Summer is fast upon us. Time to make plans for whether you continue your current schedule of hosting or guesting, change things up a bit, or a take a much-needed break.

Today's conversation is from my friend Amy Debrucque’s podcast, Life on Purpose. She invited me to be her guest to talk about savoring summer as a podcaster with ideas for repurposing content, airing solo episodes and even collaborating with other podcasters like Amy and I did.

We pray it is a blessing to you!

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Life on Purpose Podcast

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4 Ways to Overcome Podcasting Fears with Amy Debrucque (#101)
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Hopping on quick to let you know I'm taking a break from releasing new podcast episodes. 

Now, unlike Ross and Rachel's break, We WILL be back together soon and I can't wait for you to hear my new episodes and conversations to help you reach new readers one podcast at a time.

See you May 9! 

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No time to market your books, or build and nurture relationships with your target readers on social media? I know, you may have a love/hate relationship with social media. Me too. If you're sticking with social to market your books, are you using it to connect with new readers, nurture existing ones, or simply to numb out?

Let's get real today about the time we're spending there.

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Does the thought of hosting an interview podcast overwhelm you? Who has time for that when you’re writing and marketing books?

But you DO want to collaborate with fellow authors so maybe a seasonal interview podcast is just what you need.

My friend Nadine Mullings returns as a guest to share all the nuts and bolts of planning, recording, and marketing her Women Faith + Business seasonal podcast.  The best part? It gives her plenty of time to rest!

Past episodes with Nadine:

The B.E.S.T. Marketing System for Your Book (#11)

15 Podcasting Tips from Fellow Podcasters (#100)

Following God’s Calling (Kim on Nadine’s show)

Connect with Nadine:

Website

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Ever feel like you're drowning in the endless cycle of creating content when all you really want to do is hide out and write your book? 

Whether you are hosting a podcast today or wondering if you have time for that commitment, I can’t wait for you to meet my guest, Mandy Pallock. Mandy hosts the seasonal podcast called Presently Engaged, and is the author of The Question Habit: The art of building resilient relationships with God and others one question at a time.

Mandy and I connected through PodMatch and I couldn’t wait to ask her about her seasonal show, the different ways podcasting can help you as an author, plus tips for first-time authors like myself.

CONNECT WITH MANDY:

The Question Habit book

Website

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As an author podcaster, your goal is to serve your listeners well, invite them to join your email list, and to buy your book long before and long after it releases.

So how do you measure success on your podcast? You might be surprised to learn that download numbers are only a vanity metric of podcasting. They feel good, but they're not telling you the whole story.

So let’s talk about the importance of the consumption rate, and how much of your episode your target reader is really listening to.

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Stop Being a Comparison Girl

Set and Measure Your Author Podcasting Goals

Time & Timing to Meet Your Author Podcasting Goals

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Don’t let money hold you back from hosting or guesting on podcasts. 

I want you to Go GET’M this year with the right podcasting Goals, Episodes, Time, and Money.

In part 4, our series finale, let’s talk about the money you do (and don’t) need as an author to podcast as a host and guest. 

RELATED EPISODES:

Set and Measure Your Podcasting Goals (part 1)

Episode Content to Meet Your Goals (part 2)

Time & Timing to Meet Goals (part 3)

Common Podcast Pitching Mistakes (playlist)

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Putting off podcasting (as a host or guest) because you don’t have time, or it’s just not the right time to keep it going?

I want you to Go GET’M this year with the right podcasting Goals, Episodes, Time, and Money.

In part 3 of our series, let’s talk about how to best spend your time (and timing) as an author who podcasts as a host or guest.

RELATED EPISODES:

Set and Measure Your Podcasting Goals (part 1)

Episode Content to Meet Your Goals (part 2)

Podcasting Tips from My Generous Podcaster Friends

Podcast Pitching as a First-Time Author

How to Audit Your Time (and Own It) 

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Published by Chandler Bolt

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What should your episodes be about as a host and guest? It all starts with your author goals.

I want you to Go GET’M this year with the right podcasting Goals, Episodes, Time, and Money.

