Lindsay Buroker

Six Figure Authors

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Six Figure Authors is the show that helps you take your writing career to the next level. Lindsay Buroker, Jo Lallo, and Andrea Pearson are sharing their own insights, as authors who’ve been publishing since the beginning of the e-reader revolution, and they’re also interviewing industry experts and other successful authors to help you figure out what’s working right now.

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Lindsay Buroker

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SFA 056 – Using Your Newsletter to Sell More Books (Part 1) 17.09.2020 58:22

This week and next week, Andrea, Jo, and Lindsay talk advanced newsletter tactics for authors. We share the providers/hosts we use, how we recruit subscribers, what we email them about, and how we use those…

SFA 055 – Getting Reviews and Starting a Street Team/Review Crew 10.09.2020 1:06:13

This week, Andrea, Jo, and Lindsay discuss why book reviews are important, how to go about legitimately getting them, whether paid review services are worth it, and how to start your own review crew or…

SFA 054 – Social Media for Authors with Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine 03.09.2020 1:17:55

For this week’s show, we welcome fantasy and non-fiction authors Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine. They’ve recently published the book Social Media for Writers: Marketing Strategies for Building Your Audience and Selling Books, so we…

SFA 053 – New Amazon Ads Data, When to Avoid Pre-Orders, and Listener Questions Answered 27.08.2020 52:10

We’re fielding some of your questions from our Facebook group for this week’s show. There were quite a few related to pre-orders for ebooks, so if you haven’t already, make sure to check out our…

SFA 052 – Mistakes We’ve Made as Authors/Publishers/Marketers 20.08.2020 0:51

For this week’s show, we decided to share some of the mistakes we’ve made as authors, publishers, and marketers (yes, when you are self-publishing, you are all of those things!). Our hope is that sharing…

SFA 051 – Increasing Your Income with Patreon 13.08.2020 1:06:40

We’re doing a deep dive on Patreon for this week’s show. Jo and Lindsay are active users with a subscriber base, and Andrea has used the service in the past. We had a lot to…

SFA 050 – Leveling up: Going from 4/5 Figures a Year to 6 Figures a Year as an Author 06.08.2020 1:12:04

For this week’s show, we discussed a common question in our Facebook group: how do you go from four or five figures a year as an author to making six or even seven figures?  We…

SFA 049 – Subscription Service Strategies, Marketing Tips for 2020, and Listener Questions Answered 30.07.2020 1:11:49

We’ve got a mix of topics for today’s show. We start out with some news from our hosts, then jump into discussing the expansion of Kobo Plus into Canada and why authors should consider having…

SFA 048 – Things You Can Do When You’re in a Writing Slump + Kickstarters for Authors 23.07.2020 1:12:50

On this week’s show, your hosts Andrea, Jo, and Lindsay talk about some of the things they do to get out of writing slumps. At the end of the show, they also answer listener questions…

SFA 047 – Tech and Tools That We Find Useful as Full-time Authors 16.07.2020 59:42

For today’s episode, Jo, Andrea, and Lindsay talk about the various programs they use for writing, marketing, and productivity. We decided to do a later episode entirely on newsletters and mailing list tools, so we…

SFA 046 – Serials, Following up on Initial Success, and the Young Adult Fantasy Market with Sarah K.L. Wilson 09.07.2020 58:38

On this week’s show, our guest is successful young adult fantasy author Sarah K.L. Wilson. Her career took off in early 2018 with her successful Dragon School serial. She’s been publishing books just about every…

SFA 045 – Increasing Sales in Bookstores Other Than Amazon (Google Play, Kobo, Apple, etc.) 02.07.2020 1:25:50

In this week’s show, Jo, Andrea, and Lindsay talk about increasing sales in the major bookstores other than Amazon (i.e. Apple Books, Barnes & Noble Nook, Google Play, and Kobo Books). In the past, we’ve…

SFA 044 – Amazon Sales Ranking, Achieving More Visibility, and More Effective Launches and Book Promos with David Gaughran 25.06.2020 1:04:38

