Platform and Branding
The WHY Behind Building Your Platform
Have you lever listened to Simon Sinek’s TEDx Talk, Start With Why? If not, I’d highly recommend you do.…
April 18, 2021-
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Marketing SenseYour Facebook Live’s Schedule, Length, and Location Will Form Your Strong Foundation
Taking the focus off of ourselves and placing it on our audience changes everything. Everything. That’s exactly what a…
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Platform and Branding
Branding and Twitter
Raise your hand if you’re a writer on Twitter! Same. Twitter is a great place for building that writing…
March 18, 2021 -
Marketing Sense
How to Grow a Loyal Facebook Live Audience: Focus On Your Audience and Content
Growing a loyal Facebook Live audience—whether you’re a beginner or established writer—doesn’t happen overnight. You have to earn it.…
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Platform and Branding
Hey, Writer. Let’s Talk About Your Brand!
Now more than ever, personal branding is important. Whether you’re scrolling through Instagram looking at the latest influencers’ posts,…
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Marketing Sense
Email Marketing: Your Most Powerful Promotional Tool
As a professional writer you aren’t satisfied writing grocery lists. You long to deliver God’s message and see lives…
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Platform and Branding
Where You Are and Where You Want to Be
When it comes to building a platform, numbers fly around conversations like flies on leftovers. Some may say you…
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Marketing Sense
Can A Facebook Live Program Grow Your Author Platform in 2021?
New authors often call me. They want my help to build their platform in time for their book’s release…
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Book ProposalsThe Two Big Cs
So, it’s Christmas and we’re all still dealing with Covid. Who would have imagined a year ago when we…
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Platform and BrandingHow to Market Your Book in 2020
The difference between filing your carefully edited pages on your computer and readers reading those pages, is marketing. Books…
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Book Proposals
When You Hear Little (or Nothing) from Submissions
We live in a “hurry up” culture. If someone doesn’t answer their email or text you back right away,…
November 25, 2020 -
Platform and Branding
Author Brand Crash Course
Personal brand is a big factor for writers today. Do you have one? If so, what is it? And…
November 18, 2020 -
Platform and Branding
Platform Starts with Your Mindset
When you hear the word platform what comes to mind? A mountain between you and getting published? One more…
October 18, 2020 -
Book Proposals
Discover the Power of Asking
Writing is a solitary profession and the majority of writers are introverts. Book proposals are a powerful business tool…
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Book Proposals
We’re All Struggling
We’re all struggling in this craziness, but one thing is sure, we are writers! We push on and don’t…
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Book Proposals
Make Your Proposal Stand Out
Recently I met one of my long-term friends, a publisher of a well-known book company. Speaking about how I…
July 25, 2020 -
Book Proposals
Use Social Pressure to Finish Your Proposal
Do you procrastinate when it comes to creating a book proposal? You aren’t alone and it is common among…
May 25, 2020 -
Book Proposals
The Covid Affair
Well, here we are. Or … here I am, and there you are. We’re social distancing. This is new…
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Marketing InterviewsINTERVIEW WITH C.A.N. CROWN AWARD WINNER Carla Hoch
The Christian Authors Network’s innovative Crown Awards celebrate excellence in Christian Media and Marketing. Purpose: To recognize, educate, and…
April 18, 2020 -
AuthorpreneurSupercharge Your Reach, Part Three
Throughout this series I’ve emphasized one main point—increasing your reach is vital to your writing career. I’ve also shared…
April 12, 2020 -
Book Proposals
Always Cover the Basics
From reading many submissions, I’ve seen numerous misspellings of my first and last name. This small but significant mistake…
March 25, 2020 -
Marketing Interviews
INTERVIEW WITH C.A.N. CROWN AWARD WINNER Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith
The Christian Authors Network’s innovative Crown Awards celebrate excellence in Christian Media and Marketing. Purpose: To recognize, educate, and…
March 18, 2020 -
Authorpreneur
Supercharge your Reach: Part 2—Reviews
Every indie author knows that standing out from the crowd is an uphill battle. And, like most battles, it…
March 12, 2020 -
Book Proposals
But My Writing’s Good…Why Can’t I Get An Agent?
I remember those days of whining to myself. “But it’s good. Everybody says so, especially all my friends and…
February 25, 2020 -
Marketing Interviews
Interview with C.A.N. Crown Award Winner Adria Wilkins
The Christian Authors Network’s innovative Crown Awards celebrate excellence in Christian Media and Marketing. Purpose: To recognize, educate, and…
February 18, 2020
