{"id":415,"date":"2013-07-28T03:22:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T07:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?p=415"},"modified":"2021-12-06T10:28:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T15:28:56","slug":"personal-branding-crucial-for-author-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/personal-branding-crucial-for-author-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Branding Crucial for Author Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The key to effectively developing name recognition, selling more books, and branding yourself, as noted authors have done, is to develop a marketing plan and stick with it.<\/p>\n<p>By getting people to recognize your products and associate them with your name and face, you can create a powerful revenue generation mechanism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=writing%20a%20book&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=rwlnfw-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks#\/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=personal+branding&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Apersonal+branding\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-419\" title=\"Personal Branding Crucial for Author Success\" alt=\"Personal Branding Crucial for Author Success\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Robert-W-Lucas-edited1-227x300.jpg\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Robert-W-Lucas-edited1-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Robert-W-Lucas-edited1-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Robert-W-Lucas-edited1-378x500.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Try doing at least one thing per day to market yourself and\/or your products. More work is better and you must be consistent in your efforts to get the word out to others about what you do to others.<\/p>\n<p>Look at your calendar. What <a title=\"personal branding, personal marketing, branding strategies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=writing%20a%20book&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=rwlnfw-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks#\/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_26?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=book+marketing+for+authors&amp;sprefix=book+marketing+for+authors%2Cstripbooks%2C190&amp;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Abook+marketing+for+authors\">book marketing strategies <\/a>do you have listed each day? If the answer is none, then you are not likely a successful writer.\u00a0 You can be the best writer or most authoritative person in your topic area. However, if you simply sit in front of your computer and write all the time without letting others know what you are doing, no one will know who you are or the value of your work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The key to effectively developing name recognition, selling more books, and branding yourself, as noted authors have done, is to develop a marketing plan and stick with it. 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