If you've been following my blog, you probably already know that my husband and I have a weekly dinosaur podcast, called I Know Dino. A while back, I gave a webinar talk about how to start your own podcast, breaking it down into 7 steps. Here are the slides if you're curious and want to know what to do to start your own podcast: Podcasting 101: Everything You Need to … [Read more...] about Want to Know More About Podcasting? Here’s Everything You Need to Know to Start Your Own Podcast
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Starting I Know Dino and How to Podcast in 7 Steps
Podcasting is a wonderful medium. The content is evergreen, and when people listen to an episode, it’s as if you’re speaking to them in the moment. It’s also friendly. Listeners put you in their ear, and trust you to entertain and/or educate them. As a listener, I feel like I know the hosts. I listen to them every week and get to know their personality. As a host of I Know … [Read more...] about Starting I Know Dino and How to Podcast in 7 Steps
How I Found My Passion Through Dinosaurs
This article was originally posted on Medium. In 2012, I got to interview Hugh Howey, a hugely successful indie author, who worked harder than pretty much anyone else I’d met at that point to please his fans. He filmed himself doing silly dances in Times Square. He drove 3 hours out of his way in North Carolina when visiting family to meet a reader in person. At the time I … [Read more...] about How I Found My Passion Through Dinosaurs
Indie Author Marketing: Analyzing Facebook and Twitter
I'm a big fan of data. I love reading about all the ways people are gathering analytics on books, how data helps drive decisions, and being able to know how effective people are at reaching out to others. And that's why for the past month or two, I've really enjoyed getting to know Facebook and Twitter. I've known these platforms for a while—Facebook was only one year old … [Read more...] about Indie Author Marketing: Analyzing Facebook and Twitter
I Know Dino: The Podcast
After months of researching, interviewing, and polishing, we have finally launched our long-awaited I Know Dino podcast (part of a larger I Know Dino project, which involves blog posts, books, and more)! You can find our new, free podcast on iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-know-dino/id960976813?mt=2 Our first episode features Pete Larson, president of … [Read more...] about I Know Dino: The Podcast
New Year = New Websites
It seems like at the beginning of every new year (at least for the past three years), I suddenly get sick of the way my websites look and spend a week or two obsessively redesigning. Well, it's that time again, and I'm proud to say I have a few new websites in addition to some prettier websites--hopefully these will help out anyone interested in my work! So here's a little … [Read more...] about New Year = New Websites