SHOW NOTES When someone says, “don’t quit your day job,” what do you hear? Do you hear an invalidation of your author abilities? Or do you hear a helpful message for sustainability? Come listen and find out what might be under that message. Important Links! Free Course Library: https://betterfasteracademy.com/author4lifelibrary/ Newsletter sign-up: https://betterfasteracademy.com/newsletter/ Ask a question…
SHOW NOTES How is your platform like your favorite sports team? If you’re a Sandbox, you probably need to consider how to create fan experiences to draw readers deeper into your world. (Only if it produces growth of course… so let’s talk about that!) Important Links! Virtual Conference for Summer 2025: https://classes.betterfasteracademy.com/courses/publish-better-faster-conference-2025–38dfe918-5120-43ce-960a-f2e44bdf658e/salespage Business Phases Video:…
SHOW NOTES How is your platform like your favorite sports team? If you’re a Sandbox, you probably need to consider how to create fan experiences to draw readers deeper into your world. (Only if it produces growth of course… so let’s talk about that!) Important Links! Two Years Ago Platform Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-I_LwrV2rA Virtual Conference for…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
SHOW NOTES Becca has been hinting at some new Enneagram stuff (lent to us from Claire Taylor of The Liberated Writer) coming on the horizon, and this is the first video of a series of Enneagram videos we’ll be doing. The shift in capacity was significant, and it all came from doing some deeper work…
SHOW NOTES Many of us are struggling to find joy in our writing. Join us for a dive into why that might be happening and what we can do about it. Important Links! Virtual Conference for Summer 2025: https://classes.betterfasteracademy.com/courses/publish-better-faster-conference-2025–38dfe918-5120-43ce-960a-f2e44bdf658e/salespage Follow the Platform Building and Writing to Market vs Market Awareness Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beccasyme/the-7-deadly-skills-of-writing-to-market Newsletter sign-up: https://betterfasteracademy.com/newsletter/…