Memorial Day brings a time to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country. But how can we pray and support those wives left behind not to mention those with active duty spouses all year long?

My friend, Kristi Woods, author of 101 Prayers for Military Wives, is here to help us!

Kristi shares practical ways we can help support and pray for military families in our community, and of course, how she is marketing her book to get it in the hands of who God called her to write it for.

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101 Prayers for Military Wives
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Looking for ways to take a break from your normal podcasting pace and beat the heat this summer? Also want to keep building your platform and marketing your book? This episode is for you!

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Podcast Guesting Playlist

Setting Goals as Host and Guest #152

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Downloads vs. Listens (Which is more important?) #156

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Summer is fast upon us. Time to make plans for whether you continue your current schedule of hosting or guesting, change things up a bit, or a take a much-needed break.

Today's conversation is from my friend Amy Debrucque’s podcast, Life on Purpose. She invited me to be her guest to talk about savoring summer as a podcaster with ideas for repurposing content, airing solo episodes and even collaborating with other podcasters like Amy and I did.

We pray it is a blessing to you!

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Hopping on quick to let you know I'm taking a break from releasing new podcast episodes.

Now, unlike Ross and Rachel's break, We WILL be back together soon and I can't wait for you to hear my new episodes and conversations to help you reach new readers one podcast at a time.

See you May 9!

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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 simply to numb out?

Let's get real today about the time we're spending there.

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Does the thought of hosting an interview podcast overwhelm you? Who has time for that when you’re writing and marketing books?

But you DO want to collaborate with fellow authors so maybe a seasonal interview podcast is just what you need.

My friend Nadine Mullings returns as a guest to share all the nuts and bolts of planning, recording, and marketing her Women Faith + Business seasonal podcast. The best part? It gives her plenty of time to rest!

Past episodes with Nadine:

The B.E.S.T. Marketing System for Your Book (#11)

15 Podcasting Tips from Fellow Podcasters (#100)

Following God’s Calling (Kim on Nadine’s show)

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Ever feel like you're drowning in the endless cycle of creating content when all you really want to do is hide out and write your book?

Whether you are hosting a podcast today or wondering if you have time for that commitment, I can’t wait for you to meet my guest, Mandy Pallock. Mandy hosts the seasonal podcast called Presently Engaged, and is the author of The Question Habit: The art of building resilient relationships with God and others one question at a time.

Mandy and I connected through PodMatch and I couldn’t wait to ask her about her seasonal show, the different ways podcasting can help you as an author, plus tips for first-time authors like myself.

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The Question Habit book

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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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