Episodes

  • Finding and Building SuperFan 09-26-2024

    Finding and Building SuperFan 09-26-2024
    Sep 27 2024
    SuperFans can become an author’s best friend. Finding, feeding, and growing them is what authors need to do. The questions are: -Who are they? -Where are they? -What does an author need to do to feed them? -How can an author increase the number? Your takeaways include: •Understanding the buying power base of a SuperFan for an author. •Learning that SuperFans are responsible for 50% of all book sales. •The majority of SuperFans are women. •Where to connect with SuperFans. •How often SuperFans buy books. •Where SuperFans hang out. •How to find SuperFan communities to connect with. The AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is designed for authors who want to Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics. Since its inception, over 18,000,000 listeners have downloaded various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Ranked in the Top 100 of GoodPods and Top 10 on Feedspot. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    58 mins
  • Building Your Sustainable Author Business, Part 2 09-19-2024

    Building Your Sustainable Author Business, Part 2 09-19-2024
    Sep 20 2024
    The pillars of your publishing success often are seeded with a few mistakes. Every author makes them. Sometimes, it’s a gradual building until the zap comes into play. Other times, it comes quickly. When mishaps occur STEP BACK. Evaluate. Access. Going forward will come. Joining AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Dr. Judith Briles is Erica Birtles, the visionary and founder behind TheBookTribe.com in England. Her desire is to champion authors. In this two-part podcast, they will deep dive into sustaining your author business. This week, in Part 2, your takeaways include: -The importance of community and building it. -Why using storytelling in every aspect of your publishing business. -How to navigate the NOISE of the Publishing World. -Technologies in the writing world. -3 ideas to building on your marking with emails and free boos. -4 essentials to enhance your success quotient. The AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is designed for authors who want to Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics. Since its inception, over 18,000,000 listeners have downloaded various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Ranked in the Top 100 of GoodPods and Top 10 on Feedspot. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    43 mins
  • Building Your Sustainable Author Business, Part 1 09-12-2024

    Building Your Sustainable Author Business, Part 1 09-12-2024
    Sep 13 2024
    The pillars of your publishing success often are seeded with a few mistakes. Every author makes them. Sometimes, it’s a gradual building until the zap comes into play. Other times, it comes quickly. When mishaps occur STEP BACK. Evaluate. Access. Going forward will come. Joining AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Dr. Judith Briles is Erica Birtles, the visionary and founder behind TheBookTribe.com in England. Her desire is to champion authors. In this two-part podcast, they will dive deep into sustaining your author business. This week, your takeaways include: -How to build and sustain your writing business. -How to embrace a mindset and integrate it with your writing and publishing. -Why you must ask, and answer the WHYs … why are you writing; why you should have a landing page; why you must think marketing from the get-go. -What is your “North Star” for marketing. -Tips for developing your author brand equity. The AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is designed for authors who want to Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics. Since its inception, over 18,000,000 listeners have downloaded various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance, ranked in the Top 100 of GoodPods and Top 10 on Feedspot. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    48 mins
  • Expand your author outreach with Storiad 09-05-2024

    Expand your author outreach with Storiad 09-05-2024
    Sep 6 2024
    Are you ready to expand your author outreach? Joining AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host Dr. Judith Briles is Ramzi Hajj, the creator of Storiad, a tool to fast forward your author success. If you don’t know Storiad … it’s time to discover for your author building influence and supporting your book … it brings authors design, building and managing digital book promotion campaigns. Storiad offers authors the opportunity to design, build and manage a book promotion campaign that addresses each of the challenges authors face as they seek to gain attention, review and sales for their books. Your takeaways include: • Customized AI • Book Campaign Organizer • Customizable Author Website to use as a Landing Page for your promotions. • Marketing Plan Wizard • Market Research Support • Book Industry Influencer Contacts Database • Email Integration Platform • Public Profile Author Page • Live Tech Support • Live Book Market Strategy Storiad is ideal for authors actively developing a comprehensive, long-lasting digital book marketing campaign to promote one or more of your books to gain exposure, reviews, and sales. If that’s you … register to learn more of this all-new platform.
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    58 mins
  • 50 Blog Ideas and Counting! 08-30-2024

