Begin Self-Publishing Podcast

I haven't talked much about my own books on this show. I lost confidence in them, and I shouldn't have done. In this episode I talk solely about my books.

Full show notes are available at http://beginselfpublishing.com/my-own-books

GDPR or the General Data Protection Regulations are new EU regulations affecting how small businesses can use customer data - especially e-mail address lists. I talk to Annabel Kaye about the issues involved for self-publishers.

You can find full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/storm-gdpr-annabel-kaye

Roger Edwards is an experienced marketer and I talk to him about the bits of marketing that tend to get overlooked - those bits like research that aren't about communication or advertising.

You can find full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/forgotten-bits-marketing-roger-edwards

In this show I talk to Ian Sutherland who has been using Twitter to grow his author platform for several years. I talk to him about how his Twitter strategy has needed to change due to Twitter clamping down on automated tactics and his new Author Platform service.

For show notes go to http://beginselfpublishing.com/twitter-authors-ian-sutherland/

I talk with fellow self-publishing Podcaster, Paul Teague, about how things have turned out in 2017 and what we reckon will happen in 2018.

Full show transcription is available here:

http://beginselfpublishing.com/self-publishing-2018-paul-teague/

In this not entirely serious Christmas show I talk to zany expert marketers Andrew and Pete about how to improve your content to make it stand out.

Full Show Notes can be found at http://beginselfpublishing.com/great-content-andrew-pete-christmas-special

In this show I talk to Olly Richards about how he has built a company selling self-published language books.  Starting with self-publishing in the Kindle Gold Rush, he got disillusioned and started a language training company.  Then he started using his existing self-publishing experience to help him self-publish short stories to help people learn languages.  Now he has been approached by a traditional publisher to take over his series of learning books.

Show notes are available at: http://beginselfpublishing.com/writing-educational-books-olly-richards

In this show I talk to Park Howell who teaches people how to use their stories to improve their marketing and business. It's ironic that many fiction authors don't use story very well in their marketing. This interview should help change that for some.

You can find show notes at 

beginselfpublishing.com/story-park-howell

Writing great book descriptions is an art. Something that you can either outsource to a copywriter or do yourself, if you take the time to do it. Don't just write any old rubbish at the last minute. Find out how to write great book descriptions with the host of the Copy That Pops Podcast and expert copywriter, Laura Petersen.

Full Show Notes are available at http://beginselfpublishing.com/book-descriptions-laura-petersen

How can you use Amazon Advertising to promote your books? Find out as I interview Books Ads Supremo Mark Dawson about how to use Amazon and Bookbub advertising for your books.

Find the full show notes at http://beginselfpublishing.com/amazon-advertising-mark-dawson