9 Strategies to BUILD and GROW Your Author Platform: A Step-by-Step Book Marketing Plan to Get More Exposure and Sales

by Shelley Hitz · 2014

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Are you looking for ways to build and grow your author platform without being pushy, begging, or coming off as desperate? If so, this book is for you.

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BUILD and GROW is a 9-step formula for marketing your books. This is the same system I have used to sell over 103,000 books since 2008 and grow my author platform to thousands of email subscribers and followers.

Within this book, you will learn these 9 strategies to build and grow your author platform and build a strong book marketing plan for long term success:

B - Bridge to Your Readers

U - Understand Your Target Audience

I - Invite

L - Link Together With Others

D - Deliver Amazingly Helpful Content

G - Give

R - Results

O - Offer

W - Write More Books

Join me as I lead you through this journey of building and growing YOUR author platform!

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