    50 Blog Ideas and Counting! 08-30-2024
    Aug 30 2024
    It's Blogpalooza time... 52 Ideas for Blogs During the month of August, Dr. Judith Briles will deliver five sizzling podcasts to enhance your publishing and book marketing success. As the host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, Judith is a multi-award-winning and bestselling author, speaker, and Founder of AuthorU.org, the ColoradoAuthorsHallofFame.org, and known as The Book Shepherd. Her websites are www.JudithBrilesBooks.com and www.TheBookShepherd.com. The topic for this episode is: Blogs … how to create them when your feeling a tad stuck. It’s Blogpalooza time! Dr. Judith Briles will be your blog cheerleader, sharing over 50 ideas to kickstart and rejuvenate your blog for an entire year. Are you having one of those days? Maybe a week? Has your brain decided to take a mini vacation in the creativity spot? It’s that blog time again and you can’t think of a thing … not a single thing … to blog about. Ideas just aren’t gelling. Your fingers are gliding across your keyboard. Are you thinking … Help! My Blog has fallen down and it can’t get up! I’m going to noodle with you over the hour and remove your pain. Get ready to move from pause to write. Your takeaway … 50 plus ideas to write about. Easy Peasy. The AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is designed for authors who want to Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics. Since its inception, over 18,000,000 listeners have downloaded various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Ranked in the Top 100 of GoodPods and Top 10 on Feedspot. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    58 mins
  • Publicity and PR Strategies and Tips for Authors 08-22-2024

    Publicity and PR Strategies and Tips for Authors 08-22-2024
    Aug 23 2024
    It's PROMO Time! You can spend lots of money on PR and publicity-related programs and professionals. It may be worthwhile or money down the drain. Smart authors learn that there are no guarantees when publicity is paid for. It can work and it can bomb. And smart authors learn that they are often the #1 publicist for their book … and themselves. Your takeaways include: -Why every book needs a hook to break through with. -Strategies and tips on where to pitch to. -How to structure a press release. -Free sites to use to distribute press releases to. -How to create a free clipping service. -How to newsjack breaking news. And of course, much more. The AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is designed for authors who want to Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics. Since its inception, over 18,000,000 listeners have downloaded various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Ranked in the Top 100 of GoodPods and Top 10 on Feedspot. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    58 mins
  • Are Publishing Predators in Your Midst? 08-15-2024

    Are Publishing Predators in Your Midst? 08-15-2024
    Aug 16 2024
    During the month of August, Dr. Judith Briles will deliver five sizzling podcasts to enhance your publishing and book marketing success. As the host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, Judith is a multi-award-winning and bestselling author, speaker, and Founder of AuthorU.org, the ColoradoAuthorsHallofFame.org, and known as The Book Shepherd. Her websites are www.JudithBrilesBooks.com and www.TheBookShepherd.com. The topic for this episode is: How to ID and Avoid Publishing Predators Growth times are magnets for fraudsters and scammers. Publishing—the self-arena of publishing—has grown exponentially and become a breeding ground for the dark side. Your takeaways include: • Why scammers have increased. • Knowing what the red flags are that predators wave. • What key questions to use in a browser search for predators. • Why you should always pay with a credit card or through PayPal. • When to the plug if you have been duped. And much more. The AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is designed for authors who want to Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics. Since its inception, over 18,000,000 listeners have downloaded various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Ranked in the Top 100 of GoodPods and Top 10 on Feedspot. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    58 mins
  • Publishing-Which Option is for You? 08-08-2024

    Publishing-Which Option is for You? 08-08-2024
    Aug 9 2024
    During the month of August, Dr. Judith Briles will deliver five sizzling podcasts to enhance your publishing and book marketing success. As the host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, Judith is a multi-award-winning and bestselling author, speaker, and Founder of AuthorU.org, the ColoradoAuthorsHallofFame.org, and known as The Book Shepherd. The topic for this episode is: Publishing-Which Option is for You? You’ve got an idea … a manuscript. The question becomes? How do I get it published? What are my options? What should I do? Or, you have a book that was published years ago and you have the rights to it. Do you try to get an agent and sell it to a publisher or publish it yourself? All good questions and Judith has questions back to you that will reveal the answers. -You will learn the difference between traditional, self, indie, hybrid, and vanity publishing. -Which option is for you—Plan A, Plan B … or one in between? -You will learn the four questions that will direct you to the answers you need. -You will understand the dollars, cents, and sense of each option. And of course, much more for the author who wants to be seriously successful. • The AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is designed for authors who want to Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics. Since its inception, over 18,000,000 listeners have downloaded various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Ranked in the Top 100 of GoodPods and Top 10 on Feedspot. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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    57 mins