Jane has a great article
on author platform here.
Not exact matches
As long as you keep in mind the goals, rules, and best practices we've mentioned
here, you'll find that you can make steady progress
on building up your own
author platform.
But having created and / or maintained websites
on many
platforms, generally, WordPress is the first solution I recommend to
authors who aren't super tech - savvy —
here's why:
I was asked by Amazon to be a beta - tester for the site and to contribute some of its content (
here are a couple of my posts
on building an
author platform and Kindle Instant Preview).
For more detailed information
on your
author platform, here's a great, affordable guide by Barb Drozdowich, The Author's Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon, $
author platform, here's a great, affordable guide by Barb Drozdowich, The Author's Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon,
platform,
here's a great, affordable guide by Barb Drozdowich, The
Author's Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon, $
Author's
Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon,
Platform: A Beginner's Guide (Amazon, $ 2.99).
Here's why... While there's no doubt the strength of the writing is very important, other factors contribute to an overall successful book — not the least of which is being a professional
author who has a «
platform»
on which to jump - start marketing efforts after publication.
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!
-LSB-...] a great article
here on how four
authors have created the basis for their
platforms with a blog.
I've intentionally focused
here on opportunities for first book
authors and those that don't have large budgets or an established
platform.
-LSB-...] Divide and Conquer: Building an
Author Platform by Proxy by Kristin Morin (@kristinba)
on Joanna Penn's The Creative Penn blog is one of those posts that could go into all sorts of categories — business, tech, social media — but it seems to fit best
here.
If you're a practitioner who has a book (or you're hoping to write or publish one in the near future), feel free to contact our team
here on Spirit
Authors to see how our
platform building packages, business mentoring and other packages might suit your needs.
A few of you may already comment
on websites and blogs or perhaps saw it mentioned in the recent article «How to Get The Most From Your Writer or
Author Platform «
here on Book Cover Cafe.
This is a slide from the live masterclass we ran today
on building an
author platform, but we went quickly so I'm posting it
here.
I'm not going to go into all the details of why and how
here — I covered that in my previous post
on How To Build Your
Author Platform — but suffice to say, once your book is out there and you're looking for people to buy it, you'll be glad you didn't skip this step.
Here's the first in a series of posts I plan
on to write about publishing and building an
author platform.
Not sure what your blog is about but I find that having experts guest (
here on practical advice, and
on my personal
author blog RachelintheOC.com sharing real - life stories which is my branding there), gives me a chance to share my
platform with others (again, building relationships), and brings their followings to my blog and vice versa.
Here's an article
on 3 ways to start building your
author platform that includes -LSB-...]
As promised,
here is the second installment
on building your publishing
platform (s) from guest expert, Dr. Judith Briles, aka The Book Shepherd, and the
author of Author YOU: Creating and Building Your Author and Book Platforms (among ot
author of
Author YOU: Creating and Building Your Author and Book Platforms (among ot
Author YOU: Creating and Building Your
Author and Book Platforms (among ot
Author and Book
Platforms (among others).
I'm busily extending my
author platform on a daily basis, signing up to forums and groups
here, posting about my books there.
Here are some
authors I follow
on Facebook who I admire for their long - term use of the
platform as a means to communicate with friends and readers and bring attention to their newest work.
Here, you'll find my curated collection of articles
on building your
author platform, surviving self - promotion, and marketing your books to potential readers.
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Author Platform Audit with tips for improving sales ($ 149) >> ENTER
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The amazing team
here at Smashwords: Our development team spends every day dreaming up and developing new tools to give our
authors and publishers a competitive advantage; our service and vetting teams dedicate their days to supporting our
authors, publishers and sales channels; our merchandising team works to promote our
authors at major retailers and library
platforms; our marketing team focuses almost 100 % of its effort empowering indie
authors with best practices knowledge they can use anywhere, even if they don't publish with Smashwords; our finance team manages the inflow and outflow of money to ensure our
authors and publishers are paid
on time, every month; and my wife, advisor and confidant, Lesleyann, without whom I would have never co-written a novel about soap operas that started this grand adventure.