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SFA 132 – Being Productive When You’re Time Crunched + Updates from the Hosts
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Oct 06, 2023 |
SFA 131 – Tips for Success and Updates from the Hosts
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Jun 20, 2023 |
SFA 130 – 2022 Lessons, 2023 Marketing and Publishing Plans, and Thoughts on AI for Authors
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Mar 17, 2023 |
SFA 129 – Why Book Sales Are Down and What to Do About It
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Oct 20, 2022 |
SFA 128 – Final Advice for Authors and Our Plans Going Forward
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Apr 14, 2022 |
SFA 127 – How to Be a Successful Author Without Networking
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Apr 07, 2022 |
SFA 126 – More Tips for Selling Direct with Katie Cross
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Mar 31, 2022 |
SFA 125 – How to Launch a Successful Book Series
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Mar 24, 2022 |
SFA 124 – Scheduling vs Winging It: Which Is More Sane for Your Author Career?
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Mar 17, 2022 |
SFA 123 – Dealing with Criticism as an Author
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Mar 10, 2022 |
SFA 122 – When Pen Names Make Sense and How to Rock Them
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Mar 03, 2022 |
SFA 121 – Tips for Selling Books Outside of Amazon + Draft2Digital/Smashwords Updates
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Feb 24, 2022 |
SFA 120 – How to Rock Your Sample Pages (and get more sales) + Advertising Rules
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Feb 17, 2022 |
SFA 119 – Myths About Success in Self-Publishing
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Feb 10, 2022 |
SFA 118 – Leaning on Your Strengths for Greater Productivity in Writing and Marketing
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Feb 03, 2022 |
SFA 117 – Launches, Advertising, and Making Money on One Book a Year
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Jan 27, 2022 |
SFA 116 – Dealing with Burnout and Writer’s Block as an Author
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Jan 20, 2022 |
SFA 115 – Making More Money Selling Your Books Direct
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Jan 13, 2022 |
SFA 114 – Self-Publishing, Traditional Publishing, or Hybrid – Which Is Right for You?
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Jan 06, 2022 |
SFA 113 – The 1,000 True Fans Concept Through 2022 Eyes
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Dec 30, 2021 |
SFA 112 – How to Smartly Invest back into Your Book Business
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Dec 23, 2021 |
SFF 111 – What Book Marketing We’re Going to Focus on in 2022
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Dec 16, 2021 |
SFA 110 – Tips to Get Your Backlist Selling Again
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Dec 09, 2021 |
SFA 109 – 10 Ways to Make Sure Your Novel Bombs
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Nov 25, 2021 |
SFA 108 – Are Your Craft Choices Hurting Your Book Sales?
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Nov 18, 2021 |
SFA 107 – Learning from the Past and Strategizing for Future Success
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Nov 11, 2021 |
SFA 106 – Is It Time to Raise Prices, KU All-Star Bonuses, and Advertising Q&A
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Nov 04, 2021 |
SFA 105 – How We Would Start from Scratch Writing/Publishing Books Today
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Oct 28, 2021 |
SFA 104 – Appealing to “Universal Fantasy” and Succeeding Across Genres
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Oct 21, 2021 |
SFA 103 – Struggles We Deal with as Full-time Authors
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Oct 14, 2021 |
SFA 102 – How to Keep from Stressing out as an Author While Still Achieving Your Goals
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Oct 07, 2021 |
SFA 101 – Answering Your Book Advertising Questions
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Sep 30, 2021 |
SFA 100 – Improving Organic Book Sales, Book Launch Tips, and How to Use A-Plus Content on Amazon
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Sep 23, 2021 |
SFA 099 – Succeeding in a Competitive Genre with Cami Checketts
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Sep 16, 2021 |
SFA 098 – Do Authors Need to Advertise and Where and How Much Should They Spend?
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Sep 09, 2021 |
SFA 097 – How to Take Your Writing from Hobby Money to Earning a Full-time Income
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Sep 02, 2021 |
SFA 096 – YouTube Live: Questions on Publishing and Book Marketing
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Aug 19, 2021 |
SFA 095 – Can You Really Make “Passive Income” as an Author?
