The most important element in your platform is your author website. This is your home in cyberspace. It’s where readers, agents, publishers, fans, the media, and clients find you. It’s the place where you send people from all your social networks and from your books and media appearances. Without an author website, all the work you do to build platform…
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I recently wrote a post about choosing Scrivener a blogging tool. However, I’ve chosen to use Scrivener as a nonfiction book writing tool a well. I’d like to explain why, especially since much of the information on this program revolves around using it for writing fiction. I’ve been toying around with the idea of using Scrivener as a writing tool….
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There are plenty of challenges to write a book in a month. I’ve been known to host one or two of them for nonfiction writers and bloggers. Yet, many people believe it takes a long time to write a book, which explains why I’m often asked if it’s possible to write a book, or a good book, in a just…
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A platform is a necessity for a nonfiction author. It provides the foundation for your promotion plan, which you will put to use when your book is released. Without a platform, your promotion plan won’t be effective; you won’t have the visibility, reach, authority, or influence in your target market to help you sell books. An author platform also convinces…
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At every conference I go to, the conversation ends up at least touching on author platform. What most aspiring authors don’t realize, however, is why platform is so important. Platform constitutes pre-release promotion of yourself and your book for the sake of creating successful post-release promotion activities. Without a platform, you have a lower likelihood of creating a successful book—one…
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