Jill Kemerer: Building an Author Platform Wore Me Out

I need a rest.

As soon as Panzer read this post at Jill Kemerer's blog, he knew he wasn't the only one drowning under the pressure of building his platform. He thought you might need some inspiration for your author platform building too. There are lots of suggestions for getting "out of your comfort zone" and expanding your platform.

Panzer says, "The main take-away point in the post for me is do one thing each day. I can handle that."

If you want to learn how to expand your author profile, tootle over to Jill Kemerer: Building an Author Platform Wore Me Out: Four score and seven years... Wait. How long have I been building that imaginary plywood stage called an author platform? A long, long t...

Anne R. Allen's Blog: 7 Ways Authors Waste Time "Building Platform" on S...

Whew!

Panzer was out in the Catosphere today looking for something besides marketing ideas. He has spent so much time over the last few months trying to build his author platform!

Well guess what he found. The ultimate anti-platform guide by Anne R. Allen. He read it over and then insisted I read it. Now he wants you to read it.

Whew! Facebook? Twitter? Tumblr? Nah. Now we can rest and get back to writing our next book.

If you want to know if building your platform is worth it, tootle over to Anne R. Allen's Blog: 7 Ways Authors Waste Time "Building Platform" on S...: Authors are getting hammered with more and more demands on our time. We get escalating pressure to blog more! tweet more!! send more newsl...

Karen Woodward: What Is A Writer's Platform?

Panzer likes stopping in at Karen Woodward's blog every once in a while to see what she's up to.

Karen is writing a series about building your writer platform. This post centers on what your platform is made up of. It includes the usual, Facebook, Twitter, etc; but also includes audio and video. As you already know, Panzer plans to add audio and video to his platform. You'll also find some useful links included in this post.

So ... tootle on over to  Karen Woodward: What Is A Writer's Platform?: This is the first post in a series on the subject of creating a writing platform.  This is how I think of a writer's platform: A writ...

2012writersALIVE: Warren Bull and Heartland

Hmmm. I could do that.

Panzer found the 2012 Writers Alive blog. You know how my bad boy likes free things. Well this blog has free author interviews available as podcasts.
 
If you happen to be an author (hint, hint), at the top of the blog are the instructions to apply to be interviewed. So, if you're ready to hit the podcasting arena, this is the place to start. Podcasting makes a great addition to your author platform, too.

Panzer wants you to  tootle over to  2012writersALIVE: Warren Bull and Heartland: and listen to the interview with author Warren Bull.

Your Author Platform According to Elizabeth Craig

Panzer has been searching the Catosphere looking for ebook marketing ideas.

He's got some of the same questions you have about book promotion. Wondering what an Author Platform is? Wondering how to set one up? Wondering if he even needs one? And, finally, wondering how much he really needs to do to have one?

Well ...

According to author Elizabeth Craig, not as much as he thought. She breaks setting up an Author Platform into four steps.

Panzer discovered he has most of it already done. He didn't even know he was building an Author Platform when he was doing it!

So, tootle on over to Author Services At The Bistro and read Guest Author Elizabeth Craig and her writing tips and see if you already built your Platform.