How To Build Your Author Platform

by Paul Teague, P. Teague

The Step-By-Step, Jargon Free Guide: How To Build Your Author Platform, by Paul Teague. Why Do Writers Need An Author Platform? All writers need an author platform, but creating one can be expensive, confusing and time consuming! Your author platform should include, at the very least, a blog or website and some key social media channels. But where do you begin if web work is completely new to you or if you're running on a very low budget? These days all publishers expect you to have a ready-made author platform, it's proof that there is an audience hungry to read your books. If you're a self-published, you'll already know that your author platform is your primary marketing vehicle, without it your books are unlikely to find many readers. How Will This Book Help? Social and digital marketer Paul Teague has written this comprehensive guide specifically for all authors who need to get their author platform set up quickly, cheaply and without a lot of geeky and confusing technical language. Paul cuts straight to the chase, telling you exactly what you need to get set up and how to do it. Not only does he explain why you need to do certain key activities, in clear, step-by-step screenshots he also shows you exactly how. What's In The Book? In this detailed guide, author Paul Teague explains to build your essential author platform using: Wordpress Facebook Twitter Email Marketing For each topic he'll guide you through every step required to set up the platform components, using mainly free resources (though note, it's always recommended that you use paid hosting services for your blog or website). By following the information in this book, you will be able to set up each element of your own author platform and soon be able to release the massive marketing power that comes from knowing how to do things correctly online. How To Build Your Author Platform is the ultimate guide to creating and running your own author platform, it's packed with information, hints, tips and recommendations targeted at all authors, whether traditionally or self-published.

568 pages, Paperback

First published July 14, 2015

About the author

Hi, I'm Paul Teague, the author of The Secret Bunker Trilogy, The Grid Trilogy and the standalone novel, Deleted.

I'm a former broadcaster and journalist with the BBC, but I have also worked as a primary school teacher, a disc jockey, a shopkeeper, a waiter and a sales rep.

If you love stories like The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Divergent, Running Man and The Giver then you’ll enjoy my sci-fi and dystopian stories.

The Secret Bunker Trilogy was inspired by a family visit to a remarkable, real-life secret bunker at Troywood, Fife, known as ‘Scotland’s Secret Bunker’.

It paints a picture of a planet in crisis and is a fast-paced story with lots of twists and turns, all told through the voice of Dan Tracy who stumbles into an amazing and haradous adventure.

The Grid Trilogy takes place in a future world where everything has gone to ruin.

Joe Parsons must fight for survival in the gamified Grid, from which no person has ever escpaed with their life.

The standalone novel Deleted bridges the worlds of The Secret Bunker and The Grid, revealing what happens between Regeneration and Fall of Justice.

It depicts the world as we know it falling under a dark and sinister force - things will never be the same again.

I love dystopian fiction so writing these books has been a great opportunity to finally come up with my own vision of a future world where things are going haywire.

The Secret Bunker website can be found at: https://thesecretbunker.net/

The Grid website can be found at: https://thegridtrilogy.com/

I also write fast-moving and action packed psychological thrillers under the uathor name Paul J. Teague.

You can find out more about those books at: https://paulteague.net/

Reviews

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book very well written and has some great tips and information to help any budding author. It is easy to read and easy to follow.