Ep. 164: Indie Marketing 101 with Michael R. Miller, Z.S. Diamanti & Blake & Raven Penn (Indie Appreciation Month)
SFF Addicts · Jul 22, 2025 · 2:06:31
SFF Addicts · Jul 22, 2025 · 2:06:31
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Join host Adrian M. Gibson and guest authors Michael R. Miller, Z.S. Diamanti and Blake & Raven Penn for an Indie Appreciation Month panel on Indie Marketing 101. During the panel, Michael, Zac, Blake and Raven offer up some marketing fundamentals, including why marketing is important for indie authors, approaches to marketing over time, building your author platform, mailing lists and reader magnets, pre-launch vs. post-launch marketing, social media platforms and content, paid advertising methods, discounts and giveaways, reviews and ARCs, comp titles, Kickstarter, networking, word-of-mouth, book tours, awards, competitions and more.
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Michael R. Miller is the author of the Songs of Chaos series, The Dragon's Blade Trilogy and more. Find Michael on Instagram, Amazon and his personal website.
Z.S. Diamanti is the author of Guard in the Garden, the Stone & Sky series and more. Find Zac on Instagram, Amazon and his personal website.
Blake & Raven Penn are the co-authors of The Skystone Chronicles series. Find Blake & Raven on Instagram, Amazon and their personal website.
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Adrian M. Gibson is the author of Mushroom Blues.
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M.J. Kuhn is the author of Among Thieves and Thick as Thieves.
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Greta Kelly is the author of The Queen of Days, The Frozen Crown and The Seventh Queen.
