SAVE THE DATE Saturday, May 21, 2016 ASJA Annual Writers Conference

American Society of Journalists & Authors ASJA 2016 Writers Panel:

The Latest Social Media Tricks: What Works, What’s a Turnoff

Our panel of editors and social media experts will teach you what works and what doesn’t. There’s never enough time in a writer’s life. It can be overwhelming without tips and tricks for efficiency. Don’t waste valuable hours. We’ll cover ways to maximize your efforts with titles, tags, topics, keywords, SEO, naming images and how Google rankings work. Editors will tell you how and what to pitch.
HERE’S HOW TO REGISTER FOR #ASJA2016
Here are my as-of-now confirmed speakers for my Sat, May 21, 2-3:30pm panel at the #ASJA2016 annual conference:

Dorri Olds's photo.
#ASJA2016 Panel Speakers (l to r) Sacha Scoblic, Marcelle Soviero, Estelle Sobel Erasmus, Alia Hanna Habib, Dorri Olds

Sacha Scoblic Zimmerman, senior editor at The Atlantic and author of the memoir UNWASTED: MY LUSH SOBRIETY. Her work has appeared in The New Republic, The Fix, The Guardian, Reader’s Digest, and The New York Times, where she penned essays for the Times blog “PROOF: Alcohol and American Life.”
Marcelle Soviero, editor-in-chief for the award-winning Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers which publishes 20-plus essays per month at competitive rates. She’s the author of AN IRIDESCENT LIFE. She has published essays in The New York Times, Salon and more. Soviero is also a writing coach who teaches how to get published.

Estelle Sobel Erasmus, an award-winning journalist, author, editing/writing coach, and former magazine editor-in-chief of five publications. She’s worked as top editor at American Woman and beauty editor at Woman’s World magazine. Her work appears in Salon, Newsweek, Redbook, Washington Post and Marie Claire and she’s a 3-time BlogHer Voice of the Year.
Alia Hanna Habib, a literary agent, specializing in literary fiction, narrative non-fiction, memoir and cookbooks. Previously, she was a publicist at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She finds her authors online via Twitter and other social media. She also reads a wide variety of publications scouting for talented writers.
And me: Dorri Olds, a freelance writer, webmaster, and social media expert, who has been published in The New York Times, The Forward, The Fix, Book Anthologies and more. Olds has an impressive social media following:
• YouTube 730K views
• Twitter 35K
• Facebook 5K
… and interviewed on Dr. Drew, NY1, and 7 On Your Side
Hope to see you there!