Today, I'm sharing with you my author journey, from before my first book was written, through to now, four books and tens of thousands of sales later. I've never sat down and just talked about my full journey, the ups and downs, and the learnings I've had along the way, so I hope you enjoy this chatty episode! RESOURCES MENTIONED & HOW I CAN HELP YOU! THE CREATIVE'S CONTENT CLUB: Want hands-on marketing support, social media templates and content ideas, marketing masterclasses and more, every single month?! Join the all-in-one marketing membership for authors and creatives, The Creative's Content Club! https://www.marketingbyshelby.com/club THE LIFETIME LAUNCH: Launch your product with social media: https://www.marketingbyshelby.com/the-lifetime-launch ALL GUIDES, COURSES AND RESOURCES to help you with marketing: https://www.marketingbyshelby.com/marketing-offers FREE SOCIAL MEDIA CLASS: Check out my latest freebies, like my Free Masterclass to help you get your social media content sorted in one hour, at https://marketingbyshelby.com/freebie During today's episode, I recommended that you listen to this episode, which will help you learn how I'd grow my social media from scratch, and also this about launching a book and how I get thousands of preorders. I also recommended this where you can discover 6 marketing lessons learned in my 8 years as an author. Thanks for listening to today's episode! ABOUT SHELBY: Hey, I'm Shelby, bestselling writer and marketing coach for creatives. After growing my own audience as an author to more than 500k on social media, working in social media management for 7+ years, becoming a full-time writer and selling over 50k books on social media, I now teach authors and creatives, like musicians, artists, poets, photographers and more, how to grow and sell their creative work on social media. CONNECT WITH SHELBY: ⁠⁠https://tiktok.com/@marketingbyshelby⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/shelbyleighpoetry/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@marketingbyshelby⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://marketingbyshelby.com/⁠⁠ Thanks so much for listening! Please subscribe for weekly marketing episodes and tips. Disclaimer: This episode was originally posted on my YouTube channel, @marketingbyshelby.