192- Big Book Launches or Low-Key Book Launches

205 - The End of a Season: It's time for a new season in my creative journey. Which means a pause on the podcast. Find out why and what's next! by Create If Writing

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204 - How to Write a Bestseller: I've covered a lot recently on author platform this year, but I almost never talk about craft. It's time! If I wanted to rename this post, instead of How to Write a Bestseller it could be called Write Good Books to Sell More Books or Sell More Books... by Create If Writing

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203- Instagram for Authors: I've talked recently on , but wanted to highlight a specific platform that I've been using more and seeing results from and discuss Instagram for authors. I think that most social media platforms have potential to work for you if you understand how... by Create If Writing

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202 - Lessons Learned in Three Years as an Author: The first month I published a book in 2018, I made $115. Which totally excited me! People were reading my book! I wrote and published a book! But the goal was always a CAREER. I joked (but not really) about building an Emma Empire. Three years later,... by Create If Writing

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201 - Advertising for Authors: As a part of my series on what authors need to sell books, I've covered the overall author platform, email, social media, and blogging/content strategy. Which leads me into another piece of the puzzle: ads for authors. Let's first rewind a bit to talk... by Create If Writing

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200 - What Should Authors Blog About? Content Strategy for Authors: As a part of my author platform series, we've talked about , , , and now I want to talk about what authors should blot (and video and podcast) about: aka, content strategy for authors. Authors often aren't so familiar with that term... and I think... by Create If Writing

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199- Social Media for Authors: an interview with Megan Ericson by Create If Writing

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198 - Creating an Author Newsletter: I have long been a fan of email lists. I think I started mine in ... 2010? Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away. That's how it feels, anyway. Mostly because I was growing a newsletter as a blogger. Now? I'm growing one (or several, actually)... by Create If Writing

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197 - Author Platform in 2021: Let's get real-- what do you need for an author platform in 2021? After a few years of selling fiction, I can tell you that it's less than you might think. Let's dive in! Author platform. Did you shudder when you read that? For some authors and... by Create If Writing

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196- A Tale of Two Launches: Two book launches, one month apart. Both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene. Oh, enough Shakespeare. Let's dive into the nitty gritty of two different launches I had this fall. Book launches don't just come in one size.... by Create If Writing

37 min listen

195 - 2020 Updates Authors Need to Know: Facebook Facebook SEEMS to have emerged from its crazy banning ad accounts time period. But maybe not. If your ads or account got banned, you weren't alone! Try to get through to their chat or on the phone with someone to get this fixed. They... by Create If Writing

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194 - Why Isn't My Book Selling?: This is a question I hear and get a lot: Why isn't my book selling? In this post, we'll dive into a simple checklist to help you look at why your book isn't selling and how you can get those sales moving. Maybe you've been there. You put in the... by Create If Writing

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193- Should You Publish Wide or Exclusive?: When you're publishing your books, you have a big choice to make: Should you publish your book exclusively with Amazon or put your book up on all the retailers? We'll break down the options in this post to help you make the right choice for... by Create If Writing

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191 - How to Plan Your Novel: We all have different ways of writing and planning. Learn to embrace what works for you! Pick up a free guide to help you plan: http://createifwriting.com/novelplanning by Create If Writing

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190- How to Choose a Book Cover: In a recent post, Nate Hoffelder shared . Because book covers are so important, I wanted to create a companion post on how to choose the right cover and give some recommendations. Why do we need to are about book covers? We're writers! Right.... by Create If Writing

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189- How to Get the Most Out of Free and Paid Book Promos: This post is going to dive into how to get the most out of free book promotions or 99-cent sales (which will include KDP countdown deals). You'll walk away with a better idea of the strategy behind these kinds of promotions. Two of the tools used... by Create If Writing

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188 - How to Keep Consistent Book Sales: In this post I'm going to talk about how to keep consistent book sales over time. You might also want to look at my post, , as well as my latest episode about , which will tie into this information. So ... you've written a book. Congratulations!... by Create If Writing

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187 - Behind the Scenes of a BookBub Featured Deal: I recently secured my first BookBub Featured Deal! There are a few options with BookBub--ads, new release featured deals, preorder alerts, and featured deals. Featured deals must be applied for and are the most expensive and most effective--or at... by Create If Writing

29 min listen

186- How to Format Your Book (without losing your mind): Formatting your book -- sounds boring, right? Turns out there are a lot of things to know when it comes to formatting your ebook and print book. This post will break down what you need to know! Formatting doesn't have to be scary, complicated, or... by Create If Writing

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185 - Facebook vs Amazon Ads: I wanted to do a quick post talking about the two big ads platforms most authors use: Facebook and Amazon ads. There are some major differences between them, and it takes some work to figure them out. This is by no means a big overview, but a few key... by Create If Writing

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184 - How to Avoid Bad Author Collaborations: Author collaborations can be fantastic ... except when they aren't. In this post, we'll look at how to avoid bad author collaborations and the questions you should answer before you dive in! It's no secret that I'm into collaborations. I wrote a whole... by Create If Writing

36 min listen

183 - Starting Out with Audiobooks: Everyone's saying go audio: should you? The buzz is all about audiobooks. The audio boom. Audio is the future. But are audiobooks for everyone? Let's find out by diving deep into the reality of audiobooks in 2020. SHOULD YOU AUDIO? THE SKINNY... by Create If Writing

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182- How to Foster Facebook Community: I've covered Facebook groups before to the point that I wasn't sure what else there was to say. But, right now, many of us are turning to the internet and online communities, so learning to foster that is more important than EVER. The thing is?... by Create If Writing

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181 - How to Position Your Book for Better Sales: I've already covered writing to market in episode 174 and this post, but this is a big topic! In this post, I want to look at the concept of writing to market backwards. This post will be all about how to position a book you've already written into... by Create If Writing

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180 - Someone Out There Needs YOUR Voice: Even--maybe especially--in times of chaos and crisis, people need your voice. Your story. Your message. But you can't give if you're empty. Feed yourself, then feed others with your words and your creative work. Join the community:... by Create If Writing

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179- Stop Wasting Time and Money on Your Book Launch: Does launching a book sound stressful to you? You're not alone. Here's the thing: a book launch has a lot of moving parts, but it doesn't have to be INSANE! And it all starts with me telling you to stop wasting time on your book launches.... by Create If Writing

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178- Tips to Increase Writer Productivity: I have avoided this topic for ... as long as I've been writing and podcasting. I do not like teaching productivity. I do not think that I should be doing it. That said, I've consistently written at least one novel a month for the past two years, while... by Create If Writing

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177- How to Set Up a Simple Author Platform: This post may be a review to some or completely new to others. But I wanted to get super basic on how to set up the very basic author platform. If you don't have much time, money, and experience, but want to do this for the long haul, here's the best... by Create If Writing

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176 - The Light and Dark Side of Success Stories: When authors share success stories publicly, it can be incredibly encouraging and provide a great resource for other authors. There is also a dark side to this. Namely: backlash from posting, misinformation or missing information in posts,... by Create If Writing

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175 - Sustaining Your Book Sales and Yourself: I'm getting a little bit real in this post about what it takes as an author to sustain your book sales and yourself. Earlier in 2019 I wrote a post celebrating my success--going from making $30 a month to over $8000 in a month just from digital... by Create If Writing

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