Do you want to get started making money with subscriptions? Join Emilia Rose, a steamy romance author who makes six figures per year in subscriptions, and Michael Evans, a sci-fi author of a dozen novels, to learn how you can start a successful subscription as an author.

EPISODE OUTLINE:

0:00 Introduction to Subscription Marketing

2:11 Marketing Your Subscription as Serial Fiction Author

4:07 Marketing Your Subscription as KU or Wide Author

5:58 How Emilia Fosters Trust in Her Readers

10:46 Community is Your Superpower in Subscriptions

13:30 How to Build Relationships with Your Readers

20:19 Why Barnes and Noble is Growing Again

24:12 Five Stages to Subscription Marketing

27:58 Phase One: Pre-Launch

34:42 Phase Two: Beta Launching

37:40 Phase Three: The Launch

40:46 What Authors Can Learn From Ticketmaster

43:15 How Lifetime Subscriptions Made This Podcast $300k

45:55 Phase Four: Post-Launch Marketing

51:27 Phase Five: Marketing to Your Existing Subscribers

54:40 Our Final Advice on Marketing Your Subscription

1:01:08 Conclusion and Outro

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ABOUT STORYTELLERS RULE THE WORLD

We help authors break free from publishers, retailers, and big-tech platforms that take advantage of us. The most powerful people in publishing are YOU – storytellers.

Emilia Rose, a multi-six-figure romance author and co-founder of Ream, and Michael Evans, sci-fi author of a dozen novels and CEO of Ream, are here to help you succeed in the future of publishing as the founders of Storytellers Rule the World.

But wait... what is Ream?

ABOUT REAM

Ream is an all-in-one publishing platform for fiction authors.

Ream combines the best features of a mailing list, community platform, and a world-class reading and listening experience into one easy-to-use platform. All for $0 a month. We only make money when you do — and authors keep 90% of what they earn.

You can join Ream here: https://reamstories.com