More Blogs to Follow via Twitter

Posted on Mar 12th, 2013 | 20 comments home title

Yesterday I gave you a sampling of the blogs I follow in my Google Reader. But there are some blogs and publications I follow on Twitter instead of in my Reader. These tend to be very good at Tweeting new articles and posts, so it’s easier for me to click through from Twitter rather than have them in the big pile of blogs on my Reader.

Following are the ones I tend to click most often. I’ve included links to their Twitter feeds and their blogs/websites.

Porter Anderson

Twitter: @Porter_Anderson

Blog: http://porteranderson.com/

Michael Hyatt

Twitter: @MichaelHyatt

Blog: http://michaelhyatt.com/

Jane Friedman

Twitter: @JaneFriedman

Website: http://janefriedman.com

Daniel Pink

Twitter: @DanielPink

Website: http://www.danpink.com

Joe Wikert

Twitter: @jwikert

Website: http://www.joewikert.com

Publishers Weekly

Twitter: @publisherswkly

Website: http://www.publishersweekly.com/

Book Riot

Twitter: @BookRiot

Website: http://bookriot.com/

New York Review of Books

Twitter: @nybooks

Website: http://www.nybooks.com

Shelf Awareness

Twitter: @ShelfAwareness

Website: http://www.shelf-awareness.com

NPR Books

Twitter: @nprbooks

Website: http://npr.org/books

Fast Company

Twitter: @FastCompany

Website: http://www.fastcompany.com

Entrepreneur Magazine

Twitter: @EntMagazine

Website: http://www.entrepreneur.com

HuffPost Books

Twitter: @HuffPostBooks

Website: http://huffingtonpost.com/books

TeleRead

Twitter: @teleread

Website: http://www.teleread.com

O’Reilly Tools of Change

Twitter: @toc

Website: http://toc.oreilly.com

Open Road Media

Twitter: @OpenRoadMedia

Website: http://openroadmedia.com

The Writer Magazine

Twitter: @TheWriterMag

Website: http://writermag.com

TIME Culture

Twitter: @TIMECulture

Website: http://www.entertainment.time.com/

Digital Book World

Twitter: @DigiBookWorld

Website: http://digitalbookworld.com/join/dbw-network/

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Check out this list of blogs & websites to follow on Twitter, via @RachelleGardner.

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http://www.jfsmithbooks.com/blog J. F. Smith

Hello Rachelle and other writers!

I’m wondering how other new bloggers gain readership WITHOUT tweeting their posts. You hear the clichés: “content is king,” etc. But Twitter is such a vastly universal platform that other many sites, especially those listed here, would be doing themselves a disservice. Take Thought Catalog, for example – they need to Tweet things, or they’d likely be only read by other bloggers.

I’ve recently started a blog, and I’ve been tweeting each post as it’s written. I don’t update my Facebook with it, because my Facebook is more of a personal account.

What are your thoughts?
- http://jeannetakenaka.wordpress.com Jeanne T
  
  Hi, JF,
  
  From one new blogger to another, I will share a couple things I’m learning. I hope more experienced bloggers will chime in too.
  
  I keep hearing it takes time to build readership, so I’m trying to be patient in the waiting. I’m not sure how long it takes. I figure that as I wait, I can improve my writing and content.
  
  This is a personal thing, but I do have my blog set up to update on Facebook. My page is a personal page, but some of my “real life” friends and others who I’m FB friends with stop by on my blog because it’s on my page. The way I see it is that people who are interested will click and check out the blog post. Those who aren’t will skip over it. Since I don’t send out a bunch of links to other things, I think it’s fine to have my blog posted on FB. Does that make sense?
  - http://www.jfsmithbooks.com/blog J. F. Smith
    
    Hi Jeanne,
    Yes, it definitely does take time to build up readership. My blog is literally a week old so I have no illusions that I’m going to have a million readers right away.
    
    As for Facebook: I will eventually start sharing some things on there, because I’m “friends” with a bunch of people from grad school and other writers. There’s a creative element to my blog too that non-writers might enjoy. I just don’t want to inundate my news feed with things like that right away.
    - http://jeannetakenaka.wordpress.com Jeanne T
      
      Makes sense! My blog is geared toward readers rather than writers too. Happy blogging!
    - http://violetrose.me/blog/ VioletRose
      
      I agree it does take time to build followers! I also have my FaceBook personal, I just started my blog of my writings and am looking to build it. It is best to write for the reader and I try to follow that in my work. I hope the best for your site! Keep up the good work!
http://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com/ Andrew Budek-Schmeisser

Looks like a good list.

