On this week's episode, my guest is Nick Stephenson. As an English and Law student-turned-bestselling author and coach, Nick correctly states early on in our discussion that "Author" isn't a career option when one attends university!

Nevertheless, having written multiple bestselling books, Nick has generated a huge following as well as an amazing list of tips and lessons-learned for authors wanting to grow their email lists with engaged fans as well as build a website that works for them.

• Nick's #1 Rule when it comes to building a truly effective long-term reader list
• How Nick's book sales enabled him to quit his day job -- and he began coaching other authors who wanted to grow the way he did
• The value (and requirement) of experimentation with author marketing
• Nick's belief in the existence of Author Marketing Hell -- and HOW TO GET OUT OF IT!
• The ONE question to ask yourself to determine whether a tool/activity is worth your time and/or financial investment
• How Nick and David Siteman Garland put together their incredible website template for authors -- that's making the attraction of new readers almost too easy for many of its users
• Nick's thoughts on how to determine how often to email your readers
• What to completely ignore when it comes to "email marketing wisdom"

www.LeopoldBlake.com (author website)

Blog.YourFirst10KReaders.com

Three Part Video Training (email list-building trainings; referral link)

Author Cats - Author Website Template (referral link)