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ABC (Author Business Coaching) Nudge

You're Invited! FREE Author Outreach How-To Call.

Published 12 days ago • 1 min read

Hello Author Friends,

My message today is: Don't forget the power of building momentum for your book marketing and author businesses through daily outreach and "doing 5 things a day."

LEARN & PRACTICE

Learn all about author outreach and get support for your outreach challenges at next week's free, one-hour Zoom call:

Trick or Treat: Author Outreach and Connection Edition

You're invited to a free Halloween-themed power hour for authors. RSVP today!

Thursday, October 30, 2025, 1pm – 2pm CT

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89950796075?pwd=u

2 Treats From Us!

  • 5 Things a Day: Your Daily Author Promotion System
  • The Proven Outreach Formula That Gets Responses

Community Trick-or-Treat Exchange

Bring your tricks, get your treats

  • Share your TRICK (current outreach/connection challenge). Is it pitching podcats? Event collaborations? Sales partnerships? Speaking gigs?
  • Participants share their TREATS: Advice, templates, contacts, leads, introductions, etc.

Wrap-Up & Next Steps

  • Make a commitment to your next steps.
  • Halloween surprise

RSVP here. Space is limited.

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​QUESTIONS?

  1. Sign up for a One Hour Call.
  2. Buy a packackage of Email Advice on Demand.
  3. Buy a month of a Substack subscription and email me directly.
  4. FREE: Go to my Substack, search for your topic, and leave your question as a comment at the end of an article.

NEWS

For all your author business and book marketing questions, our master index of all sub-indexes of articles is now here. Any time you need knowledge, support, or inspiration for your author challenges, consult the list of list.

NOW HERE

Start 2026 with a business plan and a business on a new track.

From Published to Profitable: The Author's Business Accelerator is an 11-week program for authors with at least one published book that includes:

  • 3 weeks of private coaching calls
  • 8 weeks of group coaching
  • Email support in between session
  • 1 copy of The Profitable Author
  • A one-year subscription to The Profitable Author / An Author Business You Love Substack.
  • Open to the first 8 people to register. Learn more and register.

REMINDERS

We have a free resources page for wherever you are on the author business path. Click here.

All the best,

Sharon

Sharon Woodhouse, owner, Conspire Creative

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ABC (Author Business Coaching) Nudge

by Sharon Woodhouse, Conspire Creative

Author coach and 25+ yrs indie book publisher. I help authors create enterprises they love around their book/s, experience, and knowledge and send a brief 3x/month email newsletter to support the creation of profitable, sustainable author businesses.

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