Create an Amazing PR Platform - Write A Book

If you’re writing a non-fiction book to get rich, good luck.  If you’re writing a book because you’re an expert in your field, you have information that could help others, you want to reach more people and you want to create an amazing PR and marketing platform – you’re on the right track.  Both the public and the media tend to listen more, and give more credence to, individuals who have published books in their field.

There are different ways to approach getting a book to market.  You can pitch publishers yourself (a long shot, but books have been published in this way), you can send a synopsis and some sample chapters to an agent and have him or her try to land you a deal with a publisher ,or you can self publish.  This involves you assuming the cost for the entire process, but you own your book outright and can publish the book you want.

 If you’re going to go that route you need to do some homework:  learn how to write a book with style and clarity, how to self publish, and then how to promote it.  The upside is you have a book - now you’re the expert.  And as to promoting your book, to be honest, from my experience, traditional publishers aren’t all that great when it comes to PR and marketing.  Unless they’re marketing a known writer, as a new author, you’re basically on your own whether you’re with a mainstream publisher, or are publishing yourself.  Yes, it’s a challenge, but having a book, gives you something to promote. You have a reason to pitch your story to the media and they have a reason to interview you as an expert.

In the past, we’ve placed authors, both self-published and those published by the major houses, in a wide range of media outlets from Time Magazine and the New York Times to Oprah and CNN. We’ve had major publishers pick up self published authors we’ve worked with because of their heightened media exposure.  More importantly, our clients who are authors have been able to garner huge amounts of media exposure to help promote their businesses, their companies –and their books.  So, if you do have expertise in a field, you have something to say, and you want to create an amazing PR and promotional platform – start writing.