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How Can Social Media Influencers Help Your Author Platform?
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1. How can social media influencers help your author platform?
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Just like you, they are trying to use social media as a means to connect with their followers. And, they will do their best to interact with them because these people fuel their enterprise.
Also, remember that these top brands are on social media to promote, market, increase brand awareness, etc. You can learn various lessons form them.
For more details, here’s a list of benefits you can get form following and interacting with these top brands:
2. Why should you follow the top social media influencers?
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3. You can learn from the veterans of the field
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Producing relevant content for the followers is on the top influencers’ to-do list. This means that they basically feed you with crucial information that will get you to improve various aspects fo your platform.
• Self-publishing tips If you’re looking to find effective and efficient ways to publish, authors such as Joanna Penn and Jane Friedman can teach you about the self-publishing industry in this digital age – what to do and how to do it yourself. They also provide writing and marketing advice.
• Marketing as a strong suit Gary Vaynerchuck, Ted coine, and Aaron Lee are a few of the people who are known for their social media marketing skills. These people will give you a number of tips and tricks on their area of expertise. Jeff Bullas is an expert on content marketing – building relationship with the audience.
3. You can learn from the veterans of the field.
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4. It keeps you up-to-date with the latest trends.
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The top influencers have reached their spots for a reason. If what they were saying was bogus, they wouldn’t tip the popularity scale. They have amassed audience by regularly providing them with relevant, up-to-date, and effective content.
Following the latest trends will give you an edge in the publishing industry. You will know what the market is craving for. However, it doesn’t mean you should do the same tactics that your competitors are doing. If you want to be noticed, you should strive to stand out.
4. It keeps you up-to-date with the latest trends.
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5. You can gain acquaintances, or better yet, friends.
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The Alliance of Independent Authors is dedicated to help authors in their endeavors – from writing to publishing and marketing. If you follow their updates, you will know that they hold conferences. Yes, it’s kind of like ComicCon. But, it’s for self-published authors and aspiring ones.
CJ Lyons, Rachel Abbott, Steena Holmes, Mark McGuinness, and Nick Stephenson were part of the “self-publishing advice panel” for the IndieRecon 2015 event.
Conferences and bookfests are great venues to mingle with readers and your co-authors. These provide great opportunities to promote your book. As you gain more friends, you gain more opportunities to increase your readership. When authors introduce your book to their followers, don’t forget to introduce their books to your readers too.
5. You can gain acquaintances, or better yet, friends.
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6. It helps you gain a horde of followers.
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In a nutshell, following the influential people on social media ultimately leads to the betterment of your brand, which gets you the minions that you need.
• Executing the marketing techniques you learned from these influencers will help you reach your audiences. Improving your strategies will finally get you the attention you deserve.
• Knowing what to publish on your social media accounts, plus knowing the latest trends and news in the publishing industry will get you to publish content that your target audience hungers for.
• Don’t you want to know the latest book festivals, conferences, and events? Again, these provide opportunities to mingle with readers and co-authors. Getting to know these authors personally might lead them to endorse your books to their followers as well.
6. It helps you gain a horde of followers.
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Listen to what Master Yoda has to say. He believes in you. So, don’t disappoint. Do your best. And, may the force be with you.
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