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Jun 17, 2021 |
SFA 094 – Breaking Six Figures Without Advertising and Reducing the Time It Takes to Revise and Publish
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Jun 10, 2021 |
SFA 093 – Mistakes That Newer Authors Make
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Jun 03, 2021 |
SFA 092 – Selling More Audiobooks, Audiobook Trends, and Marketing Tips
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May 27, 2021 |
SFA 091 – Book Marketing for Introverts
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May 20, 2021 |
SFA 090 – Going Wide with Audiobooks, Reader Magnets, and Improving Boxed Set Sales
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May 13, 2021 |
SFA 089 – Book Marketing Tips and Shooting for Bestseller Lists
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May 06, 2021 |
SFA 088 – How to Grow Your Audience as an Author
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Apr 29, 2021 |
SFA 087 – Our Top Tips After Ten Years of Publishing
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Apr 22, 2021 |
SFA 086 – How to Use Bonus Material to Sell More Books
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Apr 15, 2021 |
SFA 085 – Staying Motivated, Productivity, Flow State, and Writing to Market in 2021
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Apr 08, 2021 |
SFA 084 – Book Launch Check List
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Apr 01, 2021 |
SFA 083 – Your Questions Answered on Kindle Unlimited / Amazon KDP Select vs Wide
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Mar 25, 2021 |
SFA 082 – Selling Direct, Audiobooks, and Author Business Tips
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Mar 18, 2021 |
SFA 081 – Selling Foreign Rights and Pitching at Book Fairs with Judith Anderle
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Mar 11, 2021 |
SFA 080 – Kindle Unlimited vs Wide (i.e. Amazon Exclusivity vs. Not)
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Mar 04, 2021 |
SFA 079 – Marketing Paperbacks, Republishing Books, Driving Traffic to a New Series, and Other Questions Answered
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Feb 25, 2021 |
SFA 078 – Keys to Long-term Success as an Author
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Feb 18, 2021 |
SFA 077 – Book Marketing Tactics We’ve Tried and That Didn’t Work for Us
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Feb 11, 2021 |
SFA 075 – How to Write a Novel in a Month
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Jan 28, 2021 |
SFA 074 – Tax Savings, Business Structure, Retirement, and Cumulative Advantage for Authors with Joe Solari
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Jan 21, 2021 |
SFA 073 – What to Do if You’re Not Making a Profit from Your Books
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Jan 14, 2021 |
SFA 072 – What Worked and Didn’t in 2020 and Our Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Plans for 2021
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Jan 07, 2021 |
SFA 071 – Selling Hard-to-Categorize Books That Aren’t Written to Market/Trope Pt 2
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Dec 31, 2020 |
SFA 070 – Subscriptions, Audiobooks, and Viability of Traditional Publishing Today
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Dec 24, 2020 |
SFA 069 – Selling Hard-to-Categorize Books That Aren’t Written to Market/Trope
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Dec 17, 2020 |
SFA 068 – Hype Cycle + Have Audiobooks Reached a Tipping Point?
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Dec 10, 2020 |
SFA 067 – Audio Reader Magnets, Amazon Ads, and Are Newsletters and Social Media Really Worth It?
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Dec 03, 2020 |
SFA 066 – A Book in 15 Minutes a Day, Author Mindset, and Marketing Non-Fiction
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Nov 26, 2020 |
SFA 065 – Marketing as an Introvert, and Successful Urban Fantasy Outside of Kindle Unlimited
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Nov 19, 2020 |
SFA 064 – Creating a Protagonist that Readers Will Love
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Nov 12, 2020 |
SFA 063 – Getting Movie Deals and Amish Romance with Serena Miller
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Nov 05, 2020 |
SFA 062 – Is It too Late to Break out in 2020?
