203. August content planning: What your readers need to hear (Q3 planning mini series)

203. August content planning: What your readers need to hear (Q3 planning mini series)

From Book Marketing Mania for Christian authors: podcasting tips to grow your platform and market your book by Kim Stewart

April 24, 2026 · 9 min

About this episode

This episode discusses how to effectively market your book by connecting with readers' seasonal struggles in August.

Ever make a list of how summer’s going to be? Rest. Family time. Finally finishing that project. But then August arrives and you’re frustrated that June and July flew by and were nothing like you expected. Your reader’s feeling it too. How can you market your book in a way that connects to your target reader’s seasonal struggles? Let’s get inside their heads and meet them where they are with our content as a podcast host or guest. This is part 2 of our Q3 quarterly planning mini-series. Resource mentioned: 🆓 Q3 Brainstorming Guide (optional AI Prompts included) If you missed July, or our Q2 series, you can catch up here: July June May 👩🏻‍💻 LET'S STRATEGIZE I help women market their Christian nonfiction books as a podcast host and guest without sacrificing their writing time. 🗓️ 30-minute strategy session 💛 FAVE PODCASTING RESOURCES 🎙️ Buzzsprout 🎙️ Microphone 🖥️ Descript 📣 WANT TO BE MY PODCAST GUEST? Message Kim on PodMatch LET'S CONNECT: Email Instagram Linkedin Affiliate links may be included for these products I use and love.

People in this episode

Host: Kim Stewart

Topics covered

  • content planning
  • reader engagement
  • seasonal marketing
  • podcasting tips
  • author platform growth

Keywords

  • book marketing
  • content strategy
  • August planning
  • reader connection
  • podcast marketing

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