
Book Launch Show
Follow along as book launch expert Tim Grahl teaches you the fundamentals of launching a bestselling book. Based on his work with hundreds of authors and launching dozens of top New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other bestselling books, he will share the insights and step-by-step tactics you can use to launch your own successful book.
Latest episodes

Apr 16, 2019 • 32min
Outreach, Outreach, Outreach
This week, Valerie and Tim take another look at the Connection System. Now that permission and content are in place, it's time to drill down on outreach. How do you figure out where your readers are and how do you know which outreach activities work best?

Apr 9, 2019 • 35min
Innovative Marketing Ideas
This week, Valerie thinks outside the box and proposes a very different way to present author updates to her audience. Has she innovated an idea, or is she completely off the mark. Tune in to find out.

Apr 2, 2019 • 32min
Turn One Marketing Idea Into Many
Valerie has started a book club for her mailing list subscribers. How can she turn that one marketing idea into many so that, without a lot of extra effort, she has can exponentially grow her audience and author platform?

Mar 26, 2019 • 32min
Building Your Platform at Live Events
In this special episode, recorded Live in Nashville, Tim explains how authors can leverage in-person events to develop their platform and grow their audience.

Mar 19, 2019 • 36min
Booking Podcasts, Starting Book Clubs
Valerie's outreach to podcasts has been a success! Find out what she did to get bookings and hear her plan for starting a Book Club to attract readers and develop a long term relationship with them.

Mar 12, 2019 • 34min
Becoming a Podcast Guest
It's finally time for Valerie start her outreach activities! Now that she has a list of podcasts, what's the best way to contact them? What should she say when she reaches out to them? Tune in to find out.

Mar 5, 2019 • 35min
Is your website doing what it needs to do?
Valerie has done a lot of work to improve her website, but she's still missing some key strategies to get readers on her mailing list. Are you doing everything you can to convert your subscription rates? Tune in to find out!

Feb 26, 2019 • 41min
Creating Detailed Personas
The more specific you are about your ideal readers, the more likely you are to find them. This week, Valerie gets super specific about who she's trying to reach and she's come up with a great tool to help you. She's also redesigned her website. Is her new site doing the two things every author website needs to do? Is yours?

Feb 19, 2019 • 32min
Should authors have a blog?
Blogging has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, so should Valerie be blogging or is it a waste of her time? Tim talks about what blogs do best and how Valerie can make the most of them.

Feb 12, 2019 • 35min
Essential Elements of an Author Website
As Valerie continues to revamp her website, Tim advises what should be on her homepage and how she can optimize the site to build her mailing list.
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