Today’s podcast episode is all about self-editing. We know you might be thinking “why the heck am I doing self-editing, if I'm going to be paying an editor to edit my book?” And Jodi is answering that question in depth today.

This episode of the Write.Publish.Market. Podcast is all about your daily writing habit (which you could guess from the title). Jodi is sharing why you need one, how to have one, how to track one, how it helps you all of the things around a daily writing habit.

On this episode, Jodi Is talking with Erin Ollila about a very important part of your author platform - your author website. They discuss the options of having a designated website or just page for your book and how to make it work best for you and your followers. She also shares her top 3 tips for creating messaging around the message you have to share. This episode is so helpful and is a major part of your book launching process, so tune in and don’t skip it!

You can’t deny it; (almost) all business owners need to be on social media. And if you’re writing a book as part of your business strategy, then a social media strategy for your book is something you need to have more than you might think. But we all know social media in general can be overwhelming and if you’ve been working on a project like a book, you may not have the energy to get on social media and talk about your book. On today’s podcast Jodi asks her guest Andréa “How do we figure out where to be so that we can then manage our time and energy effectively?”

Jodi is sharing her secret weapon for your book writing and production toolbox: a heading hierarchy. This is a document that ideally you create during the writing process, and you can even use your brain dump and working table of contents exercise. If you’re way past those stages, don’t worry, Jodi walks you through how you can still create a heading hierarchy.

On this episode of the Write.Publish.Market. podcast, Jodi interviews Tracey Warren. Tracey shares with us the process she used to not only write her book, but how she reignited curiosity in her book after the book launch.

Today on the Write.Publish.Market Podcast, Jodi is chatting with Alexa Bigwarfe all about understanding and using your book metrics and data.

Metadata is hugely, hugely important for your book, because metadata is not only is it telling readers what your book is about — how to classify it — but maybe even more importantly than that, it's telling book buyers and librarians where your book goes in their bookstore or library, which, of course, is important to you, if you plan to sell your book in those places.

So what do we mean by metadata? What kind of data about data are we talking about? This is going to be a sampling of things that are included in metadata.

Keeping up your writing momentum during a busy time can seem daunting. But with these easy steps, it is possible! Tune in to hear how from Jodi.

Jodi is sharing the following three tips to ensure that you can make it happen in the coming year for you:

Tip #1: prepare well.

Tip #2: building out your calendar.

Tip #3: plan for the long term.

Listen in below or wherever you listen to podcast as Jodi expounds on these three tips!

Throughout this Write.Publish.Market episode, Jodi discusses the two schools of thought on when to share the release date (before the book is written or after).

Her most important tip? Well, you’ll need to listen to the episode for that!

Jodi shares different ways you can plug your book into your overall business plan. It could be the top level part of your funnel, part of a bigger course, or the end part of your funnel. Check out this episode for tips of how you can fit your book into your business plan.

One thing you will encounter often during your book writing and publishing process is a contract, and probably more than one. In this Write.Publish.Market. podcast, Jodi is walking you through all the different types of contracts you’ll encounter and what boilerplate language to be on the look out for.

There are two key points when it comes to book research that Jodi advises her one-on-one book coaching clients so that they don't get tripped up.

1. Remember you’re the expert

2. You want the research to support your points, not the other way around.

Tune in as Jodi dives into these two key points. She also gets into some of the actual how-to, tactical pieces of the research element.

Jodi is interviewing one of her very favorite people, and very favorite publishing colleagues: Alexa Bigwarfe. Alexa is a USA Today best-selling author, speaker, and publishing partner. They are talking about book marketing and book launching and how that plays into other parts of your business marketing plan.

Jodi shares that this means parts of your book that can be licensed to someone else and how they profit from it (this includes movie rights, new cover art, excerpts, and maybe even ebooks and audiobooks).

A question that is discussed often, especially in today’s author-entrepreneur world, is how much of yourself should you include in your book? And Jodi is sharing her thoughts on this topic in this episode!