The Writing Coach

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

Last week I sent Ryan Levesque's "Do You Hate Me?" email to my email list.

Boy was THAT an interesting experience!

Email marketing is one of the most powerful tools you can use to sell books and build an audience, but are the benefits of sending something like the "Do you hate me email?" really worth the drawbacks?

In episode 44 of The Writing Coach, I describe:

Why I sent the "Do You Hate Me?" email;

If the email worked like I hoped it would;

What the email taught me about my audience and about email marketing;

Whether I would send the email again;

And much more!

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Show Notes

Listen to Tom Morkes' episode of The Writing Coach here, and visit Tom's website here.

Listen to Karen Dimmick's episode of The Writing Coach here, and visit Karen's website here.

Learn about Ryan Levesque's Ask Method.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 43 of The Writing Coach,  Kevin  T. Johns outlines what he calls "The Novel Writer's Roadmap", a 12 step process for crafting a fiction novel.

Writing a novel can be a complex and overwhelming experience, so having a simply step-by-step system identifying the major milestones along the way to publication can be extremely helpful.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 42 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Dave Chesson.

Dave Chesson is a best selling author under a number of different pen names, the founder of the Kindlepreneur book marketing blog, and the creator of KDP Rocket, an Amazon Keyword tool that helps authors find niche topics with built in audience demand.

During our conversation, Dave describes:

What happened to his life when he asked himself what success really means to him;

How he balances his entrepreneurial efforts with his family time;

Why an English teacher in high school told him it was a good idea he was going into physics and not writing;

 What he learned from author Guy Kwasaki about the importance of book marketing;

The biggest mistake authors make when the start learning about marketing;

His advice regarding working with a coach;

And much more!

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The Writing Coach #41 Show Notes

Visit Dave's book marketing blog Kindlepreneur here.

Learn more about Dave's amazing keyword research tool KDP Rocket here.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 41 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Chandler Bolt.

Chandler is the best selling author of six books, including Book Launch and Published, as well as the creator of Self-Publishing School. In the two years since Chandler was last on the show, he's built Self-Publishing School up into a company with a dozen employees and 7-figure revenue. 

During our conversation, Chandler describes:

What he's learned from working with thousands of authors;

How his parents influenced his decision to pursue a unique career path;

The challenges he's faced and how he overcame them;

Whether he would ever consider a traditional publishing contract;

And much more!

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The Writing Coach #41 Show Notes

Watch Chandler's BRAND NEW FREE video training series here. 

Get a free paperback copy of Chandler's new book Published here.

Check out "How to Self-Publish a Book in 2017" on the Self-Publishing School blog.

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 40 of The Writing Coach, I speak with author Ron Vitale.

Ron is the author of Cinderella's Secret Witch Diaries and A Witch's Coven Novels series, a web technology director, lover of all things fantasy and sci-fi, marathon runner and dad. Ron loves to tell stories about the hero's journey using creativity and fantasy.

During our conversation, Ron describes:

How storytelling helped him escape a challenging childhood without a father;

The years he wasted waiting for someone to validate him as a writer;

The long game approach he takes to his publishing career;

How he uses writing as a form of self-healing;

Why he decided to be completely transparent in his year-end wrap up article, despite having lost money in 2016;

And much more!

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Show Notes

Read Ron's article, What I Learned About Publishing inn 2016: Full Sales and Figures.

Visit Ron's website.

Check out Ron's books on Amazon!

 

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Kevin T. Johns is an author, writing coach, and ghostwriter. He has helped hundreds of writers from around the world get ideas out of their heads, onto the page, and into readers' hands. Get your free copy of his short guide for authors below.

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 38 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Joan Dempsey.

Joan Dempsey, author of the forthcoming novel This Is How It Begins (She Writes Press, Oct 3, 2017), helps serious creative writers master the craft of revision through online courses and free resources.

During our conversation, Joan describes:

Why she embraces the title teacher

How she avoids the "bank vault" approach of instruction in favour of a more learning centered approach;

The role formal education has played in her development as an author and a teacher of writers;

Why she decided to focus in on revisions as her specific area of expertise;

Her top revision tips

And much more!

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Show Notes

Visit Joan's website joandempsey.com to check out all of her courses, and grab her free video training series at revisewithconfidence.com.

