Best a member of the This Blows Podcasts (2024)

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Boost Your Business by Sharing Your Story (Solo Episode) 21:35

1M ago21:35

21:35

Here's a special release for you: the keynote I recently gave at a mastermind that encompasses so much of what I know to be true about coming up with your book idea. It's short but sweet. Enjoy! FOR MORE ABOUT THE PODCAST AND OTHER STUFF, GO TO WWW.ONGOODAUTHORITYPOD.COM.By Anna David

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How to Use Instagram Reels to Blow Up Your Book 36:16

1M ago36:16

36:16

You know that kindergarten teacher we all wish we'd had? That's Erin Lee. But part of what makes us all wish she'd been our teacher is the fact that in addition to being a teacher, she's an award-winning children's book author. Still, as we discuss quite a bit around here, being an amazing author doesn't always guarantee book sales. But Erin HAS so…

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The State of Publishing Today with Kevin Anderson 25:42

4M ago25:42

25:42

Kevin Anderson never meant to get into the publishing business after growing up in a small town in Canada before getting his PhD and graduating summa cum laude from Harvard and starting a tutoring company. Nevertheless, that tutoring company transitioned into what is now a massive publishing company that employs 30 writers and editors that have col…

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Know Your Senior Living Options with Kimberly Truax 52:06

5M ago52:06

52:06

In this episode, I speak with Kimberly Truax, founder of Bellaire Residential Assisted Living and Memory Care. Kimberly discovered her passion for senior care 30 years ago as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). With over 14 years of experience in various roles, including Assistant Administrator, Administrator, and Executive Director for Assisted L…

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Countdown to Totality with Eric Olson 31:48

6M ago31:48

31:48

In this episode, I speak with Eric Olson, self-proclaimed nerd. Eric is the owner and founder of PedalPub St. Pete, North America's original party bike. PedalPub St. Pete is a fun, eco-friendly way for groups to get some light exercise and fresh air while touring though the murals of St. Pete. If you're looking for a bar-hopping mural tour party in…

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Navigating the Senior Living Experience with Karyl Thomas 39:18

6M ago39:18

39:18

In this episode, I speak with Karyl Thomas of Lori Williams - Senior Services about navigating the senior living experience. Karyl has over 30 years' experience in senior living and healthcare combined with pharmaceutical sales and hospice. Karyl has a profound passion for supporting seniors; a passion that has guided her career journey. When asked…

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How to Get Your Book Everywhere with Annabelle Gurwitch 42:36

7M ago42:36

42:36

Annabelle Gurwitch is an actress, activist, and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize finalist I See You Made an Effort. Her other books include: Wherever You Go, There They Are, and You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up (coauthored with Jeff Kahn). She was the co-host of Dinner & a Movie on TBS and has appeared on NPR, The Today Sh…

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Make Sure You Write the Right Book with Dave Chesson 46:38

7M ago46:38

46:38

Dave Chesson is the creator of Kindlepreneur.com, a website devoted to teaching advanced book marketing which even Amazon KDP acknowledges as one of the best by telling users to “Gain insight from Kindlepreneur on how you can optimize marketing for your books.” Having worked with such authors as Orson Scott Card, Ted Dekker and more, his tactics he…

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Get Your Book in Stores with Ashlea Hearn 32:10

8M ago32:10

32:10

Ashlea Hearn is not only a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Reserves but also the author of Genesis Mortalis, Book 1 of the Take It Trilogy. We met when she reached out to me about the upcoming release of that book. But here's what's relevant: by that point, I had noticed this lovely person named Ashlea Hearn reviewing me wherever she could—different boo…

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Make Sure Your Readers Can Afford You with Scott Duffy 34:09

8M ago34:09

34:09

Scott Duffy is an entrepreneur and business strategist who's listed as a “Top 10 Speaker” by Entrepreneur and has been named one of the “Top Influential People To Follow” by Yahoo! Finance. 'But that's not why I brought him on the pod. I brought him on because he's also the author of three different business books on three different topics, from th…

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What It's Like to Be Chosen by Oprah with Greg Behrendt 37:45

8M ago37:45

37:45

Greg Behrendt is the #1 New York Times best-selling co-author of He’s Just Not That Into You and It’s Called A Breakup Because It’s Broken. He's appeared on every TV show known to man, including Oprah, The Tonight Show and The Today Show, is a life long standup comedian and co-hosts the relationship podcast Don't Take Bullshit From Fuckers. He's al…

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Blow Up Your Life with Rhonda Headley 33:47

8M ago33:47

33:47

In this episode, I speak with Rhonda Headley about how she blew up her life for the better. Rhonda is an environmental graphic designer and a signage expert. Her background in construction, sculpture, and graphic design adds unique qualifications and expertise to her design work. She has spent her life examining and redesigning the built environmen…

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Use Your Book to Build Your Brand with Katie DePaola 36:36

8M ago36:36

36:36

Katie DePaola is an author, speaker, entrepreneur and the founder of Inner Glow Circle, a company dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs find their glow and live purpose-driven lives. But most relevantly for our show, she is the author of At Least You Look Good: How to Glow Through What You Go Through, the latest release from Launch Pad Publishin…

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How to Set Up an Author Podcast Tour with Alex Sanfilippo 36:44

9M ago36:44

36:44

Alex Sanfilippo is the host of the top-rated podcast Podcasting Made Simple, the founder of PodPros.com, a software company focused specifically on the podcasting industry and the co-creator of PodMatch, a service that matches podcast guests and hosts together for interviews. That's not all! He also co-founded PodcastSOP, a project management tool …

