Monday, March 9, 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
Penguin Random House, 1745 Broadway (between 55th & 56th Streets), Conference Room 1501, NYC
$10 for WMG members; $20 for non-members
If you’ve been meaning to show up on social media but keep overthinking it, this free, one-hour workshop is for you. Join Miral Sattar, past WMG President, award-winning podcaster (2 million subscribers and counting), and digital strategist, for an interactive session combining a live social media audit with practical training on short-form video storytelling for authors. Miral will review select attendees’ profiles in real time, sharing clear, actionable guidance to help improve bios, clarify brand voice, increase discoverability, and strengthen content across platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Threads.
This workshop will also cover what actually works when marketing your brand on social media—how long your videos should be, which hashtags matter, how to hook readers, and how to create effective BookTok and Bookstagram Reels using just your smartphone.
Bring a print copy of your book. You’ll leave with concrete video ideas you can post right away, plus the confidence to stop stalling and start showing up online.
Bonus: Miral will share a discount code for WMG members for her full professional social media audit services.
Meet the speaker:
Miral Sattar is the founder of Zarez Media, a full service SEO, AI, and social media services agency based in New York. She has a children's fiction podcast, Bearily Bear Stories (over 2 million subscribers), which has won two Signal Awards. Fans can also find her on TikTok and Instagram (@miralreads), where she raises awareness about diversity in kids’ publishing and media. Miral has served on the board for Gotham Media Group and Women’s Media Group, and has launched multiple award-winning startups. She has lectured at Yale, NYU, CUNY, Pace, and other universities across America, and has helped numerous books become bestsellers. Miral has been featured in BBC World News, TIME, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and PBS, among other media outlets. She holds an M.S. in Publishing (Digital + Print Media) from NYU and a B.S. from Columbia University in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Refunds available up to 48 hours before the event. No refunds for cancellations made within 48 hours of the event.
