The Author Platform

PST!  YEAH, YOU.  WANNA SCORE SOME FREE AUTHOR TOOLS THAT WORK?!?

Now we have your attention, these kits are branded for authors, the hard work is done. Find out what genre suits you.

What my days on a stripper pole taught me...

Wait! What?

Well, that’s kinda what it feels like when it comes to building your author platform for some authors…

Because they’ll tell you to overshare eleventy-trillion times your book’s inspiration on Facebook! 

And then you’ll create three-hundred-and-seventy-one images of you perfecting that fake smile while preforming an awkward leaning head (hasn’t-got-a-Yoga-name-yet) pose for Instagram, to then dance like a group of hyper-monkeys riding the sugar rush on TikTok. 

Then you’ll slide over to YouTube to vlog a tutorial on ‘How To Control Those Hyper-Monkeys’, in between edits on the segment for ‘How To Clean That Stripper Pole’ and still find time to write a book.

A template can help you slay that To-do list where you’ll be swinging in the breeze in no time.

Don’t know what a template is?

A template is a document, tool, or software of stuff where bits are already added so you can use it again and again. I know, we should be rewriting the dictionary with our stellar explanations.

But having template designed in your author brand for certain actions, helps you to create your own smart & sexy systems that grow with you, because they’re meant to work for you. The large parts are done, all you do is add your own unique touches found within our AUTHOR BRAND TEMPLATE KITS.

THIS IS A TEMPLATE KIT
THAT'LL FIT OUT
YOUR ENTIRE
AUTHOR PLATFORM!?!

Sorry for shouting, but we’re just so darned excited.

Do you have the skills to unpack and build that flatpack furniture!?!

Well, we’ve made building your author platform so much easier with these author branded templates, wrapped into one nifty kit! 

It was our day job, to build author platforms for many aspiring authors, but our waiting list it outta control!!!! 

*the pressure to please insane!*

So…

We created these templates, using CANVA’s intuitive graphic design tools  (where’s it’s ezy-pezy), all you do is fill out your name in a template kit that’ll work forever and ever and ever.

Now that’s called clever investing. In. Your. Future. 

Oh, and these kits also come with the world’s best set of instructions because we made all the mistakes for you. Actually, we gave it to a group of hyper-monkeys to have at it. It was a good day out for all.

So strap on a seatbelt and let's do this...

WELCOME TO THE WORKS:

IT'S THE MEGA-TEMPLATE-KIT-OF-AUTHOR BRANDED MAGIC!

(Sheez! What a mouthful)

but what YOU GET is over 150 (COZ WE LOST COUNT) ELEMENTS TO USE AT YOUR WILL!

01

THE AUTHOR BRAND BOARD

After haggling with the Fashion-Police, we present to you a group of carefully balanced fonts, colours, and images for you to play with. The bonus is that this brand board helps to keep your author brand consistent across your entire author platform. Hey, we all need that reminder.

02

 A AUTHOR BRANDED WEBPAGE

We so went to town and country on this in our efforts to hijack a group of marketing gurus, to bring you the Branded Webpage that can be replicated to whatever web provider you choose. With this template, you’ll get AUTHOR BRANDED headers, footers, logos, and avatars that can be used for social media, such as Instagram highlight covers, CTA’s that set the tone, assorted social media logos, as well as the creative copy to make your home page stand out, in a proven layout to create that ‘look at me’ entrance for you and your book. Phew! It’s brimming full of value.

02

03

A BRANDED AUTHOR NEWSLETTER

We kicked over that too-hard basket while rolling up our sleeves, to troll through countless author newsletters to present you with a style that has been tested, trialled, and tweaked, to earn that nod of approval from Santa’s personal inspection team! You’ll get the header, footer, copyright, social media avatars and even some specific copy-text to help set the tone when writing that first newsletter. Done in a layout that’ll make readers WANT to read all about you and your books, no matter the newsletter provider you use.

