Greg Pincus - Cyber Tip of the Day

I have known Greg Pincus for many years. He is funny, kind and a great presenter on the topic of Social Media. I highly recommend his blog The Happy Accident,  and SCBWI chapters anywhere would be wise to hire him for their conferences. I recently had the opportunity to attend a cyber promotion retreat where Greg was on the faculty. He graciously agreed to give us a Cyber Tip of the Day.

Comments

[Lara]

Another great tip from Greg! Thanks!!!

[Barbara Bietz]

Greg always has great advice - and graciously shares with all of us!

[Mary Ann Dames, M.S., R.D.]

I'll second Greg's suggestion. I use Google Alerts for all variations of my name and for topics in which I'm interested. Through Google Alerts I discovered someone who was taking my works without permission.

[Lvharris@fidalgo.net]

I met Greg at the 2007 SCBWI Santa Barbara Retreat where he was all fired up about the power of blogging. I've used Google Alerts for several months. It notifies me when my book is listed on internet bookseller sites. If something is wrong with the listing (age range, etc.), I can notify the bookseller to correct it. It's also fun to read what someone half way around the world writes about your book.

[Greg Pincus]

Thanks for the kind words, Tina, and for a blog packed full o' goodies, too. (Oh, and for the record, I'm still fired up about the power of blogging :-))

I'm glad to see folks using alerts - they're a great tool for knowledge AND they help me be more efficient, too.

[Joyce Moyer Hostetter]

Oh, well, that was good! I do have google alerts on my book titles but not my name and I never even thought of research topics.

DUH!

Thanks Tina. Thanks, Greg!

[Jessica Inman]

That is a great tip! I've never thought of doing this. It would be great for research.

[Jessica Leader]

I know this was not the main point of the video, but it was so nice to see Greg in person! I 'attended' some of his online conversations in the fall, and I appreciated his sound, practical advice as well as his kindness (which was amply evident in dealing with technical glitches!) In a world where we know so many people by their font, it was refreshing to attach a face to the name.

[Tina Nichols Coury]

Re: [Tales from the Rushmore Kid] Greg Pincus submitted a comment to Greg Pincus - Cyber Tip of the Day

Greg,

Great Tip! Thanks Again,

Tina

[Mark McVeigh]

Google Alerts DEFINITELY beat Googling yourself when trying to avoid work! Thanks, Greg!

[Beth Mithen]

Wow! I never thought to google topics I was researching. Thanks Greg, that makes so much sense!