Marketing & Creating a Platform

Maybe you're a published author. Maybe you're a writer trying to get published. Either way, you're going to need a platform. If you're looking to build a platform, you've come to the right place!

Also, check out our links at Social Media.

What is a Platform & How to Build One

How to Market Yourself as an Author Before Your Book Comes Out

The New Author's Platform: What Writer's Need to Know

Julie Hedlund Busts Myths of Author Platforms

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

Determining Our Own Value & Worth: It's Valuable & Worth It!

Questions About Author Platform

7 Benefits to Growing Author Platform Before You Write Your Book

Author Platform: How to Build One and Stay Sane

Email Lists

How to Use a Time Machine to Create Your Author Platform

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

Marketing & Promotion

The Essential First Step for New Authors: Book Reviews, not Sales

What the Art of Storytelling Can Teach Us about Marketing

Radio 101 for Authors: How to Get on the Air and Shine Once You are There

Life Post-Publication

World's Shortest Book Marketing Plan

Josh Funk Shares Powerhouse Marketing Strategies

The Ultimate Guide to Book Marketing

Set up Amazon Author Central

Beyond the Book Launch Party

How to Promote a Young Adult Novel on Social Media

7 Ways to Market Books to Children

Pointers from two Publicity & Marketing Experts

How Authors Can Use Medium

My Promo Breakdown: What I Did, What I Didn't & How Much I Spent

Have Swag: Will Travel (tips from B.J. Lee)

Need to Ask an Author for a Blurb? Here's the Secret Formula to Yes

Book Trailers

Making a Simple Book Trailer Using iMovie

Katya Stec: Book Trailers & Narration Service for Authors (sample reels here)

Launching a Book

71 Ways to Market and Promote Your Book

Timeline and Checklist for YA or MG Book Release

Tricks and Tips for a Successful Book Launch Party

What to Expect When You're Expecting a Debut

14 Ways to Crash Your Book Launch

3 Things Your Traditional Publisher is Unlikely to Do

18 Ideas for a Successful Book Launch

Don't Stop with the Book Launch

Bookstore Events

Top Ten Tips for Book Publicity Tours

How to Organize a Book Launch Party

How to Talk to a Bookseller: A 10-Step Guide for Authors

How to Set up a Book Tour: Part 1

Reaching Readers: Engaging Kids at Book Events

Giveaways to Market a Book

How to Use Goodreads to Sell More Books

Use Goodreads and LibraryThing to Give Away Free Books

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!

Making a Living

How Writers Can Earn More

Julie Hedlund's- How To Make Money As a Writer

Books

How To Promote Your Children's Book by Katie Davis

Create Your Writer Platform, by Chuck Sambuchino

Debut Year Groups

Notable Nineteens: PB authors/illustrators debuting in medium & large publishers in 2019 #notable19s

Picture Book Buzz: PB authors & illustrators debuting in 2019 #picturebookbuzz

New in Nineteen: debut trade PB authors & illustrators in 2019 #newin19

On the Scene in 19: debut PB & MG authors in 2019 #onthescenein19

Novel Nineteens: MG & YA authors debuting in 2019 #novel19s

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