Relationship Building for Authorpreneurship, Part 2 of 5

Ideas #11-#20 for supporting a sustainable author business with connections

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Part 1 of this series listed the first 10 of 50 ways I and others I have known or encountered have built and re-built and sustained businesses through a practice of ongoing reaching out and relationship nurturance. Here are the next ten.

1. Form a support group, cheering squad, or mastermind crew to provide mutual encouragement, connections, ideas, and feedback with likeminded others. Take intentional action to be useful to other author businesses and receive the support you need for yours in return.
2. Join a professional organization or two. Show up to their meetings, introduce yourself, participate. Volunteer for organizational tasks and committees. Make friends, have fun. Elevate your author activities by joining others at a pro level.
3. Join a community organization or two. Show up to their meetings, introduce yourself, participate. Volunteer for organizational tasks and committees. Make friends, have fun. All new connections can lead to opportunities for book and author promotion.
4. Join a club or two. A book club. A sports league. Show up to their meetings, introduce yourself, participate. Volunteer for organizational tasks…