Monthly Archives: June 2025

QuitCast Episode 7.28: Author Platform Growth Engine #3: Person (Superstar)

SHOW NOTES How is your platform like Taylor Swift’s? If you’re an author, and you are hoping to grow your platform by becoming an influencer, it’s important to know if you have the hallmarks of that Superstar platform. Important Links!​ Two Years Ago Platform Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-I_LwrV2rA Virtual Conference for Summer 2025: https://classes.betterfasteracademy.com/courses/publish-better-faster-conference-2025–38dfe918-5120-43ce-960a-f2e44bdf658e/salespage Follow the Platform…

QuitCast Episode 7.27: Author Platform Growth Engine #2: Books (Laboratory)

SHOW NOTES It’s time to talk about the “laboratory” type of growth engine, which is fueled by books. We’re talking about growth engines for author platforms today, in our focus on actionable skills for growth. Here’s hoping that understanding the organizing principle of these growth engines will help you. Knowing which growth engine you are…

QuitCast Episode 7.26: Author Platform Growth Engine #1: Content (Respawn)

SHOW NOTES What’s the one thing you can do today to grow your author platform? SPOILER ALERT: It’s writing. At least for the Content-driven engines. It will always be writing. We’re talking about growth engines for author platforms today, in our focus on actionable skills for growth. Here’s hoping that understanding the organizing principle of…

QuitCast Episode 7.25: Step One of Author Platform Growth Engines

SHOW NOTES We’re talking about growth engines for author platforms today, in our focus on actionable skills for growth. Here’s hoping that understanding the organizing principle of these growth engines will help you. Knowing which growth engine you are is often about being a content-driven platform first, which means there’s one really important action point…

QuitCast Episode 7.24: Introduction to Author Platform Growth Engines

SHOW NOTES We’re talking about growth engines for author platforms today, in our focus on actionable skills for growth. Here’s hoping that understanding the organizing principle of these growth engines will help you. We’ll also cover the first one (Sandboxes) in this video, and will have subsequent videos on the other engines (there are three…