How do you see your author brand 365 days from now? What do you see? Are you presenting a congruous author brand? Does your message match the expectations of your followers/readers? Visualize your brand. How will you make this happen?

Act Now Are you time-challenged for marketing your book? #BookMarketing

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When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued. —Julia Margaret Cameron

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

An author might use a landing page to promote a new book. A dedicated landing page can provide detailed information about the book, including a synopsis, author bio, reviews, and pre-order options.

Author, is book marketing your slippery slope? Tackle it head-on because those books won't sell themselves. → Read up on book marketing from experts. → Take a class. → Get help. Book marketing is your path to book visibility. #BookMarketing

Authors, are you set for success? Your book is complete. Now what? The next step is to increase your book's exposure. You'll need to step out of your comfort zone.

How does an author encourage newsletter sign-ups?  By offering a reader magnet.  A magnet could be  -a chapter to one of your books -a short stand-alone eBook -downloadable content like printable bookmarks -etc.

Why bother with branding your author self? Branding defines who you are to your readers and followers. Branding helps set you apart from the next author. Imagine your book on a shelf. How does it stand out from all the other books? It's the same for you as the author.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. —Khalil Gibran

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Authors, does sending out newsletters tie your stomach in knots? -Is it content? -Is it management software? -Is it subscriber acquisition? -Is it building landing pages? Set aside time to deal with this pain.

Developing Your Author Brand -Determine who your author persona is. This is your professional face. -Decide what you are willing to share with your followers. Create a tagline or mission statement and stick to it. -Designate time to develop your website, social media platforms, and more.

Author Engagement Engagement isn't posting content. #SocialMediaForAuthors

"A rule that will improve your life: Never assume bad intent, but don’t ignore repeated patterns. Everyone gets grace. Nobody gets unlimited passes." ~Blake Burge

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me. —Arianna Huffington

Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition... —Amelia Barr

How landing pages work: • Traffic: Visitors arrive at the landing page from a variety of sources. • Engagement: The landing page's design and content are crafted to engage visitors and encourage them to take the desired action.   • Conversion: The visitor completes the desired action.

By consistently sharing content and engaging with their audience, authors can establish themselves as thought leaders in their genre.  This can lead to opportunities for collaboration with other authors, guest opportunities, live events, and so much more. #SocialMediaForAuthors

Authors, does sending out newsletters tie your stomach in knots? -Is it content? -Is it management software? -Is it subscriber acquisition? -Is it building landing pages? Set aside time to deal with this pain.

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Author Branding The elusive author brand is difficult to pinpoint. How your readers and followers might discuss you, your writing, and your social media platform may be the best way to define this. What are your followers and readers saying?

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness. —Sophocles

Authors, have you identified your reader? Once you have a very specific, identifiable persona, you can work to engage that person on social media.

Leveraging Social Media How might you leverage social media to direct followers? Do you have a landing page for newsletter signups? Use social media to direct your followers to that landing page on a regular basis.

Author Engagement Engagement is required in order to grow your social media following. #SocialMediaForAuthors

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write. —Laurence Housman

Social media fosters a more personal connection between authors and readers.  Authors can use these platforms to share insights into many aspects of the author journey. This two-way communication helps build a loyal fanbase.

The Author and Social Media Content What should an author post for content on social platforms?  It really can't be about your book all the time. A quick search will offer many ideas: beyond holidays, current events, a limited scope of personal info, etc.

One-Sheet for Authors A one-sheet is an information-rich, single-page introduction of you, the author, and your book. What goes on it? Who would you share a one-sheet with? How could it benefit an author? Receive your complimentary One-Sheet guide here:

One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways. —Peter McWilliams

A landing page may be used for any of the following: • Collecting email addresses: For newsletters or lead magnets   • Driving book sales  • Generating leads: Gathering contact information for author events   • Promoting downloads: Offering free resources like eBooks

“The most remarkable accomplishment of Endless Staircase is the title-sequence, in which McIntosh, with unsparing precision, charts the divergent paths that he and his brother, who died in his thirties of a drug overdose, took.” -Tom Fink vhttps://rebrand.ly/myw3hgp #poems #poetry #PoetrySky

Man's flight through life is sustained by the power of his knowledge. —U.S. Air Force

Leveraging Social Media How might you leverage social media to engage potential readers? Define your reader. Position yourself in their social media path. Engage them. It's that easy. It's that difficult.

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How do you feel when followers ... -leave you a 5-star review? -share your blog post or tweet? -recommend their friends subscribe to your newsletter? As an author, you'll want to acknowledge any of these.

Happy #Caturday

Leveraging Social Media How might you leverage social media to join with like-genre authors? Follow and engage those authors. Create an event and invite them to join you. Your event could be a joint promotion, a virtual event, a local charity event, etc.

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