Feel like your marketing and promo activities for your book are literally being thrown into the abyss? Hearing crickets after publishing your book? Here's what you need to check!

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Here is the most popular short story from my blog in 2024! I released this audio story on my YouTube channel, but I wanted to share it here as a way to show how you can repurpose your content across platforms to help promote your writing. I hope you enjoy the story and let me know what you think!

Listen to this story on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yxX5I_PHaI&t=119s

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Sending big hugs to anyone who's unable to access TikTok 😭

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Guys, it's the end of the year! We made it. This is the very last podcast episode for 2024. Thanks for listening! See you in 2025 👀

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In this, the very first author interview on the podcast (!), I chat with Loren Tuxford, author of the incredible Nightfall series (details below). She shares her do's and don'ts for writing, and everything in between.Check out Loren's books:Nightfall in the Forest of Betrayal (The Nightfall Series Book 1): https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0CPSST48H?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_0&storeType=ebooks Nightfall in the Forest of Broken Dreams: Nightfall Book Two (The Nightfall Series 2): https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0CPSSNT63?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_1&storeType=ebooks

Nightfall in the Forest of Destiny: Nightfall Book Three (The Nightfall Series 3):

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/0648636755?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tpbk_2&storeType=ebooksVisit Loren's website here: https://www.lorentuxford.com/Visit the Book Fair Australia website: https://www.bookfairaustralia.com/

Welcome to part 2 of the engagement series! In this episode I talk about ways to increase the engagement with your email marketing. Don't feel overwhelmed, just get started and try some of my tips!

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Most content creators want bigggg follower numbers, right? I would love to encourage all authors to focus more on engagement over the number of followers you have. This is part 1 in a 2-part series. Episode 1 will focus on Instagram, episode 2 will focus on email.

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Are you a plotter or a pantser? I am the latter and man oh man, I have learnt a LOT about writing on this journey. Here are 3 things I've learnt in pantsing my first draft.

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Live events are a MUST if you want to sell books! I recently went to Book Fair Australia and took note of what author displays looked amazing and why, plus how the best sales conversations went.

Check out the incredible stand by Loren Tuxford: https://www.instagram.com/p/DB0s1zeyOU1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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