{"id":1088,"date":"2011-02-21T05:48:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T13:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2011-02-21T05:48:33","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T13:48:33","slug":"let-me-help-you-develop-a-powerhouse-author%e2%80%99s-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=1088","title":{"rendered":"Let Me Help You Develop a Powerhouse Author\u2019s Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

There seems to be quite a bit of interest in my newest course\u2014Establish Your Author\u2019s Platform<\/strong>. And this is as it should be. Authors, in this highly competitive publishing environment, MUST have a solid platform in order to experience success with their published books. <\/p>\n

What happens if you don\u2019t have a platform?
\n\u2022\tYour potential readers won\u2019t know about you or your book.<\/p>\n

\u2022\tWhen someone finds out about your book, they may not consider you credible and will not purchase it.<\/p>\n

\u2022\tYour attempts at promotion will fizzle.<\/p>\n

\u2022\tYour book will fail.<\/p>\n

\u2022\tYou will lose money.<\/p>\n

Now that\u2019s a grim prediction, but an accurate one. Think about it, if you don\u2019t have a following or a way of attracting readers, who is going to know about your book and buy it? If you do not continuously work to build your credibility in your field or genre, who will learn about you and want to read your book? If you keep yourself and your book hidden from the public eye, how will people find it? Here are the facts:<\/p>\n

\u2022\tMost of you have a platform, but you need help in recognizing it. Through this course, you will discover it. <\/p>\n

\u2022\tThere are tons of things you can and should do in order to strengthen your platform\u2014to build it into a powerhouse platform. This course will help you do that.<\/p>\n

\u2022\tFew of you know how to present yourself even when you have an impressive platform. You will learn valuable techniques through this course.<\/p>\n

An author without a platform is like a merchant without a storefront or a play without actors. You may have a good book, but no way to entice your audience.<\/p>\n

If you are planning a book, you should already be taking steps to build your platform. If you have a published book, and it is pretty much at a standstill, it is crucial that you get going on establishing and building a stronger platform immediately. Even if your book is a year or more old, if it isn\u2019t selling as well as you think it should, perhaps your platform is lacking.<\/p>\n

If you need help with your stalled book or if you are in the writing stages of a new book, consider signing up for my newest course and let me show you how to Establish Your Author\u2019s Platform. http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/course_platform.htm<\/a> <\/p>\n

Questions? PLFry620@yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There seems to be quite a bit of interest in my newest course\u2014Establish Your Author\u2019s Platform. And this is as it should be. Authors, in this highly competitive publishing environment, MUST have a solid platform in order to experience success with their published books. What happens if you don\u2019t have a platform? \u2022 Your potential […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t