12:02:23 From Kate Scott, MIBA, she/her to Everyone: Heartland Events Here: https://www.heartlandfallforum.org/events.html 12:06:46 From alanahaley to Everyone: Everybody hates Facebook. A necessary evil. 12:07:02 From Larry Law | GLIBA | he/him to Everyone: Alana, agreed. 12:07:05 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: 100% agree alana haley 12:08:36 From Dana Westedt to Everyone: I'm typing any replies - my connection is slow here at the bookstore..... 12:09:19 From Dana Westedt to Everyone: I do use Facebook to post events or opportunities at Main Street Books. Most folks in my area use FB more than Instagram and Twitter. 12:09:30 From Larry Law | GLIBA | he/him to Everyone: If you have any questions please throw them into the chat. Thank you! 12:14:27 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: I love the later app 12:15:00 From Kristen Sandstrom to Everyone: To add to that question, I would love feedback for 1-2 person store. I manage everything myself... and wonder which platform should I prioritize? 12:15:22 From Kristen Sandstrom to Everyone: Oh, thank you Kathy! 12:16:12 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: volunteers help! I give Lety books 12:17:51 From Kristen Sandstrom to Everyone: Thank you Kathy... that might be tough for me, as a control freak, but a good lesson in letting go! 12:18:39 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: Kristen, i know what you mean. Find a friend you trust or do it at night 12:19:15 From Dana Westedt to Everyone: Agreed! New platform......frightening to me! All this time I though Tik Tok was for teenagers.... : 0 12:19:39 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: More and more publishers are also on tiktok 12:19:50 From Kristen Sandstrom to Everyone: Confession: I don't even know HOW to use TIk Tok, but realize I should. 12:20:10 From Bryan Loar (he/him) - Cover to Cover to Larry Law | GLIBA | he/him(Direct Message): Hi Larry, thanks for hosting! Unfortunately, due to some tech issues, I was not able to join until 10 min after. Just wanted to say that I've joined. Thanks! 12:20:40 From Larry Law | GLIBA | he/him to Bryan Loar (he/him) - Cover to Cover(Direct Message): No worries, I will add you to the spotlight if you are cool with that. 12:20:51 From Broche /bruh-kuh/ (she) River Dog Book Co. to Everyone: Bigger confession: my mom was sending me TikTok videos before I knew what it was 12:21:02 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: ha Broche 12:21:02 From alanahaley to Everyone: The more real and less polished the video is, the more people like it. 12:21:08 From Kristen Sandstrom to Everyone: HA! Broche, I love you! 12:21:12 From Broche /bruh-kuh/ (she) River Dog Book Co. to Everyone: :) 12:22:59 From joanna (she/her) this is a bookstore | Bookbug to Everyone: GLiBA/MiBA Do you have ideas on how we can help each other as indies more officially with social media: encourage each of us to follow each indie? tag each other in challenges? notify each other of trends that we should consider? 12:23:41 From Stephanie Skees (she/her) to Everyone: totally Alana! 12:23:55 From Stephanie Skees (she/her) to Everyone: I know there is an indie facebook page that’s been started for people starting tiktok accounts 12:26:19 From Kate Scott, MIBA, she/her to Everyone: Good question, Joanna. I know its been on our minds. 12:27:49 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: I did just have that conversation about the bestseller list 12:27:53 From alanahaley to Everyone: We have “as seen on tiktok” displays in our stores that sell crazy amounts of books. 12:28:13 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: sometimes I pretend the book was on tiktok… 12:29:12 From Broche /bruh-kuh/ (she) River Dog Book Co. to Everyone: I'm afraid I need to leave early, but everyone's doing an amazing job and it was lovely seeing you all! 12:29:21 From alanahaley to Everyone: Kathy Ellen Davis also has a lot of content on her tiktok page for bookstores on how to use tiktok. 12:29:44 From Kate Scott, MIBA, she/her to Everyone: TikTok-clueless booksellers FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/387074036347338 12:30:15 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: Kathy Ellen has a viral voice on tiktok 12:30:31 From David Bowen to Everyone: I had to join late--will the recording of this session be available after...? 12:31:03 From Larry Law | GLIBA | he/him to Everyone: David, yes! It will be uploaded later today. 12:31:33 From Kate Scott, MIBA, she/her to Everyone: More info on Kathy Ellen Davis: https://kathyellendavis.com/socialmediaforbookstores/ 12:31:59 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: passion = voice = authenticity= $ (sometimes) 12:32:55 From alanahaley to Everyone: We often find that people think we are a library on tiktok. -_- 12:33:20 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: Stephanie, Do you put links in the comments? 12:33:59 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: ah, you answered my question 12:34:07 From David Bowen to Everyone: @LarryLaw Thanks! 12:37:17 From Larry Law | GLIBA | he/him to Everyone: https://linktr.ee/ 12:37:37 From Kate Scott, MIBA, she/her to Everyone: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ Later: https://later.com/ 12:38:07 From Larry Law | GLIBA | he/him to Everyone: https://www.shopify.com/ 12:38:15 From Kristen Sandstrom to Everyone: Thank you all! I need to get back to the customers and UPS delivery :-( 12:40:14 From Stephanie Skees (she/her) to Everyone: https://www.tiktok.com/@novelneighbor/video/7008645124754328837 12:40:32 From Gary Lovely (he/him) - Prologue Bookshop to Everyone: www.twitter.com/thebookloftgv 12:41:00 From Emily Hall Schroen to Everyone: What hashtags do you guys see get the most attention? 12:41:03 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: we are @brainlairbooks on every platform 12:43:19 From Tim Smith-Schuler Books to Everyone: I know the focus is on books, and creating buzz. We also use these social media tools for communicating a variety of things customers need to know. Gary mentioned supply chain issues. We also communicate power outages, severe weather issues, etc. Works really well. We've been able to help customers this way when the phones have been down. 12:44:21 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: I love the idea of a “behind the scenes” weekly video. Candice @tubbyandcoos does a “spill the tea” about bookselling 12:45:25 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: on instagram I use the hashtags as commentary 12:46:42 From Larry Law | GLIBA | he/him to Everyone: That’s great Kathy 12:46:47 From Kathy | Brain Lair Books | she/her to Everyone: Lety posts 3 - 4 times a day on twitter