Tools for setting up an online platform

Filed under Promote your book.

toolsHere’s a quick and dirty list of tools and websites you can use to build yourself an online platform. They are mostly free!

WordPress with Thesis theme and Statpress Reloaded to check your visitors statistics.

Twitter.

Social Oomph to schedule tweets and vet followers.

Bit.ly to shorten links and keep track of clicks.

Facebook.

LinkedIn.

Delicious to share your book marks.

Stumble Upon Up to spread the love.

Which site would you add to the list?

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  • http://juxtabook.typepad.com/books Juxtabook

    Excellent list. Can I add this? http://website4free.org/ which was written by Emma from Snowbooks and is an idiot’s guide to setting up a wordpress site and registering a cheap domain.

    • Gary Smailes

      Thanks for this…

  • http://www.alanbaxteronline.com Alan

    Yep, I would add Domain Name. Far better to have all this through http://www.joebloggs.com than through something with a WordPress or other software provider name in it. Otherwise, great list!

    • Gary Smailes

      Agree, your own domain name is essential.