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 37 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Rachel Smets.

Rachel is an author, speaker, and personal confidence coach dedicated to empowering people to awaken their confidence and become the inspired individual they want to be. She speaks 6 languages (Dutch, French, English, Spanish, German and Italian), has lived in many different countries over the last 15 years, and is the author of the book Awaken Your Confidence: 15 People Share their Journey to Success. 

During our conversation, Rachel describes:

Her life-long passion for learning languages and the role local experts played in accelerating her learning process;

How living abroad has helped her grow her own confidence, flexibility and adaptability;

The role confidence plays in learning to feel at home while living abroad;

Her process for contacting 15 influencers for inclusion in her book;

What she learned from people who overcame stuttering, dislexia, shyness, and more;

Her favourite confidence hacks;

And much more!

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Show Notes

Visit Rachel's website here.

Grab your copy of Rachel's book today.

Check out Rachel's Youtube channel. 

Find Rachel on Facebook here.

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 36 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Shaunta Grimes.

Shaunta has worked as a substitute teacher, a newspaper reporter, a drug court counselor, and a vintage clothing seller. No matter which direction she strays, however, she always comes back to storytelling. She lives in Reno with her family, where she writes, teaches, and perpetually studies at the University of Nevada. She is the author of two young adult distopian novels, and helps authors to excell via her Ninja Writers community.

During our conversation, Shaunta describes:

How a NaNoWriMo win in 2004 launched her novel writing career;

Her "tiny goal" writing techinque that has allowed her to write every day for years;

Her special productivity tool known as F.R.E.D.;

The heartbreaking experience she went through with traditional publishing;

How helping writers to tell their story lights her up;

And much more!

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Show Notes

Get Shaunta's free Ninja Writers Secret Weapon Tool here.

Check out Shaunta's membership community The Ninja Writers Club here. Use the coupon could ANITRY and get your first month of membership for only $7!

Finally, Shaunta's year long novel writing course, A Novel Idea, is open for enrollment this week only!

Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 35 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Karen Dimmick.

Karen is a writer, reader, world-traveller, eternal student and passionate observer of behavior. She is a certified NLP and hypnosis master practitioner and trainer and has 4 degrees (so far). For the past 9 years she has been helping authors, from first time writers to an established, 5 times, New York Times bestselling author. Her mission is to break down what works for authors and put it into practical steps to help them build a profitable, engaging business they and their fans love.

Her new book is called 47 Mind Hacks for Writers: Master the Writing Habit in 10 Minutes Or Less and End Writer’s Block and Procrastination for Good.

During our conversation, Karen describes:

Why she ended up ditching the first book she attempted to write;

How she's been helping authors on the technology side of things;

The challenges she faced when she first started blogging and how she turned around her blogging mindset;

What it's like co-writing books with her husband;

Some of her favourite mind hacks for writers;

And much more!

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Visit Karen's Bookthority website.

Learn about Karen's upcoming Book Marketing Summit.

Grab a copy of Karen's new book:

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Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors that help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.

In episode 34 of The Writing Coach, I speak with Susan Friedmann.

Susan is a Certified Speaking Professional and a veteran business and niche marketing expert who has carved her niche by helping companies worldwide get the most out of attending trade shows and industry events. She offers programs to increase results and focus on building better relationships with customers, prospects and advocates in the marketplace.

A prolific author, Susan has written fourteen books including, Meeting and Event Planning for Dummies, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Target Marketing, and Riches in Niches: How to Make it BIG in a small Market, which made it to #1 in hot business books on Amazon.com.

During our conversation, Susan describes:

How the publishing industry has changed over the last three decades;

Her nuts and bolts approach to writing and teaching;

The benefits of self-publishing for authors;

How the September 11 terrorist attacks nearly prevented one of her books from being published;

The way the National Speakers Association has connected her with many important mentors;

What she has learned from a year of podcasting;

The importance of niche marketing for authors;

And much more!

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To get Susan's 111 point checklist of how to monetize your book or a complementary 15 minute book marketing consultation, send her an email at susan (at) avivapubs (dot) com.

Listen to Kevin's appearance on Susan's podcast Book Marketing Mentors here.

Visit Susan's author page on Amazon.

Grab a copy of Susan's bestselling book, Riches in Niches:

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