This is the show for novelists who hate marketing, but still want to become bestselling authors. Our goal is to make book promotion fun and easy for writers who would really rather be writing.
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098 – 7 Tips for Best Selling Author Portraits
Why your Author Portrait is important. Americans put a lot of importance on how someone looks. A bad portrait can ruin a good book cover. It is not about being objectively pretty. It is about having...
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097 – Major Mistakes You Might Be Making With Your Author Name
Your Name The middle initial can get you in trouble Radio and TV interviews Who do people know you as? Radio and TV Who do you think of yourself as? Jim/James on Facebook Stephen King/Steve King What...
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096 – How to Turn Your Book Into An Audiobook
Put it in your Contract If you are traditionally published, make sure the audiobook is written in. Publishers only pay for audiobook production for books they believe. Record Yourself/You become the...
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095 – 7 Reasons Why Your Book Should Also Be An Audiobook
This episode is based on this blog post at Author Media. Reason #1: The Size of the Audiobook Industry is Nearly a Billion-Dollar Industry. Reason #2: Book Mavens Listen to Audiobooks. Reason #3:...
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094 – How to Use the Ancient Power of Discipline to Accomplish Your Goals
In this episode we are going to talk about discipline … we’re already through first quarter and are rapidly moving toward the finish of the first half of the year … and there’s an ever so slight...
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093 – What Authors Can Learn from Bad Super Bowl Ads
Intro Paragraph: Expensive, but the REACH is unparalleled. 1967 the cost was $42,000 for a 30. Today 5 million Spending that kind of money means you have to create a great ad Talking...
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092 – The Guaranteed Way to Become A Bestselling Novelist
Sign up for the 5-Year Plan to Become a Bestselling Author Show Notes: (James) In this episode, we are going to talk about something different than we usually do. The vast majority of the time we...
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091 – What The Election Can Teach Us About Copywriting for Your Book
Intro Paragraph: So don’t worry. This post isn’t going to be about the insanity we all just went through. Yeah, I know … whew. But the campaign season that just ended can teach us a...
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090 – Q&A Extravaganza #7
Q Cadel Sterling says, “I found a local, self-published author, with a really cool sounding book premise, and I bought his e-book and told him I’d review it. It stinks. Just awful....
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089 – How To Use the Power of Video to Engage More Readers
Intro Paragraph: In case you haven’t noticed, using videos as part of marketing is exploding. USA Today, everywhere else as well. So how do we as authors get on this train and use it to engage...
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