Welcome to Financially Free Author, home of the resources you need to make income from your books and build a long-lasting author career!
What is an "author platform"? Simply put, it's the number of people interested in your books. That's your following on social media platforms plus people who signed up for your author newsletter list. You have the attention of that number of people and when you announce that you have a book available, those are the people who have already shown interest in possibly buying it.

I've been an author for seventeen years and I fell in love with self-publishing and the complete control it gives me over my career. To my great shock, as someone with a BA and an MA in creative writing, I ended up really enjoying the marketing side of writing.
I know, no one ever says that!
Marketing came very naturally to me once I realized that it's just letting the people who will love your book know that it exists. I'm never pushy or salesy but I still build websites that bring in readers and buyers.
If you want a career as an author, indie or trad, you absolutely need a website. It is the number one key to a stable income. After that you need to learn about bringing people to that website (what is known as website traffic). This shop provides resources to help authors do both those things, from author website templates to a book launch planner to educational ebooks, and more.

Stop trying to cobble together a marketing plan for your book launch and follow the step-by-step guidance of this planner.
Not just what to do for a great book launch...but also how to do it.
Whether you follow every single step or pick and choose a few favorite ideas to promote your book, your next launch is sure to be your best yet.
Includes:
Set a promotional budget and launch goals
What tasks to do 3 months ahead, 2 months ahead, 1 month ahead, pre-launch week, launch day, launch week, and post-launch
Review tracker
Podcast tour organizer
Ideas and organizer for virtual and in-person launch parties
Scripts for outreachPress Release template
Pre-filled calendars with three months of daily tasks and blank calendars to fill in your own
Post-launch analysis



I LOVE the author content calendar and templates available at this Etsy shop. Highly recommended!
Learn the exact system expert authors and thought leaders use to leverage their books to sell high-ticket offers!
In this ebook, You Published A Book...Now What?, you will be guided step by step through setting up a book funnel that will do the selling for you day and night.
Plus, you'll get printable worksheets for each step so you can take immediate action on everything you learn
So helpful. Thank you for all you did to make this great.
-Colleen Avis
Carolyn solved the problem I had been stuck on for over a year - thank you! - and I downloaded my leads from Acuity and put them into Close.com
-Joanne
Carolyn and I met and she blew me away with her understanding of what I have been trying to do with my K!ck*ss Women.
-Erin Lubien
This is sooooooo good! I want to sign up for it myself!
-Jamie Sea
The VIP Day was exactly what I needed. Building a sales funnel takes a lot of time, energy, and effort. And Carolyn made the process seamless.
If you are an author and want to take your book to the next level, contact Carolyn!
-Jodi Brandstetter

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