Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast
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SFFMP 223: Marketing Audiobooks, Pen Names, Differences in Distributors, and What to Do When You Just Have One Book
The guys are taking a break from the podcast (if you have comments or suggestions for what you’d like to see if we bring it back in a couple of months...
SFFMP 222: Do Pre-Orders Work, What Happens Between Rapid Releases, and Finding a Good Editor
On today’s show, the guys answered listener questions about pre-orders, rapid releases, how they found their editors, whether it make sense to keep se...
SFFMP 221: Whether Awards Are Worth Trying for, Marketing Fantasy Romance, and Being Active in SFWA and RWA
This week, we chatted with RITA award-winning fantasy romance author Jeffe Kennedy. She started her career writing non-fiction, shifted to romance and...
SFFMP 220: Succeeding at Traditional Publishing as Well as Self-Publishing and When It’s Worth it to Travel for Conventions
This week, traditionally and self-published fantasy author Gail Carriger joined us for the second time. She first visited two years ago to chat about...
SFFMP 219: Launching a New Pen Name and Getting an Audiobook Deal with Audible
For this week’s show, sci-fi/fantasy/horror author Chris Philbrook joined us to talk about the success he’s had with ebooks and audiobooks (he’s had s...
SFFMP 218: Taking Advantage of an Underserved Niche, from Blue Collar to No Collar, and Is NINC Right for You?
This week, we chatted with sea-adventure author and current president of Novelists, Inc. (NINC), Wayne Stinnett. He’s been a full-time independent aut...
SFFMP 217: Tools and Software for Authors + Getting More Fan Engagement on Twitter and Facebook
This week, the guys talked about the various tools and services they use as professional authors. Everything is listed below with links to the sites....
SFFMP 216: Reaching $100K+ in Income from Writing Science Fiction with Gerald M. Kilby
This week, we chatted writing, publishing, and marketing hard science fiction with Gerald M. Kilby. He’s not the fastest writer, putting out around tw...
SFFMP 215: Working Hard, Ignoring Naysayers, and Becoming a Full-Time Author
For this week’s show, we talked to return guest Jeffery H. Haskell, who first joined us in December of 2017 for the show “Successfully Launching as a...
SFFMP 214: 2019 Marketing and Publishing Predictions
In this short episode, Jo and Lindsay jump on the bandwagon and share some of their marketing and publishing (but mostly marketing!) predictions for 2...
SFFMP 213: Marketing Plans for 2019, Meta Data and SEO Explained, and Which Advertising Platforms are Best for Authors?
We recorded early this week, since Christmas is on a Tuesday, so we hope you enjoy the show while you’re traveling or after you’ve had fun with the ho...
SFFMP 212: How to Find Success in Urban Fantasy with Ramy Vance
Lindsay got to meet lots of cool authors at the 20Books conference in Las Vegas this fall, and today’s guest was one of those people. Urban fantasy au...
SFFMP 211: How to Use Your Newsletter to Build Engagement and Fan Loyalty
Not only was this week’s episode jam-packed with newsletter tips for authors but it turned out to be our longest show ever! You may want to turn it in...
SFFMP 210: Selling More at Kobo, Relying Less on Amazon, and What’s Coming for Authors in 2019
We talked to return guest Mark Leslie Lefebvre this week. You may remember him as the director of author relations at Kobo, but he’s moved over to the...
SFFMP 209: Beyond the Basics with Facebooks Ads, Pinterest Ads, and Amazon Ads with Michael Cooper
On this week’s show, return guest Michael Cooper (author of HELP! My Facebook Ads Suck under his name and more than fifty novels in his science-fictio...
SFFMP 208: Improving Visibility, Launching New Pen Names, and the “Trifecta of Indie Success”
This week, we’re joined by fantasy and science fiction author Nicholas Erik, who also writes and experiments under the pen name D.N. Erikson. He’s an...
SFFMP 207: Podcasting Fiction to Gain an Audience for Your Books
This week, humorous science fiction author James R. Tramontana joined the guys on the show. He’s podcasting his Ace Tucker Space Trucker novels, and w...
SFFMP 206: How to Rock it in KDP Select/Kindle Unlimited
Jo and Lindsay recorded early this week, since Lindsay is off to the 20Booksto50K conference (inspired by Michael Anderle, as Lindsay said in the show...
SFFMP 205: Writing for Star Wars, Podcasting, Patreon, and if Awards Help with Marketing
Our guest for this week’s show is long-time podcaster and slightly less long-time science fiction and fantasy author Mur Lafferty. She is the author o...
SFFMP 204: Selling 10,000 Copies of Your First Novel with Joseph Malik
Today, we were joined by fantasy author, Joseph Malik, who published his first novel, Dragon’s Trail, in 2016 and has managed to sell 10,000 copies ov...
