Before I share my best advice on social media for authors, let
's about your author platform in general.
You can ask me questions
about your author platform or getting published on my blog, or you can ask me questions 1 - on - 1 via phone or Skype during an introductory consulting call.
In a blog discussion
about author platform, reader Carol commented: «What challenges me is creating my brand.
Here is what three very different, successful literary agents have to say
about author platforms:
One of the questions we get asked most often at Spark is
about author platform.
On Day one you talked
about an author platform and my vision was limited at that point.
Jason Garcia tells you everything you need to know
about author platform.
So get yourself educated
about author platform and get out there!
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about author platform, but some people are still confused as to what exactly that entails.
But much of the time, since my book is a memoir, the interviewers end up asking followup questions about me — which is really
about Author Platform!
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Us About Author Platform posted at The Book Designer, saying, «Was it the complete absence of any platform for Robert -LSB-...]
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Thank you to Jane for sparking these ideas, and for talking
about author platform with the seriousness that it deserves!
Why Jane is right
about author platform, but why she may be misinterpreted.
This article touches upon a very important fact
about author platforms: It's not about going down a checklist of tools to have; it's about how you use those tools to make real, human connections.
Then we well also have Kirk Biglione of Medialoper and Kassia Krozser of Booksquare who will be teaching a workshop all
about author platform and how authors can best use social media.
Her services include critiques of proposals and manuscripts, full developmental edits, detailed line editing, and consulting
about author platform building.
Since then, I've taught countless conference sessions and webinars
about author platform development, content strategy, marketing and promotion, and long - term best business practices.
There's always the big thoughts
about author platform and branding circling my campfires.
Many publishers that accept direct submissions require you to include information
about your author platform in the query letter.
Not exact matches
About the
Author: Emma O'Neill is a content creator for SparkPage, a
platform which lets marketers test and optimize their customer lifecycle messaging.
In addition to wearing their writer's hat, self - published
authors need to do just
about everything that goes into packaging, marketing, and selling books, like building an
author platform.
One other nice thing
about being a published
author, is that it proves that you are an expert in your field, which gets you invited to speak at conferences, which increases your visibility and
platform in the fishing world, which then allows you to get more books published.
CNN: My Take: The danger of calling behavior «biblical» Rachel Held Evans, a popular blogger and
author of «A Year of Biblical Womanhood,» writes
about her discomfort seeing the bible «edited down and used as a prop to support a select few political positions and
platforms.»
One wonders: do the
authors of the
Platform themselves agree
about whether the «dignity of all persons» is offended by abortion, whether racial quotas honor or violate the principle that «discrimination is abhorrent,» or whether the virtue of «tolerance» requires putting up with obscenity in the music of rock and rap?
The
authors wanted to find out if the knowledge a participant had
about a given technology or product or service — the participant's «domain - specific» knowledge — was important when it came to the design of the idea - generating
platform.
«We've developed a
platform for computer - mediated communication between humans and dogs that opens the door to new avenues for interpreting dogs» behavioral signals and sending them clear and unambiguous cues in return,» says Dr. David Roberts, an assistant professor of computer science at NC State and co-lead
author of «Towards Cyber-Enhanced Working Dogs for Search and Rescue,» a paper
about the work.
In the past, the model and cookbook
author has taken to her social
platforms to get real
about everything from stretch marks and period skin to the occasional spray tan gone wrong.
Dunlop, who has over 220,000 followers on the social
platform, founded the YouTube channel Love Sweat Fitness and has
authored multiple e-books
about fitness, weight loss, and nutritious meal planning.
This is to enable them to create a high - performing
author platform which will not only help them connect with their readers and sell more books, but also automate the process so that they have more time to write or enjoy quality moments Frequency
about 1 post per month.
Austin, TX
About Blog
Author Media is a team of expert web - designers, social media managers, and coders who are dedicated to making online
platform building easier for writers.
About Blog NotionPress is India's first self - publishing
platform to help
authors publish and sell books around the world.
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About Blog Novelist Chuck Wendig's blog is an excellent example of how to create an
author platform.
About Blog Writers Network (WN) is an online
platform which provides information, resources and opportunities for anyone involved in or interested in sharing a story, whether they are an
author, freelance writer, artist, or just want to share anything.
About author: The
author is a renowned writer, writes many blogs and articles on social networking and dating sites to encourage people for joining such
platforms where they can find new friends and partners.
About Blog It is the mission of Indies Unlimited to celebrate independent
authors; to help them build their followings; to provide a
platform for members of the independent
author community to share and exchange ideas, knowledge, expertise and frustrations; and, for readers and reviewers to become exposed to the amazing depth and array of talent in the indie community.
«We care
about these findings in part because we fundamentally believe that social media
platforms afford exciting opportunities for civic voice and participation,» says Weinstein, the study's lead
author.
We'll discuss metrics that help you make informed and meaningful decisions
about how to best spend your time, and what advanced
platform - building looks like for an established
author.
And then for a third thing, I think content strategy, which we kind of touched on at the very, very beginning — content strategy is something that a lot of
authors don't have a lot of knowledge or experience
about, but I think is really important for long - term
platform building.
If you read yesterday's post
about the options for choosing a
platform for your
author website then the next thing to do is to decide what to put on your website.
In the days of digital technology, e-books, tablet reading devices and Kindle Direct Publishing (to name one distribution
platform), paperback for indie
authors was the one «as yet unconquered» land for self - published
authors everywhere until
about four years ago, when Amazon - owned print - on - demand company CreateSpace built traction and changed the playing field for indies everywhere.
But, many
authors are confused
about what this really means, what does it entail, and even if you do understand, how do you build an
author platform?
For more information
about improving your
author platform and / or getting published, click here for my free 15 - part Guide to Finding a Literary Agent.
One of the ways that you can draw readers in and establish a
platform is through consistent blogging
about your topic if you're nonfiction
author, or
about your writing and other books if you're a fiction
author.
I'll also be putting out a lot of videos
about book marketing and building your
author platform.
Carole's book then goes into detail, step - by - step
about which tools to use, and how to put it all together so that you have a well - oiled
author platform working for you.
Not only are you helping me be a successful writer, but I have learned so much
about myself as a writer and a person.Thanks so much, lynn
Author Platform
Author platform is one of my favorite things to talk
about during interviews and events, because it's so important... and misunderstood.
I started to create an
author platform after hearing
about what an
author platform was at the 2013 Writers Workshop in Melbourne.