Two for Tuesday: Increasing Your Exposure

Morning, Prosers, 

It's time for our regular instalment, Two for Tuesday. 

This week, after having a number of users asking this very question, we thought we'd share with you two tips for increasing your exposure and readership, both inside and outside Prose. 

Buckle up, take notes and prepare to be bowled over with the simplicity of these two pointers. 

1) Share. 

Sounds simple right? Yet many people overlook this exact thing. If you're already using mainstream social networks, leveraging your audience there will help you get more reads on Prose. We as a team do this with our own work. Not only does it increase reads, it also increases the likelihood that those visitors will keep popping back and reading your work without further prompts. Share to any platform you can. Text your friends the link. Email your contacts. If you get into a healthy share routine, these things won't take you long at all. Sharing the same piece multiple times in timed increments also helps. For instance, the "shelf life of a Tweet is up to 24 minutes," so even if you have hundreds of thousands of followers, if they don't see it in those crucial minutes, they probably never will. 

2) Interact / Engage

This might sound dumb, but it really is key. You get what you give. Especially on a platform like Prose. Prose is single-handedly the best platform for engagement and interaction. But to build up that trusty base of readers you have to give a little first. Read, comment, like, share. Show that support to your peers and they will support you. Plus, who doesn't want to read the awesome wordporn found upon our pages? 

While these two tips sound very self-explanatory, they are often overlooked. Give them a try, slot them into your routine, we promise it'll do the trick. 

Before we go we'd like to ask two things of you. 

Firstly, if you don't already, please follow us and encourage those around you to follow us. We promise we are not being attention whores! This is the easiest way for us to reach all of you with big announcements and such, and may help those of you who have questions or requests. If you're already following Prose, thank you, you could help us by reposting our posts so that we catch those that do not follow us. 

Secondly, and lastly, we know that there has been some confusion over coins. Coins are our in-house currency, paid for on the Bookstore with either PayPal or credit/debit card. Prose does not hold any of your payment details, these are completely secure with PayPal only. These funds can only be purchased on the website, but will be spendable on iOS in our next update (this is imminent). One coin is equal to one cent. Once you have your coins, you can buy premium content (books and shorts) from the Bookstore. These coins are shared between the author and Prose, and the author always comes out on top. Not only are you supporting your fellow Prosers' hopes and aspirations of being able to write full-time, but you are also enabling our small and humble team of 5 to work above and beyond full-time hours to continue writing the next chapters for the history of Prose and the freedom of its writers. We hope we can count on your support. 

Thank you to every single one of you for being here, and for making Prose the absolute shit. 

Until next time, Prosers, 

Prose.