Book Marketing Success Podcast

This country song is adapted from Guy Kawasaki’s newsletter Remarkable People . Start small. Make a tiny win this week. Then another. Then another. Until you are making big changes that can impact how you write and market your books. One Tiny Win Lyrics Pick one tiny win this week. Not ten. Not five. Just one! Here are a few tiny winsA 10-second habit. An anchor activity you already do. A celebrat...

This rock song and post is excerpted from Guy Kawasaki’s newsletter Remarkable People. Start small. Make a tiny win this week. Then another. Then another. Until you are making big changes that can really impact how you write and market your books. And always keep a pocketful of joy to spread around to all the people you come in contact with. One Tiny Win Lyrics Pick one tiny win this week. Not ten...

The following country song features an excerpt from a passage in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden . Lyrics from Walden If one advances confidentlyin the direction of his dreams,and endeavors to live the lifewhich he has imagined,he will meet with a successunexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind,will pass an invisible boundary;new, universal, and more liberal lawswill begin to establ...

A few months ago one of my friends called me desperate for advice. For years he had a top-rated website for his brand, key words, and all his great content. Google and other search engines sent him hundreds of targeted leads for his products and services. Every day! Then it ended. Poof, his traffic was gone. Well, there was still a trickle but, for the most part, he had no real traffic. His traffi...

Happy holiday season to everyone. One thing I’d like you to focus on or understand is how important it is to share greetings to your customers, your fans, your visitors, etc. Wish them Merry Christmas. Wish them Happy New Year. Wish them Happy Valentine Day. Wish them happy Mother’s Day. Wish them Happy Independence Day. And so on. Do it through your social media. Do it through your website. As yo...

I received a wonderful testimonial today — and then created a gospel music version of that testimonial. This, of course, is another way to use music to promote you and your book. By the way, Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! John’s guidance brings clarity when ideas feel scattered. The insights he shares are practical and thoughtful. They help turn vision into action. 1001 Ways to Market a Book...

For years he had a top-rated website,key words, and all the great content. Google and other search enginessent hundreds of targeted leadsfor his products and services. Every day! Then it ended. Poof, his traffic was gone. Decimated. Kaput. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Do you realize that in less than six monthsyour website visibility will go to zero? Do you want to survive — and prosper!during this SEO AI ap...

Check out this wonderful new song from Derek Hunter. Note: I wrote the lyrics for this song based on a podcast episode I wrote several years ago. Lyrics Don’t trade your soul for a golden chainThe clock keeps ticking but love remainsHold your dear ones close at nightLet your eyes dance in the firelight Living for the real, walking where the wild winds blowLiving for the real, where the river sings...

You can create songs from your children’s books. Listen in to the song above, Find a Way Home, with the lyric excerpted from the end of Gail Berry’s children’s book, Little Fox and the Golden Hawk . I used Mureka to create the song from Gail’s text (Mureka: https://www.mureka.ai/?utm_source=rewardful&via=7aa6dd ). You can use the song or songs to promote your book, whether a children’s book, a nov...

Through the past two issues of this newsletter and podcast, I’ve been saying two things. 1. The best presentation of an idea or story is the one that reveals YOUR perspective on the story or idea. So, always include YOU in your podcasts, articles, newsletter issues, and books. 2. Merry Christmas. May you experience the peace and joy of the holidays in all do. Both The Drummer Boy and Hallelujah ce...

The Origin of All Songs song featured here is just one version of an excerpt from Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself . The version featured here is a country song. Did you ever think you’d here Whitman’s Song of Myself as an actual song? And, if you listen to the following YouTube playlist, you’ll hear The Origin of All Songs as folk music, pop, more pop, rock, Christian, rap, and reggae. https://www.y...

Check out this wonderful new song from Derek Hunter. Note: I wrote the lyrics for this song based on a blog post I wrote many years ago. Something True with Derek Hunter Paint your world with colors bold,Don’t just blend them like a mold. If you use words people know,They’ll lose interest, so make them grow. In every song, add a twist,Make sure your fun is never missed. If you stick to what is cle...

