Episode 378 – Production Planning, Vella Changes, and Stopping Audio Scammers

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Do you have a marketing and production schedule that goes beyond three months? If not, how do you think your production schedule would change if it was planned out 6, 12, or 18+ months into the future?

Trixie Silvertale is here! She’s a successful cozy author featured in an awesome case study that we talked about last week on the show. Please be sure to leave us a review on Apple Podcast and answer the Question of the Week in the comment section. The winner this week is Michael Lauck. Top Tips of the week include what BookBub Ad you should be using, how to be twice as productive, and why you should market seasonally. This week’s honorable mention is Pointing Fingers. The 5 News stories that matter most to indies this week include how to protect yourself from audiobook scammers, how Google is getting more book and audio apps created, where to find more free reviews, what are Kindle Vella’s latest updates, and why you should sell direct. Question of the Week: Do you have a marketing and production schedule that goes beyond three months? If not, how do you think your production schedule would change if it was planned out 6, 12, or 18+ months into the future?

What You’ll Learn:
  • Which type of BookBub Ad to use when
  • To be twice as productive by focusing on less
  • Why you should market seasonally
  • Why Amazon is blaming fake reviews on social media
  • How to protect yourself from audiobook scammers
  • What Google is doing to get more book and audio apps created
  • How to get more free reviews
  • How Vella is relaxing its stance on books
  • Why to sell books direct
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Do you have a marketing and production schedule that goes beyond three months? If not, how do you think your production schedule would change if it was planned out 6, 12, or 18+ months into the future?

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