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Raising Money for Your Book with Craig Stanland 33:38

9M ago33:38

33:38

Boy, does Craig Stanland have a story to tell. It starts with the FBI knocking on his door, followed by two years in prison. But that's not really what we delve into here. Instead we talk about the book he wrote on his experience—and the one major mistake he made. Now that he's at work on book number two (title TBD—we get into that in the conversat…

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Medicare Isn't Dreadful with Anthony Wright 34:18

9M ago34:18

34:18

In this episode, I speak with Anthony Wright, founder of Safe Hands Insurance, a Christian-based independent insurance brokerage company. Anthony is a Dallas-native and graduated from Northwood University. He started Safe Hands Insurance in 2012 with a vision of doing insurance differently based on a motto of helping you be a good steward of all yo…

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Getting Press for Your Book with Peter Shankman 24:21

9M ago24:21

24:21

Peter Shankman is many things, among them a five-time best selling author, entrepreneur and corporate in-person and virtual keynote speaker who focuses on customer service. But in this episode I got him speaking about something so many of you ask me about: HARO, or Help a Reporter Out...the website he started (and sold to Cision many years ago) tha…

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How a Book Could Make You $5 Million with Rich Goldstein 23:47

9M ago23:47

23:47

Rich Goldstein is a patent attorney, speaker, host of the Innovations and Breakthroughs podcast and, most relevantly for this show, the author of the bestselling book The ABA Consumer Guide to Obtaining a Patent, which was published by the American Bar Association. He's someone who understands through and through what a book can do for someone's bu…

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How to Write a Book Everyone Recommends with Rob Fitzpatrick 48:02

10M ago48:02

48:02

This may be the most useful podcast I've ever released. That's because it's with a guy who's an expert on something EVERY author wants: getting people to recommend your book. His name is Rob Fitzpatrick and he's a former programmer who dropped out of grad school to go to YCombinator with his first startup. It's that background—along with his nearly…

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Use Social Media to Sell Books with Zara Barrie and Dayna Troisi 43:45

10M ago43:45

43:45

I literally don't have the words to describe the experience of recording this episode but suffice it to say that it was the most fun interview I've ever done. Back story: Zara Barrie and I knew each other online (I find her incredibly glam and we're mutual fans of one another to the point that I recommended her book, Girl Stop Passing Out in Your M…

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The Slow Climb to Selling 100,000 Books with Paul Angone 29:33

10M ago29:33

29:33

Paul Angone had an extremely unusual journey to success as an author. First, he tried to sell a book. For eight years. Nary a bite. Then a blog post he dashed off went viral. Very viral. From there, he was able to sell a book based on that blog post to a publisher. The problem was that he had to finish it in a month. Well that book and the next hav…

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Build a Twitter Following Using Your Book Material with Jesse J. Anderson 36:55

10M ago36:55

36:55

Jesse J. Anderson's journey to bookdom is unlike any other guest I've had on the show. For one, he's not launching a book to help build his business. Also, that book—Refocus: A Practical Guide to Adult ADHD—hasn't launched yet. In fact, he hasn't even finished writing it. Why, then, you may ask, would I have him on the show? Well, Jesse has also bu…

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Turning Your Books Into Movies with Ben Mezrich 43:58

11M ago43:58

43:58

Ben Mezrich has sold over 10 million copies of his books. And, by the way, that’s not even the impressive part. The impressive part is that he sells EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HIS BOOKS as a movie or TV show; in fact, if Hollywood isn’t interested in the treatment, he doesn’t even write the book. Mezrich has gotten into this position because of a chance e…

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Marketing is Just Advertising, Right? Wrong. with Julia Kramer 43:20

11M ago43:20

43:20

In this episode, I'm back with Julia Kramer, owner and proprietor of JFK Marketing, about all things marketing. She has over 15 years of experience in marketing, with a focus on product marketing, brand management, and content creation. Julia has achieved triple-digit growth for multiple companies across a diverse portfolio of businesses. Her track…

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How to Sell Ads in Your Book with Alex Strathdee 37:19

11M ago37:19

37:19

Alex Strathdee is no ordinary writer. That's because he's as much an entrepreneur as he is a writer. How do we know this? Because when he wrote his book, Experience Over Degrees, and it didn't transform the world—or even his life—he didn't just shelve the book and the experience like most people. Instead, he asked: how can I get more people to see …

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Turn Your Book Into a $7.5 Million Product with Mike Koenigs 46:06

11M ago46:06

46:06

Mike Koenigs is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, co-host of Capability Amplifier podcast with Strategic Coach founder Dan Sullivan and 13-time bestselling author, Mike is regular contributor to Entrepreneur and Forbes. He's interviewed, consulted and advised celebrity clients, billionaires and bestselling authors including Tony Robbins, Paula…

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How to Prep for Your Book Launch with Sober Sexpert Tawny Lara 44:15

11M ago44:15

44:15

Tawny Lara is a self-proclaimed natural born promoter. She's also a delightful person known as The Sober Sexpert, co-host of the Recovery Rocks podcast and author of the book, Dry Humping: a Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without Booze. This was recorded months before the book's release because I wanted to get a sense of what she was doi…

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How to Get on Podcasts to Promote Your Book with John Corcoran 23:54

12M ago23:54

23:54

John Corcoran may be my new favorite human. A former White House speechwriter and attorney who worked in Hollywood, he now runs Rise25, which helps businesses get more clients, referral partners and strategic partners through their done-for-you podcast service. In the brief time we've known each other, he's introduced me to countless people, advise…

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