Episode 325 – Blind Spots, Crystal Balls, and Self-Help Success

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What’s one area of your publishing or marketing that’s fallen flat? How can you change your course of action to improve it?

Do you have an area of your publishing or marketing that’s fallen flat? What can you do to change your course of action to improve it? This week Bryan is joined by MM romance author Quinn Ward. Don’t forget to leave a review on the show! This week’s Super Charger Story Course Winner is Margaret McGriff. Thank you to our featured Patrons – The Secret Blush, Gone, and What Sells Books. The Top Tips of the week include how to stop social media from distracting your writing time, what to know about a new survey from bookcareers.com, and tips for proofreading your own writing. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include what marketing tips you should know, what Barnes & Noble has to say about e-books, how self-help author Marc Reklau went from $800 per month to over $35,000, how the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to affect the business of publishing, and why indie authors are changing the publishing industry. Question of the Week: What’s one area of your publishing or marketing that’s fallen flat? How can you change your course of action to improve it?

What You’ll Learn:
  • To save time wasted on social media
  • That trad publishing doesn’t pay workers well, either
  • How to edit yourself when short on time
  • How to market based on buying behavior
  • That Nook could be making a comeback!
  • How a self-help author makes big bucks
  • Mark Coker’s indie predictions
  • How indies have changed publishing for good
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What’s one area of your publishing or marketing that’s fallen flat? How can you change your course of action to improve it?

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