Platform Handout - with Creating Platfor

Non-fiction:

1) Tim Ferriss:
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/06/how-does-a-bestseller-happen-a-c... times/ &
www.timferriss.com
2) James Baraz and Shoshana Alexander – Successful online Workshop

www.awakeningjoy.info


3) Pamela Slim – Escape from the Cubicle Nation – From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur – (From blog to book)
www.escapefromcubiclenation.com


Memoirs:
1) Soulshaping by Jeff Brown – (Recently on Good Morning America)

http://soulshaping.com
www.facebook.com/jeffbrown

2) Semi-autobiographical and Non-fiction:
Scott Blum – Waiting for Autumn –
www. scottblum.com

3) Madisyn Taylor – DailyOM: Learning to Live
www.daily.com
(Email List of over 1 million people)
4) Novelist/memoirist – Abraham Vergese – Cutting for Stone
www.verghese.com
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100201/NEWS/2010309...

Fiction:
Free podcasts of books:
1) www.scottsigler.com
2) www.jhutchins.com

Publishers with Creative Marketing supporting Writer’s Platforms:
1) Harper Collins – www.harpercollins.com
2) Hay House – www.hayhouse.com


Platform Support Materials: Reasonable Business Cards, Post cards, Bookmarks, Products
1) www.PsPprint.com
2) www.vistaprint.com
3) www.cafepress.com

Reasonable Website Domain Names and web hosting:
1) www.godaddy.com
2) www.hostgator.com
Email list managers:
1) aweber - www.aweber.com
2) Constant Contact – www.constantcontact.com
Website Statistics:
1) Best – Google Analytics – (download)
Stock Photos for websites and blogs:
1) www.istockphotos.com (small fee)
2) Microsoft Clip Art – http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc-en-us
a. Free
Free surveys:
1) http://www.surveymonkey.com

Internet Marketing:
1) Local Internet Marketing Group, Ashland Public Library – 3rd Thursday, 4:30PM to 6:30PM, $5 or $10 donation;
“Plug Your Book – Online Book Marketing for Authors” by Steve Weber

Blogging:
1) Wordpress
www.wordpress.com

2) www.blogger.com
Social Media:
1) Facebook
2) Twitter
3) Linked In
Video:
1) YouTube
www.youtube.com
2) Vimeo
www.vimeo.com
Speaking:
1) Toastmasters

2) “Be Heard Now” by Lee Glickstein and his website:
www.speakingcircles.com

Teleseminars:
1) Free voice mail and reasonable webinars too:
www.freeconferencecall.com

2) Paid interactive service
www.maestroconference.com

3) Teleseminar Announcer

http://seminarannouncer.com/

Free Audio for Podcasts:
1) Lets you call into a phone number and create your message
www.Audiogenerator.com
2) Free audio recording and editing software:
www.Audacity.com
3) Fee-based audio and video podcasting service for blogs:
http://www.hipcast.com

Writing Articles: Post articles for use by websites, ezines and blogs:
1) http://amazines.com

2) http://ezinearticles.com

Publicity: Interview Prep
1) “Sell Yourself without Selling Your Soul” by Susan Harrow
Sharing Your Experience with the Media:
1) Helpareporter.com
2) Profnet:
https://profnet.prnewswire.com
3) Fee-based Services: PR Web (also good for looking at press releases)
www.prweb.com
4) Pr Leads
http://prleads.com
Book Promotion:
1) Book Tour (List book tours):
http://booktour.com
2) Connecting authors and book clubs:
ReadingGroupCenter.com
Support for Introverts: (and their platforms for examples)
1) Marti Olsen Laney, PsyD –
http://www.theintrovertchallenge.com/index.html
2) C. Hope Clark (“The Shy Writer”)
http://www.fundsforwriters.com/theshywriter.htm

Alyssa Lukara: [phone]
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