04

BRANDED AUTHOR MEDIA PAGE

We want you to be prepared when Oprah’s book club comes knockin’, or when that scout for Netflix Media pokes around your website, which is why we’ve done the Media kit to answer what they need to know about YOU in a simple – yet effective layout. These people haven’t got time. They want what they want NOW. So, with the media moguls in mind, this author’s brag sheet is personally styled for you that’s also a breeze to replicate as a media page on your author’s website, to then share the links or PDFs with your local radio station to appear on drive-time radio where you get to play a ukelele and tell bad dad jokes on the air. Now we’re talkin’.

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05

AUTHOR BRANDED SOCIAL MEDIA KIT

This is all about YOU! So we created 15+ styled templates where you get to add your author name and your beautiful author image to then share across social media. It’s called brand recognition as gushed over in our book YOUR AUTHOR BRAND. And then, in agreeance with that nodding Senior Christmas Elf in the corner, you can repurpose these templates to generate oodles of social media concepts, not just about you, but also to promote your booksssss!

Like, "SRSLY!" It's a gift that'll keep on giving

I know we're repeating ourselves but everything - EVERYTHING - within this Mega-Template-Kit-Of-Magic is:

resizable to repurpose ACROSS YOUR ENTIRE AUTHOR PLATFORM

Did you know that what’s in this author branded template kit can also help you create:

  • business cards,
  • bookmarks
  • pull-up banners
  • t-shirts
  • coffee mugs

And a swag full of gear to fill an inflatable liferaft that you can drag behind you as you attend book fairs.

Can you see yourself there?

We can.

But, wait. We’re so excited that we’re about to break out into song any second now, coz there’s more…

06

YOU GET A BOOK COVER!! 

That’s right!  A. Book. Cover.

Now, we didn’t overindulge in the office cocktails to go ride unicorns over rainbows on this clever little concept! You see, we want you to get a head start in your author platform, so inside these Author Branded Kits you’ll receive a professionally designed bookcover!

It’s purposely designed for you to dress it up and use for your READER MAGNET as described in the AUTHOR PLATFORM SERIES.

All it needs is your author name and book title, then load it up to your author’s website in that spot we made on the webpage template, email, and media template, too! It’s that easy.

And the most shocking bonus tip to tell no one about EVERRRRR

THE BOOK COVER IS A TEMPLATE!

Say whaaaat!

It’s true.

You can switch out the image on the supplied book cover, and change the title, and colours, while still keeping the same layout to reuse for your next book, again, and again.

*shares all-knowing wink*

How’s that for author branding!!

And they’re ready to download today. 

Like NOW. 

Like, let’s not procrastinate and um and ah over things, save that for the book editing part on where to put those extra commas.

So now, it’s…

TIME TO SHAKE THOSE TAIL FEATHERS

just tap on the image of choice

For the Sweet & Sexy,Rom-Com, Denim-loving Author

For the Thriller/ Horror/ Suspenseful Author

Podcaster, Vlogger, Non-fiction lifestyle Writer

For the Vintage, Retro, Antique, Olde Worlde Author

For the  Sexy, spicy, NSFW, Hot, Erotica Romance Author 

For the contemporary minimal loving author & book blogger
For the Royal, Historical Romance Author

For contemporary romance writers, memoirist, or blogger

Questions? Comments?

And for those not so sure…

As discussed by a group of rescued office plants at their last spa day,

where the over-caffeinated author cheer squad bombarded them with questions.

Why bother with an author template kit at all?

These author templates are to give you that catapulting head start, creating an impact – lightyears beyond other aspiring authors. It’s what established authors take years to perfect. 

It’s what we’re paid to do for individuals as part of our day job.

What we’re doing is making you recognisable to your readers, by giving you the wow factor of an established author. Today.

I’m busy writing and I may not have the time?

