Marketing & Creating a Platform
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The New Author's Platform: What Writer's Need to Know
Successful Platform Building Doesn't Have to be About You
Why You Should Market to Grow Your Author Platform - Not to Sell Books
A Definition of Author Platform
Questions About Author Platform
7 Benefits to Growing Author Platform Before You Write Your Book
Author Platform: How to Build One and Stay Sane
Do I Need a Platform and If So, How High?
Successful Platform Building Doesn't Have to be About You
Why You Should Market to Grow Your Author Platform - Not to Sell Books
A Definition of Author Platform
Questions About Author Platform
7 Benefits to Growing Author Platform Before You Write Your Book
Author Platform: How to Build One and Stay Sane
Do I Need a Platform and If So, How High?
Email Lists
7 Tips for Effective Emails
Anatomy of an Email Appeal: 10 Simple Steps
10 Ways to Build Your Subscriber List BEFORE Your Book Comes Out
5 Myths About Email Marketing
Email Marketing or Social Media? Writers Need Both
9 Reasons Authors Need Newsletters
Debut Author Survival Guide #4: The Author Newsletter
Anatomy of an Email Appeal: 10 Simple Steps
10 Ways to Build Your Subscriber List BEFORE Your Book Comes Out
5 Myths About Email Marketing
Email Marketing or Social Media? Writers Need Both
9 Reasons Authors Need Newsletters
Debut Author Survival Guide #4: The Author Newsletter
Marketing in a Virtual World
Marketing & Promotion
Marketing & Promotion
Life Post-Publication
Josh Funk Shares Powerhouse Marketing Strategies
The Ultimate Guide to Book Marketing
Need to Ask an Author for a Blurb? Here's the Secret Formula to Yes
Before You Market Your Book, Set Your Objectives
Overcoming the 7 Marketing Struggles Every Author Faces
Should I Use a Pen Name?
Blurbing and Being Blurbed
How Writers Should Choose Their Pseudonyms
Book Promotion is a Marathon Not a Sprint
Street Teams
Making a Simple Book Trailer Using iMovie
Katya Stec: Book Trailers & Narration Service for Authors (sample reels here)
How to Make an Awesome Book Trailer (and Why!)
18 Ideas for a Successful Book Launch
Book Marketing: A Blueprint for your Book Launch
Cover Reveal Checklist: How to Run One & What to Update After
Debut Year Tips (Twitter thread)
Virtual Book Launch Events: 8 Ideas from Authors
Street Teams
Book Swag
All About Book Swag + A Superlative Swag Offer! by Eileen Meyer and Julie Pend
My Promo Breakdown: What I Did, What I Didn't & How Much I Spent
Book Trailers
All About Book Swag + A Superlative Swag Offer! by Eileen Meyer and Julie Pend
My Promo Breakdown: What I Did, What I Didn't & How Much I Spent
Book Trailers
Making a Simple Book Trailer Using iMovie
Katya Stec: Book Trailers & Narration Service for Authors (sample reels here)
How to Make an Awesome Book Trailer (and Why!)
Launching a Book
18 Ideas for a Successful Book Launch
Book Marketing: A Blueprint for your Book Launch
Cover Reveal Checklist: How to Run One & What to Update After
Debut Year Tips (Twitter thread)
Virtual Book Launch Events: 8 Ideas from Authors
Debut Advice During a Pandemic
Bookstore Events
How to Set up a Book Tour: Part 1
Reaching Readers: Engaging Kids at Book Events
The Art of the Cover Reveal
Courses
Create Your Writer Platform, by Chuck Sambuchino
Roaring Twenties: YA & MG authors debuting in 2020 #roaring20s
Soaring Twenties: debut trade PB authors in 2020 #soaringPB20s
Perfect2020PBs: debut PB authors in 2020 #Perfect2020PBs
2020 Debut Crew: debut PBs in 2020 #2020DebutCrew
2020VisionsPBs: PB authors in 2020 #2020visionsPBs
2020 Comeback Crew: new releases from your favorite PB, CB, and MG authors & illustrators in 2020
YA + MG 2020 Graduate Students: Facebook support group for kid lit authors with non-debut books coming out in 2020
New Readers Rock 2020: authors & illustrators of chapter books, graphic novels, and other works for early readers coming out in 2020
The21ders: traditionally published MG & YA authors debuting in 2021 #The21ders
2021 Picture Book Debuts: traditionally published picture book authors & illustrators debuting in 2021
2021 Picture Book Scribblers: picture book creators publishing in 2021 #pbscribblers2021
Picture Book Debut Troupe 21: 14 debut picture book authors
Picture Book Playground: picture book authors and illustrators with books releasing in 2021 and 2022
Bookstore Events
How to Set up a Book Tour: Part 1
Reaching Readers: Engaging Kids at Book Events
The Art of the Cover Reveal
Giveaways to Market a Book
Courses
Video Idiot Boot Camp with Katie Davis If you're a writer, you need to be making videos. Think it's hard? Well, Katie Davis assures us that it is not, in her Video Boot Camp!
How Writers Can Earn More
Julie Hedlund's- How To Make Money As a Writer
Making a Living
How Writers Can Earn More
Julie Hedlund's- How To Make Money As a Writer
Books
Debut/Marketing Year Groups
Roaring Twenties: YA & MG authors debuting in 2020 #roaring20s
Soaring Twenties: debut trade PB authors in 2020 #soaringPB20s
Perfect2020PBs: debut PB authors in 2020 #Perfect2020PBs
2020 Debut Crew: debut PBs in 2020 #2020DebutCrew
2020VisionsPBs: PB authors in 2020 #2020visionsPBs
2020 Comeback Crew: new releases from your favorite PB, CB, and MG authors & illustrators in 2020
YA + MG 2020 Graduate Students: Facebook support group for kid lit authors with non-debut books coming out in 2020
New Readers Rock 2020: authors & illustrators of chapter books, graphic novels, and other works for early readers coming out in 2020
The21ders: traditionally published MG & YA authors debuting in 2021 #The21ders
2021 Picture Book Debuts: traditionally published picture book authors & illustrators debuting in 2021
2021 Picture Book Scribblers: picture book creators publishing in 2021 #pbscribblers2021
Picture Book Debut Troupe 21: 14 debut picture book authors
Picture Book Playground: picture book authors and illustrators with books releasing in 2021 and 2022
21 For the Books: PB debuts in 2021 and 2022
21 and Fun: picture books coming out in 2021
Forever 21s: picture books coming out in 2021