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With the epic growth of indie publishing, many authors find themselves struggling with how to differentiate their work and their brand in a sea of similar books. This presents a marketing challenge that can be difficult to overcome\u2014impacting everything from the choice of cover design to deciding how to target digital advertising. In this post, we\u2019ll look at using personal branding to bridge marketing gaps and build a loyal audience, practically on autopilot.<\/p>\n

MAKING MARKETING EASIER<\/h2>\n

Of all the challenges facing authors, marketing may be the biggest. It\u2019s intimidating and time consuming. It\u2019s so multi-faceted that it gets confusing. In general, marketing is a huge pain in the \u2026 end matter.<\/p>\n

One way to make marketing just a bit easier, though, is to put some time and energy into building a personal brand.<\/p>\n

Just like Nike and Starbucks, you (as an author) are a business. You may be a company of one for a large portion of your career, but the mechanics of your business are essentially the same. You create a product (books) and you have a target market (readers), and to reach your customers you need to market your work. And, like Nike and Starbucks, you can use branding to help shortcut the marketing process.<\/p>\n

To put it succinctly: Developing a personal brand will allow you to do some of your marketing by default. Establishing the \u201cwho\u201d of your author business makes you recognizable, and being recognizable makes you more attractive to your potential readers.<\/p>\n

So how do we build a personal brand? First, let\u2019s take a look at what we mean by \u2018branding.\u2019<\/p>\n

SO, WHAT IS BRANDING, ANYWAY?<\/h2>\n

We encounter branding all the time, usually on a large scale. Nike, Netflix, Starbucks, Target\u2014these are some of the more familiar brands, and when you think about them it\u2019s a sure bet you have some sort of personal reaction. You may love or hate any given name on the list above, but you\u2019ve heard of them. They\u2019re familiar.<\/p>\n

And chances are, because of this familiarity, you might tend to trust their products and services over a brand you\u2019ve never heard of.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how humans work: We gravitate toward the familiar. <\/b><\/p>\n

Call it a hardwired instinct. At some point in our genetic history we learned that familiar things are usually better than unfamiliar things. Sticking to the same forests and hunting grounds means we know what to expect, we\u2019re ready for the challenges, because we\u2019ve seen it all before. We understand it. Venturing out into unknown wilderness means we\u2019re at risk, and we must use more resources to keep ourselves ready to face any challenges that arise.<\/p>\n

So, we have an instinct to stick to familiar turf, and savvy marketers leverage that instinct when it comes to branding. When we can make something as familiar to you as family, it removes several barriers to making a purchase. It increases the odds of success, which is what marketing is all about.<\/p>\n

As with a lot of things in the marketing work, if it works for large corporations it can be scaled down to work for you.<\/p>\n

Branding is About Relationships<\/h2>\n

In one of his Masterclass<\/a> lessons (Lesson 19: Marketing the Patterson Way<\/i>), James Patterson mentions that \u201cbizarrely\u201d there is a Harvard case study about him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think one of the things the professors found interesting,\u201d Patterson says, \u201cis that they can write about me as they write about Coca-Cola\u2014as a brand.\u201d<\/p>\n

And he\u2019s right. Of all the authors who regularly parade their work across the New York Times<\/i> Bestsellers List<\/i>, few are as immediately recognizable as James Patterson. Whether you\u2019re a fan of his work or not, if any author has a philosophy worth listening to, when it comes to personal branding, it\u2019s him.<\/p>\n

And his position on the subject is straightforward:<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, not that I know everything about brands, [but] here\u2019s what I think a brand is: A brand is a relationship between a product (or in this case, me) and the customers.<\/b> It\u2019s just a relationship.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This idea of \u201cbrand as relationship\u201d is a useful way to think about author branding, because it keeps in mind the importance of the customer\u2014your readers\u2014in how you approach your marketing, as well as your career.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at this in a practical example.<\/p>\n

The gold-standard advice that all indie authors get, essentially from day one, is \u201cbuild a mailing list.\u201d While it\u2019s true that not every successful author (indie or otherwise) falls back on a mailing list for promotion, it\u2019s a tool that has helped numerous authors go from obscurity to making a living with book royalties. And if you were to poll successful authors who use a mailing list as part of their marketing strategy, most would tell you that the best use of a mailing list is to engage with your audience on a personal level.<\/p>\n

This doesn\u2019t mean sharing overly personal information, or revealing the goings-on of your daily family life, but instead means that you use your mailing list for more than merely blasting an audience with sales pitches. Successful marketing with a newsletter involves techniques such as \u2018open loops,\u2019 which are meant to prompt readers to respond to your email to answer a question or provide feedback. Using questions or supplying writing samples or just being open to readers hitting \u2018reply\u2019 on your emails is a part of engagement, and makes your marketing feel more personal. That personal connection makes all the difference.<\/p>\n

Nurturing relationships in this way can be a great start for building yourself up as a brand, which makes you more relatable, memorable, and even attractive to your readers.<\/p>\n

Create a Tagline<\/h2>\n

\u201cJust Do it.\u201d \u201cHave a ____ and a Smile.\u201d \u201cHave it Your Way.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m Lovin\u2019 It.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chances are you can name the brand from all four of the above taglines. They\u2019re familiar to the point of being part of pop culture. They\u2019re also catchy\u2014short, quick, punchy bits of copy that stick with you, especially once you\u2019ve associated them with a brand or product you love.<\/p>\n

