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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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marketing your book on meta

What enters my mind when authors as me if they should run ads on LinkedIn for their book…. You’re competing for clicks against huge software companies that can afford to pay $5 per click on an ad. So let’s talk about Meta ads instead. Thank you to our Chief Marketing

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getting lucky & the real enemy

Dave Chesson of Kindlepreneur reached out about a deal he’s running for Publisher Rocket software and Mastering Keywords and Category Course. He offered to pay me commission for anyone that purchased.​I thought it would be more ethical to tell him to instead not pay a commission and just discount the

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making bestseller lists

I entered the book marketing world falling for a scam. Now, I’m grateful for it as ShelfLife wouldn’t exist if that never happened. That scam was thinking that becoming a “Bestseller” was going to mean that I had real people reading and learning from my book. Turns out, all you

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