Marketing for Childrens Authors with Laurie Wright
From kindergarten teacher to best selling author, my name is Laurie Wright and I help children’s authors publish and market their books for kids. We talk about productivity, strategies and tactics so that you can grow your impact, even if you only have a few hours a week. I share my biggest AH HAHS, my ups and downs, and I chat with other authors who are busy making their dreams come true. This show is for ambitious #wordnerds who want to make more sales and reach more readers!
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 186
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
Why You Can't Make Money Using Social Media
KidLit stack - July 19-26 ONLY
Marketing your children’s books on social media is EASY, and a great way to make money, right?
WRONG.
Not only is it hard to keep up with ever changing platform rules a…
The Art of Not Burning Out: 5 Ways to Prevent Creative Fatigue
Burnout is a very real problem for many people in creative fields and authors are not immune! When you're constantly pushing yourself to come up with new ideas, and the never ending to do list of reg…
5 Easy Summer Strategies For Book Biz Growth
It can be tough to grow your book business during the summer months. Kids are out of school, people are on vacation, and it's hot outside!
But that doesn't mean you can't make progress this summer. I…
4 Simple Actions to BOOST Profits with your books!
Listen and hear how you can increase your book profit's as soon as today
✅ What you can do TODAY to increase your profits
✅ How to increase the amount of every sale
✅ Think about THIS before you publish…
Social Media for Childrens Authors... the LAZY Way
Ready to break your social media chains?!
This is for all the authors out there who have a true love/hate relationship with social media - you can create content ONCE and be done.
Purchase Lazy Social…
Book Review: One Million Followers
Hear about two wonderful books if you interested in really amplifying your social presence by going VIRAL!
Brendan's book details how to think about content creation in a new, smarter way, as opposed…
Social Media for Childrens Authors - Yay or Nay?
Are you ready for this? This is the first of 3 episodes that will RELEASE you from the chains of social media! (unless you like them, in which case this is not for you)
Join the Marketing for Childre…
Quick & Easy Social Media 'To Do' List | Marketing Minutes
Listen to the fifth most downloaded episode of 2021!
Be strategic during your social media time! Four tasks for children's authors to do daily to curate your feed, build and improve relationships, and…
Thinking Strategically When it Comes to Traffic: For Childrens Authors
Listen to the 4th most downloaded episode of 2021!
Where are all the people?! You know you need traffic, but where do you find the people... In this episode Laurie shares where to find traffic, how to…
A New Way to Think About Book Marketing
Listen to the third most downloaded episode of 2021!
Have you ever wondered why you're getting NO RESULTS from your book marketing activities, even though you're doing exactly what everyone else is?!…
How to Set Up Your Author Platform - Logistics
The number one most downloaded episode of 2021!
Something we all hear often from authors is that they don't know where to start, which is what keeps them STUCK! Overwhelmed with analysis paralysis- b…
Your Marketing Strategy! Marketing for childrens authors
Have you ever just wanted to know what it takes to have a solid book marketing system? If YES, then this is for you!
Join Laurie for the BIG PICTURE overview of an excellent book marketing system, spe…
Book Review: 'Dear Writer, You Need to Quit'
Written by Becca Syme, 'Dear Writer, You Need To Quit' isn't specifically written for childrens authors, but is definitely still applicable.
This book is part of a whole "Dear Writer' series which is…
Book Marketing for Childrens Authors!
Welcome to Season FOUR!
Over the past 3 years we've done a variety of things on here.. we started with interviews and spent over a year listening to interviews with other indie authors of varying exp…
4 ways for Authors to Get More Traffic
Struggling to find new readers and make sales? You might need to back up a few steps and think about how you're getting traffic.
The basics of book marketing are: turn the traffic you have into a capt…
It’s SPRING - Time to CLEAN Your Digital HOUSE!
Join Laurie as she shares 5 actionable tips to be more productive when you're online.
Will these tips help you write or sell your books? NOPE.
But they WILL help you to spend
- less time sorting emails
- …
Lost Your Motivation? This Is For You!
The truth is, the shine usually wears off of running a book business, sometime after you publish, and when you realize how much work the marketing is.
In this show you'll learn the 5 TOP things you c…
Social Media Etiquette (aka Don't Be a Kanye)
How do you act when you go to a party? Do you hover in corners, eye cast down, making sure not to cross anyone's path? Or do you mingle a bit, shake hands, make eye contact and say 'hello'?
Believe it…
Hack Your Mindset - For Childrens Authors
Imposter Syndrome.
Not sure my HBa in Psych (15 years ago) qualifies me to speak about this issue.... but it's something that many authors struggle with - especially Indie authors who haven't got an…
Jane Owen on The Writer's Way
Join Laurie as she gets to know author and publicist Jane Owen. Jane was able to PIVOT last year, and instead of feeling sorry for herself (for not * too* long) she set to work working a lifelong go…