Think of all the time you’ll save yourself if you were to DIY the following:

  • find the right balance in the fonts
  • Blend the perfect colours
  • Scour sites for suitable imagery
  • Study clever marketing layout & tactics
  • Dissecting dictionaries for the special words
  • Understand the rules of graphic design principles
  • Ensuring all items were copyright free or you’ll option to keep your lawyer on a retainer
  • To collate all of the above into something that doesn’t resemble a mudpie from 1989

We did the hard work for you.

It’s all been done before…

“Everything has already been done. Every story has been told every scene has been shot. It’s our job to do it one better.” — Stanley Kubrick

Nothing is original anymore, except for YOU.

It’s all YOU.

It’s your name.

Your tastes for colour.

Your images.

Your Voice.

Your Voice.

Your Voice.

Not that I’m a fan of that singing show that should’ve picked me – in my diva dreams – the thing people will read in your books is Your Voice.

And then they’ll see the avatar of your smiling face.

Then your book title.

Your story.

And then your next story

Told in. Your. Voice.

Stock images are everywhere.

The images we supply are standard stock images. Which is us telling you that they’ve got that James Bond Copyright License To Share.

We’ve collated a set of images together to help you get an idea of what to look for in the future as part of your brand’s imagery. 

Everyone uses stock images, and you’ll see the same cover model on at least a dozen books. Even from the big publishing houses. It happens. 

But you can make stock images unique by manipulating them, which is what we did in the author template kits.

If you want originality…

You can take your own photos.

Or pay a photographer.

Look, starting an author platform can be hard.

I’ve been there. And so have many other authors who’ll admit it took them years to find their feet.

And then there are those drowning in choices! Hours lost scrolling cyberspace for comparisons and styles. Fighting against sleep while listening to some fancy-pants marketing master class. Flipping through marketing books that should’ve stayed in the store. All while beating back imposter syndrome & it’s fine friend FOMO who is busily adding another nail to that self-esteem coffin.

When all you want to do is start a freaking author platform and publish your book and not get bogged down in frilly ‘n fluffy details like web design, fonts, and emails.

Hard fact: you’re a writer.

And most writers aren’t designers.

So slap a lid on all of those doubts to slam-dunk it deep into the neighbours trash, freeing yourself to build something bragworthy from the wizardry of these author template kits that’ll give you a reason to smile until your cheeks ache.

You already have a truckload of courage to write a book! You did that.

So don’t let anyone tell you to stay in your lane when we want to you shine like a star, which is why we’re giving you the keys to your author platform kingdom!

Because you deserve this.

"What's it gonna cost!"

Asks the scary mafia dude.

'What's it gonna cost!"

If we were to gather all of the assorted skill sets caught into a massive butterfly net to bring you these author templates the market value would be:

  • Nerdy code-breaking web designer (value = $250 + lots of cold-caffeinated drinks)
  • Colour coordinator who dives into the psychological dynamics of shade. Serious stuff. (Value = $150-$200 per hour!)
  • Fabulous font-loving typographer – we can’t wait for the t-shirts (value= $150+ per project)
  • A creative spin doctor for the sales copy *waves* (seriously undervalued at $140-$240)
  • An image consultant with a deadly scrolling finger that doubles up as a camera button pusher (value = $150-$280)
  • Hiring of delinquent garden gnomes to kidnap meet with marketing gurus to interrogate gather detailed data on marketing layouts (value = $250+costs+ bail)
  • A graphic designer with a bragworthy stash of bestselling book covers in their portfolio (Value = $350-$500)
  • An awesome set of award-worthy instructions that should be framed (value = $printing + $framing)
  • Supervised by a jungle of rescued office plants (value = $cost of fertilizer + water)
  • Then all checked over for the final nod of approval by the Desk Duchess – who had to pry our fingers off the templates, we wanted to keep for ourselves. It was brutal.

