In the first part of this massive two-part episode, Bryan and guest co-host Nick Stephenson discussed tips related to masterminds, high page rank blogs, and his Nick’s own mailing list tips for fiction. They talked about Nick’s strategies in depth, including what he emails his readers and how he rewards fans for joining his mailing list. We also chatted about the #5 news story about Nielsen’s print book stats and Seth Godin’s chat at Digital Book World. Check out part two for the rest of the episode.
In the second part of Bryan’s chat with author Nick Stephenson, the two Chatty Cathys discussed the Trajectory book discoverability service, Apple’s claim of one million new iBooks users per week, Nick’s explanation for some authors failing, and Hugh Howey’s protestations that the sky is not actually falling. The Question of the Week: What’s the #1 struggle you’re having with your author career?
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What You’ll Learn:
- What Nick Stephenson does to get more readers
- How a mastermind group can help you achieve goals
- What Derek Murphy is doing to help indies get traffic
- How Joanna Penn used Nick’s strategies to grow her list
- What Seth Godin thinks publishers should do going forward
- How Trajectory could change the discoverability game
- The ways you can get traction on iBooks
- More about Nick’s new course for gathering readers
- How Hugh Howey stops worrying about the sky falling
Links:
- Nick’s Site for Getting 10,000 Readers
- Author Marketing Live (January 26-30)
- Mastering Your Mind
- High PR
- List Givings
- The Digital Burn
- Future Discovery
- Mac Million (1)
- Mac Million (2)
- Failure Free
- Chicken Little
Question of the Week:
What’s the #1 struggle you’re having with your author career?