SPA Girls Podcast – EP386 – Productivity Hacks For Writers
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Ten proven productivity hacks for self-publishers, brought to you by the letter “P”
1. Planning – Make a plan and stick to it
2. Preparation – know what you’re going to do, and when you’re going to do it, and then stick to it.
3. Procrastination – look at whether it’s actually positive or negative procrastination, if it’s negative, look at what stories you’re telling yourself.
4. Prioritize – figure out what is most important, learn to say no to things/people, stay focused on what you want to achieve.
5. Positive Talk – don’t fall into negative thinking.
6. Play or gamify it. Example – Write at the top of the hour, until you get to 1000, then you get to have a break, then go back and write at the top of the hour again.
7. Put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard)
8. Pivot if it’s not working.
9. Be Picky – lots of be people equate being busy with achieving alot, but it’s not true. I can spend all day being busy, and achieve a sum total of ZERO.
10. Permission – don’t be afraid to make mistakes.
SPA Girls Podcast – EP382 – Which Course Is Right For You?
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This week Trudi and Shar go rogue … and discuss courses along with our writing friend and writing tutor Tania Hutley / Talia Hunter.
We discuss the courses we’ve done over the years on craft, marketing, self-publishing and mindset and what we’ve learned from them.
Disclaimer – we only discuss our personal experiences, and we are not affiliates for any of them with the exception of SPF.
How do you know your best learning style?
What do you need to be prepared for before you start?
How to do due diligence on the course provider
What red flags should you look for before you plunk down your $$
Mentioned in podcast:
Maggie Stiefvater
Margie Lawson – Dialogue course
Lisa Cron – SPA Girls podcast EP#249
Creative live.com
Inkers Con – Allesandra Torre – SPA Girls Podcast EP235
RWA Recordings – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Mark Dawson – SPF courses
Becca Syme – write better faster
Udemy
Holly Darling – newsletter – we interviewed Holly (then Holly Mortimer) EP#258
Tammi Labrecque – newsletterninja.net
David Gaughran – free Starting From Zero
Steff Green – Rage Against the Manuscript
SPA Girls Podcast – EP376 – Top Tips from 2022
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This is an awesome episode just for you! We went through all of our episodes from 2022, and picked out the best pieces of advice, the most actionable tips, and the things we definitely think you should be doing for your writing career in 2023 and gave them to you here in one easy episode. You’re welcome. 🙂
SPA Girls Podcast – EP362 – Book Marketing Organization Made Easy
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Looking for tips to make your marketing tasks more organized and less stressful? This is the episode for you! From marketing bibles to free online tools, your book marketing should become a whole lot less overwhelming.
Plan your marketing early
• Know your goals
• Write out a simple plan
• Be consistent
• Take action on your plans
• Complicated vs simple
• Perfect is the enemy of done
• Limit what you’re doing – don’t try to do it all
• Brainstorm everything, then pick the most important to do first
Lists
• Write everything down.
• Look at it every day – reminds you what you’re doing
• Prioritize
• Important vs urgent matrix
Know your data
• Don’t just guess or think you know.
• Monthly scorecard
• Be consistent and regular
• Make decisions based on the data
• Make changes based on the data
Have everything prepared beforehand
• A folder of information or a marketing bible.
• Make it easier and faster for you to do the marketing you do on a regular basis
Resources mentioned:
Trello trello.com
Tick Tick ticktick.com
Heartbreathings with author Sarra Cannon
Home · Heart Breathings
Readerlinks
Reach your independent author goals with The Author Helper Suite
SPA Girls Podcast – EP360 – How To Find What Works For You
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One size doesn’t fit all – we’ve all heard that saying, but how do you know what DOES work for you? In this episode, we discuss how to identify what best works for you in three areas:
Your Writing Process
Your Publishing Strategy
Your Marketing Strategy
…and share tips and resources that we’ve learned along the way.
Resources mentioned:
Book Decoding Greatness by Rod Friedman
https://www.amazon.com/Decoding-Greatness-Reverse-Engineer-Success/dp/1982135794
Becca Syme episode with the SPA Girls #146
https://www.selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep146-interview-with-becca-syme-on-writing-better-faster/
Elana Johnson episode with the SPA Girls #228
https://www.selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/spa-girls-podcast-ep228-interview-with-elana-johnson-part-two/
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SPA Girls Podcast – EP354 – It’s Time To Question The “Hustle”
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This week we discuss burnout, protecting our creativity, being productive and not buying in to the hustle culture. You could say we’re “anti hustle” but pro making careers out of our writing!
Recommended listening :
SPA Girls Podcast with megastar BELLA ANDRE
SPA Girls Podcast with Helen Scheurer – Six Figures with One Book A Year
💗 The SPA Girls podcast is sponsored by everyone who supports us on Patreon. Thank you so much, we love our listeners and our patrons!
⭐ Join us at the $10 tier, and you’ll be invited to our private Self-Publishing Mastermind group for authors, where we discuss all things self-publishing, marketing and writing PLUS answer all your questions. Come on in and join us, we’d love to see you there!
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✍️ Don’t forget, all our FREE self-publishing resources, podcast episodes and info are at: at www.SelfPublishingAuthorsPodcast.com
