Book Marketing Simplified

Marketing consultant Jenn Hanson-dePaula sits down with her partner, Marcus to chat about marketing strategies and processes that can help authors connect with their readers and sell more books. Save time with marketing and spend more time writing!

Book Marketing Simplified is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 117 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Book Marketing Simplified, a arts show with 117 episodes published.

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  Episode #116

  How to Market Your Book Without Sharing Your Personal Life

  Aug 25, 202614 min

  If the thought of marketing your book makes you feel like you have to turn your personal life into content, this episode is for you. You do not need to become a personal brand, share your family, show your face constantly, or give readers unlimited access to your life to market your book successfully. Jenn breaks down how authors can build a recognizable, trustworthy author brand by focusing on the reader, the book, and the ideas or emotional experience surrounding it. If you’ve been searching for how to market a book without social media burnout, how to sell books without sharing your personal life, or how to build an author platform while staying private, this episode will show you what to do instead. Links FREE Book Marketing Blueprint 90-Day Book Sales System

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  Episode #115

  Your Book Marketing Isn’t Working. Here’s How to Find the Actual Problem.

  Aug 18, 202614 min

  If you’ve been marketing your book consistently but still aren’t seeing the sales you expected, the answer may not be to post more, switch platforms, or start over. In this episode, Jenn breaks down how to follow your reader’s journey, identify the exact point where your book marketing stops working, and determine what actually needs your attention. Plus, she shares how one author’s analytics revealed that the platform she thought she needed to prioritize wasn’t the one driving readers to her books and email list. Before you change your entire book marketing strategy, use this process to stop guessing and find the real problem. LINKS Download the Book Marketing Blueprint for free!

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  Episode #114

  The 90-Day Book Marketing Plan for Authors Starting With No Audience

  Aug 11, 202614 min

  If you’re preparing to publish a book but have no email list, few followers, and no established readership, this episode gives you a clear place to start. Jenn breaks down a practical 90-day book marketing plan for building your author platform, connecting with your ideal readers, growing your email list, and creating interest in your book before launch. You’ll learn what to focus on during each 30-day phase, what you can safely postpone, and why you don’t need a massive audience to launch your book successfully. LINKS The Book Marketing Blueprint The New Author Marketing Playbook Done-WITH-You Sessions

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  Episode #112

  Why Your Email List Isn't Growing Your Book Sales (and the Fix That Actually Works)

  Jun 16, 202611 min

  If you have an email list you've been ignoring because it feels too small to matter, or you've been sending newsletters that feel good but aren't selling books, this episode is going to change how you think about email entirely. Jenn breaks down why social media and email are not doing the same job, the three most common reasons email lists stop growing, and why a list of 340 people can outsell a social media following of 2,000 when you know what to say. Plus the simple three-email rotation that turns a relationship list into a sales channel. Links FREE Book Marketing Blueprint The 90-Day Book Sales System Done-WITH-You Services : Social Growth Sessions Next Level Marketing Sessions

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  Episode #111

  Book Marketing for the Author Who Has More Than One Book

  Jun 9, 202610 min

  If you have more than one book out and you've been treating each one as a separate marketing project, this episode is going to change how you think about your entire author platform. Jenn breaks down why multi-book marketing requires a completely different strategy than single-book marketing, what fiction and nonfiction authors each need to do differently, and the one shift that gets your backlist working for you instead of quietly fading in the background. If your books aren't selling together the way they should, this is why. LINKS FREE Book Marketing Blueprint The 90-Day Book Sales System Done-WITH-You Services : Social Growth Sessions Next Level Marketing Sessions

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