Podcasts

SFA 082 – Selling Direct, Audiobooks, and Author Business Tips

Published: March 18, 2021, 7:52 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 26 seconds

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SFA 081 – Selling Foreign Rights and Pitching at Book Fairs with Judith Anderle

Published: March 11, 2021, 8:43 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 45 seconds

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SFA 080 – Kindle Unlimited vs Wide (i.e. Amazon Exclusivity vs. Not)

Published: March 4, 2021, 9:44 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 3 seconds

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SFA 079 – Marketing Paperbacks, Republishing Books, Driving Traffic to a New Series, and Other Questions Answered

Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 8:23 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 25 seconds

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SFA 078 – Keys to Long-term Success as an Author

Published: Feb. 18, 2021, 10:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 39 seconds

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SFA 077 – Book Marketing Tactics We’ve Tried and That Didn’t Work for Us

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 9:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 8 seconds

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SFA 076 – 7-Figure Author on Publishing Frequently, Marketing, and Starting Fresh

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 8:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 52 seconds

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SFA 075 – How to Write a Novel in a Month

Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 7:25 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 27 seconds

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SFA 074 – Tax Savings, Business Structure, Retirement, and Cumulative Advantage for Authors with Joe Solari

Published: Jan. 21, 2021, 8:38 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 37 seconds

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SFA 073 – What to Do if You’re Not Making a Profit from Your Books

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 9:25 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 1 second

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SFA 072 – What Worked and Didn’t in 2020 and Our Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Plans for 2021

Published: Jan. 7, 2021, 8:52 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 22 seconds

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SFA 071 – Selling Hard-to-Categorize Books That Aren’t Written to Market/Trope Pt 2

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 14 seconds

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SFA 070 – Subscriptions, Audiobooks, and Viability of Traditional Publishing Today

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 10:12 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 6 seconds

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SFA 069 – Selling Hard-to-Categorize Books That Aren’t Written to Market/Trope

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 7:43 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 10 seconds

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SFA 068 – Hype Cycle + Have Audiobooks Reached a Tipping Point?

Published: Dec. 10, 2020, 8:41 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 28 seconds

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SFA 067 – Audio Reader Magnets, Amazon Ads, and Are Newsletters and Social Media Really Worth It?

Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 8:34 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 20 seconds

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SFA 066 – A Book in 15 Minutes a Day, Author Mindset, and Marketing Non-Fiction

Published: Nov. 26, 2020, 10:12 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 37 seconds

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SFA 065 – Marketing as an Introvert, and Successful Urban Fantasy Outside of Kindle Unlimited

Published: Nov. 19, 2020, 8:12 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 54 seconds

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SFA 064 – Creating a Protagonist that Readers Will Love

Published: Nov. 12, 2020, 8:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 34 seconds

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SFA 063 – Getting Movie Deals and Amish Romance with Serena Miller

Published: Nov. 5, 2020, 8:04 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 1 second

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SFA 062 – Is It too Late to Break out in 2020?

Published: Oct. 29, 2020, 8:35 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 4 seconds

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SFA 061 – Our Top Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Tips

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 8:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 57 seconds

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SFA 060 – Writing Series That Sell with Sara Rosett

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 8:43 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 2 seconds

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SFA 059 – Writing Craft Tips and Listener Q&A

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 8:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 58 seconds

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SFA 058 – Productivity Tips for Writers

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 8:16 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 46 seconds

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SFA 057 – Using Your Newsletter to Sell More Books (Part 2)

Published: Sept. 24, 2020, 7:14 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 11 seconds

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SFA 056 – Using Your Newsletter to Sell More Books (Part 1)

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 22 seconds

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SFA 055 – Getting Reviews and Starting a Street Team/Review Crew

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 13 seconds

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SFA 054 – Social Media for Authors with Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine

Published: Sept. 3, 2020, 10:08 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 55 seconds

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SFA 053 – New Amazon Ads Data, When to Avoid Pre-Orders, and Listener Questions Answered

Published: Aug. 27, 2020, 7:44 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 10 seconds

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SFA 052 – Mistakes We’ve Made as Authors/Publishers/Marketers

Published: Aug. 20, 2020, 9:25 a.m.
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SFA 051 – Increasing Your Income with Patreon

