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Guest: Gary Sturgis, The International Bestselling Author of Surviving Grief –365 Days a Year

Do you have a book on the market that’s not accumulating the sales you’d like to see? It’s likely due to your marketing strategy, and how you communicate with potential readers online.

In the next two episodes, Angela and Brian welcome back Gary Sturgis, BookLocker‘s best-selling author, who earns thousands per month in royalties from his book sales.

Gary also has more than half a million followers on his social media channels now! How does he do it?! He’ll tell you in this episode!

Gary endured the loss of a spouse years ago, and began searching for online support for his grief and recovery. That led him to write his first book, Surviving: Finding Your Way from Grief to Healing. That began a journey of sharing and interaction with his online community, leading to him becoming a grief counselor, a public speaker, and an online facilitator specializing in grief and recovery.

In this episode, Gary shares his journey, and the specific techniques he used to build a massive online following. He’s also written six more books, including one for children, to help people continue through their own paths to recovery and self-healing.

His consistency and persistence have led to ever-increasing book sales, earning him thousands in royalties every month.

If you want to succeed in any endeavor, it’s best to find someone who has already succeeded, learn what they did, and imitate them. Listen to this episode (and the next one, episode 56!) to learn how you, too, can increase your sales, and maintain a positive cash flow from your books.

You don’t want to miss this interview! You’re going to learn a LOT!

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CONTACT GARY:

• The Surviving Grief Community on Facebook. Grief and Healing – A Facebook community facilitated by Gary Sturgis, the International Bestselling Author of: SURVIVING GRIEF – 365 Days A Year. “A gentle companion for the days you don’t know how to get through.” – NY Times
• Gary Sturgis’ website

GARY’S OTHER BOOKS:

• The SURVIVING GRIEF Workbook: Exercises For Working Through Grief – This is the companion workbook for SURVIVING GRIEF – 365 Days A Year
• SURVIVING: Finding Your Way from Grief to Healing
• GRIEF: Hope in the Aftermath
• WHAT FEEDS YOUR SOUL?: Finding Light in the Shadow of Grief
• SURVIVING GRIEF During the Holidays
• SURVIVING GRIEF: A Group Companion for Grief Group Facilitators & Those Sitting in the Circle
• A Life Ring for Katie: Finding Hope After Goodbye

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• BookLocker’s Publishing Packages
• Why Booklocker Is The Best Publisher On The Planet – by Gary Sturgis, Author of SURVIVING GRIEF – 365 Days a Year
• Professor Clayton Jones: Professional Editor and Book Marketer
• Professional Book Cover Design
• EPISODE 44: How to Get Free Book Reviews from Popular Reviewers Who Have THOUSANDS of Followers!

MORE ARTICLES BY GARY STURGIS:

• Why My Books Get So Many Reviews!
• The Importance of Finding YOUR Author Community Online
• Why Authors Should Cheer Each Other On (And Mean It)
• When Trolls Show Up, You’re Doing Something Right!
• Reel in Book Buyers! How a Hook Can Boost Sales for Your Self-Published Book
• Building a New Career from Your Book By Gary Sturgis

OTHER ITEMS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Promote Your OWN Website, Not Your Publisher’s
• Another Reason Authors Must Own and Control Their Own Websites? CANCEL CULTURE!
• Subscribe to WritersWeekly.com’s newsletter, and get your choice of three FREE BOOKS!
• BLUE LIVES MATTER: The Heart Behind the Badge by Brian Whiddon, Managing Editor at WritersWeekly.com
• EPISODE 43: 16 Possible Reasons Why Amazon KDP Permanently Closed Your Account (But they won’t tell YOU why you were banned!!) – Approximately 90% of banned Amazon KDP accounts never get reinstated!
• All Episodes of The WritersWeekly Podcast

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