1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 16, 2010
Tamera Lynn, Author
by Tamera Lynn
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2010 Tamera Lynn
In May, I had the privilege to be one of the first students of Platform Building 101, by Jacquie Rogers and Ann Charles. Until then, like many writers, I was under the impression “if you write it, they will read.” Not so. Name [...]
Category: All authors, Branding, Guest Columnist, Marketing, Name Recognition, Platform Building, Websites |
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Tags: author promotion, author websites, blog, blogging, blogs, Branding, Marketing, name recognition, Platform, Promo for Unpublished, Websites
Ann Charles | June 2, 2010
Ann Charles, 1st Turning Point Co-Captain & Author
by Ann Charles
1st Turning Point Co-Captain
Copyright © 2010 Ann Charles
Once upon a time, Jacquie Rogers and I had the bright idea to start a website based on promotion and marketing. We wanted to help authors learn all about promotion through sharing and teaching. We’d searched high and low [...]
Category: Ann Charles, Miscellaneous |
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Tags: Book Video Reviews, Promo for Unpublished, website reviews
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | December 10, 2009
The reality is that authors have to promote their work no matter who they publish with. Where to begin?
Category: All authors, Branding, Guest Columnist, Marketing, Name Recognition, Platform Building |
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Tags: avenging allaire, awakening allaire, margie church, Marketing, name building, newbies, Promo for Unpublished
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 20, 2009
by Christina Katz
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2009 Christina Katz
Christina Katz is the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal, Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform, Writer Mama, and How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids (Writer’s Digest Books).
(To read the first two parts of this interview, check out [...]
Category: All authors, Guest Columnist, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Platform Building |
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Tags: Christina Katz, Platform, Promo for Unpublished
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 13, 2009
by Christina Katz
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2009 Christina Katz
Christina Katz is the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal, Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform, Writer Mama, and How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids (Writer’s Digest Books).
(To read the first part of this interview, check out An [...]
Category: All authors, Guest Columnist, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Platform Building |
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Tags: Christina Katz, Platform, Promo for Unpublished
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist | August 6, 2009
by Christina Katz
1st Turning Point Guest Columnist
Copyright © 2009 Christina Katz
Christina Katz is the author of Get Known Before the Book Deal, Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform, Writer Mama, and How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids (Writer’s Digest Books).
Q: What is a platform?
CK: Long story short: Your platform [...]
Category: All authors, Guest Columnist, Marketing, Miscellaneous, Name Recognition, Platform Building |
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Tags: Christina Katz, Platform, Promo for Unpublished
Leanne Shawler | July 31, 2009
I’ve seen everything from page count tallies to research requests to the current sentence in an author’s WIP.
Category: All authors, Leanne Shawler, Marketing, Platform Building, Social Networking |
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Tags: Marketing, Promo for Unpublished, promotion, Twitter
Ann Charles | June 5, 2009
Ann Charles, Author
by Ann Charles
Copyright © 2009 Ann Charles
So, you’re an unpublished author and feel like you’re ready to start making a name for yourself. You have your manuscript in hand and you’re ready to leap into the promotion pool. But are you sure that you’re really ready to start swimming?
Ready to Submit?
Let’s start with [...]
Category: Ann Charles, Entering Contests, Name Recognition, Unpublished |
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Tags: Chris Roerden, GSRWA, Promo for Unpublished