Topic: Podcast

Creating an OPT-IN and Pushing it Out

Creating an OPT-IN and Pushing it Out

Essential Tips for Creating Website Opt-IN
In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles reveals the ultimate tips for turning your website into a hot magnet for new clients, fans, your book, and your expertise.
It’s Judith “solo” to deliver the step-by-step tips for creating the ultimate Opt-In or Lead Magnet to build your followers and fan base.
Your listening takeaways include:

The What of what you will need to create your Opt-In.
The Why of …

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Tips for getting your book seen and sold

Tips for getting your book seen and sold

Do you want to get your book seen and sold? You can and in this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, host Judith Briles invites author and marketing strategist Claudine Wolk to join her.

learn the value of “rolling” publicity.
get tips for being seen.
get tips on selling your book.
learn the three essential tips to publicity.
and as always, much more.

Join in and learn with the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast.                               …

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Book Reviews – Strategies and Tips for Book Reviews with Rox Burkey

Book Reviews – Strategies and Tips for Book Reviews with Rox Burkey

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Rox Burkey joins Host Dr. Judith Briles to reveal strategies and tips for getting, posting, and using Book Reviews.  

Your takeaways include:

Why you want reviews.
How to find reviewers.
How to request and get reviews.
What to do with them when you get them
How to create and give them to other authors.
Tips on follow-up after author events.
How to push them out on social media, blogs, your website.
Discover and use Indtale, Literary …

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AI – Swag and Book Marketing .. the Magic Duo

AI – Swag and Book Marketing .. the Magic Duo

Swag and Book Marketing .. the Magic Duo
In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites cover and book designer Rebecca Finkel back to talk swag and book marketing.
Your success going forward is all about what mindset you choose to have. Add in your branding, theme, the CORE of your message or storyline, and wrap it all with consistency.
For 2024, must-haves include:

Bookmarks
Postcards, including creating multiples as in a series
Banners
Build SuperFans
Author and …

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Editing Strategies for 2024 with EditPartner Barb Wilson Part II

Editing Strategies for 2024 with EditPartner Barb Wilson Part II

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Dr. Judith Briles, host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, rolls out Part 2 of Editing Tips for 2024 with fiction editor Barb Wilson to step up and reveal her key strategies for 2024 success for authors.

Start thinking World Building … world building is not exclusive to fantasy and sci-fi—it’s in every genre. Build yours and know the details. The result is rich story flow.
Development …

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Editing Strategies for 2024 with EditPartner Barb Wilson

Editing Strategies for 2024 with EditPartner Barb Wilson

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, Host Dr. Judith Briles dives into a topic that is a must for every book. One that many authors avoid … because it costs money. They take the DIY approach … and a book failure mistake.

Authors need editing … not just a few EVERY author. Joining host Dr. Judith Briles is Editor Barb Wilson. She sharpens her creative mind and red pencil to offer a variety …

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Book marketing strategies for 2024 with John Kremer

Book marketing strategies for 2024 with John Kremer

In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Dr. Judith Briles, host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast, has invited book marketing guru John Kremer to step up and reveal his key tips for 2024 success for authors.
Your goal: You want to create what others want to read.
Smart 2024 strategies include:
• Start knocking on social media doors.
• Hooking onto existing bestseller titles and authors in your genre with ongoing posts.
• Hooking onto names …

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Dr Judith Briles-7 writing blunders for authors to avoid #1 downloaded show in 2023

Dr Judith Briles-7 writing blunders for authors to avoid #1 downloaded show in 2023

 7 Writing Blunders for Authors to Avoid

Judith Briles The Book Shepherd identifies 7 Writing Blunders for Authors to Avoid in this episode of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s just Judith solo—this episode is the perfect refresher any time of the year. Originally aired January 12, 2023, this episode was the #1 show in 2023. It has been downloaded 328,123 times.
Your takeaways include:

7 essential tips for review gathering
tips for creating eyeball-grabbing headlines
tips for …

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2023 Book Marketing tips with John Kremer

2023 Book Marketing tips with John Kremer

Book Marketing Strategies for 2023 and Beyond
John Kremer joins Dr. Judith Briles for a lively kickoff the New Year session for Book Marketing Strategies for 2023. This is the perfect time for a review of what the past 12  months have unfolded for authors.

Get ready for an hour with two masters of book marketing and what you should have been doing for 2023: John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Book and Dr. …

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Creating a 2024 Calendar Special Days Extravaganza with Dr. Judith Briles – The Book Shepherd™

Creating a 2024 Calendar Special Days Extravaganza with Dr. Judith Briles – The Book Shepherd™

AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast host, Dr. Judith Briles has put together the ultimate 2024 special calendars for authors.

Think book days, publishing days, writing days.  Months. Weeks. Individual days. Weird. Even Quirky.
Get tips on how to use …

Posters
Quotes
Book Marketing campaigns

It’s an explosion of resources for 2024 for each month with Judith and the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast.
Join in … you will learn a lot!
If you don’t want you and your book to …

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