Book Marketing Mania - market your book and grow your author platform as a Christian writer

A quick message of thanks to you and the importance of "thinking of all the wonderful things He has done for you" (1 Samuel 12:24) to share with your readers. Happy Thanksgiving! 📣  WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim on PodMatch 💛 FAVE PODCASTING RESOURCES 🎙️  Buzzsprout 🎧  Listeners to Readers (private podcast) 📥  Private Podcast Reader Magnet ☑️  Start Your Author Podcast Che...

With podcast interviews lasting 30-45 minutes, you’ll share so many incredible things from your book and want to use that content again. Here’s six ways you can repurpose your interviews as a podcast guest. SHOW NOTES ON THE BLOG: https://kimstewartmarketing.com/52 📣  WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim on PodMatch 💛 FAVE PODCASTING RESOURCES 🎙️  Buzzsprout 🎧  Listeners to Readers (private...

One of the biggest pet peeves I hear from podcast hosts is that their guests don’t share their interviews. Book marketing and podcast guesting are all about relationships and helping others, and that includes sharing your interview when it airs. Sharing just once isn’t enough. The more you share your interviews, the more people that will have the opportunity to listen and be blessed, and the faste...

Whether you’re building your author platform or marketing your book, Instagram is a great place to connect with your target readers and build relationships with podcast hosts that you might pitch to be a guest one day. Today I'm asking my friend and fave Instagram coach, Ruthie Gray, her best tips to help us focus on engagement when spending time on the platform. Ruthie's Authentic Onlin...

If you ever think "marketing feels sleazy", this quickie episode is for you! 📣  WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim on PodMatch 💛 FAVE PODCASTING RESOURCES 🎙️  Buzzsprout 🎧  Listeners to Readers (private podcast) 📥  Private Podcast Reader Magnet ☑️  Start Your Author Podcast Checklist 📍  Podcast Pitching Tracke r 🎙️  Microphone 📥  (Hello Audio) 🖥️  Descript LET'S CONNECT:...

There’s nothing like a podcast host saying yes to your guest pitch, right? So once you receive their invitation to be on their show, then what? How can you surprise and delight your host (and listeners) by being a great podcast guest?  Here are tips to help you before, during, and after your interview so you can show up and be the best podcast guest that everyone wants to have on their show. SHOW...

When a podcast host receives your pitch email and vets you as a guest, will they like what they see? Will they know instantly that you are the next best guest to help their listeners? Let's look at three areas of your online presence from a podcast host’s perspective and make sure you're showing them you are who your guest pitch says you are. 📣  WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim...

What's the fuss all about with podcast guesting and why should you start guesting before your Christian book launches? SHOW NOTES ON THE BLOG: https://kimstewartmarketing.com/46 📣  WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim on PodMatch 💛 FAVE PODCASTING RESOURCES 🎙️  Buzzsprout 🎧  Listeners to Readers (private podcast) 📥  Private Podcast Reader Magnet ☑️  Start Your Author Podcast Checklist...

Want the scoop from Podcast Movement? What a blessing to get to hear from my favorite Christian podcasters and also the latest industry trends and tips. Whether you are a Christian author hosting a podcast or guesting on podcasts (or both), these takeaways will be super valuable to you! SHOW NOTES ON THE BLOG: https://kimstewartmarketing.com/45 📣  WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim on PodMa...

There’s nothing like pushing play on a podcast and hearing an author share their God-given message and the lessons they learned and how you too can live out your faith in every area of your life. Do you also want to build your author platform and market your book by guesting on podcasts? Before you can be a guest, you need to send a pitch email to the host making the ask. So should you connect wit...

Have you been a Christian blogger for a while and now you're thinking about starting a podcast? Don't let all those blog posts go to waste. Repurpose them by creating podcast episodes. My guest this week is my friend Alana Dawson, podcasting coach and host of the Podcasting Party podcast. She's sharing: 6 steps to create podcast episodes from blog posts How to be consistent in podca...

We want the message of our books to go far and reach all the women God meant it for, right? Today I'm sharing 7 ways to market your book through collaborations so you can reach readers you wouldn’t otherwise be able to. 📣  WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim on PodMatch 💛 FAVE PODCASTING RESOURCES 🎙️  Buzzsprout 🎧  Listeners to Readers (private podcast) 📥  Private Podcast Reader Magn...

