I've helped hundreds of publishers and authors run successful projects, and I really believe in the power of crowdfunding to help literary folks build excitement around their work and
help build their author platform.
The network you already have might
help you build your author platform further.
6 Ways Twitter Lists Can
Help Build Your Author Platform This guest post from Marcy Kennedy over on TheBookDesigner, shows how to use the often under - utilized Twitter «list» function to make sense of your Twitter stream and dial into those connections with other writers, other industry figures, and most importantly, your readers.
Matthew Turner lists 5 free services to
help build author platform, while Jane Friedman focuses on the centerpiece of your platform — your website, with a resource list for building your first website.
Premium and Pro plans include a book web page, in - store sales, comprehensive reader analytics, book sales analytics, and a channel tracking service that
helps you build your author platform by showing you how customers read your book and how many sales you made.
Have you begun to put all of your social networking accounts in order so they can
help you build your author platform?
Because ebooks can be less expensive to produce, some authors use them to help determine interest in their content before committing to a printed version or use them as free digital giveaways to
help build their author platform before producing print copies.
There are three main reasons people buy any product, books included, and better understanding why will
help you build your author platform.
Not exact matches
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'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.
Or I might only allow long term stays of six months and include book cover design and formatting,
platform building,
help with a powerful book launch and more — so that by the end of the six months
authors have a book out there earning them money.
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Author Platform Quiz appeared first on Carole Jelen, Literary Agent,
Helping Authors Build Audience.
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.
Rob's expertise involves
helping hard - working
authors build platforms that consistently grow over time.
The post How to Get Started on Your
Author Platform appeared first on Carole Jelen, Literary Agent,
Helping Authors Build Audience.
You may use all or none of the above, but the important thing to keep in mind about
building and growing an
author platform is the end goal: You want to create a network that
helps readers discover your books.
Since I know a lot about writing and painting, the fickle worlds of publishing and fine art, and have gotten pretty damn good at internet marketing,
platform building, and online sales, it's really easy for me to
help struggling artists and
authors figure out what their problems are and get them earning enough money to quit their jobs and focus on being creative geniuses that change the world.
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.
Five Ideas for Using Twitter to Sell Your Books and eBooks
Author's promotions and
platform building, Amanda McArthur gives us some clues on letting Twitter
help.
This year I'm also working on some online courses to
help authors build a stable, long - term
author platform.
Setting up and
building your
author platform before you even publish your first book is the best way for
building a solid
platform that will last and
help you grow your tribe of fans.
An
author platform helps you to create your readership and if you can
build your
platform before you publish your book this can jumpstart your success.
My expertise involves
helping hard - working
authors build platforms and careers that consistently grow over time.
Building your
author platform before actually publishing your book is important and I try to provide my readers with some great tips and interesting resources here that will hopefully
help you with your writing or your own
author platforms.
* Top literary agents can
help you find the perfect title / subtitle for your book, turn your book into a series or brand, decide which book you should pitch first, edit your book and / or book proposal,
build your
author platform, identify your competition and differentiate you, get you more publicity, and
help build a business around your book (with multiple streams of income).
Whether you're just beginning to
build your
author platform or have already released several books and are working on another, Midnight Publishing is here to
help!
Now, Hong Kong - based self - publishing
platform Towerbabel is furthering not only digital reading and enjoyment of ebooks, but has
built its
platform to also be a collaboration tool for
authors, editors, designers, and artists, while also
helping participants engage in social writing.
I think
authors should remember that
platform building isn't about
helping yourself by selling your work, but about
helping others through your work.
For example, right now I
help authors pick book names, choose an url for their website, and get them started toward
building an
author platform and marketing their books.
After many years of
helping writers
build their
author platforms and decades of being plugged into the publishing industry through Writer's Relief, we've certainly seen more than our fair share of
author websites — the good, the bad, and the not - so - pretty.
I
help authors build their
platform and transform their message into a bestselling book.
More specifically, Eric
helps writers, bloggers &
authors find their tribe,
build their
platform, share their message & make a difference by transforming their message into a bestselling book.
It stems from our mission to
build the world's best open publishing
platform so that
authors can reach anyone, anywhere — and to our commitment to
help creators navigate the rapidly changing world of digital content.
Her focus is on
helping authors surmount the barriers that keep them from flourishing online,
building their
platform, and finding new readers.
I don't need to pay for anybody's
help, and even though EVERYBODY is writing books, very few people are
building strong
author platforms, and most have no idea how to get traffic or put their books in front of the right people.
Here I hope to
help self - published
authors figure out things like;
platform building, book marketing and publishing hacks.
How Findaway Voices is a single service
built to
help independent
authors and small publishers create and distribute their audiobooks, and that they are a fully non-exclusive
platform to the largest network of audio sellers in the world (retailer, library and K through 12 markets)
How to Use Facebook Ads to Sell More Books: This is the third post in the series to show
authors how Facebook Ads Marketing can
help sell more books as well as
build a viable
author platform....
I've
built platforms to
help authors design better covers.
Archway Publishing can
help you
build the pieces you need to establish an online
author platform.
Nick: What we have in the moment is I do offer premium courses that
helps authors build their
platform and basically do everything we've talked about today, and do it well without any trial and error.
There are many articles written about how indie
authors can use Twitter to promote their books and to
help build an
author's
platform.
Readers follow
authors, which
helps to
build your
platform.
These features below should be included on
author websites which are important to
help establish credibility, pre-eminence and trust with your audience while
building the book marketing footprint and
author platform.
-LSB-...] January 8, 2013 in Self Publishing A recent article on The Creative Penn called «Divide and Conquer:
Building an
Author Platform by Proxy» got me thinking about the idea of enlisting an intern, or several interns, to
help with some -LSB-...]
Kayla Dean — On her site, Kayla calls herself a creativepreneur,
author, and freethinker who is working to
build her
author platform while
helping her readers find theirs.
I'll be
building resources to
help indie
authors publish and market their books, such as a «21 Day Bestselling
Author Platform» course, and genre - specific book marketing guides (I've already added a few of them to www.marketingforwriters.com; I'll announce those more formally once I've got more genres completed.)
focuses on
helping publishers create new special sales opportunities, corporations buy and interact around content, and
authors build their audience and
platform.
«We
help authors, both self - published
authors and traditionally published
authors, to really have the tools to
build their
platforms before they publish,» explained Barbara to the panel attendees.
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.