are totally OK with that and won't ever report you. Others are super strict and report every offense -- and there's no way to tell the difference. I just make it known that I accept most friend requests and let people friend me.