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 7:42 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 40 seconds

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SFA 050 – Leveling up: Going from 4/5 Figures a Year to 6 Figures a Year as an Author

Published: Aug. 6, 2020, 7:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 4 seconds

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SFA 049 – Subscription Service Strategies, Marketing Tips for 2020, and Listener Questions Answered

Published: July 30, 2020, 8:42 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 49 seconds

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SFA 048 – Things You Can Do When You’re in a Writing Slump + Kickstarters for Authors

Published: July 23, 2020, 8:53 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 50 seconds

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SFA 047 – Tech and Tools That We Find Useful as Full-time Authors

Published: July 16, 2020, 9:11 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 42 seconds

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SFA 046 – Serials, Following up on Initial Success, and the Young Adult Fantasy Market with Sarah K.L. Wilson

Published: July 9, 2020, 9 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 38 seconds

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SFA 045 – Increasing Sales in Bookstores Other Than Amazon (Google Play, Kobo, Apple, etc.)

Published: July 2, 2020, 9:21 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 50 seconds

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SFA 044 – Amazon Sales Ranking, Achieving More Visibility, and More Effective Launches and Book Promos with David Gaughran

Published: June 25, 2020, 8:37 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 38 seconds

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SFA 043 – Book Advances, White-Listing Requests for Newsletters, and Pre-Orders Pt 2

Published: June 18, 2020, 9:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 20 seconds

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SFA 042 – Pre-Orders: How, When, and Why to Use Them to Increase Sales

Published: June 11, 2020, 9:13 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 22 seconds

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SFA 041 – Finding a Narrator, Cost, and DIY Tips for Audiobooks with Gary Bennett

Published: June 4, 2020, 9:27 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 24 seconds

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SFA 040 – Launches, Re-Launches, and Juggling Writing and Publishing with a Young Family with Andrea Pearson

Published: May 28, 2020, 9:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 36 seconds

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SFA 039 – Trends on Amazon, New Opportunities, and How CoVid-19 Is Affecting Ebook Sales with Alex Newton

Published: May 21, 2020, 10:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 41 seconds

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SFA 038 – Book Covers That Sell Books and Common Mistakes When Working with a Designer with Rebekah Haskell

Published: May 14, 2020, 8:17 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 31 seconds

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SFA 037 – Adapting as the Market Changes, Screenwriting, and Mixing Wide with Exclusive with Michaelbrent Collings

Published: May 7, 2020, 9:37 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 48 seconds

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SFA 036 – Revving up Backlist Book Sales, Writing and Selling Short Stories, Planning out a Series, and Jo Juggles

Published: April 30, 2020, 6:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 31 seconds

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SFA 035 – From Traditional Publishing to Indie, Clean Romance, and Book Covers and Editing on a Dime

Published: April 23, 2020, 9:48 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 19 seconds

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SFA 034 – Switching Genres, Do Novellas Sell, and Are There Marketing Differences from Genre to Genre?

Published: April 16, 2020, 10:09 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 28 seconds

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SFA 033 – Amazon Ads and Book Blurbs That Convert to Sales with Bryan Cohen

Published: April 10, 2020, 3:11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 8 seconds

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SFA 032 – Passive Advertising, Rapid Release, and Marketing Cross-Genre Fiction, and other Listener Questions

Published: April 2, 2020, 9:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 53 seconds

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SFA 031 – Publishing Quickly, Long Series, Author Facebook Groups, and Starting Your Own Press with JN Chaney

Published: March 26, 2020, 9:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 39 seconds

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SFA 030 – Dealing with Burnout, Self-Doubt, and Comparisonitis

Published: March 19, 2020, 9:13 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 54 seconds

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SFA Bonus – Ladies Who Launch: Lindsay, Andrea, and KM Shea talk about their recent series launches

Published: March 18, 2020, 10:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 17 seconds

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SFA 029 – Earning 7 Figures, Foreign Translations, and the Thriller Market with Mark Dawson

Published: March 12, 2020, 9:42 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 2 seconds

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SFA 028 – Marketing Tips, Getting Book Reviews, and Advertising and SEO with Ricardo Fayet

