Inside our Kingdom Marketing Mindset series, CJ and I help you as Kingdom writers to follow the blueprint you develop with God in marketing your books. What makes this marketing series different than most training for authors is that it is not a “follow my blueprint” program. Will will not give you a cookie-cutter plan, […]
The Breakthrough Series for Christian Writers
Inside our Breakthrough series, CJ and I are going to help you as Christian writers overcome the biggest mindset obstacles that hold you back. What makes this series different than most training for writers is that we integrate the powerful combination of Scripture and prayer to help you breakthrough and conquer every hindrance keeping you […]
100+ Places to Promote Christian Books
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. I was wondering if you had any recommendations as the best place to market my […]
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 […]
11 Ways Authors Can Grow an Email List
Today’s topic: 11 Ways Authors Can Grow an Email List Prefer audio? Listen below. Subscribe to the podcast here. Notes from this episode: Email marketing is such an important part of a long-term marketing strategy for authors and yet one most avoid. In this training, Shelley shares 11 ways you can grow your email list […]
3 Ways to Renew Your Commitment to Publish Your Book
Today’s topic: 3 Ways to Renew Your Commitment to Publish Your Book Prefer audio? Listen below. Subscribe to the podcast here. Notes from this episode: Do you have a book that you’ve started but you’ve struggled to finish? If so, today we want to share with you three ways to renew your commitment to write […]
Peace in Our Writing
Today’s topic: Peace in Our Writing Prefer audio? Listen below. Subscribe to the podcast here. Notes from this episode: Do you want to find peace in your writing? If so, CJ has some encouragement for you today from the Word of God that will help to bring calm to your chaos and peace to the […]
Allowing God to Build Momentum on our Small Beginnings
Today’s topic: Don’t be hatin: Allowing God to build momentum on our small beginnings Prefer audio? Listen below. Subscribe to the podcast here. Notes from this episode: Zechariah 4:10a My small beginnings as a runner after reading a book by Dean Karnazes After coming out of an 80-year Babylonian exile and having the glorious temple […]
KDP Select Free Promotions
Today’s topic: KDP Select Free Promotions Prefer audio? Listen below. Subscribe to the podcast here. Notes from this episode: One way to launch a new book is by using Amazon’s KDP Select program. This program launched in December 2011 and I first enrolled one of our books in the program in early January 2012. […]
Repurpose Your Content
Today’s topic: Repurpose Your Content Prefer audio? Listen below. Subscribe to the podcast here. Notes from this episode: If you have published blog posts, podcasts, videos, or have given presentations; you may already have content you can use for your book. Take a moment to look over the content you have already created to see […]
Joy in Our Writing
Today’s topic: Joy in Our Writing Prefer audio? Listen below. Subscribe to the podcast here. Notes from this episode: “I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.” – […]
Practicing the Presence of God in our Writing – What we can learn from Brother Lawrence
Today’s topic: Practicing the Presence of God in our Writing – What we can learn from Brother Lawrence Prefer audio? Listen below. Subscribe to the podcast here. Notes from this episode: “Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works […]
Your Message Matters
Today’s topic: Your Message Matters Prefer audio? Listen below. Subscribe to the podcast here. Notes from this episode: Turn Your Passion into a Platform Are you one of the many people who long to ditch the cubicle and go to work for yourself, on your own terms? What’s holding you back? Self-doubt, fear, technology challenges, […]
The Power of a Book Series
Today’s topic: The Power of a Book Series Prefer audio? Listen below. Subscribe to the podcast here. Notes from this episode: We talked about publishing short Kindle books last month. If you publish short books, I recommend creating a Kindle series around your main topic. Your series title can be related to your main topic. […]