As authors, one thing we can do to help build a base of loyal readers is to make ourselves more memorable. A tagline can help.<\/p>\n

The origins of taglines are buried in history, but they\u2019re a time-honored tradition from the advertising and marketing world. In a sense, they\u2019re a bit like one-line poems\u2014catchy sayings that get the customer\u2019s attention and make them take notice. Humans love encountering clever sayings that sum up a concept or feeling or experience in just a few words.<\/p>\n

Taglines have helped propel brands into public consciousness for decades, and they can do the same for you. Not only should you have taglines for your books, to help in pitching your work to readers, but having a tagline for yourself, as an author, has its benefits, too. Being able to sum up the type of writer you are, and the type of books you write, in just a single line, can help win over a reader fast. It\u2019s the start of a beautiful relationship.<\/p>\n

The secret to a good tagline is to evoke emotion in the reader (or listener). You want to create associations for them, tell them the type of experience they\u2019ll have with your product (your books, in this case), and make the line so memorable that they\u2019ll keep the association top of mind any time they hear it or read it. You want a tagline that makes readers think of you, every time.<\/p>\n

Here are three tips for creating a tagline for yourself:<\/p>\n

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  1. Study other brand taglines to get a feel for them.<\/b> Pay close attention to taglines in commercials, print advertising, and movie posters. Gain a real appreciation for the art of these things. You\u2019ve heard and read them all your life, but there\u2019s a chance you\u2019ve never paid them much mind. The next time you encounter a tagline (even those in this post), give it some critical thought. Ask yourself why it sticks with you. Ask what memories or associations it triggers for you. Think about how it would change things to word the tagline differently. This is great practice for thinking terms of taglines for yourself and your work.<\/li>\n
  2. Write fifty taglines for yourself.<\/b> Yes, it can be tedious and time consuming, but it\u2019s a worthwhile exercise. In the ad industry, junior copywriters are often asked to write hundreds of tagline options for a single deliverable. Once they\u2019ve done that, they\u2019re asked to pick their ten best. And from those ten, they\u2019re asked to rank them from 1 (the most awesome) to 10 (the least awesome), then ditch all but the top three. Sound pointless? It feels that way, too\u2014until you find yourself trained to instantly recognize a good tagline when you see it. Over time, and with lots of practice, writing a tagline becomes second nature.<\/li>\n
  3. Keep it to 140 characters or less. <\/b>The beauty of Twitter is that it has trained millions of people to compress complex thoughts into short one-liners. That\u2019s good news for you, too. Because chances are you\u2019ll be able to use that power to boil the essence of your writing down to a single, catchy sentence. Placing limits on the length of your tagline will force you to be concise, and conciseness is the breeding ground of a catchy and memorable tagline. Set a limit\u2014140 characters, or five words, or a quarter-inch of screen space. Play around with getting to a shorter and shorter length with your 50 taglines above, and see what your brain comes up with.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Once you have a tagline, use it everywhere. Put it on your business cards, your website, your Facebook and Twitter profiles, and your email signatures. Say it to people any time they ask what you do, or what kind of books you write. Make that phrase synonymous with your work.<\/p>\n

    Be Consistent<\/h2>\n

    As you write and publish more books, adding to your body of work, one thing you\u2019ll want to pay close attention to is consistency. For example, you will want all your covers to look like they come from the same author, so they should share certain design characteristics. The font for titles or for your author name, the same general layout, the same range of color tones (even if you\u2019re using different colors you can keep your tones in the same family). If you use a quote at the top of your book, use one at the top of every book. If you include a photo of yourself on the back cover, use it on every cover. If you slant your book titles, slant them on all your books at the same degree.<\/i><\/p>\n

    If you write cross-genre, you\u2019ll want each genre to have its own look, but remain consistent across the board. You can do this by choosing different art styles, title fonts, and \u201cextras\u201d like quotes or bestseller status, etc. for each genre, but keep an element such as your author name consistent from book to book. Or use the same general layout. Pick something that ties all your work together, so that readers instantly recognize it as one of your books.<\/p>\n

    Beyond covers, consistent branding requires connecting all the various components of your brand presence in a way that\u2019s instantly recognizable as \u201cyou.\u201d This means using colors, photos and imagery, logos, and verbiage that remain consistent across your website, social media pages, and printed marketing materials. Readers should be able to hop from your Facebook page to your website and know just by looking that they\u2019re dealing with the same author.<\/p>\n

    This seems like a simple rule, but it gets broken often. The good news, though, is that it\u2019s typically very easy to bring things back in line. The right background photo or even profile pic can do it in an instant.<\/p>\n

    BE THE BRAND<\/h2>\n

    The benefit of personal branding is that it helps to shortcut the decision-making process for readers. Once you\u2019ve won over a reader you won\u2019t have to spend as much time nurturing them in the future. Creating familiarity and a personal-feeling relationship with that reader will do most of the marketing work for you. It\u2019s almost like putting your marketing on autopilot.<\/p>\n

    Just remember: Your personal brand represents how you want the world to perceive you and your work. So make sure it fits with the you that you really want to be. You\u2019ll have a much easier time if your brand fits you like a nice set of tailor clothes, rather than forcing you to take a new shape every time you pull it on.<\/p>\n

    In other words, be yourself. Be authentic. Be the you that your readers will love. The rest takes care of itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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