Facebook: giving you reasons to like my page.
One fan, two books: Iron Man Project and God Seed
It’s hard not to notice how every brand on the planet seems to have joined the Facebook gravity well, with marketeers in their pashmere shawls or compact and trendy outfits going all Gaga over the idea of corralling large numbers of potential punters in one place – like luring them into a pub with free drinks and then running raffles to see who wins…stuff.
Likewise the online “creative” sales bods are junking their gunmetal suits and branded-microsite pitches for a pair of skinny tight jeans and Rogong trainers, and are selling clients the idea of branded i-frames inside Facebook: create uplift in traffic back to the online mothership; generate revenue from punters whilst still wrapped in that friendly blue shell of Facebook.
Ah, *brief smile* Facebook has truly come of age. Even those discreet little adverts that don’t flash shit at your eyes, that don’t scream in BIG LETTERS why you should follow the commercial editor’s call to action, seem to be laying down some solid lessons to the kind of people who say: can you make my logo bigger?
Addendum, people who say “can you make my logo bigger” to web designers should watch this video.
Ok: waaay off subject.
Purpose of this article: I’d like to interest you in my work. Science fiction and dark fantasy. To that end I’m giving away free stuff in the hope you’ll like what you read and want (to buy) more.
Truth is a killer, eh?
The pitch: anyone who joins my Facebook fan page can have a free short story. List of short stories here. I send you a message “hello” and you tell me which story you want. Simple. That’s your quick win. No strings attached.
That’s the absolute truth. You get to try new (and many people say), exciting fiction – for free.
Keeping it sticky: I post regularly about stuff I’d like to think you find interesting, particularly if you’re into science fiction, dark fantasy, cyberpunk, occult and Cthulhu Mythos horror. And I run regular free prize giveaways, typically one of my novels to people who have remained fans (on Facebook). So join up and stick around and I can garuantee you’ll get a free short story and you may even join these lucky folk who scored a free novel:
- 2011 – May: Mayday Mayday. Mr Matt M McElroy. He chose Dog Eat Dog as his prize.
- 2011 – March: Enjoy the Ides of March. Andrew Corrieri . He chose Dante’s Fool as his prize.
- 2010 – December: Free Sci-Fi giveaway. Peteofrepublic. He chose Dog Eat Dog as his prize.
- 2010- November: Free Sci-Fi giveaway. Alexandre Siegelin (Germany). He chose EDGE as his prize.
- 2009- July: Free Sci-Fi giveaway. Christopher Clark Plambeck. He chose God Seed as his prize.
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Okay, time for big shouty call to action:
Join my Facebook Page & get free stuff!
Get involved, keep up to date: enjoy early notice of new releases and updates about work-in-progress; grab free review copies of short stories when I put out invites and save a few bucks with special discount links “for fans only”. Guaranteed Spam-Free. Plus I’m giving away a free short story to every fan. What’s not to Like. :o)
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David J. Rodger (born 1970 in Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a British science fiction & fantasy author and game designer best known for his novels set in a near-future world of corporate and political intrigue. So far he has published five novels; four that are set in the same world: God Seed; Dante’s Fool; Iron Man Project and Edge, and one, Dog Eat Dog, set within the post-apocalyptic world of Yellow Dawn.
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Facebook: giving you reasons to like my page http://wp.me/pTAKk-1lA—
David Rodger (@davidjrodger) June 25, 2011
