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The 5 Baby-Step Platform Building Process

The 5 Baby-Step Platform Building Process

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Nov 4, 2020 | Author Websites, Platform, Strategy

New authors can implement these important baby steps to strengthen their career development right now. Learn to walk before you run.

How to Build a Rejection-Proof Platform Q&A

How to Build a Rejection-Proof Platform Q&A

by Novel Marketing | Oct 28, 2020 | Independent Publishing, Platform, Traditional Publishing

15 answers to your questions about building an author platform.

How to Create an Email Onboarding Drip Campaign

How to Create an Email Onboarding Drip Campaign

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Sep 23, 2020 | Email Marketing, Promotion, Strategy

Six steps to creating an email sequence that will help your subscribers get to know, like, and trust you.

How to Pick the Right Email Marketing Service for You

How to Pick the Right Email Marketing Service for You

by Novel Marketing | Aug 26, 2020 | Email Marketing, Promotion

Find out which email service provider is right for you and your platform.

8 Tools to Help Authors Get More Email Subscribers

8 Tools to Help Authors Get More Email Subscribers

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jun 22, 2020 | Email Marketing, Platform

Grow your author email list with these 8 powerful tools.

How Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith Grew Her Email List by 23k Using a Reader Quiz

How Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith Grew Her Email List by 23k Using a Reader Quiz

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jan 20, 2020 | Email Marketing, Platform, Promotion

Learn how Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith used an online quiz to add 23,000 new email addresses to her list in one year without spending money on advertising.

How to Create a Landing Page

How to Create a Landing Page

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Aug 19, 2019 | Author Websites, Email Marketing, Platform

Eight tips and tools for creating effective landing pages that will build your email list and your connection to your readers.

How to Grow Your Email List With Book Sweeps

How to Grow Your Email List With Book Sweeps

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Feb 18, 2019 | Email Marketing, Platform, Promotion

Authors learn how to build an email list without breaking the bank, and how to build a relationship with their new subscribers.

How to Maintain Your Platform In-Between Books

How to Maintain Your Platform In-Between Books

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jan 8, 2019 | Email Marketing, Platform, Promotion, Social Media

How to Maintain Your Platform In-Between Books

145 – How to Create a Reader (Lead) Magnet

145 – How to Create a Reader (Lead) Magnet

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 10, 2018 | Author Websites, Email Marketing, Platform, Promotion

A reader magnet is a prize your readers get in exchange for giving you their email. They can dramatically improve how fast your email list grows.

How to Maintain Your Platform In-Between Books

138 – GDPR for American Authors?

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 22, 2018 | Author Websites, Email Marketing, Platform, Promotion

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Stitcher | Podcast Index | TuneIn | RSS | MoreLinks: Did Thanos Kill Me? The Creative Funding Show Iubenda (Affiliate link) Let’s talk about GDPR: First off, we are not...
Why American Authors Don’t Need to Worry About GDPR

Why American Authors Don’t Need to Worry About GDPR

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 21, 2018 | News

Learn what GDPR is, why Americans don’t need to worry about it, and why you may want to follow it anyway. TL;DR: The EU is not the government of the world and it can’t force Americans to do anything. But you should follow some of the regulations anyway.

131 – How to Increase Your Email Delivery

131 – How to Increase Your Email Delivery

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Apr 5, 2018 | Email Marketing, Promotion

Email is the most powerful tool for selling books. But it only works if your emails arrive in reader’s inboxes successfully.

129 – How to Build an Email List Before Your First Book Comes Out Using Short Stories

129 – How to Build an Email List Before Your First Book Comes Out Using Short Stories

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Mar 20, 2018 | Email Marketing, Platform

Are you putting the cart before the horse? Learn how to build your email list before your book comes out by writing short stories.

How to Maintain Your Platform In-Between Books

121 – Email Marketing for Humans with Bryan Cohen

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jan 23, 2018 | Email Marketing, Promotion

Email Marketing is the #1 tool for driving book sales. In this episode we talk with Bryan Cohan about how to craft the kinds of emails that readers want to see.

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