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find the wallabies and my book marketing plan: 3 secrets, 2 links, 1 quote

Hello from Townsville, Australia! How many wallabies can you find? 3 Secrets1. How I’m marketing my own book I love that I get to now use the marketing of my own book to further test and refine the ideas shared here.As I write this, we’ve seeded 700 copies of Before The Bestseller since it’s launch on March 3rd. Our goal is to seed 2,000 copies by June 30th.Our methods of seeding have been as follows:200 Dave Chesson/Reedsy newsletter shout-out FREE100 This list & connections build through it…

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chatGPT for editorial reviews & bestseller lists: 3 secrets, 2 links, 1 quote

You walk into a house that’s been around since the Great Depression. The air is thick with history, like a cedar chest cracked open after decades. You get to the wooden stairs that take you up into the personal library of an old man. From the floor to ceiling, books line every inch of every wall, packed so tightly together you avoid touching anything in fear of getting buried by books set free from this literary crypt. That room belongs to my grandfather. That’s where my appreciation and love…

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Seeding your book effectively & Make.com: 3 secrets, 2 links, 1 quote

Headed down under to the homeland. *Aussie wildlife photos coming soon*3 Secrets Seeding Effectively: Why did Rob Fitzpatrick only need to seed 1,000 copies of The Mom Test or Write Useful Books? Because his 1,000 were purely people whose problem he was solving. Promoting your book to your college friends or getting your friends to buy it is like just creating an author website: It’s instantaneous gratification. However, a week or two later, you realize it did nothing to get your book into…

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event planner seeding & odd bidding

Want to hear my weird Virginian/Australian accent? Before The Bestseller audiobook out now 🙂 Listen here. 3 Secrets 2 Links 1 Quote ‘Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful..’ – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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kingsumo and event seeding

Right to it today 🙂 3 Secrets 2 Links 1 Quote “People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”Isaac Asimov

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editorial reviews are not dead and permission to stop

Thank you to all of those have left a review so far on ​Before The Bestseller​. If these 3-2-1’s have been of value to you over the last few years, a review ​here​ will help others avoid wasting hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars on their book marketing (&

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your easy book marketing win

tried taking my new-used windsurfer into the ocean this weekend…​right on sunset so all of San Diego was on the beach to watch the sun go down…“Look mom, that guy looks like he’s drowning”, I’m sure at least one kid said while noticing my strugglingturns out it’s NOT EASY to

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all of these tips in one place

IT’S ALIVE!!!!! If you want all the tips shared over the last 3 years in these newsletters then grab your copy here. Email be back a screenshot of your purchase + review and I’ll send you a link to sign up for a FREE 20 minute book marketing consultation with yours truly. “It’s the

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spiderwebbing backwards from editorial reviews

​Before The Bestseller (which answers this question) is dropping next week…. ONLY 2 YEARS LATE! If you’re a Kindle reader, you can pre-order now. If you prefer print (like me) you can get it March 4th.​Keep an eye out next Wednesday morning, I’ll be sending a link to a live interview

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