Get Known Before the Book Deal - Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform
In today's publishing world, to land a book deal, an author must have a platform to attract the interest of agents and editors.
An author's platform is all the ways the author is visible.
Platform development is important not only for authors, but it's also crucial for aspiring and soon-to-be authors.
So how does an author develop a platform? The answer is provided in "Get Known Before The Book Deal: Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform" by Christina Katz.
Katz provides a step-by-step approach to creating, growing, and nurturing a platform.
She provides many strategies and methods for self-promotion, the purpose of your platform, and shares plenty of examples.
Most likely, every author will not do every thing listed in this book, but if you want to be a successful author, you will do many of them.
Part one covers topics such as becoming visible and determining where you are.
It explains why you need to develop your platform.
Katz provides tips about niche development and audience identification.
Part two focuses on your platform set.
Things like connecting with others, volunteering, teaching, making appearances and hosting things are covered, all with the focus of getting people to know you so you will be able to show agents and editors you have a following and can sell books.
She also discusses getting articles in print.
Part three is about platform growth and teaches you about your name and identity.
Advice on signing off, building your bio, being camera friendly, and getting testimonials are covered.
Learn how to use your website and social networking sites to build your platform.
This is a great addition to any writer's bookshelf.
If you want to make a career of writing, you will need to incorporate many of the ideas Katz outlines in this text.
Having a strategy to develop your platform just may mean the difference in getting your book published or not.
She not only teaches how to become more visible, but teaches how to cultivate visibility from scratch.
I recommend "Get Known Before the Book Deal" to anyone who wants to become more visible and develop a platform.
An author's platform is all the ways the author is visible.
Platform development is important not only for authors, but it's also crucial for aspiring and soon-to-be authors.
So how does an author develop a platform? The answer is provided in "Get Known Before The Book Deal: Use Your Personal Strengths to Grow an Author Platform" by Christina Katz.
Katz provides a step-by-step approach to creating, growing, and nurturing a platform.
She provides many strategies and methods for self-promotion, the purpose of your platform, and shares plenty of examples.
Most likely, every author will not do every thing listed in this book, but if you want to be a successful author, you will do many of them.
Part one covers topics such as becoming visible and determining where you are.
It explains why you need to develop your platform.
Katz provides tips about niche development and audience identification.
Part two focuses on your platform set.
Things like connecting with others, volunteering, teaching, making appearances and hosting things are covered, all with the focus of getting people to know you so you will be able to show agents and editors you have a following and can sell books.
She also discusses getting articles in print.
Part three is about platform growth and teaches you about your name and identity.
Advice on signing off, building your bio, being camera friendly, and getting testimonials are covered.
Learn how to use your website and social networking sites to build your platform.
This is a great addition to any writer's bookshelf.
If you want to make a career of writing, you will need to incorporate many of the ideas Katz outlines in this text.
Having a strategy to develop your platform just may mean the difference in getting your book published or not.
She not only teaches how to become more visible, but teaches how to cultivate visibility from scratch.
I recommend "Get Known Before the Book Deal" to anyone who wants to become more visible and develop a platform.
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