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This is so helpful and smart!

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Thank you, Anna! Appreciate you. x

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Thank you for the mention!

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I did this because you told me to LOL. I'm enjoying it for sure!

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Well, I just sent mine out and tagged you and Vennie for the upcoming BMC!

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This is so helpful and I enjoy hearing about your book marketing chats. I’ll definitely try to listen!

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Sorry I missed this - thank you, Mimi x

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Aug 26, 2023Liked by BadRedheadMedia, LLC

Love this Rachel, and how you are using Substack. Valuable guidance here. ✨

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Yay! So glad and thank you. I'm liking the format.

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I'm so happy to see you here on Substack! Your advice is always spot on and accessible. I'm a writing + creativity coach, which is fancy talk for "habit coach for writers." I don't specialize in the social media side of things because I am a flop when it comes to knowing which ones are best for what and why and how many times we need to post in each one to get x results. Is there a straightforward guide to this that you would recommend. I don't feel like I can help people build the habit if I'm this clueless.

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Hi Bronwyn! Thank you so much! I'm passionate about helping writers.

Well, I did write a 30-Day Book Marketing Challenge that I've updated 3 times already lol. Working on the next update now but the current version is mostly still viable. Twitter (now X) is the biggest change. See my website for details.

I also do a free #BookMarketingChat every Wednesday at 11 am pst on X (https://twitter.com/badredheadmedia) which I record so it's all there after the fact (links on my timeline.

I also recommend reading Jane Friedman - she's amazing and her guests are always helpful.

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Thank you ❤️

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This was a helpful post. My biggest challenge is finding my readers Twitter/X is a wasteland for me and only getting worse. Insta is a void I may as well be shouting into. The traditional methods of finding fantasy readers are changing. So my question is, when the old ways no longer work - how does a Fantasy writer adapt & find their readers?

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OMG just saw this - so sorry, Carolyn! A newsletter is the best ROI in terms of time and money. I highly recommend using Booksweeps.com (it's $50) to build your email list by hundreds if not thousands of interested readers. I've written about it here!

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