How to Hire a Book Marketing Team Without Getting Burned
About this episode
This episode discusses how to hire a book marketing team while avoiding common pitfalls and misleading tactics.
“Make you a bestseller.” It’s the loudest promise in book marketing—and often the least meaningful. In this episode, we break down how to distinguish real strategy from fear-based selling, AI-polished outreach, and high-pressure tactics designed to close a sale rather than build a career. From alarming emails about “missing metadata” to vague guarantees and unusual payment demands, we explain what’s legitimate, what’s inflated, and what’s simply noise. Then we shift to what actually compounds...
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