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Oct 29, 2020 |
SFA 061 – Our Top Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Tips
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Oct 22, 2020 |
SFA 060 – Writing Series That Sell with Sara Rosett
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Oct 15, 2020 |
SFA 059 – Writing Craft Tips and Listener Q&A
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Oct 08, 2020 |
SFA 058 – Productivity Tips for Writers
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Oct 01, 2020 |
SFA 057 – Using Your Newsletter to Sell More Books (Part 2)
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Sep 24, 2020 |
SFA 056 – Using Your Newsletter to Sell More Books (Part 1)
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Sep 17, 2020 |
SFA 055 – Getting Reviews and Starting a Street Team/Review Crew
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Sep 10, 2020 |
SFA 054 – Social Media for Authors with Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine
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Sep 03, 2020 |
SFA 053 – New Amazon Ads Data, When to Avoid Pre-Orders, and Listener Questions Answered
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Aug 27, 2020 |
SFA 052 – Mistakes We’ve Made as Authors/Publishers/Marketers
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Aug 20, 2020 |
SFA 051 – Increasing Your Income with Patreon
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Aug 13, 2020 |
SFA 050 – Leveling up: Going from 4/5 Figures a Year to 6 Figures a Year as an Author
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Aug 06, 2020 |
SFA 049 – Subscription Service Strategies, Marketing Tips for 2020, and Listener Questions Answered
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Jul 30, 2020 |
SFA 048 – Things You Can Do When You’re in a Writing Slump + Kickstarters for Authors
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Jul 23, 2020 |
SFA 047 – Tech and Tools That We Find Useful as Full-time Authors
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Jul 16, 2020 |
SFA 046 – Serials, Following up on Initial Success, and the Young Adult Fantasy Market with Sarah K.L. Wilson
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Jul 09, 2020 |
SFA 045 – Increasing Sales in Bookstores Other Than Amazon (Google Play, Kobo, Apple, etc.)
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Jul 02, 2020 |
SFA 044 – Amazon Sales Ranking, Achieving More Visibility, and More Effective Launches and Book Promos with David Gaughran
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Jun 25, 2020 |
SFA 043 – Book Advances, White-Listing Requests for Newsletters, and Pre-Orders Pt 2
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Jun 18, 2020 |
SFA 042 – Pre-Orders: How, When, and Why to Use Them to Increase Sales
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Jun 11, 2020 |
SFA 041 – Finding a Narrator, Cost, and DIY Tips for Audiobooks with Gary Bennett
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Jun 04, 2020 |
SFA 040 – Launches, Re-Launches, and Juggling Writing and Publishing with a Young Family with Andrea Pearson
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May 28, 2020 |
SFA 039 – Trends on Amazon, New Opportunities, and How CoVid-19 Is Affecting Ebook Sales with Alex Newton
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May 21, 2020 |
SFA 038 – Book Covers That Sell Books and Common Mistakes When Working with a Designer with Rebekah Haskell
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May 14, 2020 |
SFA 037 – Adapting as the Market Changes, Screenwriting, and Mixing Wide with Exclusive with Michaelbrent Collings
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May 07, 2020 |
SFA 036 – Revving up Backlist Book Sales, Writing and Selling Short Stories, Planning out a Series, and Jo Juggles
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Apr 30, 2020 |
SFA 035 – From Traditional Publishing to Indie, Clean Romance, and Book Covers and Editing on a Dime
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Apr 23, 2020 |
SFA 034 – Switching Genres, Do Novellas Sell, and Are There Marketing Differences from Genre to Genre?
