We live in one of the best cities for networking–Minneapolis. Speakers, small business owners, young professionals, seniors, women, and bloggers all have networking groups with impressive attendance. The more successful authors we meet, the more we’ve discovered that networking is an integral part of an indie author’s trek to name recognition. We asked several authors, friends, and publishing industry folks which networking groups were key for helping an author market their books with speaking engagements, book selling opportunities, and good ole fashioned word-of-mouth promotion and answers poured in. Several networking groups probably just exist in your city. We looked for groups that can be found in major cities all over the country and general groups that continually prove supportive for… [read more]