Kickstart Your Book Sales Podcast

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle talk about one of Russell's favorite rewards: the audio commentary! He says he's not going to answer this question on the Q&A...But no surprise, he does! For the longer answer, we talk about it more in our course, the Kickstarter Accelerator. We...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle talk about how Kickstarter works for nonfiction—quite interesting! We've had a lot of success with nonfiction personally, but more importantly, our top nonfiction authors are doing double what our top fiction authors are doing in the program. (And just t...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle talk about whether you should use Kickstarter to fund your book's editing or cover design or other large expense that comes with production of the book. The answer may surprise you! Listen in on how they think about this challenge, because as usual, it c...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle discuss whether Kickstarter is a great place to debut your first book or novel. There are pros and cons to trying it! Welcome to the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast with USA Today bestselling authors Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle, where you’ll learn h...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle explain how much time you actually  need to spend on your Kickstarter campaign page before getting approved and launching. It's not 40 hours—let's start there! Listen in and find out how much time we actually spend on setting up the campaign. Welcom...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Monica Leonelle and Russell Nohelty dispel all the myths we had about masterminds! Russell in particular was resistant to masterminds until he went to his first. Monica shares why she's basically always in a mastermind. We also talk about why we are doing our upcoming wide mastermind event...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Monica Leonelle and Russell Nohelty talk about why we are doing our upcoming wide mastermind event in Las Vegas on November 13th. We also share everything about the event in case you want to join us! Both of us have the businesses we have in large part because early in our careers, we invested...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Monica Leonelle and Russell Nohelty talk about amazing mastermind events we've been to in the past, as well as the importance of meeting people in person and joining paid communities. Both of us have the businesses we have in large part because early in our careers, we invested in relation...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Monica Leonelle and Russell Nohelty interview one of our Kickstarter Accelerator students, Craig A. Price, about how he has taken it step by step to grow as a Kickstarter creator. After running a successful $500+ campaign, he managed to take his next campaign to $5600+! You can see the campaign...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Monica Leonelle and Russell Nohelty interview one of our Kickstarter Accelerator students, Sarah McClure, about how she doubled her backer numbers and funding from a previous campaign by following Russell's system! You can see the campaign and follow S.A. McClure here: https://www.kickstar...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Monica Leonelle and Russell Nohelty interview one of our Kickstarter Accelerator students, Kelly Brakenhoff, about her first campaign for a children's book series about American Sign Language! Monica unboxes the book from the campaign live. And can confirm that the book is now well-loved b...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Monica Leonelle and Russell Nohelty interview two of our Kickstarter Accelerator students, Frog and Esther Jones, about their first campaign that was helped greatly by their knowledge of selling at live events, signings, and cons (conventions and conferences). You can see the campaign and follo...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Monica Leonelle and Russell Nohelty interview one of our Kickstarter Accelerator students, J.R. Frontera (aka Jeni), about her first campaign for her very cool book, Bargain at Bravebank! She raised over $6k+ on Kickstarter right out the gate. (And Brandon Sanderson backed her project!) She sha...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Monica Leonelle and Russell Nohelty interview one of our Kickstarter Accelerator people, Jack Holder, about how joining the Kickstarter Accelerator helped him, well, accelerate his Kickstarter success! We break down his campaign, Legends of the Realm, which raised $5,800+ from 200+ backers. You...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Monica Leonelle and Russell Nohelty interview one of our Kickstarter Accelerator students, Sandy Williams, about her first campaign for an anniversary hardcover edition of The Shadow Reader, which originally sold at auction to Ace (Penguin). She got the rights back and now she's made as mu...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle break down Russell's latest fiction campaign for the Godsverse Chronicles. If you have ever wondered what it takes to hit $15000+ in a fiction campaign as an author with a relatively small- or medium-sized audience, this is how to do it! Welcome to the K...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty offers the best advice for leveraging your Kickstarter campaign to get your product onto retailers and other distribution channels (like selling at live events). Welcome to the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast with USA Today bestselling authors Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonel...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty talks about fulfillment dos and don'ts and how you can get your product out into the world. Welcome to the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast with USA Today bestselling authors Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle, where you’ll learn how to supercharge your book sales, go agg...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty explains how to write your Story page on Kickstarter. Most authors do this wrong! Make sure you do it right. Welcome to the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast with USA Today bestselling authors Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle, where you’ll learn how to supercharge your book s...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty explains the most important part of any Kickstarter campaign: the Dead Zone! Welcome to the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast with USA Today bestselling authors Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle, where you’ll learn how to supercharge your book sales, go aggressively wide, and...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty explains the most important aspects of the timing of your launch. Of course, it depends! But here's what it depends on. Welcome to the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast with USA Today bestselling authors Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle, where you’ll learn how to superch...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty talks about how to find an audience. All of this is highly applicable to Kickstarter and an introduction to what is taught in the Kickstarter Accelerator! Welcome to the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast with USA Today bestselling authors Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle, whe...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty explains how to validate your creative idea using data that is already available to you. Welcome to the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast with USA Today bestselling authors Russell Nohelty and Monica Leonelle, where you’ll learn how to supercharge your book sales, go aggressivel...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free Do You Like Girls That Kick Butt or Psychological Mind Screws? In this episode Russell Nohelty explains how he gets people to say "yes" at live events and signings. You can use this to get people to say "yes" to your Kickstarter launch too! This decision tree technique is genius! We also ha...

Get free resources for your author business here: http://kickstartyourbooksales.com/free In this episode Russell Nohelty interviews Melissa Storm and Desiree Duffy about book launches! These ladies have marketing agencies specializing in books and are experts at launching onto bestseller lists and more. Welcome to the Kickstart Your Book Sales podcast with USA Today bestselling authors Russell Noh...