Episodes

When you are creating an ongoing marketing plan, think of it as a puzzle. It’s not just one thing: multiple pieces come into play for website; branding; marketing promo; even swag and bling. Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd delivers a Part II via @MyBookShepherd and guest Annie Harmon on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing Podcast http://bit.ly/BookPublishingPodcast

Every author needs to know and implement the essential components of your website, your book cover and your marketing material. Do you know what branding is for you; your book; your website; your social media posts? Get answers and tips on what authors should be thinking about, then implementing to develop their brands. • What should authors be thinking about with their own brand? • How does design impact a brand and marketing? • What can authors do to enhance their marketing? • What marketing m...

How would you like to discover an online portal that designed for authors to promote their books that pays 100%. You can on this edition of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. Joining Host Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd, is Danielle Hampson from The Authors Show. Takeaways include: -a new digital platform for eBooks, audiobooks, audiodrama -get 100% of all sales -participate in the #ReadABook campaign That and much more and Judith and Danielle explore ways for authors to build t...

Rosie Battista, aka Queen of Card Decks, joins AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing host Judith Briles for a "how-to" and "why" create card decks around your book, your expertise. -Tips on how to create a card deck. -Know what to put on cards within a card deck. -ID the 3 questions every author should ask before starting a card deck on their book. -How to brainstorm content for a card deck. That and much more on this edition of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast.

Discover the power of kids’ books through the eyes and wisdom of Story Monsters Ink CEO, Linda Radke. Judith Briles The Book Shepherd, and host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast talks kids' books-- -Lots of tips about how books are judged for book award contests, - Why reviews count and where to reach out for them. -Savvy tips on how to market children’s books.

Every fiction author would love to have a master in writing as a Mentor. Today, you can. In the latest edition of AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, bestselling co-author and writer of the Left Behind series Jerry Jenkins shares his wisdom to ease you into being an author. Such as: -Do you know the 3 things authors fear the most in writing a book and publishing? -Have you created a writing routine? -Would you like tips for when and how to do your research? -Do you know the difference between...

I always love to learn about new Geek tools—so in cyberland … some next door. Kelly Johnson @cornerstoneva joins @MyBookShepherd Judith Briles for an hour where they reveal 10 tools to make your techie lives easier … and successful. Loved the library one that was such an ahhh, that I immediately reached out to verify. So hot—you want to listen in with pen and paper to take notes. Join me--I'm your Book Shepherd, Judith Briles--to get 10 tools that will add to your success. Listen into AuthorU-Yo...

Savvy authors and writers know that it’s common sense to eat well—especially when the creative juices are flowed or being called upon. Author and food expert Connie Pshigoda @Wellness4AllSeasons joins @JudithBriles @MyBookShepherd, host of AuthorU-Your guide to Book Publishing podcast for an hour on smart eating. A different type of podcast via AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing.

Get ready for ADDS to books to support your book marketing strategies and promotion. Discover easy-peasy tips on how to create postcards using all the copy from your book—this is a no-brainer book marketing, connecting tip. Understand the power of your subtitle. What one-sheet boo-boos to avoid. And much more. New Podcast with @MyBookShepherd @JudithBriles and Book Designer Rebecca Finkel @FinkelFinkel on AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing

Question for writers and authors: would you want to have a literary agent in your midst? You can. Tune into Podcast with Literary Agent Sandra Bond and Host Judith Briles. -Discover essential components to a book proposal. -Learn how to submit query letters to an agent. -Discover what the essentials every author needs BEFORE seeking an agent to pitch to a traditional publisher. Another author and writer must listen to podcast on AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing.

You get two masters of book marketing: John Kremer--1001 Ways to Market Your Book and Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd for a full hour on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. - rediscover the oldies and why they still work; - tips for identifying trends, not getting hooked by fads; - new tips for pitching to the media; -discover the power of marketing to magazines; -why authors should become a "smart pest" and much more--all this on the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast...

Last year, 144 million Americans knew about the availability of podcasts. Over half listen to them … plus 80% listen to the entire show. -Do you know that there are over 800,000 active podcasts today? -The question becomes: are you pitching to them to get on them? -Are you, your book, your expertise, being featured? In 2020, this would be an excellent goal. Get featured on The Authors Show using at www.AuthorShowPodcast.com … listen to the podcast: http://bit.ly/BookPublishingPodcast And, as an ...

Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd and Host of the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast delivers 20 essential tips to propel author success in 2020. -Expand ways to add hashtags to your postings. -Reveals of how to boost your social media profiles. -Refining the "who" of Who you are writing and publishing for. -How to create an easy-peasy eNewsletter that supports your expertise. -How to create a realistic "get it done / to-do" list ... and why. -REvisit your Author Central page and link ...

Your Author and Book Success Grows from the CORE--breaking through the Crust that surrounds your Mantle of attraction and reveals the depth of the Core--your storyline, your insights, your book. -Are you writing from your Core? -Does your writing pull in the Mantle of your book? -Do you know what your Core is? -Are you able to turn the Oysters of your life into the Pearls that flow from your words? Get strategies and tips to grow the writer within you that flows to the power of your book. New po...

Joining host and The Book Shepherd Judith Briles is Tom Lutz. He is an American writer and literary critic, and founder and editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books. Join them is a lively conversation on how to books reviewed ... and how to submit to LARB--make sure you check out the website, details of all the staff and how to contact with your genre. It's another excellent podcast on AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing.

Do you want author success? That should be a HUGE YES! Author success for building followers and a fan base starts with creating a measurement of all your email and social media channels to create to benchmark any “push” campaign you do. Get them. Next is creating a killer Optin for your website Home page. Finally, you need a strategized, Push Campaign on social media. Get Tips in Podcast AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing via @MyBookShepherd http://bit.ly/BookPublishingPodcast

This is a wowsa new podcast, part 2 with Joan Stewart and Judith Briles—all about book publicity and tips on working with a book publicist, starting with the hiring process. Are you REALLY Ready for Book Publicity? Critical Questions You Must Ask Yourself. (The same questions a publicist might ask you before deciding to work with you.) Discover: 1. How do you start? … you need to determine how much you can spend. 2. Then, you need to find book publicists to interview—tips on where to start. 3. O...

This is a wowsa new two-part podcast with Judith Briles and Joan Stewart—all about book publicity and tips on working with a book publicist, starting with the hiring process for author and book success. Discover: 1. How and where do you start? … you need to determine how much you can spend. 2. Then, you need to find book publicists to interview—tips on where to start. 3. Once you narrow down to three candidates, you do your due diligence. Research them. Then interview them. 4. Get over a dozen q...

WOWSA, it’s the New Year, and time to redefine what author success is PLUS discover an array of new tools and apps for authors to enhance productivity, goose up email campaigns, and just overall general resources. Judith Briles introduces new tools that will make your organizing and author/publishing life tap dance this year. Listen into the latest podcast form AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing:

Thinking of writing a children’s book? How about taking the book you wrote for the over 18 crowd and morphing it into a kids version? -Discover the power of storyboard your words into the essential pages … then add the illustrations. -Discover on what pages the author should be adding characters, the plot lesson; when conflict enters; and the reveal of the outcome. An all new podcast for the New Year on AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles

All authors should define what "success" means to them-it becomes a road map to travel with. Within Dr. Judith Briles' latest podcast on AuthorU - Your Guide to Book Publishing, your will get updated tips on success strategies that savvy authors are have done to create, promote and market their books so they step ahead of the massive crowds that accumulate every year. It's all about SUCCESS STRATEGIES for the coming new year. Join in for this edition of AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing

When foreign rights are offered to an author, what happens next? What kind of moneys can an author expect? How is a deal structured? Discover how to tap into the foreign rights market—a market that I refer to as “mailbox money”. Get the answers here on the latest AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast via @MyBookShepherd @JudithBriles featuring Rights Consultant Judy Klein.

Radio show Host Wayne Kelly reveals why radio show hosts hate authors ... or how to become one that is welcomed and featured. In this edition of AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, host Judith Briles and Kelly reveal: -the # reason will authors fail when pitching; -the Secret to converting listeners into buyers; -what you should put in your subject line (you will be surprised); -what you should never say in a media release; -and of course, much more. It's a fun reveal with both Judith and Way...

Surprise, surprise for authors. Do you know what’s hot for social media as 2020 rolls out? Think LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest. How about social media strategies and mistakes to avoid. Roll out the new year with a virtual assistant to bring sanity to your life. Joining Judith for this podcast is Aimee Ravivhandran, social media expert. Much more on an all new AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast via @MyBookShepherd and @AbundantlySocial: