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Use Podcasts to Put You on the Map Overnight

Tom Antion

With Kris Safarova, Host & Founder of the Author To Profit School

Tom has done 800 episodes of his own podcast, Screw the Commute. Kris was actually recently a guest on Tom's podcast (ep. 784). Tom has been a guest on over 1,000 shows and has been invited back as many as 13 times. We will cover how Tom was invited to the White House because of the podcast, the Facebook hack that can put you in front of hundreds of thousands of people, and how to get extremely expensive podcast agencies to work for you for free.

Tom Antion is a legend in the internet marketing and book publishing space. He has done just about everything out there when it comes to being a very successful online entrepreneur, and he is an internet multimillionaire and a founder of the Screw the Commute podcast. Tom has done 3,000 paid presentations in 12 countries, and he's in the top 1% of speaker income.

You can get in touch with Tom at https://screwthecommute.com/automatefree/

Social Media Marketing for Authors

Shelby Leigh

With Kris Safarova, Host & Founder of the Author To Profit School

In this session, you’ll learn how to grow steadily and consistently over time, with fans and followers that stay with you over time, as well. We cover which platform is the easiest right now to grow organically on, what kind of content you should record, how to grab attention at the beginning of your video, how often you should post, etc.

Shelby Leigh is a mental health author and book marketing strategist who has been writing on the internet for 7+ years, amassing a following of more than 500,000, and selling 50,000+ copies of her books organically. Her social media mastery courses and coaching, used by more than 2,500 authors, empower writers to show up on social media and sell more copies of their books.

You can get in touch with Shelby at http://marketingbyshelby.com/

A-Z on Successfully Publishing Picture Books in under 1 Hour

Karen Ferreira

With Kris Safarova, Host & Founder of the Author To Profit School

Want to write a children's book for your children, which you can also offer as a product? This session is a masterclass on writing children's books. We cover a breakdown of ages for children's books and what kind of books are appropriate for each age group. We then dive into how to put together a picture book for the 2-5 or 5-8 age group.

We cover the page count, how those books are consumed, the topics, the importance of seeing the illustrator as co-creator of the book, the importance of character arcs, and why children's books are extremely important for a child's development. We also cover how to market children's books, including using reader magnets, using book promotion sites, etc. We also speak about how to print your children's books and which distributors to use.

You can get in touch with Karen at:

https://childrensbookmastery.com/

https://getyourbookillustrations.com/

How to Create Book Covers That Sell

Matt Stone

With Kris Safarova, Host & Founder of the Author To Profit School

Check out Matt's tips on how to get affordable book covers that will grab your readers' attention. Learn how to find out what works for different fiction and non-fiction genres, where to find inspiration for great book covers, and how to come up with a title that will help your cover stand out. Plus, hear Matt's thoughts on AI and dealing with increased competition in the self-publishing space.

Matt Stone is the CEO of indie authors' favorite book cover design source, 100 Covers, as well as a co-founder of other popular services in the self-publishing community, including Buck Books, BookAds, and 1000 Storybooks.

You can get in touch with Matt at https://100covers.com/

A Step-by-Step Process to Follow to Set Up Your Ads Correctly

Alex Strathdee

With Kris Safarova, Host & Founder of the Author To Profit School

How to use Amazon ads to their fullest potential. We cover a step-by-step process to follow to set up your ads correctly, at which point is it too early for you to run ads, why Amazon doesn't spend ad budget for some ads, what you need to fix to make your book more attractive for Amazon to promote, selecting bids, etc.

At the age of 21, Alex Strathdee convinced 11 colleges to send his book to 40,000+ students across the US. Alex is now the founder of AdvancedAmazonAds.com (500+ books and $1,000,000+ in ad spend) where he helps authors get their books read.

You can get in touch with Alex at https://www.advancedamazonads.com/

The Business Questions To Ask Yourself, Before You Start Writing

Ally Machate

With Ray Brehm, Host of the Author To Profit School

In this expert session, Ally Machate shares her 3 and a quarter formula for design your publishing plan before you start writing. By answering these questions you can make better returns and a more marketable book and backend products.

Founder & CEO of The Writer’s Ally, Ally Machate is a bestselling author and expert publishing consultant leading serious authors toward success since 1999. Ally leverages a background in “Big Five” publishing to lead a diversified team of professionals in helping serious authors to write, publish, and sell more high-quality books through both traditional and independent channels with a variety of services and support.

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