Comments on: 9 Ways to Help You Find Your Readers Part II

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 10:30:46 +0000

In reply to @SylviaHubbard1. :D

By: @SylviaHubbard1

@SylviaHubbard1 — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:41:22 +0000

In reply to Sacha Black. i absolutely enjoyed your site Sacha!

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:18:22 +0000

In reply to @SylviaHubbard1. thanks so much for the share :D

By: @SylviaHubbard1

@SylviaHubbard1 — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 20:33:01 +0000

Reblogged this on Motown Writers Network . . . Michigan Literary Network.

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 20:06:14 +0000

Thanks so much David 😀

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:46:32 +0000

In reply to LUCY. Glad you liked it, thanks for reading :D

By: LUCY

LUCY — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:04:20 +0000

your report was very informative Sacha thank you

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:30:02 +0000

In reply to Charli Mills.

Hi Charli,

sorry for the delay, a long comment deserves a good reply, so I wanted to sit down when I had the time to reply properly.

First up I agree – A writer’s platform isn’t synonymous but a lot of the time it is one of the largest components. I tend to see my platform as everything I do, including like you say, my brand. But I guess for a lot of writers, they only blog, or only have one social media account, so it ends up being almost solely their platform.

I didn’t realise that my blog had a writer audience until I started learning about marketing – now I know better and know I am starting from zero when it comes to my fiction unfortunately. But at least I know that. I have plans to create a new website solely for my fiction and like you say, it will be more static, I will create ‘reader’ oriented stuff and focus on driving readers to my email subscriber list (which will be different to Sacha Black’s) because it will be focused on that audience.

It sounds like I am on the right track – I found myself nodding along to everything you were saying – I am completely aware that I have to find a new audience, and the reason I haven’t set up that ‘author’ website is because my book isn’t finished as you say. The other thing which I haven’t really told anyone yet, is that I have no intention of publishing until I have finished more than one book in the series… Another marketing tactic. Once I publish and put a book out there, I want people to be hooked and have something else they can read after they finish…

I do love our chats Charli.

p.s. community is everything to me. I don’t think I would have completed any draft if it weren’t for the writers on here. I will ALWAYS blog, whether it sells books or not.

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 21:06:33 +0000

In reply to D. Wallace Peach. :)

By: Sacha Black

Sacha Black — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:51:41 +0000

In reply to Icy Sedgwick.

Soz for the delay but…. #life #manuscriptsToFinish!

Yes I agree – blog do pick up SOME readers – not denying that, but like you say, not any where close to what advertising does (sadly).

I agree – I tend to ignore the buy my book advertising. BUT I do have a few newsletter subscriptions to people I do like, and when they send an email saying they have a new book out, if I like it, I will buy it…

TOTALLY agree on the reviews though. 100%.