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Olivia Hayle on Reader-Centric Books and Promotion

64 min • 31 januari 2023

Episode 152 / Olivia Hayle, author of contemporary romance, joins us this week to discuss how her shift to focusing on what her readers want in both her writing and her promotion helped her author career.

Oliva’s website: http://oliviahayle.com

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Show notes:

How Olivia learned about branding and applied it to her stories as well as her covers, titles, and book page
How she writes in the same sub-genre without getting bored
Why writing is all about crafting an experience for your reader
The question she asks herself about each book, “Do the readers want it?”
Downhill vs. uphill marketing
How Olivia thinks like her reader in storytelling, newsletters, and bonus content
How authors can build in “fail-safes” into books to make sure you can end a series if it’s not performing
How Oliva’s wide audio is a way to reach new readers while her ebooks are in KU

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