Episode 199 #HowtoLovePromotingYourWork

Our guest today, Dan Blank, sure seems like a man who loves his work. On his own podcast, the Creative Shift, he&#8217;s a warm and engaged interviewer. In his emails, he&#8217;s genuine and engaged. Is he selling his book and his services as an advisor to authors developing their platform and launching their work into the world? Sure, but it never feels like he&#8217;s selling. It feels like he&#8217;s sharing.<br/><br/>Wouldn&#8217;t we all like to feel like that, and have our readers see us that way? <br/><br/>We were hoping Dan would share his magic sauce and we&#8217;d all go skipping off towards easy street down a rainbow path, but it turns out there&#8217;s some work involved here. So instead, we talked about process, from the way you manage your personal trolls to the way you manage your emails, and then we talked&#8212;buzzword alert&#8212;authenticity, and finding the things you genuinely want to share with the people who are a match for your work. (You can download Dan&#8217;s free guide, 5 Ways to Immediately Connect with Readers, <a href="https://wegrowmedia.com/">here</a>.)<br/><br/>Episode links and a transcript follow, and that&#8217;s it for shownotes, because man has it been a couple of weeks. It&#8217;s been February for at least a year, right? And I thought January felt long. A few things you can do to help us out or get more #AmWriting:<br/><br/>Review us in your podcast app.<br/><br/>Join the #AmWriting Facebook Group<br/><br/>Support us with a little cash, and get periodic #SupporterMini episodes (next week: #OutlineShortcut) and weekly #WritersTopFives every Monday that isn&#8217;t an unexpected school holiday that kicks my ass. FanFaves include <a href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/top-5-details-to-flag-in-your-publishing">Top Five Details to Flag in Your Publishing Contract</a> and <a href="https://amwriting.substack.com/p/top-5-ways-to-win-at-newsletter-subject">Top Five Ways to Win at Newsletter Subject Lines</a>. <br/><br/>As always, this episode (and every episode) will appear fo