Six Figure Authors

By Lindsay Buroker

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Episodes: 132

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Six Figure Authors is the show that helps you take your writing career to the next level. Lindsay Buroker, Jo Lallo, and Andrea Pearson are sharing their own insights, as authors who’ve been publishing since the beginning of the e-reader revolution, and they’re also interviewing industry experts and other successful authors to help you figure out what’s working right now.

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