In part 2 of our series, let’s talk about your Episodes as a host and guest to make sure your content aligns with your podcasting goals.

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Set and Measure Your Podcasting Goals (part 1)

Time & Timing to Meet Goals (part 3)

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Without clear author goals for hosting and guesting on podcasts, you might as well be throwing spaghetti at the wall and praying something sticks.

I want you to Go GET’M this year with the right podcasting Goals, Episodes, Time, and Money.

In part 1 of our series, let’s talk about your four main author podcasting goals and how to measure them.

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Episode Content to Meet Your Goals (part 2)

Time & Timing to Meet Goals (part 3)

Why Guest on Podcasts to Build Your Platform 

Should You Start a Podcast to Build Your Platform?

7 Ways to Market Your Book Through Collaborations

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Let's kick off a new series to help you Go GET'M with podcasting this year as a host and guest.

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Today my sweet friend Julie Sunne, author of Sometimes I Forget: 60 Reminders of Hope for Your Hard Days is here.

She's sharing:

--- her journey as a first-time traditionally published author
--- how to persevere but not run ahead of God
--- how guesting on podcasts is helping her market her book

Julie’s book:
Sometimes I Forget
Julie’s website

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I’m excited to be joined today by my sweet friend, Kristin Faith Evans, who is a Licensed Master Social Worker, a special needs mom like me, and co-author with her husband Todd of the book How to Build a Thriving Marriage as You Care for Children with Disabilities. 

Kristin shares:

--- Her journey to traditional publishing
--- Why podcast guesting works best for her
--- Her advice on not overcommitting during your book launch

Kristin's book:
How to Build a Thriving Marriage as You Care for Children with Disabilities

Kristin's website:
Disability Parenting

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Today I’m joined by my new friend April O’Leary, host of the I’m Booked podcast and founder of O’Leary Publishing. She shares about:

--- How O’Leary Publishing supports nonfiction authors

--- How soon she recommends authors start building their audiences

--- What’s working well (including podcasting) for authors to market their books

Who Me, An Author? book
O’Leary Publishing
I’m Booked Podcast

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I’m so grateful for you tuning in to the Book Marketing Mania podcast. Hearing from you in your reviews, texts, emails, and Instagram DMs means the world to me.

So Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 Merry Christmas🎄 and Happy New Year 🥳.

See you back here on Friday, January 17 and until then I’m praying for an abundance of blessings on you!

Love ya’ll! 💛

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Want to connect with your target readers authentically online? You have to show up as your true self. Kim Mosiman, author of Reflections of Joy: Learning to Love the Woman You See While Becoming the One You're Meant to Be is sharing tips on how to do that plus what she wishes she had known about book marketing before starting her publishing journey.

And since we connected through PodMatch, she's sharing how she's using that service to speak on a variety of topics as a podcast guest.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Kim's book
Kim's website

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PodMatch Overview: why I love it (#131)
Using IG to Reach Your Target Readers (#4)
Ways to Market Off Social (#75)

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As we get ready to turn the page on a new year, you may be facing the transition of your child graduating from high school this spring. I remember the pride and joy of that time for my boys, but I also remember it being a really hard year for me as a mom.

So when I connected with Karen Jolly in Jenna Kutcher’s Goal Digger Podcast FB group, I knew I wanted her as a guest on the show.

Karen is the author of “The Journey of Love and Letting Go: Navigating Your Child's Senior Year with Grace”. We talk about her path to writing her book and encouragement for you if your child’s senior year isn’t going as you planned.

Plus Karen shares self-publishing tips especially for you in the empty nest season and also what’s working well for her to market your book.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Karen's book
Karen's IG

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Fulfilling Your Book Dream as an Empty Nester (#98)
Finding the Heart of Your Nonfiction Book Idea (#96)

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If you have an idea for sharing your hard story in your book in a way that serves and impacts others, you're going to love today’s conversation with my new friend, Mandy Capehart.

