Using Instagram to Grow Your Poetry Audience, with Orna Ross: Self-Publishing Poetry Podcast

Published: Oct. 2, 2020, noon

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In this month\\u2019s #AskALLi Self-Publishing Poetry Salon, Orna Ross takes a deep dive into the most popular social medium for sharing poetry: Instagram, and speaks to Phoebe Garnsworthy, an Australian spiritual author, poet, meditation teacher, and ALLi member, who has grown her following to 227K, using only organic methods. Also:

  • How you can submit your poems to Orna\\u2019s new platform for self-publishing poets #indiepoetryplease
  • Plans for the Self-Publishing Poetry podcast in 2021
  • Tune in for more valuable poetry advice.

Tune in for discussions on a different theme each month with a focus on developing prosperity for poets through community building and self-publishing.

Find more author advice, tips and tools at our\\xa0Self-publishing Author Advice Center:\\xa0https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need.

And, if you haven\\u2019t already, we invite you to\\xa0join our organization\\xa0and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at\\xa0http://allianceindependentauthors.org.

About the Host

Orna Ross

Orna\\u2019s work for ALLi has seen her repeatedly named one of The Bookseller\\u2019s \\u201cTop 100 people in publishing.\\u201d She launched at the 2012 London Book Fair, after taking her rights back from Penguin in 2011 and republishing her books herself, with the titles and treatment she\\u2019d originally wanted. Orna writes award-winning\\xa0poetry and\\xa0fiction,\\xa0runs a\\xa0Patreon page for poets and poetry lovers as well as an active\\xa0author website.\\xa0She is on a mission to help eradicate creative poverty through\\xa0digital publishing and enterprise. You can find her on\\xa0Twitter\\xa0and Instagram:\\xa0@ornaross.

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