#129: Overcoming The Fear Of Marketing With Alexa Bigwarfe
Fiction Writing Made Easy
Savannah Gilbo
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
“Work on being a better writer and work on your craft and the other stuff will follow. As long as you have a great book, marketing comes a lot easier.” - Alexa Bigwarfe
In today’s brand-new episode, I’m sharing a conversation with Alexa Bigwarfe about how writers can overcome the fear of marketing their books and what you can do right now to kickstart your marketing efforts. Here’s a preview of what’s included:
[3:55] Where should new writers market their books?
[05:14] Alexa advises on what to do if you're afraid of marketing your book.
[09:06] How soon should writers start thinking about marketing their books?
[14:16] After writing 14 non-fiction books, what is it like for Alexa to now be in the fiction world?
[22:22] Alexa shares her ideas for marketing the second book of her series.
[35:56] Alexa talks about the Women In Publishing Summit, a virtual conference for authors of all experience levels to learn and connect with others in the industry.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever thought about becoming a book coach? If so, I have a resource for you to check out. |
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| 0:14.2 | writers you can serve, and get clear on what your book coaching business could look like, |
| 0:18.0 | no matter if you're starting from scratch or already have a book coaching business. |
| 0:21.7 | And here's the kicker. |
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| 0:28.7 | and using code Jenny 24. |
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| 0:35.0 | forward slash coach and use code Jenny 24. Check out the link in the show |
| 0:39.4 | notes for more details. Marketing is is something that never stops ever. You should start thinking about it from the moment you create the idea in your head. Plan to make a plan. Be consistent. Start building things as early as you can, and then always be growing |
| 0:57.6 | on, always be adding to that for as long as you want to continue selling that book or until you get to the point where you have a machine |
| 1:04.7 | that's just selling them for you. |
| 1:07.1 | Welcome to the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast. |
| 1:10.6 | My name is Savannah Gilboe and I'm here to help you write a story that works. |
| 1:14.0 | I want to prove to you that writing a novel doesn't have to be overwhelming. |
| 1:18.0 | So each week, I'll bring you a brand new episode with simple, actionable, and step-by-step strategies that you can implement in your |
| 1:25.0 | writing right away. So whether you're brand new to writing or more of a seasoned author looking |
| 1:29.3 | to improve your craft, this podcast is for you. So pick up a pen and let's get started. |
| 1:38.0 | In today's episode I'm sharing a conversation I had with Alexa Bigwarf about marketing. |
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