As an author podcaster, your goal is to serve your listeners well, invite them to join your email list, and to buy your book long before and long after it releases.

So how do you measure success on your podcast? You might be surprised to learn that download numbers are only a vanity metric of podcasting. They feel good, but they're not telling you the whole story.

So let’s talk about the importance of the consumption rate, and how much of your episode your target reader is really listening to.

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Stop Being a Comparison Girl

Set and Measure Your Author Podcasting Goals

Time & Timing to Meet Your Author Podcasting Goals

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Don’t let money hold you back from hosting or guesting on podcasts.

I want you to Go GET’M this year with the right podcasting Goals, Episodes, Time, and Money.

In part 4, our series finale, let’s talk about the money you do (and don’t) need as an author to podcast as a host and guest.

RELATED EPISODES:

Set and Measure Your Podcasting Goals (part 1)

Episode Content to Meet Your Goals (part 2)

Time & Timing to Meet Goals (part 3)

Common Podcast Pitching Mistakes (playlist)

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Putting off podcasting (as a host or guest) because you don’t have time, or it’s just not the right time to keep it going?

I want you to Go GET’M this year with the right podcasting Goals, Episodes, Time, and Money.

In part 3 of our series, let’s talk about how to best spend your time (and timing) as an author who podcasts as a host or guest.

RELATED EPISODES:

Set and Measure Your Podcasting Goals (part 1)

Episode Content to Meet Your Goals (part 2)

Podcasting Tips from My Generous Podcaster Friends

Podcast Pitching as a First-Time Author

How to Audit Your Time (and Own It)

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Published by Chandler Bolt

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What should your episodes be about as a host and guest? It all starts with your author goals.

I want you to Go GET’M this year with the right podcasting Goals, Episodes, Time, and Money.

In part 2 of our series, let’s talk about your Episodes as a host and guest to make sure your content aligns with your podcasting goals.

RELATED EPISODES:

Set and Measure Your Podcasting Goals (part 1)

Time & Timing to Meet Goals (part 3)

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Without clear author goals for hosting and guesting on podcasts, you might as well be throwing spaghetti at the wall and praying something sticks.

I want you to Go GET’M this year with the right podcasting Goals, Episodes, Time, and Money.

In part 1 of our series, let’s talk about your four main author podcasting goals and how to measure them.

RELATED EPISODES:

Episode Content to Meet Your Goals (part 2)

Time & Timing to Meet Goals (part 3)

Why Guest on Podcasts to Build Your Platform

Should You Start a Podcast to Build Your Platform?

7 Ways to Market Your Book Through Collaborations

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Let's kick off a new series to help you Go GET'M with podcasting this year as a host and guest.

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Today my sweet friend Julie Sunne, author of Sometimes I Forget: 60 Reminders of Hope for Your Hard Days is here.

She's sharing:

--- her journey as a first-time traditionally published author
--- how to persevere but not run ahead of God
--- how guesting on podcasts is helping her market her book

Julie’s book:
Sometimes I Forget
Julie’s website

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I’m excited to be joined today by my sweet friend, Kristin Faith Evans, who is a Licensed Master Social Worker, a special needs mom like me, and co-author with her husband Todd of the book How to Build a Thriving Marriage as You Care for Children with Disabilities.

Kristin shares:

--- Her journey to traditional publishing
--- Why podcast guesting works best for her
--- Her advice on not overcommitting during your book launch

Kristin's book:
How to Build a Thriving Marriage as You Care for Children with Disabilities

Kristin's website:
Disability Parenting

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