SATURDAY, october 8, AT 10 AM
AT THE COMMUNITY CHURCH AT JESS RANCH
betsy ashton
using social media effectively
Betsy Ashton, an award-winning reporter and artist, will share her insights on how to use social media to create your author brand at the Jess Ranch Community Church on Saturday, October 14, 2923 at 10 am.
Ashton, who has written books, articles, and portraits of immigrants and refugees, will discuss which social media accounts are the best for publicity, why some are better than others depending on your genre, and why you can’t and shouldn’t try to do everything at once.
She will also speak to social media advertising, whether it’s on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, and how to use it effectively to reach your target audience and grow your fan base.
Ashton has over 20 years of experience as a radio and television news reporter and anchor at major stations in Washington, DC, New York City, and as a correspondent at CBS News. She is also a member of the National Arts Club, The Salmagundi Club, and the Portrait Society of America.
She is the author of “Betsy Ashton’s Guide to Living On Your Own”, “Mad Max” mystery series, “Eyes Without A Face”, a psychological suspense novel featuring a female serial killer, and “Out of the Desert”, a coming-of-age novel set in the Mojave Desert.
She is also the creator of “Portraits of Immigrants: Unknown Faces, Untold Stories”, a traveling exhibition that showcases the stories and portraits of today’s immigrants and refugees in an attempt to counter hate with empathy and understanding.
Betsy Ashton is an award-winning author for the 2021 Firebird Book Awards for Out of the Desert and Betrayal and the 2023 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite Silver Certificate for Betrayal.
Born in Washington, DC, Betsy claims she was raised in Southern California where she ran wild with coyotes in the hills above Malibu, even though her mother challenged her memory. She writes in multiple genres: mysteries, including the Mad Max Mystery series, Unintended Consequences, Uncharted Territory, and Unsafe Haven (all republished in 2021): serial killer psychological suspense, Eyes Without a Face, published in 2017: and literary or women’s fiction, Out of the Desert, August 2019. Her latest is a suspense novel, Betrayal, published in 2021. Her short stories and poetry have appeared in several anthologies including Murder by the Glass, 50 Shades of Cabernet, and Candles of Hope. She is the past president of the commonwealth-wide Virginia Writers Club and remains active in the literary communities in Roanoke and at Smith Mountain Lake.
An activist in her earlier years, she earned the nickname of “Buckshot Betsy,” during a march in California. You’ll have to ask her for details.
Reach her at www.betsy-ashton.com.
The presentation is free and open to the public
Ashton, who has written books, articles, and portraits of immigrants and refugees, will discuss which social media accounts are the best for publicity, why some are better than others depending on your genre, and why you can’t and shouldn’t try to do everything at once.
She will also speak to social media advertising, whether it’s on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, and how to use it effectively to reach your target audience and grow your fan base.
Ashton has over 20 years of experience as a radio and television news reporter and anchor at major stations in Washington, DC, New York City, and as a correspondent at CBS News. She is also a member of the National Arts Club, The Salmagundi Club, and the Portrait Society of America.
She is the author of “Betsy Ashton’s Guide to Living On Your Own”, “Mad Max” mystery series, “Eyes Without A Face”, a psychological suspense novel featuring a female serial killer, and “Out of the Desert”, a coming-of-age novel set in the Mojave Desert.
She is also the creator of “Portraits of Immigrants: Unknown Faces, Untold Stories”, a traveling exhibition that showcases the stories and portraits of today’s immigrants and refugees in an attempt to counter hate with empathy and understanding.
Betsy Ashton is an award-winning author for the 2021 Firebird Book Awards for Out of the Desert and Betrayal and the 2023 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite Silver Certificate for Betrayal.
Born in Washington, DC, Betsy claims she was raised in Southern California where she ran wild with coyotes in the hills above Malibu, even though her mother challenged her memory. She writes in multiple genres: mysteries, including the Mad Max Mystery series, Unintended Consequences, Uncharted Territory, and Unsafe Haven (all republished in 2021): serial killer psychological suspense, Eyes Without a Face, published in 2017: and literary or women’s fiction, Out of the Desert, August 2019. Her latest is a suspense novel, Betrayal, published in 2021. Her short stories and poetry have appeared in several anthologies including Murder by the Glass, 50 Shades of Cabernet, and Candles of Hope. She is the past president of the commonwealth-wide Virginia Writers Club and remains active in the literary communities in Roanoke and at Smith Mountain Lake.
An activist in her earlier years, she earned the nickname of “Buckshot Betsy,” during a march in California. You’ll have to ask her for details.
Reach her at www.betsy-ashton.com.
The presentation is free and open to the public