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Using Social Media for Kidlit Authors
Using Social Media for Kidlit Authors
Learn how to use social media to share your book with readers everywhere!
Using social media to promote yourself and your children's book is a great way to find readers, but it can be intimidating when you're first starting out. What platforms should you use? When should you post? What should you post?
Get the answers to all your questions inside this Social Media Marketing mini-course made exclusively for children's book authors.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN...
- The benefits of using social media as an author and what platforms are best for you to use as an author
- What to post and how to start building a loyal following of readers
- How to use social media to help readers learn about your book before, during, and after it launches
WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE...
- Video lesson on How to Use Social Media for Children's Book Writers
- Fillable PDF companion workbook
- Fillable PDF Social Media Brand Profile to help you develop your social media pages before you publish your first profile
- 18 Social Media Post Idea prompts to help you brainstorm content to share each month
- Undated Monthly Social Media Calendar
- 5 posts to help your followers get to know more about you and your writing journey
- 8 posts to help you promote your upcoming book launch and start collecting pre-orders
- 5 ongoing posts to share once you have a book out in the world
- 4 sample scripts to help you draft your posts for social media
- Author Hashtag Bank to help your posts get seen
- 16 Customizable social media templates for Facebook and Instagram (Story and Square size both included)
- New Book Announcement Template
- Book Teaser/Coming Soon Announcement Template
- Pre-Order Now Template
- TWO Launch Team/Coming Soon Announcement Templates
- Available Now Template
- TWO Available Now/Purchase Book Templates
- Lifetime Access to all course content
NOTE: To use the templates, you will need a Canva account. If you don't have one yet, create one here. It's free!
**Also found inside Kidlit Launch School.**
Who's the mini-course for?
The Using Social Media for Authors mini-course is for any writer who's feeling stuck on how to get started using social media to promote their children's book. This course will help you understand the reason to use social media, what platforms to post to, and what to post in order to help you connect with your core readers.
How soon after purchasing will you receive the course?
The Using Social Media for Authors mini-course will be delivered digitally, via the email address you provide at checkout. It should arrive within 5-10 minutes of your purchase. (At this time, it is only available in digital PDF format.)
This is an online course. Nothing physical will ship. Your course log in information will be sent to you via email within 5-10 minutes of making your purchase.
Please note: Our digital products are for personal use only. While you can use the fillable fields on your computer or print out the sheets yourself, you cannot share this with anyone else, make a copy, or use this for resale.