SPA Girls Podcast – EP387 – TikTok For Authors With Brighton Walsh
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Do it the easy way!
Award-winning USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brighton Walsh spent a decade as a professional photographer before taking her storytelling in a different direction and reconnecting with her first love—writing.
After getting a publishing deal, Brighton went on to become a hybrid author and is now mainly indie.
She started on TikTok in January 2022 and used mainly page flips back then which went viral immediately. She has since developed her own brand of TIKTOK-ing which continues to impress.
Today she brings you plenty of tips and tricks to start you off on the right foot.
Brighton’s Tips:
Don’t let it take over your life.
You don’t have to use your face!
Use a phone app to record so you can reuse it.
Post once a day unless it is launch week and then do 2-3 posts.
Reuse words and hooks often, but the video itself only occasionally.
Uses bookish backgrounds with candles to make the post look attractive. A similar background saves a lot of time and becomes your brand. Her photography background helped.
Encourage comments by making the post unique to you as well as be aesthetically pleasing.
Viral = 100k or more.
Be a consumer first and see what you are comfortable doing.
Do not copy other videos exactly.
Get ideas as you write the book and write them down.
Plus, so much more!
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SPA Girls Podcast – EP383 – Our Valentine To Writers
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Love your Writing Self this Valentine’s Day
Who says Valentine’s Day has to be about couples? We think it should be about all kinds of love and this year we’re promoting a little self-love.
Go on, you deserve it!
Treat yourself to a craft course or something else you would enjoy – find a course and do it!
Do something awesome for your body – manicure, pedicure, massage, facial.
Regular exercise – walk, run, bike, swim, yoga, pilates, sport.
Combat stress – read, listen to music, have a bath, meditate – try Paul Mckenna and Youtube videos.
Breathing exercises – breathe in for seven, hold for seven, out for seven.
Eat healthy and drink more water.
Try something different – puzzles, a new hobby like knitting, crochet or miniatures.
Have a wonderful Valentine’s Day!
SPA Girls Podcast – EP379 – How To Make a Trailer with Bookbrush
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Kathleen Sweeney is Bookbrush’s Customer Service Manager & Marketing Lead. She brings over 17 years of client service experience, business assurance, strategy and problem solving to Book Brush. Kathleen loves creating images and is happy to share her knowledge.
We’re talking trailers for Tik Tok, instagram, and other social media, as well as QR codes and where to use them. And so much more!
6 Typography Tips for Graphics and Book Covers (with 35+ font pairings) – Book Brush
💗 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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SPA Girls Podcast – EP375 – Celebrations And Things We’re Grateful For
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The Spa Girls wish you a wonderful Christmas and today we’re sharing our celebrations and things we’re grateful for.
From Shar’s first taste of travel in three years and reaching 1000 subscribers on Youtube, all Wendy’s historical books hitting the top in that category and doing German translations, Cheryl achieving her goal of four books for 2022 and opening a store, Trudi finally finished a series and found a course that resonated more than she could have hoped for, there is plenty celebrate.
The grateful list was long and included our guests who keep things real, listeners old and new who make us want to continue, doing what we love, family and author friends who support and get us, and on to entrepreneurs who build products and supply services which make our lives easier—we thank you all.
Listen in to for a more comprehensive list and maybe there are some things that resonate with you too.
Take care and make sure to recharge over the season.
💗 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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SPA Girls Podcast – EP370 – Running A Successful Kickstarter – with Steffanie Holmes
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USA Today Bestselling romance author, Steffanie Holmes, returns to the SPA to educate us on how to run a successful kickstarter. Inspired by the knockout success of Brandon Sanderson and many other authors, Steff ran an incredibly successful kickstarter in 2022 to fund limited-edition hardcovers of her books – in fact, it was fully funded in just FIVE HOURS!
In this episode Steff walks us through all the steps needed – from deciding what to fund, to how to set reward levels, how to promote your kickstarter campaign, managing logistics, stretch goals, what fans want, how “unknown” authors can make it work, and the lessons she’s learned to take into her next kickstarter campaign.
About Steffanie Holmes
Steffanie Holmes is a USA Today bestselling author of dark, gothic, and sinful romance books. Her books feature clever, witty heroines, secret societies, creepy old mansions, and alpha heroes who always get what they want.
Steff received the 2017 Attitude Award for Artistic Achievement, and was a finalist for a 2018 Women of Influence award. Her books are enjoyed by thousands of readers all over the world.
Steff is also the creator of Rage Against the Manuscript, an online community for writers to learn about self-publishing, finding their readers, and building a badass author brand. Steff’s passionate about helping authors from all walks of life find their voice and tell their story.
Watch Steff on national tv here: https://youtu.be/7nZLQQKBPrs
