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  • #145 – Elsa Kurt on How Can Authors Use TikTok? – Part 2

    Elsa Kurt is a successful author of women’s fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books.

    She has proven that TikTok can be a terrific marketing platform for authors who want to sell more books.

    You can follow her on TikTok at “TheOtherElsa.”

    Tune in now and get Elsa Kurt’s thoughts on:

    • Why TikTok is a terrific marketing platform for authors who want to sell more books
    • How many videos to post and how often to ensure success
    • The best equipment to use
    • How to deal with “trolls”
    • And much, much more!
    • Website: Elsa Kurt

      The post #145 – Elsa Kurt on How Can Authors Use TikTok? – Part 2 first appeared on Write Your Book in a Flash Podcast with Dan Janal.

      12 min
    • #144 – Everett O’Keefe on Don’t Make These Self-Publishing Mistakes!

      Everett O’Keefe is an International #1 Bestselling Author, having authored six Amazon #1 bestselling books.

      He has also helped create and launch more than 45 bestselling books for his clients.

      Everett speaks across the nation on the power of publishing.

      He is the founder of Ignite Press, a hybrid publishing company that specializes in helping entrepreneurs, as well as business and medical professionals, ignite their businesses by becoming bestselling authors.

      Everett is the winner of multiple awards, including the Publish and Profit Award for Excellence in Publishing, the Make Market & Launch It Award for Product Creation, and the Top Gun Consulting Award, among others.

      He is the co-founder of the Business Accelerator Group, a high-level mastermind group composed of international marketers and publishers.

      He also helped found the Mastermind Retreat and continues to host international mastermind events.

      Everett is sought out as a speaker, coach, and consultant by authors and marketing experts worldwide. With a passion for entrepreneurialism,

      Everett helps his clients become recognized experts in their fields through speaking and authorship while allowing his clients to focus on their own areas of giftedness.

      Tune in now and get Everett O’Keefe’s thoughts on:

      • What are the pitfalls of self publishing?
      • What are the biggest mistakes people make when self-publishing?
      • How can these mistakes be avoided?
      • How can people get the benefits of self publishing AND the benefits of traditional publishing?
      • And much, much more!
      • Website: Ignite Press
        Free E-Book: The Power of the Published!

        The post #144 – Everett O’Keefe on Don’t Make These Self-Publishing Mistakes! first appeared on Write Your Book in a Flash Podcast with Dan Janal.

        14 min
      • #143 – Elsa Kurt on How Can Authors Use TikTok? – Part 1

        Elsa Kurt is a successful author of women’s fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books.

        She has proven that TikTok can be a terrific marketing platform for authors who want to sell more books.

        You can follow her on TikTok at “TheOtherElsa.”

        Tune in now and get Elsa Kurt’s thoughts on:

        • Why your ideas of TikTok being just for kids is all wrong
        • How to get people to watch your TikTok videos
        • What topics are suitable for TikTok videos
        • Tips for success using TikTok as an author
        • How many videos to post, and how often, to ensure success
        • And much, much more!
        • Website: Elsa Kurt

          The post #143 – Elsa Kurt on How Can Authors Use TikTok? – Part 1 first appeared on Write Your Book in a Flash Podcast with Dan Janal.

          12 min
        • #142 – Dave Bricker on Don’t Make These Book Cover Designing Mistakes!

          As a speaker, trainer, and coach, Dave Bricker helps remarkable people tell remarkable stories—through writing, speaking, graphic design, video, technology, and music.

          If you want to say it, share it, or sell it, bring him your story; he’ll help you tell it.

          Tune in now and get Dave Bricker’s thoughts on:

          • Why the publishing industry makes horrible looking book covers!
          • How to make your book stand out
          • Mistakes self-publishers make when designing book covers
          • How to create a terrific looking book cover!
          • And much, much more!
          • Website: Business Transformation Through Storytelling

            The post #142 – Dave Bricker on Don’t Make These Book Cover Designing Mistakes! first appeared on Write Your Book in a Flash Podcast with Dan Janal.

            19 min
          • #141 – Dave Bricker on Don’t Make These Interior Book Designing Mistakes!

            As a speaker, trainer, and coach, Dave Bricker helps remarkable people tell remarkable stories—through writing, speaking, graphic design, video, technology, and music.

            If you want to say it, share it, or sell it, bring him your story; he’ll help you tell it.

            Tune in now and get Dave Bricker’s thoughts on:

            • Why the publishing industry makes horrible looking books!
            • How to make your book stand out
            • Mistakes self-publishers make when designing book interiors
            • How to create a terrific looking book!
            • And much, much more!
            • Website: Business Transformation Through Storytelling

              The post #141 – Dave Bricker on Don’t Make These Interior Book Designing Mistakes! first appeared on Write Your Book in a Flash Podcast with Dan Janal.

              19 min
            • #140 – Ken Wachsberger on How Can Authors Negotiate Contracts?

              Ken Wachsberger, The Book Coach is Vice President of Marketing, National Speakers Association-Michigan and a Contract Advisor, National Writers Union.

              He is available for professional contract advising and speaking in front of groups about book contracts as well as book writing and publishing.

              Ken is the #1 International Bestselling Author and Editor of “You’ve Got the Time: How to Write and Publish That Book in You.”