Ding! Ding! Ding!
It's bonus time

You will automatically be included to our email list and receive FOUR EXTRA FREE templates to help YOU with your work-write-life balance:

🟠 The Author’s Master List

🟠The Author’s Word Counter

🟠 The Author’s Monthly Planner

🟠 An Author’s Monthly Metrics Sheet

(Total value $210)

Lemme whip out the calculator on all of that.

Hold, on…

*tap-tap-taps on mathematical device with keys*

Holy cake-crumbs Batman!

The total value 

(that kinda deserves a drumroll) 

is…

total value of $1300+

Need a reminder

why the author template kits are worthy of your attention?

Here we go, pass the popcorn please, it’s snapshot time

When you purchase one of the Author Brand Template Kits, you’ll get instant access to:

1Brand Board

  • Header #1
  • Footer #1
  • 3-4 Font choices
  • Avatar
  • Logo
  • 3-4 choices for a Colour palette
  • Assorted Imagery + graphics
  • Set in a layout that can be copied for future projects

2Social Media

  • 15+ styled templates to re-size in Canva for your social media needs
  • Designed for author name/ brand recognition
  • Can be used for book promotions
  • Options are endless.

3Webpage

  • Header #2
  • Footer #2
  • Webpage Layout
  • CTA’s x 3
  • Subscribe options for your author emails
  • Layout suggestions for the main menu
  • Layout suggestions for footer menu
  • Web-copy suggestions to set tone
  • copyright
  • Logo / avatar
  • Social Media avatars
  • Assorted Imagery + graphics
  • Book placement for latest release
  • Set in an easy to read layout
  • Even easier to replicate to your website provider of choice.

4Newsletter

  • Header #3
  • Footer #3
  • Copyright
  • Avatar
  • Email layout
  • Content suggestions for first email
  • Social media avatars
  • Book links
  • CTAs
  • Author signature
  • Layout designed to be used for all future author emails

5E-Book Cover

  • Designed for your reader magnet.
  • Change image, title, and colours for the next book.  And the next.

 

6 Media Page

  • Header #4
  • Footer #4
  • Avatar
  • CTA
  • Book layout
  • Copyright
  • Use as downloadable PDF
  • Use as a Webpage
  • Can double up as a Contact page

 Free Bonuses

  • The Author’s Master List
  • The Author’s Word Counter
  •  The Author’s Monthly Planner
  • An Author’s Monthly Metrics Sheet

Sorry, we just don't do that

Even though, at times, we may think we're superheroes

(you know, supermen wearing our undies on the outside)

sadly, these template kits don't include:

🔶 Vegan/ Paleo/ Keto recipes for a damn-fine detox — we like cake & cocktails too much

🔶 Hacks on pole dancing for TikTok

🔶 Babysitting tips for hyper monkeys & delinquent garden gnomes

But what you can do

with these author branded template kits

Coz we all luv a cherry in our cocktails & a good flamingo swivel stick …

With your author brand template kit, you’ll soon discover the countless options available to you, especially for your Author SWAG that’ll have your readers gushing. The options are endless, but here’s just a few ideas:

Author business cards

Bookmarks

Postcards

Banners

T-shirts

Flyers

Coffee mugs

Gift certificates

Posters

Calendars

Tote bags

Notebooks

Stickers

Labels

simply put …

Simply put, this author brand template kit is there to help you: 

🔶 build your author platform

🔶 make your author’s life easier

🔶 help you build your author brand

You don’t have to be a marketing guru or be BFFs with the Kardashians to make this work.

You don’t even need to have a book published, making this the perfect time to start building that author platform. Today.

So, go on...

Be that first author swaggering down that spaceship’s runway. 

Strut your stuff across the dark side of the moon. 

Stake that pole into the crust. 

And flick at that big ol’ flag waving your author’s name, where you’ll nod at us and say, “Yeah, let’s do this.”

CANVA:

99.999999% of these branded templates use CANVA. And we love Canva.

Quick disclosure: this is an affiliate link – that costs you nothing. But the sales may go towards a cheese slicer. And then a cheese board. For the office. We’ve always wanted one…

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