ShoutLife - Helpful Promotion for Authors

[love2write]

I came across this new site last night. I think it is a great idea for authors...kind of like myspace but better. What they offer for authors when you set up a page is:

Complete listing of publisher information, influences, etc...
Event calendar to inform your friends about book signings, releases, etc...
Display all of your published works, including descriptions and photos
Great environment to connect with your readers


Homepage:http://www.shoutlife.com/
Authors: http://www.shoutlife.com/search_authors.cfm

[Phy]

Over there, I'm:
Johne Cook, Overlord, Ray Gun Revival

Yes, it's a long name, but I'm there specifically to drum up interest in the magazine.

[love2write]

I put up a pages.

This site is great, and it's free.
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Rita Gerlach

http://www.shoutlife.com/profile_view.cfm?uid=36362

http://www.shoutlife.com/profile_view.cfm?uid=36281

http://www.freewebs.com/steppingstonesforwriters/index.htm

[melw]

i joined shoutlife a while ago. Through that i have found someone who lives just down the road from me who is also an author.

Which in Australia seems to be few and far between (at least in the west). the best thing about shourlife is that is Christian which is great becasue you know you aren't going to get too much stuff that offends you.

MEL

[smokey the dog]

I found this site a while ago after trying a couple other Christian myspace alternatives.

[Keith Wallis]

I joined up this weekend - not sure if I'll get much time to party though.
http://www.shoutlife.com/profile_view.cfm?uid=36488

[Tarin]

Joined up this week. I'm still trying to learn my way around. For instance, how does one ask for invites to others' friend lists?

http://www.shoutlife.com/kmweiland

[Keith Wallis]

I'm not sure that you can go about it that way - best thing to do is request to join their friends and hope they return the 'compliment'.

[Tarin]

Okay, I'm confused. The day I joined up, I got almost 50 "requests" from people who wanted to be added to my friends list. Their requests showed up the "My Home" page as "New Friend Requests." Once I click accept, the people are added to my friend list, yes? Or is this something reciprocal, in that if I'm added to someone else's list, they are added to mine?

[Keith Wallis]

Now I come to think about it, If they make the request and you accept they are added to yours and theirs. Similarly, if you make the request and you are accepted you are added to yours and theirs.
To add them to your 'list' go to their profile and click on "add to friends list".

[HisSweetie]

Hi Tarin,

It's reciprocal. When you accept a friend, you are added to his or her list of friends and visa versa.

To request a friend: If you are browsing pages, and a person, writer or musician catches your interest, click on the "add to friends" link under their photo. You will be on their friends list and he or she will be on yours.


A huge amount of friends requests is normal for the first few days. On your home page there are two photos of new people off to the right, and writers, etc. If you click on the page link, you can see all the new members. When you drop off the page, your friend requests will simmer down.

I just asked to be added to your friends list and left a comment.

[Tarin]

Allrighty, I get it now. Thank you both for giving me the 101.!thumbsup!

[FireFeet]

I'm just wondering if there's a point to this beside the fact that one is willingly subjecting oneself to a ridiculous amount of what is essentially spam? :confused: At least on myspace, I know the people and don't get a hundred comments and friend requests daily from people I've never even heard of.

[Phy]

I'm just wondering if there's a point to this beside the fact that one is willingly subjecting oneself to a ridiculous amount of what is essentially spam? :confused: At least on myspace, I know the people and don't get a hundred comments and friend requests daily from people I've never even heard of.

And you don't on MySpace?

[FireFeet]

And you don't on MySpace?

On myspace, only friends can comment, and there is an optional security feature that requires people to know your last name to request you as a friend.

I'm just saying that I really appreciate the anti-spamming features of myspace. ShoutLife seems exactly like myspace but without those very useful features - so what's the point?

[love2write]

I don't know how anyone on ShoutLife or outside it would acquire your email address unless you post it. Otherwise it is not shared.

I view ShoutLife as a way for authors to network with other authors, and as a way of promoting their books. This weekend, I met three authors living in my area that I did not know about. Another thing I like about ShoutLife is it focuses mostly on Christian musicians and authors.

[Phy]

On myspace, only friends can comment, and there is an optional security feature that requires people to know your last name to request you as a friend.

I'm just saying that I really appreciate the anti-spamming features of myspace. ShoutLife seems exactly like myspace but without those very useful features - so what's the point?

Christian-specific social networking is the point, and I believe you can do some of the same things, although that's not my thing. I /want/ people to know about what I'm doing, only I thing of them as 'contacts' instead of 'friends'. It's another way to get the word out about what we're doing in an environment targeted to Christians.

[DrRita]

I think John has a point. On MySpace, you are open to the "whatever" crowd and I reject friend requests from anyone I don't know. But, on SL, it's about networking in a Christian enviornment, not that wolves don't sneak in . . .

http://www.shoutlife.com/RitaBetti

[FireFeet]

Sorry if I seemed a bit whiny in my previous post - that truly was not my intended tone. After an initial flooding of unwanted comments and friend requests upon first registering, my account at ShoutLife seems to be a bit more quiet and sane.

I'm sort of getting the hang of the whole networking thing, and am enjoying exploring the groups and such.

[Keith Wallis]

Did come over as a bit grumpy PyreticPodia.

[TanyaSue]

Alright ... *big sigh* ... after quite the hesitation (not wanting to add yet another forum to my overloaded, yet miniscule online time), I created a ShoutLife page. :) Check it out: www.shoutlife.com/TanyaDennis (http://www.shoutlife.com/TanyaDennis).

[jerrysmith]

Shoutlife is nice, but it is not a Christian MySpace. It is more of a Christian Forum with Blogs that allows (like most forums) users to have a simple profile. No doubt it is kewl, but to compare to MySpace, it must possess at least some of the main features. For that, there are plenty to choose from of which many I am a member of currently. The one I use the most due to speed and ease of use (and similarity to MySpace) is www.DittyTalk.com.

Again, Shoutlife is not really a Christian MySpace, but more a Christian site with kewl forums and blogs. That is my 2 cents.

[love2write]

I have to differ. Shoutlife is not just a Chrisitian site with kewl forums and blogs. It gives musicians and authors an opportunity to promote their work. Many of the musicians have cuts of their music up for people to listen to. You have a friends list, which helps with networking. Members can send out bulletins, galleries for your photos, private communication with members, concert listings, authors events, display of published work.

I never meant to call it a 'Christian MySpace'. It is just similar, but a safer place.

On their website, they list everything writers can do there. I have a personal website, a newsletter website, and then pages on ShoutLife. It is one way for a writer to build their plateform.

http://www.shoutlife.com/