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September 18, 2018 by Nina Amir 1 Comment

7 Things You Need to Do to Build Your Platform

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A platform can mean the difference between landing or not landing a book deal. It also can make the difference between successful on unsuccessful book sales. Today, Beth Bauer (@JourneyofBethB) provides seven effective ways to build your platform and increase the likelihood of your blog and book succeeding. Building a robust platform is one of […]

Filed Under: Publicizing Your Blog, Success Strategies Tagged With: author platform, blog-to-book deal, blogging, book sales, platform, Promotion, publishing deal

April 26, 2016 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Your Author Platform

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A platform is a necessity whether you write fiction or nonfiction. It provides the foundation for your promotion plan, which you put to use when your book is released. Without a platform, your promotion plan won’t be effective. But how do you know if your author platform has the visibility, reach, authority, or influence in […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher, Platform Tagged With: author platform, blog platform, blogging, blogging books, book blogger, effectiveness, evaluation

January 5, 2016 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

You Want to Blog a Book. Now What?

The New Year arrived. You created a list of goals. “Blog a book” is first on your list. Great! Now what? Some writers or bloggers would just begin blogging their book without a second thought. That’s not the best way to succeed, however. Blogging a book allows you to write your book quickly and easily […]

Filed Under: How to Begin Blogging a Book, How to Decide if You Should Blog a Book Tagged With: author platform, blog a book, how to blog a book, write a book

June 11, 2015 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

What You and Your Blog Need to Land an Agent or Publisher

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Maybe you dream of landing a traditional book publishing deal. You want your successful blog or blogged book to serve as a beacon to an agent or a publisher. Or, if you don’t get discovered, you want your query letter and book proposal accepted by a literary agency or publishing house. You hope the great […]

Filed Under: Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher Tagged With: attracting a publisher, attracting an agent, author platform, blog statistics, getting discovered, traditional pubishing

July 31, 2014 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

How to Impress an Agent or Editor with Your Platform

When you submit your book proposal to literary agents or publisher, convince these publishing professionals your blogged book constitutes a viable product worthy of publication by showing them your blog analytics. Although your book idea is, of course, important, how well received it has been over time—how many readers or many fans it has garnered—provides […]

Filed Under: Book Proposal, Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher Tagged With: author platform, blog statistics, book proposal, platform

July 22, 2014 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

5 Tools to Help You Manage Your Social Media Marketing Time

An enormous part of making your blogged-book or blogging efforts successful revolves around tying your posts, as well as your blog, into your social media networks. As with any book, you have to market it. Blogging a book gets you involved in one of the most important and effective marketing activities: blogging. But blogging works […]

Filed Under: Publicizing Your Blog Tagged With: author platform, book marketing, book promotion, social media, social media marketing, time management

March 25, 2014 by Nina Amir 4 Comments

The 4 Things You Must Do to Succeed as an Indie Author

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It seems as if every day blogs, news agencies, radio shows, or podcasts blast out stories of indie authors making bestseller lists somewhere. Yet,  the average books sells only 300 printed copies per year. The average ebook author sells only 560 copies per year and doesn’t earn enough to support himself. According to a Digital […]

Filed Under: Competing and Complementary Blogs, Promotion, Selfpublish Your Blogged Book, The Proposal, What to Do When You Complete Your Blogged Book Tagged With: author platform, business plan for a book, competitive analysis, marketable books, promotion plan, self-publishing

January 23, 2014 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

11 Steps for Successful Query Submission to Publications

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If you want expand your reach beyond the internet, consider writing not just your blog or guest posting for other blogs but actually writing for print publications. Yes, print publications still exist, and writing for a few of the many specialty magazines and newsletters could help you build your platform, extend your reach and improve […]

Filed Under: Parts of the Proposal, Publicizing Your Blog Tagged With: author platform, how to write a query letter, Query Letter, submitting article ideas, write for magazines, writing for publications

December 26, 2013 by Nina Amir 2 Comments

Is Blogging a Book All You Need to Do to Land a Publishing Contract?

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You’ve heard all the stories of bloggers who have landed traditional book contracts, like Christian Landers (Stuff White People Like), Julie Powell (Julie & Julia) and Jenny Lawson (Let’s Pretend This Never Happened). They didn’t do much more than create a successful blog, and publishers sought them out. With a traditional book deal in hand, […]

Filed Under: Landing an Agent or Traditional Publisher Tagged With: author platform, how to get published, literary agent, literary agent requirements, literary representation, publishing contract

October 22, 2013 by Nina Amir 3 Comments

Build Your Mailing List with a Quick Blogged Ebook

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The number of unique readers you attract to your blog or fans and followers you gain on Twitter, Google Plus or Facebook will never match the power of a large mailing list when it comes to author platform. And author platform not only helps you land a publishing deal, it helps you successfully market your […]

Filed Under: Blogging Short Books Tagged With: author platform, blogged ebook, build a mailing list, National Nonfiction Writing Month, Write Nonficiton in November

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