Shayla Raquel talks Community-Building

Authorpreneurs Unleashed

Have you ever noticed how some brands seem to draw in customers and create a buzz without relying solely on likes, shares, or follows? Recent studies have shown that an emphasis on community-building is the secret sauce for success!

To help us better understand this concept, Shayla - who's been part of the writing world for 10+ years with her own successful social media presence – joined me in discussing key principles as well as platform specific tips. As if that wasn't enough we even delved into mindset and limiting beliefs along our author journey.

About Our Guest:

A self-publishing mentor, best-selling author, and public speaker, Shayla Raquel works one-on-one with writers every day. A lifelong lover of books, she has been in the publishing industry for twelve years and teaches on author branding, indie publishing, book marketing, and the craft of writing.
Her award-winning blog teaches new and established authors how to write, publish, and market their books.
She is the author of the Pre-Publishing Checklist, “The Rotting” (in Shivers in the Night), The Suicide Tree, The 10 Commandments of Author Branding, All the Things I Should’ve Told You, and “Savage Indulgence.” In her not-so-free time, she studies all things true crime and obsesses over squirrels. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband and three fur babies.
Connect with Shayla on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter, or at ShaylaRaquel.com.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

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• Columbine by Dave Cullen
• Scrub Daddy
• Savage Indulgence by Shayla Raquel
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• The Circle by Dave Eggers

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Capíttulos

1. Shayla Raquel talks Community-Building (00:00:00)

2. Introduction-Shayla the Reader (00:00:29)

3. Building community as writers (00:05:35)

4. Being Intentional when creating community (00:30:03)

5. Where to Find Shayla, classes she offers (00:57:51)

6. Fast Fave Three (00:57:51)