I’m still trying to figure out Twitter, not to mention Facebook and Pinterest; for the life of me I still don’t know what a ‘tweetable’ is.
- Roxanne Sherwood Gray
  
  Andrew, I’m with you! There’s such a steep learning curve trying to manage all the social media, continue to write well and keep up with all the other aspects of our lives. Whew!
- http://www.jfsmithbooks.com/blog J. F. Smith
  
  Andrew: think about “Tweetable” as being “something worth tweeting.” It was actually just added to the OED!
  
  Twitter is a well-built platform in that it tends to makes sense after using it for very little time, as long as you try to get in there every day.
  
  Oxford defines tweetable as “suitable for sharing on the social media site Twitter.”
- http://www.scaredEcat.com J.P. Choquette
  
  One thing I keep hearing, Andrew, is to focus on just one form of social media at a time. Learn what you can about it–how to use it and how not to use it–and then after you feel comfortable with that, move on to the next one. I love blogging; have added Facebook (though not for promotion so much) and am just re-starting my Twitter page which is mostly for readers/writers of suspense. I think Twitter (from what I understand) helps to draw people to your blog/website and eventually maybe your books. It can be confusing though, I’m certainly no expert (yet!).
http://www.peschelreport.com Bill Peschel

I’m still not sure, even by broadcasting on twitter, how your content can be discovered. It’s a tsunami of information out there.
- http://www.heatherdaygilbert.blogspot.com Heather Day Gilbert
  
  Bill, stuff can get discovered on twitter, but the only way I can find it is to look it up by hashtags. Hashtags are the key to hitting your desired audience with your tweets, and it also gives you a core group of “tweeps” who know what YOU tweet about.
  
  Tags I frequently use are #Christfic and #ACFW for Christian writers, #momswrite, #amwriting, #pubtip, #writetip, and #mywana for writing tips that go for CBA or ABA.
  
  Hope this helps somewhat! I’ve found twitter to be the single most important way to get those search engines popping up with your name when you Google it. Platform-building, one tweet at a time….
  - http://www.peschelreport.com Bill Peschel
    
    It takes several interations for an idea to sink in, and I think you did that here.
    
    Now, the question will be to extrapolate that into areas outside writing. By that, I mean using hashtags to find readers interested in the types of books I write. Worthy of exploration.
    
    Thanks for the recommended blogs, too. I’ve added some of those to my reader.
http://aboutproximity.com lisa

Thanks, I added some to my list!
http://parkcollege1961-1965.blogspot.com Barbara McDowell Whitt

Rachelle, it felt good to know I know about many in your list. Thank you for sharing it. I am a late comer to Twitter. I started a #How to Write Better feature where I share writing tips at #amwriting. On Twitter I like the way we have to tighten up our writing. @barbaramcdwhitt
http://jeannetakenaka.wordpress.com Jeanne T

I hadn’t thought about going to some blogs via Twitter. I like the idea. I have certain blogs I try to follow regularly because they are helpful/encouraging/informative for where I’m at right now. A couple of the ones you mentioned come to my email inbox, and I may/may not get to read each post that I receive. Maybe looking for them on Twitter is a better idea. Hmmm, thinking on that.

Thanks for sharing your list, and your rationale, Rachelle.
http://einefeistyberg.wordpress.com Cherry Odelberg

I have been blogging for seven years, facebook is a daily activity, I write for an online news site; but I can’t seem to get a grasp on twitter.

Some have said if you can’t do it all, choose a couple of social media things you can do. Yet, at times I wonder if the tide is all happening at twitter?
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http://www.sueharrison.com Sue Harrison

Thank you, Rachelle, for this list of great Twitter folks to follow!! Excited to have the “addresses” and the recommendations from you!
http://www.peterdehaan.com/ Peter DeHaan

My list of blogs I follow is so much shorter. Where do you find the time?
http://ckpoisonedrose.blogspot.com cheryl

Awesome list. Thanks for providing this and putting it together.
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