Mandy is a Certified Grief Educator & Trauma Professional, author of “Restorative Grief: Embracing our losses without losing ourselves” and hosts a podcast by the same name. Mandy and I connected on the PodMatch platform and I couldn’t wait to have her as a guest to share:

-- how her book has become a form of grief insurance
-- how she recommends you start documenting your hard story
-- how she shares her book with her listeners in a "care desert"
-- how she’s using the PodMatch service as a podcast guest


RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Mandy's book
Mandy's podcast
Mandy's website
Navigating Grief by Enneagram Type (free resource)

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If you’re struggling with serving your target readers and showing up as your authentic self, you will love this conversation today with my new friend, Kelly Thompson.

Kelly hosts The Genius in You podcast, and helps women market their coaching businesses without posting content 24/7. Kelly shares about her podcasting journey, how to find your genius in showing up online, how to be the expert your listeners trust (even while interviewing guests) and how to make time to podcast in your busy life.

Kelly's website
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How do you genuinely share about your book with the ones who need to read it the most?

You're going to love this conversation with my special guest, Jessica Hurlbut, author of Unlimited Motherhood and co-host of The Full Spectrum Parent podcast. 

Jessica shares about using your God-given influence to connect with your target readers and build your audience ahead of a book launch. Plus she shares how podcasting has played a part in continuing to market her book.

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Jessica's book
Jessica's website
Jessica's podcast

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We often talk about marketing your book before it's published but what does that really look like? Especially on a podcast?

That’s the question we’re answering today with my special guest, Billie Jauss. Billie is the author of several books including Baseball Family: Nine Core Qualities for Developing Healthy Relationships, and she also hosts The Family Room podcast. Billie is married to a professional baseball coach and has three adult sons also employed in the sport. Needless to say this girl knows a lot about baseball and family.

This is Billie’s first time as a guest but you may be familiar with her name as I shared tips from her as a podcast host on episodes 124 and 100 because she is so generous and full of wisdom! 

Billie shares how she identifies her target readers’ pain points and connection points to share her book in a way that’s serving her readers not selling to them on podcasts.

RESOURCES:
Billie’s book
Billie’s website
Billie’s podcast

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Should You Start a Podcast? 7 Reasons to Consider (#114)
15 Podcasting Tips from my Generous Podcaster Friends (#100)

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Have you felt benched by life’s circumstances and are now wondering how the heck do you get back in the game of book marketing and podcasting? 

That’s the question we’re answering today with my special guest, and podcasting client, Toni Thrash. Toni is a certified life coach and hosts the Start Your Comeback podcast. She's celebrating her 1 year podiversary this month.

Toni's website

Start Your Comeback podcast

Hear Kim as a guest on Toni's podcast

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Want to make an impact with your writing but don't know how? Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to use social media to reach your target readers.

Whether you're building your audience, or want to reach even more readers to market your book, you’ve invited to join me for a free one-day event hosted by my friend, Shelley Hitz: “Market Your Books Without Social Media”

I’m so honored to be one of the speakers and hope you will join us!

Grab your ticket here (aff):

https://kimstewartmarketing.com/byesocial

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If you get anxiety when it comes to marketing your book, this episode is for you! 

My sweet friend and client, author Healey Ikerd, is here to share tips to help you overcome worry and self-doubt from a Biblical point of view. 

Healey is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the author of "Changing Your Feelings: A Workbook for Anxiety and Worry from a Christian Perspective", and her children’s book, "The Red Ball, a story of forgiveness and friendship".

You’ll hear how Healey is marketing her own books and her experience booking podcast interviews through the PodMatch service.

RESOURCES:

Healey’s Changing Your Feelings workbook

Healey’s website

Healey's new podcast

Overcoming Anxieties, Worries and Self-Doubts when Marketing Your Book

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Are you an author wanting to take your God-given message to the stage or behind the mic on a podcast? 

My new friend, author and speaker Marnie Swedberg is here to share how you can customize your book topic to each platform (and time limit) in a way that serves your audience best.

Marnie also shares about her experience booking podcast interviews using the PodMatch platform (where we connected).

WomenSpeakers.com
Marnie's website

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