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  1. Hi Shelley and Heather,

    Great article! Question–I suspect you join the groups from your personal FB page and not your Fan/author page? I find the usage between the two confusing and each have features that the other doesn’t have.

    Thank you.

      1. Thanks, Shelley, for getting back to me so quickly!

        Since that is your personal page, do you add your website to your posts when you post to groups so they can identify you with your author page versus your personal facebook page?

        1. I don’t. But, I have Training Authors as my main Facebook page for my occupation on my profile so most authors will see that and be able to connect there if they want. The important thing is to add value and not spam. If you are always posting your link in a FB group, it could very easily be seen as spam. However, if you are sharing a valuable resource that’s on your blog, you could be seen as helpful. Just like all marketing, it is about building relationships.

          1. I’ll need to look around at how others are doing this, including yourself! : )

            Just an FYI, I posted this very helpful article linkage to my FB, Pinterest, and tweeted it too.

            Thanks to you and Heather for sharing such helpful information!

  2. What a great collection of groups. Thanks Shelley. I will definitely explore these. Also, I will add that I am having great results from the groups I participate in on LinkedIn.

  3. Thanks very much. The list is useful, interesting — and puzzling. There are 20 Christian groups listed but no Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Jain, Wiccan, atheist, etc.

    Any ideas why?

    1. Michael – it is simply because we write Christian books and have researched those groups for our own promos. Therefore, although it is a specific niche, we thought we’d still share. Thanks!

  4. Hi Shelley. I appreciate all of the resources you have offered. As a new author I have utilized your advice to achieve what I have read is great success for a new to the scene writer. I have utilized your Facebook list to promote heavily and have started my own group now to promote on for free promotions. If you could add it to the list, it is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/851997141513329/
    Thank you for all of your help and you inspire me to give back as well.

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