This episode is based on this blog post at Author Media. Reason #1: The Size of the Audiobook Industry is Nearly a Billion-Dollar Industry. Reason #2: Book Mavens Listen to Audiobooks. Reason #3: Audiobooks Protect You From the Oprah Effect.

This episode is based on this blog post at Author Media. Reason #1: The Size of the Audiobook Industry is Nearly a Billion-Dollar Industry. Reason #2: Book Mavens Listen to Audiobooks. Reason #3: Audiobooks Protect You From the Oprah Effect.

In this episode we are going to talk about discipline … we’re already through first quarter and are rapidly moving toward the finish of the first half of the year … and there’s an ever so slight possibility that some of your goals and resolutions for 2...

In this episode we are going to talk about discipline … we’re already through first quarter and are rapidly moving toward the finish of the first half of the year … and there’s an ever so slight possibility that some of your goals and resolutions for 2...

  Intro Paragraph: Expensive, but the REACH is unparalleled. 1967 the cost was $42,000 for a 30. Today 5 million   Spending that kind of money means you have to create a great ad   Talking Points: Seahawks   One of the biggest TV shows in the world   I...

  Intro Paragraph: Expensive, but the REACH is unparalleled. 1967 the cost was $42,000 for a 30. Today 5 million   Spending that kind of money means you have to create a great ad   Talking Points: Seahawks   One of the biggest TV shows in the world   I...

Sign up for the 5-Year Plan to Become a Bestselling Author Show Notes: (James) In this episode, we are going to talk about something different than we usually do. The vast majority of the time we talk about what you need to do with your marketing to he...

Intro Paragraph: So don’t worry. This post isn’t going to be about the insanity we all just went through. Yeah, I know … whew. But the campaign season that just ended can teach us a salient point about our own copywriting. What works, what doesn’t.

  Q Cadel Sterling says, “I found a local, self-published author, with a really cool sounding book premise, and I bought his e-book and told him I’d review it. It stinks. Just awful. Painful to read. So, what do I do now?

Intro Paragraph: In case you haven’t noticed, using videos as part of marketing is exploding. USA Today, everywhere else as well. So how do we as authors get on this train and use it to engage readers more deeply? Talking Points: 1. Why Video?