Published: March 5, 2020, 12:07 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 56 seconds

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SFA 027 – Successful Book Launches, Facebook Ads, and Marketing Funnels with Mal Cooper

Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 10:25 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 33 seconds

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SFA 026 – Launching a Pen Name, Co-Writing, and Organizing Author and Reader Events for Profit with Jasmine Walt

Published: Feb. 20, 2020, 10:31 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 3 seconds

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SFA 025 – Having a Series Take Off, Merchandising, and Co-Writing with Jason Anspach

Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 10:27 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 48 seconds

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SFA 024 – Ebook Pricing Strategies + Listener Questions

Published: Feb. 6, 2020, 11:02 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 27 seconds

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SFA 023 – Publishing Nonfiction Along with Fiction, Audiobooks, and Preparing for an Audio-First Eco-System with Joanna Penn

Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 9:22 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 30 seconds

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SFA – 022 Discussing Mark Coker’s (Smashwords) 2020 Indie Author Predictions + Questions and Answers

Published: Jan. 23, 2020, 9:40 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 2 seconds

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SFA 021 – Making a Full-Time Income on One Novel a Year with Romantic Comedy Author Jami Albright

Published: Jan. 16, 2020, 9:57 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 39 seconds

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SFA 020 – Mistakes We’ve Learned from and Our Plans for 2020

Published: Jan. 9, 2020, 10:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 23 seconds

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SFA 019 – Killing it on Kickstarter with Loren L. Coleman

Published: Jan. 2, 2020, 11:16 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 9 seconds

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SFA 016 – Advertising During the Holidays, Reader Magnets, When to Do Audiobooks, and More Listener Questions Answered

Published: Dec. 12, 2019, 11:59 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 9 seconds

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SFA 015 – Using Free Books and Multi-Author Promos to Increase Readership with Evan Gow from StoryOrigin

Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 3:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 34 seconds

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SFA – 014 Goodreads, Google Play, and Tips from the 20Books 2019 Conference

Published: Nov. 28, 2019, 12:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 10 seconds

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SFA – 013 How to Successfully Sell Wide (Beyond Amazon) with Mark Lefebvre

Published: Nov. 21, 2019, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 38 seconds

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SFA – 011 Thinking Like a Business, Marketing on a Budget, Hiring Help, and Tips from the WGM Business Master Class

Published: Nov. 7, 2019, 9:12 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 10 seconds

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SFA – 010 Increasing Productivity Through Outlining, Efficient Editing, and Dictation

Published: Oct. 31, 2019, 7:27 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 40 seconds

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SFA – 009 Improving Productivity, Myths of “Churning out Books,” and What It Takes to Make $100,000+

Published: Oct. 24, 2019, 9:39 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 28 seconds

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SFA – 008 Ebook Bundles and Boxed Sets (How, Why, What and Execution Tips)

Published: Oct. 24, 2019, 8:17 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 25 seconds

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SFA – 007 Digging Deeper into Book Marketing (Bookbub Ads, Facebook Ads, Amazon Ads, and Amazon Category Trends) – NINC 2019

Published: Oct. 17, 2019, 7:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 55 seconds

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SFA – 006 Author Marketing, Writing Craft, and Productivity Tips from NINC 2019

Published: Oct. 10, 2019, 7:08 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 4 seconds

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SFA – 005 How to Keep Selling Books Year After Year + Building a Loyal Fan Base and Community with K. M. Shea

Published: Oct. 3, 2019, 6:41 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 38 seconds

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SFA – 004 Tips for Diversifying and Increasing Your Income as an Author + Digging Deeper with Jo Lallo

Published: Sept. 24, 2019, 8:40 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 14 seconds

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SFA – 003 Book Launch Tactics for Wide, Kindle Unlimited, Pre-Orders and Rapid Release with Lindsay Buroker

Published: Sept. 22, 2019, 7:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 42 seconds

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SFA – 002 How to Rock Your Mailing List, Get More Subscribers, and Sell More Books with Andrea Pearson

Published: Sept. 21, 2019, 6:33 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 25 seconds

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SFA – 001 What It Takes to Make Six Figures as an Author + Dispelling Myths

Published: Sept. 21, 2019, 4:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 26 seconds

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