Platform

Michael Hyatt, one of the top business bloggers in the world, provides down-to-earth guidance for building and expanding a powerful platform.To be successful in the market today, you must possess two strategic assets: a compelling product and a meaningful platform. In this step-by-step guide, Michael Hyatt, former CEO and current Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers, takesreaders behind the scenes, into the new world of social media success. He shows you what best-selling authors, public speakers, entrepreneurs, musicians, and other creatives are doing differently to win customers in today's crowded marketplace. Hyatt speaks from experience. He writes one of the top 800 blogs in the world and has more than 100,000 followers on Twitter. His large and growing platform serves as the foundation for his successful writing, speaking, and consulting practice.In Platform, Hyatt will teachreaders not only how to extend their influence, but also how to monetize it and build a sustainable career. The key? By buildinga platform. It has never been easier, less expensive, or more possible than right now. . .The book includes:proven strategieseasy-to-replicate formulaspractical tipsSocial media technologies have changed everything. Now, for the first time in history, non-celebrities can get noticed-and win big!-in an increasingly noisy world.Endorsements:"I've known Michael Hyatt for more than a decade, and during thattime I've seen him master just about every social media platform that's hit thescene. He's used blogging, Facebook, Twitter and more to expand his personalplatform from a successful book publisher to a leading national brand of hisown. Trust me, this guy knows what he's talking about-so pay attention!"-DAVE RAMSEY,New York Times Best-selling Author,Host, "The Dave Ramsey Show""A generous book from a man who knows what he's talking about. Michael Hyatt has built a platform, and you can too."-SETH GODIN,New York TimesBest-selling Author,We Are All Weird"Platform is absolutely essential to delivering value. As a big fanof Michael Hyatt, I'm excited he's sharing this with you. Your job? Learn aboutthis and implement it. Your success depends on it."-CHRISBROGAN,President, Human Business Works,New York Times Best-selling Author"Michael Hyatt is the authority on creating aplatform in our crowded world, and Platform is the definitive,step-by-step guide to building a platform-from the ground up. If you're longingto become a true influencer in this world, Hyatt can teach you how. With Platform,Hyatt's done the near-impossible: create a guide even more useful thanhis wildly popular blog!"-CLAIRE DAZ ORTIZ,SocialInnovation,Twitter, Inc."I have watched Michael Hyatt build his own platform from the groundup to become one of the largest in the world. And he has done so with thestrategies and tips he outlines in this very practical book. Any author,speaker, or small business owner who wants a blueprint for getting the attentionand visibility they want, needs to read this book."-JOHN C. MAXWELL,New York Times Best-sellingAuthor,and Leadership Expert"Michael Hyatt is a pioneer in social media who is now generouslysharing his 'secrets' with those of us who have been marveling at his successfor many years. Whether you are a seasoned writer, blogger, speaker and socialmedia enthusiast, or just now starting out, this book will help you take thatnext step and begin to build a platform of your own."-DAN T. CATHY,President & COO, Chick-fil-A, Inc."In today's world, having an idea isn't enough to land a book orrecord deal, get a movie made or find funding for your startup. You needa platform: A connected following that's ready to try, buy and spread the word. Finally, in a single book, the blueprint for your platform is revealed by blogwunderkind Michael Hyatt. You'll finish this book slowly, because hissimple but powerful advice will interrupt you with go-do-it-now urgency. Readit and expand your influence."-TIM SANDERS,Former ChiefSolutions Officer at Yahoo,Author of TodayWe Are Rich"When I finished the last page of Platform, I realized I had moreactionable notes from the book than from any other business book I've read inyears. This is the definitive guidebook for building an online presence. Michael Hyatt, one of the pioneers of social networking and blogging,shares his successful blueprint for raising your visibility. Learn fromhis experience and save yourself time, money, and frustration by following hisstep-by-step advice."-SKIPPRICHARD,President &CEO,Ingram ContentGroup, Inc."Yes, talent, desire and passion are key elements for success as anauthor, musician, artist, coach or speaker.But this book identifies theelephant in the room-the other 90% of the process necessary to have a voice intoday's arena." -DAN MILLER,Creativethinker at 48Days.net and Author of, 48 Days to the Work You Love"For the last five years, if I ever had a question about platformbuilding, social media or standing out amidst the clutter, I turned to oneplace-Michael Hyatt. As an author who turned a blog into a book and madecountless mistakes along the way, I couldn't get my hands on Platform fast enough. Michael Hyatt haswritten THE handbook to one of thebiggest cultural revolutions in the last fifty years."-JON ACUFF,Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author ofQuitter: Closing the Gap Between YourDay Job& Your Dream Job"Michael Hyatt hasgiven much of his professional career to helping others achieve theirpotential. And he helps others by pioneering a way and then teaching people hisway. In Platform, he's accumulated the best of his counsel and advice. If you'dlike to expand your influence, read Platform and then read it again."-DONALD MILLER,New York Times Best-sellingAuthor ofBlue Like Jazz