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How to Write to Market With Chris Fox

How to Write to Market With Chris Fox

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Aug 21, 2018 | Branding, Platform, Publishing, Writing Craft

In this episode, we talk about how to write to market with Chris Fox an incredibly successful indie author of both fiction and nonfiction.

How To Set up Pre-Orders for Your Indie Book

How To Set up Pre-Orders for Your Indie Book

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Aug 7, 2018 | Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

When should indie authors offer a preorder on Amazon, and when is it a bad idea? An indie author answers and shares how to set up a preorder.

148 – How to Get Libraries to Buy Your Indie Book, with Lacy Williams

148 – How to Get Libraries to Buy Your Indie Book, with Lacy Williams

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jul 31, 2018 | Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

In this episode, we talk with Lacy Williams about how to get libraries to buy your indie books using services like Overdrive and Draft2Digital. 

148 – How to Get Libraries to Buy Your Indie Book, with Lacy Williams

139 – How to Think Like a Business, Stay Motivated, And Write With Joy w/ Chad Allen

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 30, 2018 | Business Advice, News, Productivity, Promotion, Publishing, Traditional Publishing, Writing Craft

In this episode, talk about ways you can be more effective in your marketing, in your approach to the business of publishing and how to stay motivated when you feel like giving up, with special guest, Chad Allen.

148 – How to Get Libraries to Buy Your Indie Book, with Lacy Williams

136 – How to Use K-lytics To Sell More Kindle eBooks

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | May 8, 2018 | Advertising, Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

The more you understand how readers find,  and how and why they buy books on Amazon, the more books you’re going to sell. And to help us dive deep into the subject is today’s guest, Alex Newton, the CEO and Founder of K-Lytics.com

How to Relaunch a Book With Chris Fox

How to Relaunch a Book With Chris Fox

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Apr 24, 2018 | Book Design, Promotion, Publishing, Strategy

How to use the relaunch strategy to revive sales on your old novels.

148 – How to Get Libraries to Buy Your Indie Book, with Lacy Williams

How to Find and Work with an Editor

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Apr 17, 2018 | Independent Publishing, Publishing, Writing Craft

A great book needs a great editor. Learn how to find and work with an exceptional editor with special guest Karen Ball.

How to be a Healthy Writer with Joanna Penn

How to be a Healthy Writer with Joanna Penn

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Feb 13, 2018 | News, Productivity, Promotion, Publishing

Bestselling author Joanna Penn shares how you can reduce your pain, improve your health, and build a writing career for the long term.

148 – How to Get Libraries to Buy Your Indie Book, with Lacy Williams

122 – How the 2018 Tax Changes Affect Authors

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jan 31, 2018 | Business Advice, Publishing

In this episode, we talk with an author-friendly CPA about the impact of the new 2018 tax plan on authors. This is the biggest change to the tax code since the 1980s. Come April 15 you will be glad you listened to this episode!

Email Marketing for Humans with Bryan Cohen

Email Marketing for Humans with Bryan Cohen

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jan 23, 2018 | Email Marketing, Promotion

Email Marketing is the #1 tool for driving book sales. In this episode we talk with Bryan Cohan about how to craft the kinds of emails that readers want to see.

148 – How to Get Libraries to Buy Your Indie Book, with Lacy Williams

Working with Beta Readers, Crowdfunding, and More with Curt Iles

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Jan 9, 2018 | Crowdfunding, Publishing

In this episode, we’re not going to be talking theory, but real-world examples of an author using the principles we talk about on Novel Marketing.

117 – How to Plan a Successful New Year with Tracy Higley

117 – How to Plan a Successful New Year with Tracy Higley

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Dec 27, 2017 | News, Productivity, Promotion, Publishing

A strategic plan is crucial for your success as an author. Learn how to assess your resources and find motivation to achieve your writing dream.

148 – How to Get Libraries to Buy Your Indie Book, with Lacy Williams

113 – Content Marketing With Joanna Penn

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Nov 29, 2017 | Promotion

New York Times Bestselling Indie Author Joanna Penn talks about how novelists can use content marketing to promote your book.

How  Free Pulsing Can Help You Sell More Books with Jamie Foley

How Free Pulsing Can Help You Sell More Books with Jamie Foley

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Oct 25, 2017 | Advertising, Independent Publishing, Promotion, Strategy

Free pulsing is a special way to make your book free for one day that can dramatically boost book sales. But only if you do it correctly.

105 – How to Sell More Books With Amazon Ads 

105 – How to Sell More Books With Amazon Ads 

by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Oct 4, 2017 | Advertising, Independent Publishing, Promotion, Publishing

In this episode, we a talk with best-selling author Lacy William about how she uses Amazon Advertisements to sell more books.

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