Paid books ads can help you generate a wave of new readers and increase your revenue. But it's easy to lose your money with most of these services. In this episode, Steve goes over his strategy of he'll test these paid ad sites in 2016.
Self-publishing isn't a one-size-fits-all strategy. You can make money from just books or you can generate a variety of revenue through your platform. In this episode, Steve explores the two types of business models.
Plagarism, buying reviews and outsourcing junky books. These are many unethical strategies that some authors choose to follow. In this episode, we talk about the ethics of self-publishing and how to play the long game.
Building a list of book readers is an important part of being an author. In this episode, we go over the benefits of email marketing and what tools you'll need to get started with a list building.
What's secret to self-publishing success? It's knowing what actually works and focusing your efforts on these important activities. That's the essence of the 80/20 rule. In this episode, we explore 80/20 marketing and how to apply it to self-publishing.
It's easy for writers to feel unmotivated or doubt their ability to succeed as an author. In this episode, we cover a variety of limiting beliefs and a few strategies you can use to overcome these limiting beliefs.
Bonus blog post on how to successfully promote a brand new book: http://authority.pub/launch
Want more readers and sales? One way to do this is to take your existing content and reuse it on other platforms. This episode covers topics like content upgrades, SEO, Slideshare, Social media and how to take your existing content and incorporate it into your next book.
Don't want to rely on just Amazon? Looking to grow your book-based business? In this episode, we go over strategies to make money outside of Amazon. Including: blogging, affiliate marketing, online courses, Udemy, podcasting, coaching and freelancing.
Amazon has numerous features with their publishing platform. In this episode we cover them all: KDP Select, Kindle Unlimited, Kindle Edition Normalized Pages Read, Author Central, the Associates affiliate program and much, much more.
Paid ads can increase can increase your book sales. And the biggest ad site around is BookBub. The problem is they only accept 5 to 10 percent of submissions. In this episode, we talk about the different strategies we've used to land a BookBub deal.
Confused about how much you need to invest in your self-publishing business? In this episode, we break down the costs of running an author business. Specifically, we break down what you need to invest based on three different levels, each representing where you are in your authorpreneur journey.
Struggling with your writing? Want to crush your word counts with NaNoWriMo? In this episode, we explore a series of strategies to help you write on a daily basis and make sure you stay consistent with developing your writing skills.
There are many ways to make money as an author. In this episode, we explore the books-only revenue model which includes Kindle books, audiobooks, selling direct, affiliate marketing and publishing on book platforms like Kobo, iBooks, Nook and Draft2Digital.
Welcome to the Authority Self-Publishing show with Steve Scott, Barrie Davenport, and Ron Clandenin. This episode goes over the goals for this podcast, how we can help authorpreneurs and what happened to Steve's old show--Self Publishing Questions.