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Building a Memoir Writing Platform (Part 3)

by Kendra Bonnett on March 5, 2010

catnav-book-business-active-3Post #31 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Business – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

I wanted to continue working on my platform today by continuing my quest and asking another question. But a comment from Emma on my last blog has sidetracked me. I’m not complaining because it’s a good question. Here’s what she wrote:

“Kendra,
Thanks for demystifying this platform building process. I look forward to the rest of the posts. You say to buy a domain and use Wordpress on it. I don’t feel that committed yet and live on a shoe string budget. Would it work to use a free site on Wordpress or Blogger?”

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Building a Memoir Writing Platform: What Is Your Message? (Part 2)

by Kendra BonnettFebruary 28, 2010
Building a Memoir Writing Platform: What Is Your Message? (Part 2)

Our series continues as we take you through the process of finding a platform for your memoir writing. We start with asking the who, what, where, when, why and how questions. Once we identify our platform, we need to put in place a marketing strategy and selling tactics.

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Building a Memoir Writing Platform: What Is Your Message? (Part 1)

by Kendra BonnettFebruary 27, 2010
Building a Memoir Writing Platform: What Is Your Message? (Part 1)

What’s your memoir writing platform? You may as well start by asking yourself, What is the message of your book? This is the second in a multi-part series designed to help you create a platform for marketing and selling your book.

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Marketing Your Memoir…All For the Sake of Cheap Lobster

by Kendra BonnettFebruary 21, 2010
Marketing Your Memoir…All For the Sake of Cheap Lobster

As authors, writing our memoir is only half our our job. The other half is marketing and selling our book because these days few publishers will help you. You need a marketing strategy in order to create a set of sales tactics. This is the first in a series designed to help you market (and sell) your book. Let’s start at the beginning.

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You Already Have Readers for Your Memoir

by Matilda ButlerFebruary 20, 2010
You Already Have Readers for Your Memoir

Book Business: You already have the start of an audience for your memoir. You just need to understand about platforms.

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Helen Ginger Reports on “Getting Published” Panel

by Kendra BonnettFebruary 12, 2010
Helen Ginger Reports on “Getting Published” Panel

We enjoyed such a positive experience on the Story Circle Network conference panel “Getting Published” that we asked panel moderator Helen Ginger to summarize the advice. This was a powerful panel, full of great ideas.

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More From Deep in the Heart of Memoirs: Story Circle Network’s Conference

by Matilda ButlerFebruary 8, 2010
More From Deep in the Heart of Memoirs: Story Circle Network’s Conference

Book Business: Five authors discuss Getting Published with moderator Helen Ginger. In this first part, Helen poses the question: Is the memoir genre on the right or the decline? Listen as the panel responds to Helen and to questions from the audience.

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