SMBS #245 News: Meditation, Author Milestones, and Million-Dollar Dawson

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Question of the Week: What’s your definition of success as an author? Is it a dollar amount per month? Is it 500 reviews? The only answer you can’t give is “when a reader enjoys my book.”

When you examine your author career, how do you define success? Bryan is taking a mental health break this week and Jim welcomes his co-hosts J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon. Jim thanks our Featured Patrons: Rebel Song, Triumviratus, and Level Up. This week’s Happy Book Reviews Winner is Tory Element. The Top Tips include why Amazon Web Services could be your next email newsletter service, how meditation can help you access creative energy, and how to view your marketing strategy as a marathon—not a sprint. The News stories that matter most to indie authors this week are how an Australian author kept the royalties she deserved, what are YouTube Stories and how can you use them, what Matt Staggs did to hit his first $500 dollar month, why author self-education is such a critical piece of the success puzzle, and congratulations to indie author and podcaster Mark Dawson on realizing the million dollar dream. Question of the Week: What’s your definition of success as an author? Is it a dollar amount per month? Is it 500 reviews? The only answer you can’t give is “when a reader enjoys my book.”

What You’ll Learn:
  • Which email newsletter service can benefit tech-savvy authors
  • How authors can use meditation to get into the creative zone
  • What one marketing expert says is key to an author’s success
  • Why an agent’s attempt to sue a client blew up in her face
  • How more creators can use YouTube’s Stories to reach fans
  • How an author turned learning into action and hit a major milestone
  • How one romance author got back on track to book selling success
  • What authors can learn from Mark Dawson’s million-dollar book sales
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Question of the Week: What’s your definition of success as an author? Is it a dollar amount per month? Is it 500 reviews? The only answer you can’t give is “when a reader enjoys my book.”

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