The following song was developed from an excerpt of a poem in my I Tell You Poetry collection (to be published soon). No one is moved by what they see,People are moved by what they do. Do the thing you fear,Move with what you love. Lyrics for Move with What You Love I saw a sky full of stars, so bright and clearBut I knew I had to step out, leave my comfort nearThe world was quiet, no one was arou...

This song is based on a blog post I wrote a few years ago. You can read the entire blog post at https://bookmarketingbestsellers.com/john-kremer-on-aiming-large . If your aim is small, the results will be small. If your aim is large, the results will be large. Very simple math. But absolutely accurate. — John Kremer Dream Big with Amy G. Walker — Lyrics Set your sights on the stars so brightDream...

This song video is based on a blog post I wrote several years ago. Source: https://bookmarketingbestsellers.com/book-authors-memo-to-self Here’s what I wrote: Do something every day to further your passions. Start today. And don’t miss out on your life as you pursue your dreams . — John Kremer Here are the lyrics for the song: Wake up every morning, eyes wide open,Got a fire in my belly, won’t let...

The above video and audio were created based on a blog post I wrote a number of years ago. The post read: We can all make friends. It’s a talent we’ve had since we were little children. Use it. Take time out today to make some new friends — not just acquaintances, but real friends. You can start with your social networks and eventually branch out to creating professional relationships that are mad...

I Love Books Recommends: Blessings Abound: Awaken to the Gifts at Hand by Katherine Scherer and Eileen Bodoh Through Blessings Abound , you will discover blessings in human and divine love, in unassumed places, in the natural world, in music, and in everyday life. The power and awe of blessings come in waves as you realize the unlimited nature of all that you encounter, even aspects of life you ma...

In order for us to change things, stories ae at the center of it all. To give people light and joy within the messiness: it is the flower that grows out of the concrete. … To have a movie that entertains and has a message is a delicate dance. If I go all the way in on just entertainment, the reason to do it goes away. And if I go all the way into just meaning and no one comes to see it, then what’...

The point of story is to reveal the human person as he or she actually is: contradictory, particular, sometimes wrong, often glorious. … A story without the courage of the person behind it isn’t a story. It’s a press release. And a culture that feeds on press releases will forget how to recognize the truth when it hears it. Jamie K. Wilson (executive editor, Conservatarian Press), author, How Publ...

This video was created using NotebookLM from Google based on a podcast recording of me with Judith Briles and a text document on 10 key book marketing tactics. I like this video better than a similar one created and posted yesterday. Why? Because the graphics are more engaging. And that’s because I learned how to edit output from NotebookLM. Be Heard: Create Your Content Engine Host your own podca...

A powerful 10-point strategy gives you a clear, actionable plan to market your books. Four manageable strategic phases build on each other. 1. Build the Foundation: The Stuff You Own and Control First things first, the foundation: Building the stuff that you own and control. This is your content engine that’s going to establish you as an authority in your space for the long haul. So what’s the key...

Note: The attached video is one of three videos created by NotebookLM from Google using the 10 Ways to Market Your Books report created by the Comet browser from Perplexity AI as input. I shared the first two videos in the past few days/ It’s interesting to hear how each of these videos approached the 10 Ways. 1. Building Your Foundation : Author-Owned Assets (website, email marketing) 2. Engaging...

Note: The attached video is one of three videos created by NotebookLM using the 10 Ways to Market Your Books (via the Comet browser from Perplexity AI) as input. I shared one video yesterday and will share the third video tomorrow). It’s interesting to hear how each of the videos approach the 10 Ways The top ten most effective ways to market a book in 2026 combine digital footprint, author communi...

The following ten points were written by the Comet AI browser based on the following question: What are the ten best ways to market a book in today’s world? I would quibble about the results of the AI’s recommendations — and I will do so in a later podcast episode. I would also use most common language in making these points. Too many long words and too many long paragraphs. Note: The attached vid...

Passionate about the environment? Write a book! Passionate about inner city health? Write a book! Passionate about gun violence? Write a book! Whatever cause you support, you can support it more effectively by writing a book versus donating money or time. And create more impact than doing a simple video or podcast. Website: https://www. ProToPublished.com Website: https://www. BookMarketingBestsel...