We can really help
the author build their audience and ultimately their profits.
The post Why Authors Need to Talk to Their Readers appeared first on Carole Jelen, Literary Agent, Helping
Authors Build Audience.
The post Twitter: Big Hats are Only for Cowboys appeared first on Carole Jelen, Literary Agent, Helping
Authors Build Audience.
The post Take the Author Platform Quiz appeared first on Carole Jelen, Literary Agent, Helping
Authors Build Audience.
The post Twelve Digital New Rules for Authors appeared first on Carole Jelen, Literary Agent, Helping
Authors Build Audience.
The post How to Get Started on Your Author Platform appeared first on Carole Jelen, Literary Agent, Helping
Authors Build Audience.
This post is part of my ongoing series on author & book promotion, which is aimed at helping fellow
authors build their audience and establish a platform to promote their work.
Lachesis: Ten years ago — an author could post something on his / her facebook page or twitter once a day and that would have been enough to sell books — but that is no longer the case — how can Hootsuite help
authors build their audiences online — in an effective way — so that they have plenty of time to write?
focuses on helping publishers create new special sales opportunities, corporations buy and interact around content, and
authors build their audience and platform.
Not exact matches
In his online course, «Kindle Launch Plan: $ 1400 in 30 Days & an Amazon Bestseller,» Loper teaches his students how to
build a foundation on Amazon and then successfully launch a book even if an
author doesn't yet have a large
audience of fans.
Some practical points: If you're just starting out, some opportunities that make a lot of sense for platform -
building include: writing guest posts for popular bloggers who share a similar
audience, writing a regular column for a newspaper or online magazine, seeking out speaking gigs (paid or unpaid), participating in conferences (for networking opportunities as well as exposure to new, inspiring ideas), using social media to share your message, and requesting interviews with popular
authors / speakers / leaders to feature on your blog.
If you start by saying «Well, even if you hate gym, you have to go,» you've already lost your
audience, says Tamar Chansky, Ph.D., a clinical child psychologist in Philadelphia and the
author of Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking: Powerful, Practical Strategies to
Build a Lifetime of Resilience, Flexibility and Happiness.
She's also the
author of nine books, including The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan: Online and Offline Promotion Strategies to
Build Your
Audience and Sell More Books.
Build Your Author Platform: The New Rules shows how to showcase your expertise, create book presence, and build an audience eager to
Build Your
Author Platform: The New Rules shows how to showcase your expertise, create book presence, and
build an audience eager to
build an
audience eager to buy.
On this podcast, Kevin T. Johns speaks with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and
authors create their art,
build their
audience, and sell their work.
10,000 sales says there's an
audience to trade publishers and a platform they can
build around an
author.
To maximize — or perhaps even replace — a traditional publicity campaign, you need to reach out to your
audience directly by
building and nurturing a strong online
author platform.
Now, if you've been paying attention to marketing, you're aware of how an
author should find their target
audience, craft a positioning statement,
build a brand, etc..
This week, we're taking a look at using the resources you already have — as well as some of the resources D2D has created for you — to
build an
author platform that can help boost your discoverability and
audience reach.
Do what bestselling
authors do at the end of their books to
build an
audience for their next bestseller.
This session will look at key strategies and principles for selling books through online retail (as either a self - published or traditionally published
author), and how you can
build a plan that's customized for your work and target
audience.
Client success stories and advice from published
authors who have
built an
audience following
Authors, you just want to write your book, yet you've seen a new light: for success, you've got to get engaged with your
audience through platform
building.
How you
build your
author brand and platform will depend on your particular strengths, your unique qualities, the story you have to tell, and your target
audience.
Publishers seek
authors who know their
audience, know how to reach them, and know how to grow them...
Build Your
Author Platform: The New Rules provides the perfect path to turning a great book into a great, successful book.»
Authors who use the 20 minutes over daily morning cup of coffee for creating platform are rewarded with better findability, interested
audience who will buy your book, and networking that
builds your
author brand by teamwork, so we hope you join in over your morning coffee.
«With increasing amounts of books coming to market,
authors must
build up a wide
audience platform ready to buy their books.
Stephanie Chandler is a professionally - trained speaker and the
author of nine books including Own Your Niche: Hype - Free Internet Marketing Tactics to Establish Authority in Your Field and Promote Your Service - Based Business and The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan: Online and Offline Promotion Strategies to
Build Your
Audience and Sell More Books.
Create Your Writer Platform: The Key to
Building an
Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success as an
Author by Chuck Sambuchino
There are also some individual
authors, such as Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross, who strongly believe they boost their sales by making some of their books available as free ebooks — and who also understand what libraries do for
building their
audience and attracting new buyers.
Stephanie Chandler is the
author of several books including The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan: Online and Offline Promotion Strategies to
Build Your
Audience andSell More Books and Own your Niche: Hype - Free Internet Marketing Tactics to Establish Authority in Your Field and Promote Your Service - Based Business.Stephanie is also founder and CEO of NonfictionAuthorsAssociation.com, a vibrant educational community for experienced and aspiring writers, and NonfictionWritersConference.com, an annual event conducted entirely online.
In addition to
building your own brand, you should also look into forming strategic alliances with
authors who share a similar
audience.
I am also the founder of BusinessInfoGuide.com, a directory of resources for entrepreneurs, which I launched in 2005 as a way to
build my
author platform and reach my target
audience of readers.
Collectively, all of these components work together to help
build the
author's brand, connect with target
audiences and over time, convert members of the target
audience into buyers.
Understanding your
audience is key to
building your
author platform.
The
author must do their homework and
build an
audience with their target group via guest posts on popular blogs as well as on their own blog.
There are plenty of free ways to push a book through social media, but nonfiction
authors who regularly give talks or have a
built - in
audience will have a huge advantage.
Sepinwall's case shows that
authors with a
built - in platform and direct communication to his / her readers will be able to forgo the traditional system, especially when it would necessitate turning in a book that would not be timely, for an
audience that expects literally current day anaylsis.
«An
author blog is the single most effective forum for
building a bridge between you and your
audience.
As a newbie
author just starting out
building her
audience, the site's still too valuable a tool for me to disregard just because I'm cranky at the people who manage it.
Some
authors are interested in online marketing because they're
building an
audience for the long term; some
authors won't be able to secure top media anyway, so they focus on something easy, and work up.
List Trades: This means swapping newsletter promotion with other
authors — it will only work if their
audience is similar to yours, and if YOU»VE already
built up your list (so you have something of value to trade).
Indie
authors get to
build an
audience of committed fans at a more sustainable pace.
Traditional publishers, especially the large ones, would probably simply reject these books and
authors, even though they have completely valid reasons to publish a book, and come with a
built in
audience and platform.
On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and
authors create their art,
build their
audience, and sell their work.
With a degree in Business, over 14 years in sales & marketing, and a purpose - driven passion to help writers
build an
audience around their work, Kimberley has
built a go - to resource for
authors struggling to gain visibility in a crowded market.
However, relying on a publisher's resources
builds a codependent relationship that is difficult to break, and most
authors are expected to make substantial efforts and investments to reach their
audiences even if they are traditionally published.
Every new
author always struggles to
build an
audience of avid readers.
Our team specializes in creating and promoting events with
built - in
audiences at unique off - site venues or with bookstores if you would be paired with a local
author or group panel, or simply going in for a meet - and - greet with booksellers where you sign stock copies of your book.
She also said that
authors and publishers can
build an
audience easier on Google + now because it is still dominated by early adopter techies such as Guy Kawasaki.