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Mar

Cross Promotion

The Internet is a wonderful tool if you know how to leverage it. It provides each of us with the opportunity to reach most of the world’s population.

That is kind of a staggering thought. I could have BILLIONS of people reading my blog, hearing about my books and interacting with me on a daily basis. If I were to have billions (or even millions) of people following me, I’m pretty confident I could make writing and blogging my full-time job. Heck, I would probably have to hire staff to keep on top of everything.

That is the potential audience. The reality is MUCH different.

I don’t know about you, but my audience is currently in the thousands. It starts in the one’s, then then’s and eventually hundred’s. All of that took time and more than a little luck.

So, the question we are all trying to answer is, “What is the secret to growing that audience?”

I think if I knew that, I WOULD already be retired and doing nothing but blogging. Since I don’t, let’s talk about one method that has helped grow my audience thus far.

In a pair of words, Cross Promotion.

Cross promotion can mean a lot of different things. Perhaps you are going to do a blog tour where you arrange to write a post on other people’s blogs. Maybe you are getting other people to play in your universe and you in theirs.

Whatever you do, the point of cross promotion is to get access to a larger audience. It may very well be that some of those people who drop by your website to see what their favorite author did or who read something by you on their favorite author’s site will like what they see and come back for more.

Cross promotion also has another benefit that you may or may not see – it forces you to work on your networking skills. I know that frightens a lot of people but it really is a necessary skill to develop. By doing so, you will build your group of friends and go-to people. That can do nothing but help you build your career.

Tags: cross-promotion, irreverent muse, Michell Plested

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Dec

Get Published Episode 98 – JW Schnarr Talks Horror

Posted by: Michell in Get Published (Podcast)

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The holiday season is upon us and for some that means stress. For me, stress really starts to show up around deadline time. If I have properly scheduled myself, no stress. If I have too much going on, proper scheduling goes out the window.

This episode I talk about how goals should help you reduce that stress if done properly.

I also have Bill Schnarr on the show. Bill is an award winning journalist, horror author, editor and publisher. We had a really great conversation that I’m pleased to share with you today.

That’s today’s episode. I hope you enjoy it.

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 98 – JW Schnarr Talks Horror

Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published”

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 98 – JW Schnarr Talks Horror

Welcome to the show.

01:00 Promo: BabylonPodcast

02:02 -Tips and Typos

Mike talks about goals.

05:53 - Promo – Nutty Bites

06:23 — Get Published Episode 98 – JW Schnarr Talks Horror (continued)

JW (Bill) Schnarr and Mike talk about horror writing (and a little bit about everything else too).

45:46 - Promo - Flying Island Press

46:31 — Closing

Thank you for listening.

Websites mentioned in this episode:

Michell Plested - http://www.michellplested.com/

JW Schnarr - http://jwschnarr.blogspot.ca/

Babylon Podcast - http://www.babylonpodcast.com/

NIMLAS Studios/Nutty Bites - http://nimlas.org/blog/

Flying Island Press - http://flyingislandpress.com/

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Aug

Get Published Episode 89 – Crowd Sourcing

Posted by: Michell in Get Published (Podcast)

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I don’t know if any of you have ever noticed, but success is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, you are achieving things you have worked on for a long time. On the other hand, you suddenly have a lot more to do with those achievements and less for everything else.

That has definitely been the case for me.

Since the final revisions for Mik Murdoch began in earnest, I have had less time for podcasting, writing, television and a host of other things that I enjoy. The only ones I have worked hard not to neglect are my family. Without them, there is no point writing.

I foolishly thought that when the revisions were complete I would have lots of time. Then, I took on another project, namely the Action Pack Podcast. At the time I felt that I could handle 4,000 words per month. What I didn’t count on was that I would be spending a great deal of time promoting the book.

Well, okay. Promoting and obsessing about it, if truth be told.

That also doesn’t even consider the other books that need to be revised and readied for submission. And now I have the second Mik Murdoch book under contract to write.

It can be overwhelming.

Still, I’m not complaining. It just means that I sleep a lot less now.

Have any of you had similar experiences? I’d love to hear about them and how you dealt with them.

On today’s show, I talk to Scott Roche about Crowd Sourcing. Scott has successfully used Crowd Sourcing with his current novel release Ginny Dare. He is also looking at Kickstarter as a means to bring the sequel to Ginny Dare forward.

We talk about how we have seen crowd sourcing used, different methods of crowd sourcing and the benefits and potential problems behind it.

I also have a book review for Dave Duncan’s upcoming release, Wildcatter.

That’s today’s episode. I hope you enjoy it.

Show Notes

00:00 — Opening – Get Published Episode 89 – Crowd Sourcing

Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published”

00:14 — Introduction – Get Published Episode 89 – Crowd Sourcing

Welcome to the show.

02:15 Promo: A Method to The Madness: A Guide To The Super Evil

04:04 -Tips and Typos

Book review – Dave Duncan’s upcoming novel Wildcatter

06:18 - Promo – Nutty Bites