Joanna Penn: AI will change your job; it won't take it, though

Posted on 08/21/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Joanna Penn is the interviewee on her latest podcast, with Orna Ross serving as the guest host. The topic: how...

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Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Podcast, Technology

Tech advice for hosting your podcast

Posted on 08/04/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’ve shared guides to starting a podcast before, but we think Jay Artale’s post might provide the deepest dive into...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Podcast, Technology

"Just be yourself" is true in marketing as well as adolescence

Posted on 07/23/2019 at 11:11 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Does the thought of marketing and advertising intimidate you as a layperson? Well, there are certainly strategies to learn and...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Podcast

How to land a guest appearance on a podcast -- and prepare

Posted on 06/27/2019 at 11:25 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s incredibly common for indie authors to observe that writing is easy — marketing is the tough (or even exhausting)...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Podcast

An age-old question: When do you hyphenate?

Posted on 06/20/2019 at 04:22 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No judgment here if you struggle to remember when to hyphenate with ages — we looked it up for a...

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Tagged As: Grammar Girl, Podcast

Learn how to collaborate with other authors

Posted on 06/10/2019 at 10:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If two heads are better than one, are two authors better than one? They certainly can be, if you approach...

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Tagged As: Podcast, Writing advice

A podcaster's advice on how to build an audience

Posted on 05/23/2019 at 11:15 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Chris Syme recently shared six reasons to launch a podcast — and one reason not to do so. Now she’s...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Podcast

Inexpensive tools to convert your book into audio files

Posted on 05/17/2019 at 09:11 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

An ongoing theme in book-marketing for indie authors is the value of repurposing your content across platforms. In that spirit,...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Joanna Penn, Marketing, Podcast, Technology

Six reasons to launch a podcast -- and one reason not to

Posted on 04/27/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Chris Syme says there are plenty of good reasons for an author to start a podcast, and in a ten-minute...

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Tagged As: Marketing, Podcast

Podcast episode recounts a case of contagious writer's block

Posted on 03/27/2019 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our current podcast obsession is The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week from Popular Science. The show’s best features are...

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Tagged As: Podcast, Writer's block / writing prompts