Sentences with phrase «of building an author platform»

In this first post, I look at the process of planning the book, the importance of building an author platform, and the basics of choosing something to write about.

This book makes it fun to navigate the complex world of building your author platform and then making your book a true success.

Instead, the social medium is part of the long game of building your author platform so you can engage with readers elsewhere and, eventually, possibly sell books to some of them.

«Anthony and the team guided me through the process of building an author platform for myself, built a website, liaised with printers and publishers, organised resources for my launches and supported me every step of the way.»

The first and most important part of building your author platform before creating a Facebook page or organising a book signing is often the most overlooked aspect of platform building.

Here are a couple of statistics to demonstrate the need for a website if you have any intention of building an author platform:

Randy Ross presents 18 Months of Social Media: One Writer's Progress Report posted at The Loneliest Planet, saying, «After a year of building an author platform with social media, one writer reveals his mediocre results.

-LSB-...] part of any book marketing plan, which is part of the process of building your Author platform, it's expected (make that -LSB-...]

As we've already established, blogging is an incredibly pervasive part of building your author platform and important for bringing traffic to your site, yet many writers shy away from it for two main reasons: they don't feel comfortable with their outer voice (blogging is a very much «put - yourself - out - there - endeavor») and they much rather write and stay put - OR -... [Read more...]

We worked with Joel and the team at The Book Designer to create a post for them specifically on the importance of building your author platform before trying to sell books.

Your Facebook Page is just one part of building your author platform, but an important one.

As part of any book marketing plan, which is part of the process of building your author platform, it's expected (make that absolutely necessary) that writers and authors have a website.

-LSB-...] 2 Comments TweetAs part of any book marketing plan, which is part of the process of building your author platform, it's expected (make that «absolutely necessary») that writers and authors have a website.

Dan Blank starts another of his Build Your Author Platform courses on January 23.