SFFMP 203: Staying Motivated, Advertising, and How to Market a Stand-Alone Novel
This week, the guys answered a couple of questions about staying motivated and finishing projects, even when your oh-so-appealing sink full of dishes...
SFFMP 202: Lessons Learned from Putting Together Anthologies and Donating to Charity
This week’s show should be of interest to those authors who have considered putting aside the author hat temporarily to don the publisher/editor hat f...
SFFMP 201: Bookbub Ads Update and Cultivating a Successful Author Mindset
This week, we had return guest, crime-fiction author Adam Croft, on the show. We asked him about changes to Bookbub ads that have come about in the la...
SFFMP 200: Marketing and Selling Audiobooks, Plus Producing and Distributing them through Findaway Voices
This week, Will Dages from Findaway Voices joined us to talk about producing, marketing, and selling audiobooks and some of the new options out there...
SFFMP 199: Rapid Release, Marketing Serials, and Going Non-Exclusive with Audiobooks
Today, the guys took on a batch of listener questions that ran the gamut from what’s the best schedule for a rapid release of a trilogy to what kind o...
SFFMP 198: Mastering Amazon Ads with Brian Meeks
Jo and Lindsay talked with the famous (not infamous!) Brian Meeks today, author of Mastering Amazon Ads, as well as thrillers, satire, and science fic...
SFFMP 197: From Cosplayer to Full-time Fantasy Author with NM Howell
This week, fantasy author NM Howell (AKA Nikko) joined the guys to talk about her journey from semi-pro cosplayer (yes, that’s a thing!) and magazine...
SFFMP 196: Writing Tips, Selling Short Fiction, and What SFWA Can Do for You with Cat Rambo
This week, fantasy author and SFWA president Cat Rambo joined us on the show, and we grilled her about writing and selling short fiction, her experien...
SFFMP 195: Kindle Unlimited, All-star Bonuses, YA Fantasy, and Reverse Harem Fantasy
Fantasy author Alex Lidell joined us on the show this week. She started her publishing journey with YA fantasy when her first novel, The Cadet of Tild...
SFFMP 194: Selling Books and Networking at Conventions and Finding the Balance Between Writing and Marketing with Kevin J. Anderson
This week, Kevin J. Anderson joined us from a remote cabin in Colorado where he’s sequestered to do some work (and talk to us, naturally). The interne...
SFFMP 193: Marketing and Publishing Advice for Newer Authors
This week, Lindsay, Jo, and Jeff geared the show toward newer authors getting ready to publish their first books or with a few titles out. They answer...
SFFMP 192: Instagram, Swag, Book Boxes, and Launching Your First Book Without Spending any Money
This week, we chatted with YA science fiction author Jessica Pierce who launched her first book, Atlas Fallen, in April of this year. She didn’t spend...
SFFMP 191: Most Popular Science Fiction and Fantasy Sub-Genres and Analyzing Data Guy’s SWFA Slides
On this week’s show, Jeff, Jo, and Lindsay discussed the information on Data Guy’s slides from his 2018 SFWA presentation in May. The slides are up he...
SFFMP 190: Analyzing the Amazon Store to Help Your Books Perform Better with Alex from K-Lytics
This week, we were joined by data cruncher Alex Newton who runs the K-Lytics (i.e. Kindle Analytics) service for authors and publishers. He’s been tak...
SFFMP 189: Succeeding in Niches and Writing and Marketing Time Travel Fiction
For this week’s show, time travel and steampunk author Nathan Van Coops joined us to talk about his two series and what he’s doing to keep them sellin...
SFFMP 188: A Successful Fantasy Series Relaunch
On this week’s show, we chat with dark/epic fantasy author and podcaster Andy Peloquin. Andy got the rights back to his first series and did a big and...
SFFMP 187: YouTube for Authors, Pricing High, and Running a Successful Patreon Campaign
This week, we chatted with fantasy author Jenna Moreci who was able to quit her day job after she published her first book in 2015. But that’s not all...
SFFMP 186: Using a Multi-Author Boxed Set to Launch a New Series + Challenges of Historical Fantasy
This week, one of our first guests ever on the show rejoined us after more than three years to talk about switching from contemporary fantasy to histo...
SFFMP 185: Book Marketing Tips and Starting an eBook Sponsorship Site
We’re usually joined by successful authors on the show, but today we invited on Jeffrey Bruner from the (successful) sponsorship site, The Fussy Libra...
SFFMP 184: Marketing Wastes of Time, Covers for Newsletter Magnets, and Selling Quirky Stories
This week, Jo, Jeff, and Lindsay answered listener questions–a lot of them! We went for an hour and a half so brace yourselves! Here’s the list of que...