Let's Start Spreading "Good News"!

"Which do you want first?  The Good News OR The Bad News"?  How many times have you said or heard that very statement?  If your like me, more times than you can count for sure!

It seems more and more these days all we here is the Bad News.............personally I am getting tired of it all!  I cannot quote you the exact statistics but I believe the saying is that:

    "When a person has a bad experience they will tell 10 people and when they have a good experience they tell only two people!"

  Folks this formula needs to be reversed!

We need to take control and shout the Good News from the rooftops!  It's not just Good News, it's things we LIKE or LOVE!  We need to spread the word when we like something!   How many shows have you made your schedule around because you didn't want to miss and episode and then it gets canceled?  How many authors do you read a book or two then you can't find any new releases?  There are a LOT of factors to be considered but I believe one factor is that the Networks and Publishers didn't realize just how many people LIKED the "product" they were doing away with!

Many times we have thought that there was not a lot we could do to support a show or an author..............Enter inspiration!  I just read author Nancy J. Cohen's latest blog post on how to support your favorite authors with just a little bit of your time.  I have linked her blog for your but I am reposting what she had to say:

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How Can Readers Help Authors?

Posted by Nancy J. Cohen on August 31, 2012

If you’re an avid reader, no doubt you’d like to encourage your favorite authors to keep writing. What can you, as a consumer, do for the writer who bares her soul to you in each story? Beyond buying her latest title, is there more?
You betcha! Here are some things you can do on your end that will be appreciated.
Write customer reviews of author’s books on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, Shelfari, and Library Thing.
Add author’s book to your Wish List on Amazon.                          
Search for author’s website, author name, and book titles periodically to raise their rank in search engines.
Bookmark or add to Favorites the author’s online sites.
Like author’s Facebook page; Share and comment on her Facebook posts.
Retweet author’s Twitter updates; Mention author and her books on Twitter.
Like and Tag author’s Amazon author page as well as each book title and edition.
Share author’s newsletter with your friends.
Recommend author’s books online on various reader forums.
Create a Listmania list on Amazon and add author’s books.
Look for good reviews of author’s book and click Yes to “Was this review helpful to you?”
Follow author’s blog tours and leave comments.
Repin author’s photos on Pinterest. Go to online bookseller and Pin author’s book covers into one of your albums.
Offer to hand out bookmarks for author.
Initiate a Street Team of fans to spread the word about author’s works.
If you live in the same region, suggest the author as a speaker to various groups.
Buy the author’s latest book or ask your librarian to order it and put your name on the wait list.
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Anything you can do will help, especially in this era of viral content. Word of mouth still has the most clout. So share your pleasure in the author’s writing and make her job easier so she can concentrate on writing the next book."

 WOW!  Can't think of a thing here that costs me anything but a little time and what a difference it could make to that author!  You can do the same thing to support your favorite TV show, movie, or even to some extent business or product!

Nancy's book's are available in lots of places including Amazon, and if you haven't read her Bad Hair Day series you are missing out! Permed to Death is the first in that series.

Another favorite author, and local to my area, lol, heck I even run into her at the grocery store is Jodi Thomas.  Jodi has a lot of GREAT books but I am particularly fond of her Harmony series!  She had me hook, line, and sinker with the first book Welcome to Harmony


So look up your favorite author, share the Good Word about their work, send them a "Way to Go" note!

It's time to flip that formula and when something GOOD happens, let's tell TEN people!  And if it is bad, stick to telling JUST that person or business!