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Apr 16, 2020 |
SFA 033 – Amazon Ads and Book Blurbs That Convert to Sales with Bryan Cohen
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Apr 10, 2020 |
SFA 032 – Passive Advertising, Rapid Release, and Marketing Cross-Genre Fiction, and other Listener Questions
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Apr 02, 2020 |
SFA 031 – Publishing Quickly, Long Series, Author Facebook Groups, and Starting Your Own Press with JN Chaney
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Mar 26, 2020 |
SFA 030 – Dealing with Burnout, Self-Doubt, and Comparisonitis
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Mar 19, 2020 |
SFA Bonus – Ladies Who Launch: Lindsay, Andrea, and KM Shea talk about their recent series launches
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Mar 18, 2020 |
SFA 029 – Earning 7 Figures, Foreign Translations, and the Thriller Market with Mark Dawson
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Mar 12, 2020 |
SFA 028 – Marketing Tips, Getting Book Reviews, and Advertising and SEO with Ricardo Fayet
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Mar 05, 2020 |
SFA 027 – Successful Book Launches, Facebook Ads, and Marketing Funnels with Mal Cooper
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Feb 27, 2020 |
SFA 026 – Launching a Pen Name, Co-Writing, and Organizing Author and Reader Events for Profit with Jasmine Walt
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Feb 20, 2020 |
SFA 025 – Having a Series Take Off, Merchandising, and Co-Writing with Jason Anspach
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Feb 13, 2020 |
SFA 024 – Ebook Pricing Strategies + Listener Questions
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Feb 06, 2020 |
SFA 023 – Publishing Nonfiction Along with Fiction, Audiobooks, and Preparing for an Audio-First Eco-System with Joanna Penn
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Jan 30, 2020 |
SFA – 022 Discussing Mark Coker’s (Smashwords) 2020 Indie Author Predictions + Questions and Answers
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Jan 23, 2020 |
SFA 021 – Making a Full-Time Income on One Novel a Year with Romantic Comedy Author Jami Albright
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Jan 16, 2020 |
SFA 020 – Mistakes We’ve Learned from and Our Plans for 2020
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Jan 09, 2020 |
SFA 019 – Killing it on Kickstarter with Loren L. Coleman
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Jan 02, 2020 |
SFA 018 – Why Revising Can Be Detrimental, Pantsing Like a Pro, and Moving from Traditional Publishing to Indie with Dean Wesley Smith
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Dec 26, 2019 |
SFA 017 – Selling Ebooks Direct, Growing Your Newsletter with Bonus Content, and Benefits of In-Person Events with Damon Courtney from Bookfunnel
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Dec 19, 2019 |
SFA 016 – Advertising During the Holidays, Reader Magnets, When to Do Audiobooks, and More Listener Questions Answered
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Dec 12, 2019 |
SFA 015 – Using Free Books and Multi-Author Promos to Increase Readership with Evan Gow from StoryOrigin
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Dec 05, 2019 |
SFA – 014 Goodreads, Google Play, and Tips from the 20Books 2019 Conference
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Nov 28, 2019 |
SFA – 013 How to Successfully Sell Wide (Beyond Amazon) with Mark Lefebvre
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Nov 21, 2019 |
SFA – 012 Contract Negotiations, Licensing Your Work, Branding, Podcasting Fiction and more from the WGM Business Master Class 2019
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Nov 14, 2019 |
SFA – 011 Thinking Like a Business, Marketing on a Budget, Hiring Help, and Tips from the WGM Business Master Class
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Nov 07, 2019 |
SFA – 010 Increasing Productivity Through Outlining, Efficient Editing, and Dictation
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Oct 31, 2019 |
SFA – 009 Improving Productivity, Myths of “Churning out Books,” and What It Takes to Make $100,000+
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Oct 24, 2019 |
SFA – 008 Ebook Bundles and Boxed Sets (How, Why, What and Execution Tips)
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Oct 24, 2019 |
SFA – 007 Digging Deeper into Book Marketing (Bookbub Ads, Facebook Ads, Amazon Ads, and Amazon Category Trends) – NINC 2019
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Oct 17, 2019 |
SFA – 006 Author Marketing, Writing Craft, and Productivity Tips from NINC 2019
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Oct 10, 2019 |
SFA – 005 How to Keep Selling Books Year After Year + Building a Loyal Fan Base and Community with K. M. Shea
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Oct 03, 2019 |
SFA – 004 Tips for Diversifying and Increasing Your Income as an Author + Digging Deeper with Jo Lallo
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Sep 24, 2019 |
SFA – 003 Book Launch Tactics for Wide, Kindle Unlimited, Pre-Orders and Rapid Release with Lindsay Buroker
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Sep 22, 2019 |
SFA – 002 How to Rock Your Mailing List, Get More Subscribers, and Sell More Books with Andrea Pearson
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Sep 21, 2019 |
SFA – 001 What It Takes to Make Six Figures as an Author + Dispelling Myths
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Sep 21, 2019 |