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How to Write Book Reviews Readers Will Want to Read
Five tips to help you write useful book reviews that will build credibility and connection with your readers.
An Author’s Guide to StoryOrigin
Learn how you can grow your author email list with the help of StoryOrigin’s author community and list-building tools.
How Author Websites Irritate Readers (and what to do about it)
Have you ever been irritated by a website? Did you know that readers may be having that exact same experience when they visit your website? Ticking off your website visitors is a bad way to get more readers. Here are seven ways author websites annoy visitors and what to do about it.
How to Spend LESS Time Marketing Your Book
Learn how to get stellar book sales while spending LESS time on marketing. If book promotion stresses you out, these steps are for you.
105 – How to Sell More Books With Amazon Ads
In this episode, we a talk with best-selling author Lacy William about how she uses Amazon Advertisements to sell more books.
104 – How to Independently Publish Your Book
Here is a step by step overview of how to take your book from idea to reality.
10 Common Author Homepage Mistakes & How to Avoid Them
Author’s make a lot of mistakes with their homepages. Here is how to avoid them and create a homepage that works.
Why Mastermind Groups Give Bestselling Authors an Edge and How to Start One
The right author mastermind group will accelerate your education, craft, and career. Find out how to start and run an effective mastermind group.
Platform
Platform
How to Get Your Avatar to Show Up Everywhere
Have you ever noticed how some people’s photo’s appear next to their comments and others do not? We’ll teach you how to make that happen.
4 Signs of A Bad Plugin
Plugins. They're great. They're useful. They save you from having to pay a developer to spend hours coding your site to contain all the functionality you need or want. But plugins come with a dark side: they can interfere with other parts of your site. Sometimes they...
How to Add a Plugin to Your WordPress Site
One of the great things about Wordpress.org is its flexibility. Unlike other platforms, such as Blogger & Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org allows you the ability to add functionality to your site in the form of plugins. What is a plugin, exactly? The technical...
It’s Time to Switch Away From Google Reader
Are you reading this in Google Reader? If so, this should be the last post of ours that you read in Google Reader. It’s time to make the switch. Readers, have you made the switch? In case you’ve forgotten, Google Reader shuts down on July 1. That’s in just a few days....
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Publishing
Publishing
092 – The Guaranteed Way to Become A Bestselling Novelist
There are no shortcuts to becoming a bestselling author, but there is a road map. Discover the route to publication that will keep you on track.
084 – How to Create A Breakthrough Author Brand Step 4 – Look in Your Reader’s Mirror
Most authors never reach the fourth level of building a brand. Find out what makes fourth-tier branding possible for authors.
How to Get an Agent With Rachelle Gardner
Find out what literary agents are looking for in new authors and how you can increase your chances of signing with an agent.
082 – How to Get an Agent
Find out how to get an agent and leverage their expertise in the publishing industry. Learn how a great agent can boost your career.
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Promotion
Promotion
How to Use Facebook To Promote Your Book
In this episode we are going to talk about the right way to use Facebook to sell more books! Last week we talked about why Facebook is overrated for book marketing, but we didn’t say it’s completely useless, so today we’re going to talk about the ways Facebook CAN...
Why Facebook is Overrated for Book Marketing
Why Facebook is Overrated for Book Marketing
Marketing 101: How to Develop Book Marketing Assets
Learn how to reduce book marketing liabilities and develop assets. The more assets you have, the easier it is to sell books.
141 – Amazon Books and the Future of Brick and Mortar Retail
In this episode, we talk about Amazon’s brick and mortar bookstores, the future of paper books, and how they affect you as an author.
Marketing Mistakes Top Level Authors Make
Best selling authors are not perfect. Here are some of their blunders and how to avoid them. Avoid these mistakes and you may become the next top selling author.
7 Differences Between Published & Unpublished Authors
Are you developing the habits and mindsets of a published author? Learn the best practices of published authors so you can emulate them.
7 Articles To Help You Become a Twitter Ninja
If you want to level-up your Twitter skills here are seven of the best articles on the web to help you out.
After reading these guides, you will become a true Twitter Ninja, Young Grasshopper.
How to Track Your Message Online
Whether you’re an author, speaker, or publisher, your goal is to sell more books and spread your message. But, how do you know if your message is really spreading? How do you track the success of your book marketing and platform-growth efforts?