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SPF-023: How to Increase Your Daily Word Count Exponentially – with Rachel Aaron Jul 29, 2016

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Daily word count is one of the metrics many authors track to ensure they are moving toward completion of their projects. One of the struggles is increasing that word count to get more work done, but doing so in a way that doesn't sacrifice quality for quantity. Today's guest has discovered a way to do […]

SPF-022: Using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Ads for Effective Lead Generation and Book Sales Jul 22, 2016

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Social Media Ads are a big focus of our work here at the Self Publishing Formula simply because the days when you could organically drive traffic to your website and book sales pages through normal social media interaction are gone. That's not only because social media is becoming more and more crowded but also because […]

SPF-021: Tapping into the Traditional PR Machine as an Indie Author Jul 15, 2016

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Indie authors have long taken pride in their ability to use the tools at their disposal to create works of fiction and nonfiction that easily rival the quality and appeal of those published through the traditional channels. But using the traditional PR (public relations) channels has been a bit of an enigma to this point […]

SPF-020: A Technology Partner to Help Build your Online Course – with Ankur Nagpal of Teachable Jul 08, 2016

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When you're able to get your non-fiction book or area of knowledge put into an online course you'll have plenty of options when it comes to organizing that course for online consumption. And when you do, it's important that you find a platform that serves you as a partner, not just in a business relationship. […]

SPF-019: How Books Turned to Online Courses can Create an Income – with David Siteman Garland Jul 01, 2016

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This episode of The Self Publishing Formula is part two of a three part series about using non-fiction writing to establish revenue through online courses. Give some time to this episode and you'll see the common sense and not-so-difficult way you can turn your knowledge and expertise into an online course that generates income for […]

SPF-018: Using a Non-Fiction Book to Create Income From Online Courses – with Nick Stephenson Jun 24, 2016

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Much of the Self Publishing Formula audience is engaged in writing fiction. But there are distinct advantages to learning how to write and distribute non-fiction works. To investigate and expose these opportunities we're starting off today with the first of a 3-part series that focuses on how to write and leverage non-fiction for the purpose […]

SPF-017: How to Write a Book Description That Sells More Books – With Bryan Cohen Jun 17, 2016

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It's an amazing thing when you realize that you might be able to write a stellar novel, full of excellent scenes and powerful characters, but when it comes to writing a blurb to put on Amazon and other online retailers, it feels like pulling teeth to do it well. It requires a different set of […]

SPF-016: From Police Officer to Gazillion-Selling Novelist: Clare Mackintosh's story Jun 10, 2016

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In this episode we've included a great conversation with the author of smash hit crime thrillers, Clare Mackintosh. Clare is traditionally published but the lessons she's learned about rewriting, editing, and Facebook fan interaction have a lot to each Indie and Self Published authors, so we thought it would be a valuable conversation to bring […]

SPF-015: Heading for $1.5m thanks to FB Ads – With Adam Croft Jun 04, 2016

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Can you imagine the day that all your efforts at self publishing – the hard work writing, promoting, and planning your books – finally pays off? Today's episode is one author's story about how that has finally come about. After writing for just over 5 years and self publishing a number of books, Adam Croft […]

SPF-014: Promoting with Bookbub – With Katie Donelan Jun 01, 2016

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It's difficult to talk about marketing for self publishing and indie authors without the name of Bookbub coming into the conversation. That's because Bookbub is a very effective and powerful platform for getting indie authors notices in the very niches their readers love. On this episode of the Self Publishing Formula James and Mark host […]

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