{"id":3319,"date":"2012-04-19T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allandouglas.com\/blog\/?p=3319"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:41","slug":"review-building-an-author-platform-that-can-launch-anything-a-social-media-minibook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/review-building-an-author-platform-that-can-launch-anything-a-social-media-minibook\/","title":{"rendered":"Review Building an Author Platform that can Launch Anything: a Social Media Minibook."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"author,Building an Author Platform that can Launch Anything: a Social Media Minibook, <\/strong>by Toby Neal, <\/strong>is a concise yet information packed mini-book that gives straight-forward advice for authors on how to build an author platform (writer-speak for a system of marketing and promotional tools) that will build readership and excitement for both the author and their book.\u00a0 The end result: sales!<\/p>\n

Book Description:<\/h2>\n

Effective steps to building an author platform that can take advantage of free programs and launch any book into visibility and better sales.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Self published or not, today\u2019s authors have to develop their own \u201cplatform\u201d for reaching book buyers. This power-packed booklet contains tips based on author Toby Neal\u2019s sales and psychology background and experience with her bestselling crime novel, Blood Orchids. These secrets maximize social media to build an author platform that can bring fast, wide-ranging visibility and increased sales to any book. \u00a0<\/p>\n

My Reaction:<\/h2>\n

Ms. Neal adapts techniques used by motivational speakers, therapists and top sales reps to engage their clients and build enthusiasm.\u00a0 Among these are PIF, AV and TQ.\u00a0 Don\u2019t know what those acronyms are for \u2013 you need this book!\u00a0 As she explains her technique Ms. Neal uses actual figures, real names, and genuine results.\u00a0 She doesn\u2019t just say, \u201cfind someone\u201d, she tells you who to look for.<\/p>\n

\"novel,<\/a>There are a lot of people trying to sell books and programs on promoting your book, what makes this one different? \u00a0For one thing Toby Neal succeeded in getting her debut crime novel Blood Orchids<\/em><\/strong><\/a> into the number one Kindle Free spot on Amazon and keeping it there for over two days with 45,000 downloads after only one week of planning and advance notice.\u00a0 The book has continued to do well, making it well within the top 100 as a paid book.\u00a0 Now, her Lei Crime Series<\/em> is being shopped to major publishers.\u00a0 She did all that using the exact method she describes for you in this book.<\/p>\n

This is a short book because Toby does not waste time talking in circles or hitting the same point over and over as some do to fill pages.\u00a0 She does not give you a step-by-step tutorial on how to set up a Twitter account, for example, but she does tell you why you should and how to make the most of it.<\/p>\n

If you are writing a book, or considering writing a book, you need to read this book before you finish yours.\u00a0 If you have finished and are disappointed in the sales, you too can learn a lot from this dynamic writer.\u00a0 Since it\u2019s priced at less than a cup of coffee and will take only a few minutes to read through the first time (you will be looking back at this one frequently, I promise) it is a very small investment in the success of your novel.<\/p>\n

About Toby Neal<\/h2>\n

\"author,<\/a>Toby Neal was raised on Kauai in Hawaii. She wrote and illustrated her first story at age 5, has been published in magazines and won several writing contests. After initially majoring in Journalism, she eventually settled on mental health as a career and loves her work, saying, \u201cI\u2019m endlessly fascinated with people\u2019s stories.\u201d She enjoys many outdoor sports including bodyboarding, scuba diving, beach walking, gardening and hiking. She lives in Hawaii with her family and dogs. Toby credits her counseling background in adding depth to her characters\u2013from the villains to Lei Texeira, the courageous and vulnerable heroine in the Lei Crime Series.<\/p>\n

Toby\u2019s latest novel, Blood Orchids, is available as an eBook and in paperback from Amazon, Barnes & Noble<\/a> and Smashwords.\u00a0 To learn more about Toby and her books, visit her wonderful blog: Toby Neal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Building an Author Platform that can Launch Anything: a Social Media Minibook, by Toby Neal, is a concise yet information packed mini-book that gives straight-forward advice for authors on how to build an author platform (writer-speak for a system of marketing and promotional tools) that will build readership and excitement for both the author and … Continue reading “Review Building an Author Platform that can Launch Anything: a Social Media Minibook.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3,30,16,14],"class_list":["post-3319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share-the-love","tag-books","tag-networking","tag-promotion","tag-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20842,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3319\/revisions\/20842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}