9. Start a Christian Podcast to Build Your Audience and Market Your Book with Misty Phillip of Spark Media

Meet your readers where they are by sharing your message through podcasting. Whether that’s hosting your own show or being a guest on a podcast, it’s a powerful way to build your audience and share your message.

My guest today is Misty Phillip, author of The Struggle is Real: But So is God Bible study, host of the By His Grace podcast, and founder of Spark Media Ventures for faith-based podcasters. She shares about:

• How she first started recording her podcast at the She Speaks conference
• How she used her podcast to build her audience before her book launch
• Her shift in podcast topics from her first book to her second
• How authors can use a podcast to see if their book topic is resonating with listeners (a.k.a. your potential book buyers)
• Expert tips for starting and growing your own podcast
• How being a guest on podcasts can help you reach more readers (+ tips for pitching yourself)
• Founding Spark Media for Christian podcasters (annual conference, monthly membership, podcast network, and magazine)
• What’s on the horizon for podcasters 
• How authors with a podcast are more more attractive to agents and publishers

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☑️ START YOUR AUTHOR PODCAST CHECKLIST

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FAVE PODCASTING RESOURCES:

🎙️ Microphone
🎧 Hosting (Buzzsprout)
🖥️ Recording/Editing (Descript)
📣 PodMatch (connecting hosts and guests)

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