Our guest for this week’s show is David Gaughran. He writes historical fiction and science fiction under another name, has helped thousands of authors publish their work through his workshops, blog, and writers’ books (Let’s…

SFA 043 – Book Advances, White-Listing Requests for Newsletters, and Pre-Orders Pt 2 18.06.2020 1:18:20

On this week’s show, Jo, Andrea, and Lindsay finished answering listener questions on pre-orders after discussing some information on book advances from the #publishingpaidme hashtag on Twitter. They also shared a few tips on Amazon…

SFA 042 – Pre-Orders: How, When, and Why to Use Them to Increase Sales 11.06.2020 1:16:22

On this week’s show, Jo, Andrea, and Lindsay discussed the reasons you may want to use pre-orders on Amazon and the other stores. They mentioned some of the benefits as well as potential pitfalls and…

SFA 041 – Finding a Narrator, Cost, and DIY Tips for Audiobooks with Gary Bennett 04.06.2020 1:15:24

On this week’s show, SAG-AFTRA audiobook narrator Gary Bennett joins us to talk about finding and choosing a narrator, how much you should expect to spend on audiobook production, royalty share options, and equipment in…

SFA 040 – Launches, Re-Launches, and Juggling Writing and Publishing with a Young Family with Andrea Pearson 28.05.2020 1:12:36

On today’s show, we did the third of our three co-host interviews, this time with Andrea Pearson. We asked her questions about book launches, re-launches, dictation, and the ways she manages to do all she…

SFA 039 – Trends on Amazon, New Opportunities, and How CoVid-19 Is Affecting Ebook Sales with Alex Newton 21.05.2020 1:24:41

Our guest this week is Alex Newton, the mastermind behind K-Lytics, a market intelligence service that monitors close to 100,000 Amazon titles each month to help publishers of fiction and non-fiction spot trends, identify opportunities,…

SFA 038 – Book Covers That Sell Books and Common Mistakes When Working with a Designer with Rebekah Haskell 14.05.2020 1:31:31

We’re talking about cover design today—everything from common mistakes authors make to how to have a good relationship with and get what you need from a designer. The cover is the most important part of…

SFA 037 – Adapting as the Market Changes, Screenwriting, and Mixing Wide with Exclusive with Michaelbrent Collings 07.05.2020 1:16:48

This week, we interviewed Michaelbrent Collings, an internationally bestselling novelist, produced screenwriter, and multiple Bram Stoker Award finalist. He’s written in numerous genres, including horror, thriller, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, humor, young adult, middle grade,…

SFA 036 – Revving up Backlist Book Sales, Writing and Selling Short Stories, Planning out a Series, and Jo Juggles 30.04.2020 1:22:31

This is the second of our host interviews, with Jo Lallo in the hot seat today (except for the portion at the end where he leaves his seat to juggle). Before jumping into the interview…

SFA 035 – From Traditional Publishing to Indie, Clean Romance, and Book Covers and Editing on a Dime 23.04.2020 1:03:19

This week, we’re joined by clean romance author Rachael Anderson who started out with a traditional publishing contract and later shifted to self-publishing. She’s a rarity in that she puts her books together inexpensively (DIY…

SFA 034 – Switching Genres, Do Novellas Sell, and Are There Marketing Differences from Genre to Genre? 16.04.2020 1:12:28

We had a just-us show today and decided to break up the usual format of us all chiming in on listener questions. Instead we’re doing the first of three interviews with each other using a…

SFA 033 – Amazon Ads and Book Blurbs That Convert to Sales with Bryan Cohen 10.04.2020 1:15:08

Our guest this week was fantasy and non-fiction author Bryan Cohen from the Sell More Books Show. Bryan also runs Best Page Forward, a book description service for people who don’t want to write their…

SFA 032 – Passive Advertising, Rapid Release, and Marketing Cross-Genre Fiction, and other Listener Questions 02.04.2020 1:22:53

This week, Jo, Andrea, and Lindsay shared some of their news and updates before launching into answering listener questions. The questions covered such topics as forms of passive advertising for books, rapid release pricing and…