Novel Marketing Podcast
Innovative Ways to Sell More Books
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133 – How to Find and Work with an Editor with Karen Ball
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Good marketing helps a bad book fail faster. To succeed, you need a great book and for that, you need a great editor. In this episode, learn how to find and work with an exceptional editor with special guest Karen Ball.
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Podcast Hosts
Thomas Umstattd Jr.
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Thomas is the founder and CEO of Author Media. He has traveled the nation speaking at writing conventions, sharing his secrets on how to build a powerful online platform. Thousands of writers have attended his popular workshops and breakout sessions
James L. Rubart
Co Host
James L. Rubart is the best-selling author of Rooms, Soul’s Gate, The Five Times I Met Myself. He has won 3 Christy, and 2 Carol awards. He lives with his amazing wife in the Pacific Northwest and still thinks he’s young enough to water ski like a madman.Recent Episodes
132 – How to Blog Your Book Ahead of Time
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Should you blog your book ahead of time? Recently, there have been several blog posts saying it’s a bad idea. This advice can cripple authors. Here is the right way to blog your book ahead of time.
131 – How to Increase Your Email Delivery
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Email is the most powerful tool for selling books. But it only works if your emails arrive in reader’s inboxes successfully.
130 – Myths Authors Believe
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In this episode, we are going to talk about a few of the myths and lies writers are prone to believe which can derail us or send us in wrong directions or keep us from going in the direction we should be headed.
129 – How to Build an Email List Before Your First Book Comes Out Using Short Stories
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In this episode, we talk about how to build your email list before your book comes out. The key is short stories, they can help your marketing in more ways than just growing your email list.
128 – Taking Novel Marketing to the Next Level
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127 – How to Connect with Anyone in the World
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In this episode, we talk about connecting with anyone in the world that you want to. In the last two episodes, we talked about why Word of Mouth is not working and How to Make Word of Mouth Work for You by connecting with Mavens, Connectors, and Salespeople. But HOW do you meet these people?
126 – How to Make Word of Mouth Work for You
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In this episode, we talk about how you can make Word of Mouth work for you. Spoiler Alert: some people are more important to spreading your idea than others. Find out who those people are and how to reach them.
125 – Why Word of Mouth Isn’t Working for Your Book
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124 – How to be a Healthy Writer with Joanna Penn
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In this episode, we talk with bestselling author Joanna Penn about how to reduce your pain, improve your health, and build a writing career for the long term. If you need more energy to promote your book, you will not want to miss this podcast.
123 – What the New Facebook Changes Mean for Authors
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The 2018 changes to Facebook are changing what works and what doesn’t work for authors and books. Listen to this episode to learn how to make Facebook work for your writing.