Summary: In this episode we’re celebrating 200 episodes of Novel Marketing. We’re going to talk about what has changed over the last 6 years, what we’ve learned, answer your questions LIVE! Give away prizes and so much more. One of our listeners suggested we do a 200 minute mega episode, this won’t be that long, but it is jam-packed with cool stuff. But first, some housekeeping about the live stream.<br> Show Notes<br> Welcome to the live stream!<br> <br> * Live chat. Let’s test it! Post where you are from in the comments.<br> * How to ask questions.<br> * Some of the prizes we will be giving away will go to people who ask questions.<br> * You can also vote on the questions other people ask.<br> <br> <br> First Giveaway:<br> <br> * Prize: Free half hour consultation with Jim<br> * How to enter: Ask a question.<br> * Audiofile 1 <a href="https://pastorwriter.com/">Chase Replogle from the PastorWriter podcast</a><br> * Mercy!<br> * Winner: <a href="https://www.crowdcast.io/chipsampson">https://www.crowdcast.io/chipsampson</a><br> <br> <br> Things that have changed in the last five years:<br> <br> * We don’t sound as terrible as we used to.<br> * The rise of Amazon’s dominance. Six years ago Borders still existed!<br> * The fall of social media.<br> * The rise of advertising. Mark Dawson effect.<br> * The rise of podcasting.<br> * The rise of indies. When we started we were focused mostly on traditionally published authors.<br> * More acceptance that if you write, you have to market<br> <br> <br> Second Giveaway: <br> <br> * Prize: Free Consultation with Thomas Umstattd<br> * How to enter: Ask a question.<br> * Audiofile 2 <a href="https://www.writefromthedeep.com/write-from-the-deep-podcast/">Karen Ball & Erin Taylor Young from the Write from the Deep Podcast</a><br> * Winner: <a href="https://www.crowdcast.io/maddiemozley">https://www.crowdcast.io/maddiemozley</a><br> <br> <br> Big Dramas Over the Last Five Years<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.novelmarketing.com/64/">Thomas’ Courtship Blog Post</a><br> <br> * Thomas set the internet on fire and almost changed is brand in the process.<br> * Triggered a 3 month long hiatus from the show.<br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.novelmarketing.com/91/">2016 Election</a><br> <br> * We learned you don’t want us to talk about politics even obliquely.<br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.novelmarketing.com/138/">GDPR</a><br> <br> * We were one of the first to say Americans don’t need to stress about European laws.<br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.novelmarketing.com/190-5/">MailChimp</a><br> <br> * We were one of the few to say not everyone needs to leave MailChimp, although, we left mailchimp ourselves<br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.novelmarketing.com/198/">Amazon Counterfeiting</a><br> <br> * This is still a breaking story, but one we are covering.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Special Gifts for $5+ Patrons!<br> <br> * For for $5+ Patrons: <a href="http://podcasthostdirectory.com/">Podcast Host Directory </a><br> * For Everyone: 20% off all our <a href="https://training.authormedia.com/courses">courses</a>! Just use coupon code “200” at checkout.<br> * <br> <br> <br> Thomas’ Favorite Episodes<br> <br> * Episode <a href="https://www.novelmarketing.com/199/">199 How to Create a Design Brief for Your Book Cover</a><br> <br> * Why? Best resource we’ve made yet. The 7 page template is amazing.<br> <br> <br> * Episodes <a href="https://www.novelmarketing.com/41">041-043 – How to Create A Breakthrough Author Brand Series</a><br> <br> * Why? Creating these episodes came from a breakthrough in thinking I had about branding. It is a step by step system for creating a brand. I should expand it into a course.<br> <br> <br> * Episode <a href="https://www.novelmarketing."></a>
