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Posts by Shelley Hitz

Together, CJ and Shelley Hitz are passionate about equipping and empowering Christian writers of all genres to share their unique gifts with the world. This website is filled with spiritual encouragement as well as prayers to help you overcome the resistance you face as a writer. Your story matters! We believe that you have a specific role to play in the kingdom of heaven to impact lives for eternity. And because of this, we will pour out our lives encouraging writers like you to not only tell your stories but to take the courageous step of self-publishing your stories in books that will outlive you and leave behind a powerful legacy. Christian Book Academy where we help you give birth to your books. We invite you to join our community of Kingdom Writers!

100+ Places to Promote Christian Books

July 23, 2015 By Shelley Hitz 42 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

In this post, I share over 100 places to promote Christian books in response to this question I received: Hi Shelley, thank you so much in advance for your advice. I just published a new devotional/motivation book for Christian entrepreneurs and I was wondering if you had any recommendations as the best place to market […]

Filed Under: Business, Entrepreneur

Giving Birth to Dreams

July 21, 2015 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Welcome to the Author Audience Podcast. In this episode, Giving Birth to Dreams, I share why I’m so passionate about helping others write, publish, and marketing their books. I know you’re busy; therefore, each weekly episode will be around 15-20 minutes in length. Author Audience is a podcast for pastors, ministry leaders, and Christian Entrepreneurs […]

Filed Under: Inspirational

KindleSpy Review – 3 Ways Authors Can Use It

July 20, 2015 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

In this post, I’m going to share my KindleSpy review. I first heard of KindleSpy last year and at the time I didn’t think it offered enough value to recommend it to authors or use it myself.  However, I recently had two of my Author Audience Academy members mention it in our forums and recommend […]

Filed Under: Product Reviews

5 Ways Authors Can Use Live Video to Sell Books

July 17, 2015 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

In this post, I’m going to share 5 ways authors can use live video to sell more books. I love Periscope. I know a lot of people are talking about it, but, second to Facebook, it has become one of my favorite social media platforms. I love the instant connection. I love the video and […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Video

Lee Foster Highlights Recent Publishing Developments in Annual Revision of His Book on Self-Publishing

June 28, 2015 By Shelley Hitz 3 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

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This is a guest post by Lee Foster My annual revision of my book on self-publishing highlights major developments in this past year. Immerse yourself in my report on these observations to catch up on the publishing scene. The book is An Author’s Perspective on Independent Publishing: Why Self-Publishing May Be Your Best Option. It […]

Filed Under: Publishing, Publishing Tips

{Productivity Tip} How to Use Evernote as Your To-Do List

June 16, 2015 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Want to learn how to use evernote to help you stay out of your email inbox and get things done? One of the biggest mistakes I have made is spending too much time in my email inbox, checking email all day, and using it as a to-do list. Instead, I’m using Evernote as my to-do list. […]

Filed Under: Technology

Free Training for Christian Writers

June 2, 2015 By Shelley Hitz 9 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Free Training for Christian Writers

I wanted to create a place online where I compiled all the free training for Christian writers. And you’ve found it! Yay! You can go through the free training below on your own or if you would like more personalized help, we also have a group coaching program, Christian Book Academy. You can find out […]

Filed Under: Writing, Writing Tips

Social Media Instagram Tips

June 2, 2015 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Ready to learn a few social media Instagram tips? In this post I’m going to share with you a few of my tips for getting started on Instagram.

Filed Under: Social Media

5 Video Marketing Tips for Using an iPhone

May 27, 2015 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Lights, camera, action. Did you know you can record videos to market your business and books on a simple iPhone? In this post, I’m going to share with you five video marketing tips you can get started using right away. All you need is a simple smartphone to get started taking videos that can promote your […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Marketing Tips

Word Swag Tutorial – Use Your iPhone for Book Marketing

May 25, 2015 By Shelley Hitz 2 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Since January 23rd, I’ve posted a quote graphic *almost* daily, creating and posting over 114 quote graphics on social media in the past 17 weeks. This is called momentum! People have asked me what I’m using to create these graphics and so I decided to create this short Word Swag tutorial of one of my […]

Filed Under: Technology, Book Marketing

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