Do you blog about your work in progress so potential readers
can learn about your book; creating desire to purchase and read it.
It is easier to let readers know what to expect if you keep
them informed about the progress, a hint about the subject, and a possible availability
date.
Blogging about your work in progress is not about hype, but a journey with your followers, capturing new followers, and growing your list of potential readers organically, the only way to grow a real list of followers.
Building a growing list of legitimate followers over time is
part of marking and promoting your book to people who read. You are trying to
grow interest in what you do, write.
Unfortunately, social media is becoming a den of iniquity
with people on almost every platform wanting to sell you followers.
When or if an agent searches you on Google, is he going to
see real followers, or is he going to see fake followers, which will be a detriment
to your reputation?
There are no short cuts to building a following; it requires
work and time to establish a following organically.
Even working with traditional publishers, authors need to
market and promote their work. What better way than building a following or
people waiting for your book.
All authors need some type of platform for building a
following of readers following along the journey from concept to publication.
The point is to build a large list of potential purchasers
and readers for your book. One way to do this is by blogging. Another is with
an author’s page, a website, or some other platform used for building a
following for your books.
For any author to succeed in publishing books, authors need
to publicize their books, find readers, promote the book, marketing the book,
and schedule signings.
As an author, blogging about your book’s progress is a way
to engage readers to follow you, while they learn more about your book, and
when they will be able to purchase a copy.
Author
Robert Medak
Freelance Writer, Blogger, Editor, Proofreader, and Reviewer learning ethical Marketing
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Robert Medak
Freelance Writer, Blogger, Editor, Proofreader, and Reviewer learning ethical Marketing
follow the author at http://xeeme.com/RobertMedak
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1 comment:
I like this article and will begin blogging more. I understand now about building an authentic following/audience. Thanks Robert. Kharis Macey
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