#014: Building Your Platform, Part 2 [Podcast]
In this podcast episode, I continue discussing my new book, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World (Nashville: Thomas Nelson).
Last week was the official launch week. Things could not have gone better.
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Episode Outline
On Monday morning, I told my team, “If we can get the book into Amazon’s Top 1,000, that will be huge.”
However, by 8:30 that morning, it was already #160.
By 10:15, it had moved to #16.
A few hours later it hit #5 and then a little after 5:00 p.m. it hit #4.
It stayed #4, #5, or #6 all week.
We had a ton of people help promote it, including some well-known bloggers. You can find a complete list here.
I pretty much had to stop promoting the book on Wednesday evening, because I had an even bigger launch scheduled for the weekend—my daughter Madeline’s wedding.
In this podcast, I don’t cover the basics of platform-building. If you want that, listen to Episode 13. In this podcast I focus on answering my listeners’ questions.
Listener Questions
Question #1: Sarah Ferree asked, “How do I get my employees excited about our platform?”
Question #2: Philip Rothschild asked, “What is more important when it comes to a website, engagement or design?”
Question #3: Heidi Kreider asked, “How would you advise someone to get started who doesn’t have a lot of money to invest?”
Question #4: Jeremy Meyers asked, “How do you develop your platform when you already have a very busy life?”
Question #5: J. D. Smith asked, “What are the best ways to integrate an organizational platform with a personal one?”
Question #6: Tom Schulte asked, “How can I move my “embassy site” on LinkedIn to a true “home base site” on my own server?”
Question #7: Wanda Ball asked, “How do I market my services as a public speaker to a wider audience?”
Question #8: Joshua Bedford asked, “If you automate tweets as you suggest, how far should we space them apart?”
Question #9: Paul Evans asked, “How bold can you be in asking other people to share your message for you?”
Question #10: Rebecca Livermore asked, “What is the best way for people who are introverts to expand their platform?”
Question #11: Jane Graham asked, “How do you discern when to persevere verses when to quit or change direction?”
Question #12: K. C. Cupp asked, “How can you promote your blog without coming across as narcissistic or self-absorbed?”
Question #13: Tammy Helfrich asked, “How many blog visitors do you need to have before advertisers will consider you?”
Question #14: Kelly Combs asked, “If you don’t have a large platform that you can share with guest bloggers or books to give away, what are some of the ways that you can be generous?”
Next week, I we will discussing “How to Create Alignment in Teams.” If you have a question about this topic, please leave me a voice mail. I’d love to hear from you.
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Please tell your friends about Platform . I would be very grateful for your help in spreading the word.
I will be speaking at the BlogWorld & New Media Expo in New York City on June 5–7. I will be leading one of the “Super Sessions” on Thursday, June 7th, at 9:00 a.m. You can register here.
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