A presentation that we participated in about Indie Publishing. We specifically talked about how to use a blog to build an author's platform.

1. 10 Tips for
Building
Your Author’s
Platform

2. 1. Your brand is key to building
your platform. Think about that first.

5. 2. A blog is a great way
to build your platform
and audience.

6. 3. Find your niche.

7. 4. Start building
an audience
early - before
your book is
published.

10. 5. A small, but engaged
audience is better than
10,000 disinterested people.

12. 6. Blog consistently,
with rich, frequently
updated content —
and stay within your
brand niche.

14. 7. Choose your
photo carefully and
use the same one
everywhere.

15. 8. Make it easy for
readers to
communicate with
you and other
readers.

16. 9. Make it easy for your
readers to share your content
in their social networks.

17. 10. Make your author bio
reflect your brand and be
sure your
readers know
how to
contact you.