Everyone seems to be jumping on LinkedIn lately to market their products and services. So I invited my friend, Heather Heuman, author of The Golden Rules of Social Media Marketing , and host of the Infinitely More podcast (formerly known as Business, Jesus and Sweet Tea), to share how authors can use LinkedIn to make connections and grow their platforms. Heather shares: How to showcase your book i...

You know that feeling that there's too much to do to market your book and not enough time to do it? We can get so overwhelmed by all our ideas and start spinning our wheels on all the things yet get nowhere near achieving our marketing goals.  Today I’m re-airing an interview from my very first podcast guest, my friend and amazing accountability coach, Christa Hutchins. Christa shares how to:...

Want to be a guest on podcasts, publications, and TV but don’t have the budget for a PR firm? You’re in for a treat today! My guest is Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, host of the I Choose My Best Life podcast, award-winning author of Sacred Rest, and well-known speaker and author coach. Saundra shares: -- The difference in self-promotion vs. marketing evangelism -- How to pitch yourself to the media on...

I can't believe it's been a year already since I launched this podcast and today I'm sharing 7 lessons learned that I hope will help you on your journey (even if you're in the ' thinking about it ' stage). Spark Media Christian Podcasters on Facebook Christian Podcasters Association on Facebook 📣  WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim on PodMatch 💛 FAVE PODCASTIN...

Today I’m thrilled to welcome my friend, Kent Sanders, co-author of The Faith of Elvis , author of The Artist's Suitcase: 26 Essentials for the Creative Journey , and host of The Profitable Writer podcast (formerly the Daily Writer) to the show. We talk about: 5 ways to be generous to your author peers How his daily podcast inspired his book Why he credits his podcast for all good things that...

Today my guest is my friend, Dr. Jen Bennett, host of the She Impacts Culture podcast and author of #BeWorthFollowing: How to Be Different and Influence People in a Crowded Social World. . Jen’s sharing five of the lessons in her book including: Be successful. Be different. Be real. Be fearless. Be social. Be Worth Following Jen's Website 📣  WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim on PodMat...

I’m so thrilled to welcome my friend, Wren Robbins, Podcast Strategist, and host of both the Don’t Wing It and Friends of a Feather podcasts, to the show. Wren shares creative ways to use podcasting to market your book, both as a host and a guest, including: Advice for those hesitant to start their podcasts How to create a “set it and forget it” podcast What stands out in a guest pitch (and a supe...

As an author, you know why you want to guest on podcasts, who your target listeners are, what topics you want to pitch, and where your target readers are listening.  So now the time has come to send that email pitch and get to serving listeners with the God-given message in your book. In today’s episode, I’m sharing what to include in your email pitch (and what not to) and how to find podcast host...

Looking for podcasts you can pitch to be a guest on? I’m sharing some easy ways to find shows so you can get pitching even faster. SHOW NOTES ON THE BLOG: kimstewartmarketing.com/33 📣  WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim on PodMatch 💛 FAVE PODCASTING RESOURCES 🎙️  Buzzsprout 🎧  Listeners to Readers (private podcast) 📥  Private Podcast Reader Magnet ☑️  Start Your Author Podcast Checklist...

Let’s dig into podcast pitching and talk about putting together your pitching strategy, whether you’re pitching yourself or outsourcing tasks to a virtual assistant or an intern.  By starting with a strategy, you’ll save you time when you start researching and pitching. There’s four parts to your pitching strategy:  Your Why (pitching goals) Your Who (target listeners to reach) Your What (topics t...

Looking to market your book in new ways that bring joy to you and your readers?  My guest today is my friend, Yvette Walker, author of the devotional, “ Whispering in His Ear: A Month of Joyful Conversations with God ” and host of the Positively Joy podcast. Yvette shares about: being open to God rerouting you to be closer to Him collaborating with others through podcasting, Instagram LIVE and the...

The 3rd Annual Spark Conference for Christian Podcasters was earlier this month and I can’t wait to share my top 5 takeaways with you. These apply to you whether you are an author or blogger who hosts your own podcast, or are an author wanting to be a guest on podcasts. Misty Phillip, founder of Spark Media, is amazing and I love seeing how she's walking out her calling in serving podcasters....

Today my guest is my friend Amy Odland, who has been helping authors launch their books into the world since 2017. Her goal is always to make the launching process as organized and fun as possible for all involved.  We talk about: Why authors need a launch team and how soon to gather one How Amy got started supporting authors with book launches (and advice if you’d like to do the same) What all go...