Create If Writing
Summary: Create If Writing is a weekly podcast for writers and bloggers dealing with authentic platform building online. You will hear from experts on list-building, connecting through Twitter, and how to utilize Facebook. But tools for building an audience would feel empty without a little inspiration, so these training episodes are balanced with inspirational interviews with writers who share their creative process, ups and downs, and how they have dealt with success or failure. Kirsten Oliphant is a self-published author with an MFA in Fiction who has been blogging for 11 years and is in the top 20 of Houston's Social Media Power Influencers. She has spoken at Blog Elevated, Houston Social Media Breakfast, Adventure Con, Houston Business Advancement Conference, and Social Media Day Houston. She created the Free Email Course and loves to get nerdy about all things email list.
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- Copyright: Create If Writing 2015
Podcasts:
Audio is booming, but audiobooks are more of a long game than a quick win. Find out why, plus all you need to know about getting started in 2020.
Creating a Facebook group isn't hard. Fostering community? MUCH harder. Learn how.
Apply the principles of writing to market to your already-finished work. Learn how to position your book in the market for better sales.
Even--maybe especially--in times of chaos and crisis, people need your voice. Your story. Your message. But you can't give if you're empty. Feed yourself, then feed others with your words and your creative work.
It's easier than you think to waste time and money on your book launch. STOP IT. Here's how.
Not all writers work the same way. This is also true of productivity. Learn how to be YOUR most productive self without comparing yourself to others.
Platform matters whether you are writing fiction or nonfiction, trying to publish traditionally or independently. Here's the skinny on setting up a basic author platform.
When authors share success stories publicly, it can be incredibly encouraging and provide a great resource for other authors. There is also a dark side to this. Namely: backlash from posting, misinformation or missing information in posts, copycats, and comparisonitis. Questions to ask before sharing your success and questions to ask before READING success stories.
Books don't sell themselves! Learn to create goals that sustain your sales and yourself.
Learn what the term writing to market means and how writing to trend is different, but falls underneath the term. Helpful for indie authors trying to sell more books!
When you build your author platform, YOU get to choose the relationship you have with your readers. If you don't do this well, you could be creating unhealthy patterns that come back to bite you in the... profits.
Hate marketing? Reframe the conversation. Simple ways to think about and actually DO marketing.
Get simple steps for marketing your book while you write and what things you should stop doing.
I wouldn't have thought it possible a year ago. But here we are. I walk you through the series I'm co-writing with a friend and how we got the first book DONE from idea to editor in less than a month.
Do you need a pen name? And how do you set it all up? Find out what authors need to know about writing under a pen name.
