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3 Brilliant Ways to Promote Your Book as an Indie Author

If you’re an indie author, you know that promotion is the key to the success of your book. After all, if no one knows your book exists, how will they ever find it? While traditional publishers often help with marketing and promotion for their authors, there’s never been more opportunities for indie authors to do…

YouTube Isn’t Dead. Here are 5 reasons why.

With so many video platforms launching and expanding all over the web there have been whispers about the grandfather of online video content: YouTube. Is YouTube phasing out? Isn’t it becoming irrelevant? Is it still worth it to create content for YouTube or make it a part of your marketing strategy? While some would claim…

How to Grow Your Business with TikTok: Tips and Strategies

Month after month, TikTok continues to grow and become one of the biggest social media platforms for individuals and businesses alike to grow their platforms. One big reason? The reach of posts on TikTok continues to significantly outpace other social media platforms. More than 650,000 new people are joining TikTok every DAY. That likely means…

Get To Know Twitter Spaces

We’ve spent a lot of time lately talking with our clients about marketing strategies for Tik Tok, Instagram, and email. But there’s one social platform we haven’t discussed lately that deserves a second look. That’s right. Today we’re circling back to talk about Twitter. Twitter initially launched in 2006 as a social platform where users…

3 Emails to Send Your List This Month

When was the last time you sent a message to your email list? If you can’t remember off the top of your head, it’s probably been too long! We’re forever encouraging our clients to lean into and grow their email list– and for good reason. It’s one of the best ways to grow your audience,…

Want to start a great podcast? Read this!

Did you know there are currently well over 2 million podcasts worldwide? Once a niche platform for specific communities, over the last decade the popularity of podcasts has grown tremendously. In 2022, more than 1/3 of Americans (104 million people) listen to podcasts every month. Today, you can find a podcast about absolutely anything, from…

A Digital Marketing Agency’s Take on the 5 Best Social Scheduling Tools

As you grow your business online, it’s very important that you show up as your brand and interact with your audience. This might sound obvious. But for many authors and new business owners, it’s actually one of the most difficult things to force yourself to do. No one wants to be tied to their phone…

30 Email Subject Lines to Increase Your Opens

By now you know we very regularly preach on the importance of your email list for growing your brand and making your marketing efforts successful. But what you send in your emails will never a make a difference if your subscribers don’t open them! The average person receives hundreds of emails in multiple inboxes every…

6 Lead Magnet Ideas for Your Next Book Release

You can hardly believe it, but you are about to FINALLY release your book. You’ve worked hard on a concept, a manuscript and edits for what seems like eternity. Now, it’s almost time for you to share your work with the world! But before the accolades, the New York Times Bestseller List and becoming a…

How To Know If LinkedIn Marketing Is Right For You

Here at Red Bird Social, we spend a lot of time talking about how to grow your social media presence on the big two: Facebook and Instagram. We’ve even spent a good amount of time covering what it looks like to grow your brand on Tik Tok and through an email list. But one often…