              Tune in now and get Ken Wachsberger’s thoughts on:

              • Why you have more “power” than you think to ask for changes.
              • What can you ask your publisher to change in your contract?
              • What will publishers gladly change?
              • How can you negotiate royalties?
              • A clever way to have friends get tax breaks for buying your book.
              • And much, much more!
              • Website: Ken Wachsberger the Book Coach

                The post #140 – Ken Wachsberger on How Can Authors Negotiate Contracts? first appeared on Write Your Book in a Flash Podcast with Dan Janal.

                39 min
              • #139 – Steve Eriksen on How Authors Can Get on Summit Stages

                Steve Eriksen is an integration specialist and automations nerd.

                In his previous role as the Chief Technology Officer for Mary Morrissey, an 8-figure life coach certification organization, he was responsible for all the tech that went into their events with thousands of attendees.

                When Steve hosted a summit for his own coaching business, he couldn’t find a good system to help him run his event.

                So he used his technical background in the events space, along with his real-world experience as an event host, and created EventRaptor, a system that makes virtual event management easy.

                With Steve’s unique blend of business, development and technical background, he’s uniquely positioned to create a product that is both wanted and needed by the world’s virtual event organizer and coaching communities.

                Tune in now and get Steve Eriksen’s thoughts on:

                • Where can you post your profile?
                • Who will see your profile?
                • Why should you appear on summits?
                • How can you stand out from the other authors and experts?
                • What can you say during your presentation to bond with the audience?
                • What to avoid saying so you don’t bomb your presentation
                • And much, much more!
                • Website: EventRaptor

                  The post #139 – Steve Eriksen on How Authors Can Get on Summit Stages first appeared on Write Your Book in a Flash Podcast with Dan Janal.

                  13 min
                • #138 – Wendy Strain on How to Get Feedback on Your Writing

                  Wendy Strain has been a newspaper journalist, editor, university instructor, tutor, grant writer, and ghostwriter.

                  She now brings that expertise together to help clients tell their stories across multiple formats and platforms – from books to blogs, course content to content marketing.

                  Her special talent is taking big ideas and translating them into everyday language and understandable metaphors.

                  Her passions are making new friends, seeing new places, and exploring ideas while fighting for the empowerment of people and the preservation of our environment.

                  Tune in now and get Wendy Strain’s thoughts on:

                  • What does it mean to write with community?
                  • Are you saying you have to have co-authors?
                  • Why is writing with community important?
                  • What are some ways writers can write with community?
                  • Does this work even for ghostwriters who have to protect the content of their work?
                  • Where are some good writing communities writers could think about joining?
                  • And much, much more!
                  • Website: Write Services LLC

                    The post #138 – Wendy Strain on How to Get Feedback on Your Writing first appeared on Write Your Book in a Flash Podcast with Dan Janal.

                    13 min
                  • #137 – Karen Dimmick on How To Design A Fantasy Book Cover

                    Karen Dimmick of Arcane Covers is a Fantasy and Paranormal book cover designer.

                    She specializes in making genre-specific covers that sell books. She works with both indie authors and one traditional publishing house.

                    There are usually some of her covers in the bestsellers lists and she has also done various re-covers for books already in the top 50 of their category, that have doubled their sales.

                    Karen’s clients love working with her because she’s easy to work with, communicates well and delivers on time, like you’d expect any professional to do. Having had her own bestselling books, she has the advantage of having seen both sides of the cover design process.

                    Fantasy and magic have been a passion for Karen for as long as she can remember & she’s been in the publishing industry for nearly a decade.

                    Karen believes authors should be able to give their books every possible chance to succeed, with a cover that attracts readers and meets their expectations for the genre. That’s why Karen created Arcane Covers – to help you make your book sell.

                    Tune in now and get Karen Dimmick’s thoughts on:

                    • What’s the purpose of a book cover?
                    • Who is a book cover for?
                    • What makes a good book cover?
                    • Should you buy a premade cover?
                    • My designer says my cover needs to work in black and white – why?
                    • How does an author find the right designer for them?
                    • What do authors need to be aware of about image and font licenses?
                    • And much, much more!
                    • Website: Arcane Covers

                      The post #137 – Karen Dimmick on How To Design A Fantasy Book Cover first appeared on Write Your Book in a Flash Podcast with Dan Janal.

                      20 min
                    • #136 – Janice Harper, Ph.D. on How to Write an Irresistible Back Cover for Your Book

                      Dr. Janice Harper’s writing has been featured in The Huffington Post and Psychology Today.

                      She is the author of several nonfiction books and articles and the ghostwriter of over a dozen memoirs and nonfiction books.

                      Prior to starting her own writing coaching business, Dr. Harper was a professor of anthropology where she directed students in writing their theses and dissertations, a skill she brings to her coaching as she guides authors from the early stages of conceptualizing their projects, through publication of their books, proposals, dissertations, theses, short stories, magazine articles, and peer-reviewed articles.

                      With a keen eye for storytelling, language, pacing, character development, and dialogue, Dr. Harper’s expertise has helped beginning and experienced authors turn their stories, ideas, and visions into compelling and prize-winning books.

                      When she’s not writing or working with her clients, Dr. Harper enjoys cooking, chocolate-making, gardening, and watching our political leaders do one dumb thing after another.

                      Tune in now and get Janice Harper, Ph.D.’s thoughts on:

                      • Why your back cover copy is important
                      • How to write effective back cover copy
                      • What to do with testimonials, bios, and pictures
                      • And much, much more!
                      • Website: Write Better Write Now

                        The post #136 – Janice Harper, Ph.D. on How to Write an Irresistible Back Cover for Your Book first appeared on Write Your Book in a Flash Podcast with Dan Janal.

                        12 min

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