Portrait of Kirsten OliphantKirsten Oliphant

Kirsten Oliphant has an MFA in fiction from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is the creator of the Free Email Course to help de-mystify email lists for bloggers & writers. She writes about authentic platform building at Create If Writing and interviews writers, bloggers, and other creatives on the Create If Writing Podcast. You can find her tweeting as @kikimojo or sign up for free monthly workshops on list-building, image creation, or other helpful training.
How to Leverage the Power of Someone Else’s Platform (Without Being Smarmy)
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Kirsten Oliphant explains how to reach out to others who can help you build your author platform and how to ...
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/ author platform, book marketing and promotion, Guest Post, Marketing & Promotion, platform building, social media, social media marketing, Twitter
How to Be Active on Social Media without Losing Your Mind
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Author and social media expert Kirsten Oliphant explains how to manage your platform-building activities on social media sites ...
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/ author platform, Facebook, Facebook marketing, Guest Post, Instagram, Marketing & Promotion, Pinterest, platform building, Twitter, virtual assistants
How to Grow Your Email List
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Kirsten Oliphant discusses various ways to grow your email subscriber list ...
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/ book marketing and promotion, email marketing, , email newsletters, email subscriptions, Guest Post, Marketing & Promotion
What Should You Put in Your Email Newsletter?
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Learn about the various types of email newsletter that are sent by authors—with pros and cons of each—plus how to ...
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/ book marketing and promotion, e-mail newsletters, , email subscriptions, Guest Post, Marketing & Promotion
How to Customize Your Email Newsletter Sign-Up Forms to Increase Reader Engagement
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The connection with your email newsletter subscribers starts much sooner than you think, in a place that many gloss over ...
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Starting an Email Newsletter: Why to Do It and Which Service to Use
Starting an Email Newsletter: Why to Do It and Which Service to Use
Author Kirsten Oliphant explains how to get started forming a list of email subscribers, including how to choose an email ...
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/ book marketing and promotion, email marketing, email newsletters, Guest Post, Marketing & Promotion
Creating Easy Branded Images for Your Blog and Social Media
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Kirsten Oliphant details how to find, create, and edit branded graphics for blogs and social media ...
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/ Author Platform, blogging, brand, design, Guest Post, images, website design
Pinterest for Authors: A Beginner’s Guide
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Learn four reasons writers might want to use Pinterest, how to best use the platform, and best practices to get ...
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/ author promotion, book marketing and promotion, Marketing & Promotion, social media
Best Practices for Author Facebook Pages and Groups
Best Practices for Author Facebook Pages and Groups
Kirsten Oliphant discusses how to effectively use Facebook pages and groups ...
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/ author platform, book marketing and promotion, Facebook, Facebook marketing, Guest Post, platform building, Social Media, social media, social media marketing
Engaging Audiences through Twitter in 15 Minutes a Day
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Writer and blogger Kirsten Oliphant explains how to build your platform on Twitter in only 15 minutes a day ...
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/ author platform, Guest Post, platform building, Social Media, Twitter