Promoting

This is a short post..... and yes, okay I know I should be plotting that next manuscript to start on the 1st of September, but I still have a few days left :)

I wanted to talk about promoting a novel. Naturally for most of us promoting is online. E-books and print books. The Internet is a wonderful networking tool that can help most of us, but....

How do we go about getting the right and best possible exposure?  I have posted on blogs, am looking into Coffee time romance, Manic Readers, etc. and word of mouth is good so they say.
I'm not a big fan of blog tours, as this doesn't really work, or it didn't for me in the past. Hanging out in Forums, being there and getting known, also joining writers platform blogs. This is only mentioning a few, there are lots lots more. Join groups such as Author's Den, Goodreads etc....

Where haven't I gone, or what don't I know in developing a Writers Platform? What has worked for you, or what have you done that gave you the exposure you need?