So your publisher says you need to grow your platform. You need to be able to communicate with and listen to more people in order to promote your book.

Here are 7 great ways that Facebook can help you do that.

Pages, or Fan Pages as some people call them, are one of the best ways to promote your book or cause on Facebook. They are much more flexible than groups and won’t dilute your profile with people you don’t know.

Here is how to create a page of your own.

So you want to promote your blog on Facebook? Learn how to update your friends when you have new posts and make it easy for them to spread the word about your blog.

“If I couldn’t interrupt you, how would I reach you?”

This is the question Dave Evans (@EvansDave on Twitter) helps people answer all over the world.

Dave is the author of Social Media Marketing: An Hour a Day and a frequent speaker on social media and emerging technologies.

Here are five things not to do with your author website.

This is a must read if you don’t yet have a website because these tips will save you a lot of heartache in the future.

If you already have a website read with caution.

Constant Contact is the most popular solution for author newsletters. But is it the best? Here are 7 reasons why I prefer Mail Chimp to Constant Contact.

The number one question we get is “I want to write a book but I don’t know where to start.”

Here is your answer.

Did you know that sharing a website on Facebook is as easy as one click? All you need to know is where to click. This post will teach you just that.

For someone to bother to read your blog it must be the most interesting thing on the internet – for that person at that time. If anything else is more interesting they will go there.

Your only chance to catch people’s attention is with your titles. No pressure.

These rules are not universal. But this is what I have noticed working with dozens of authors and want to be authors.

Think of this as a list of best practices.