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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Monthly Meeting | Leveraging Social Media to Promote Your Book (09 Jun 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 15px; width: 186px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228" style=""&gt;Are you tired of being KO'd in your attempts to use social media to promote your book? Log in to our Zoom-enabled meeting in June and let IWOC's very own K.O. -- aka, &lt;a href="https://www.independentauthornetwork.com/kathryn-occhipinti.html" target="_blank"&gt;Kathryn Occhipinti&lt;/a&gt; -- provide you the important dos and don'ts in the fine art of social media book promotion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://iwoc.org/Resources/Pictures/Kathy.png" title="" alt="" style="margin: 0px 5px 7px 15px; width: 244px;" align="right" width="244" height="159"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Bonus: Simultaneous to her Zoom presentation,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Kathryn will be hosting a members-only, in-person viewing and will even supply light snacks to accompany the program.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Afterwards, Kathryn will be&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;helping those in-person attendees set up their social med&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;ia accounts on Facebook, X or Instagram.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;So if you're a member, come on out and experience IWOC at its best -- live and in person!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1D2228"&gt;Details for the Zoom / in-person program will be included in email invitations to be sent out the week of June 2.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 15px; width: 186px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;Zoom Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;If you have not yet been emailed the Zoom registration link, you can request it by contacting president@iwoc.org.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;Meeting Membership Sign-up Discount&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-members are eligible for a 10% discount on their first year of IWOC membership&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;with a coupon code available at the meeting!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 15px; width: 186px; font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;REGISTRATION FOR MEETING CLOSES AT 5:30 PM CENTRAL.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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