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Social Media changes, and how they affect you if you’re trying to build an audience

Social Media changes, and how they affect you if you’re trying to build an audience

If you’re an author trying to build an audience, and you’re using social media to do it, you should probably read this. I’m gonna go 100% marketing nerd and drop some knowledge about how Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more...

January 21, 2018 Patrick Hester Digital Marketing, facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, marketing, social media, twitter 1 Comments
Heading to Boston and other stuff

Heading to Boston and other stuff

Well, I’m traveling again. This time, for work. I’m heading to Inbound 2015 in Boston and I’m pretty excited about the trip. It’s an opportunity to get my marketing on, learn some new stuff and, of course, eat some good...

September 8, 2015 Patrick Hester hugo awards, InBound 2015, Life, marketing, Sasquan, Spokane, worldcon 2 Comments
Travels, Tribulations and the diary of a food-a-holic

Travels, Tribulations and the diary of a food-a-holic

I recently had the chance to travel to Boston for a Marketing Conference/Expo called InBound.  Hosted by Hubspot, InBound is quite massive.  The sheer volume of people all mashed together reminded me of Blizzcon.  The majority of the attendees...

September 21, 2014 Patrick Hester 2014, Boston, food, Inbound 2014, Inbound14, Life, marketing, travel 5 Comments
The New Job

The New Job

So. As you may know – if you follow me on social media – I have a new job! If you don’t follow me on social media – wtf? Seriously? Why not? I mean – what did I ever do to you that would make you not follow me on...

June 18, 2014 Patrick Hester golf, Life, marketing, new job, work 3 Comments
On Marketing and Social Media

On Marketing and Social Media

You’re walking through the store – we’ll call the place ‘Meg-A-Lo-Mart’ to protect the names of the innocent – and a decently dressed individual steps into your path and says, “Who’s your television provider?” Your mind is on the list...

February 10, 2014 Patrick Hester email, marketing, social media, spam 3 Comments

Facts and Figures: My Email List

Hopefully you know that I have an email list.  I started that list because of John Anealio, who trades free music for email addresses. In 2013, I’m going to do the same thing – sort of.  I’m trading free fiction for email...

January 25, 2013 Patrick Hester click rate, email, email list, free fiction, mailchimp, marketing, open rate, subscription 3 Comments

Author Fest of the Rockies

So. The 7th Annual Author Fest of the Rockies is taking place September 28th & 29th in Manitou Springs Colorado.  I’ll be there doing a couple of presentations; Podcasting for Creatives and Social Media for Authors.  If you are in...

September 26, 2012 Patrick Hester 2012, appearance, author, author fest of the rockies, convention, event, Life, manitou springs, marketing, podcasting, social media 1 Comments

New Website

Well, I am splitting things up a little. In an attempt to broaden my employment horizons, I have created a new website, PatrickHester.com, that will serve a dual purpose. 1st, the new site is an online resume.  I have listed my work experience...

July 18, 2012 Patrick Hester blog, consulting, freelance, hire me, job, Life, marketing, News, newsletter, resume, website, work 1 Comments

Blogging and Marketing Tip Re: Pinterest

So, I started playing around with Pinterest. If you aren’t familiar with Pinterest, here’s the official blurb: Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their...

June 16, 2012 Patrick Hester blog, blogging, image, marketing, picture, pinterest, write 0 Comments

What I do when I’m not writing

What I do when I’m not writing I thought it would be fun (for me – and maybe for you) to talk a little bit about what I do for a living. My day job, as it were. I tend to be vague about it simply because that’s smart these days...

October 7, 2009 Patrick Hester Life, marketing 0 Comments

When policies and legalese ruin consumer confidence

A little something different today. I want to talk about customer service, consumer confidence and marketing. If you sold the best no-bake cookies around, would you take your cookies to market and lead with a warning about ecol i and raw eggs...

June 30, 2009 Patrick Hester alesis, amazon, j&r, Life, marketing, shipping, warranty 0 Comments

Your $29.95 Oil Change will be $100

The up-sell is a classic technique.  We’ve all probably done it at one point or another, and fallen for it more times than we like to admit.  Why do you think stores have all that crap crowded in around the check out?  That’s your...

June 16, 2009 Patrick Hester car, jiffy lube, Life, marketing, oil change, publishing, up-sell 0 Comments
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