5 Reasons Why Building an Author Platform Is Awesome

Meghan Stevenson
3 min readNov 30, 2021

At least once a week, entrepreneurial authors complain about having to build an author platform.

I get it. Building an engaged, authentic audience can be a PITA — a pain in the ass.

But it can also be awesome — and here’s five reasons why.

1. More visibility = more clients = more revenue.

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Meghan Stevenson

I help entrepreneurs, experts and thought leaders create book proposals that sell to major publishers. I also run marathons, save senior dogs and love the Mets.