Book Marketing Mania - Start a Podcast, Guest on Podcasts, Grow Your Author Platform

Updated: 03 Oct 2025 • 188 episodes
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Build your audience and reach new readers on podcasts. Here on Book Marketing Mania you’ll learn to use podcasting as a guest and host to grow your author platform, market your book long before and long after your book release, and steward your message in a way that honors God and your time. Connect with your host, Kim Stewart, Podcast Coach for Nonfiction Authors, at https://kimstewartmarketing.com.

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How can you best plan and measure your book marketing efforts? That’s what we’re answering today with my guest Susan Neal. Susan is the author of eight books including her recent release, How to Sell 1000 Books a Month. She’s also CEO of Christian Indie Publishing Association (CIPA), which offers a slew of resources to

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What if instead of “borrowing” someone else’s audience, you focused on growing your own? Lead podcast listeners from curious to connected with a private podcast reader magnet.  Want to see one in action? Listeners to Readers is just six short episodes to share how a private podcast can grow your email list and market y

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No time to market your books, or build and nurture relationships with your target readers on social media? I know, you may have a love/hate relationship with social media. Me too.  If you"re sticking with social to market your books, are you using it to connect with new readers? Nurture existing ones? Or perhaps you"re

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One of the most common mistakes authors (and their publishers) make with podcast pitching is sending cookie cutter pitches. Let"s talk about why this might not work for you and how to fix it so your pitch gets a yes. Related episodes: Common Podcast Pitching Mistakes playlist How to Pitch a Podcast playlist Pitching po

When pitching to guest on podcasts, how do you create an interview query that gets a yes from the host? Today is part four and the finale of my collaborative series with Linda Goldfarb called Interview Guesting Best Practices.  Linda is the award-winning author of Creating Dynamic Podcasts & Audiobooks, and hosts both

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When pitching to guest on podcasts, how do you propose interview topics that attract both the host and their listeners?  Today is part two of my collaborative series with Linda Goldfarb called Interview Guesting Best Practices.  Linda is the award-winning author of Creating Dynamic Podcasts & Audiobooks, and hosts both

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