Strategies for Audiobooks & Podcasting in Tandem

BAIPA monthly meetings are now exclusively on Zoom, at least until we get through this COVID-19 crisis. The Zoom links will be provided to you via email on the Friday evening before, around 9 PM.
Therefore, all non-members MUST register in advance in order to participate. However, all current BAIPA members will get the Zoom info for the morning session automatically.

Please scroll down to the bottom of this page if you need a non-member ticket.

The general meeting begins at 9 am, the speaker presentation is at 11 am, after Q&A, networking time, introductions & announcements.

(Click here for the schedule for the day)

MORNING PRESENTATION:

How audiobooks and podcasting together can help build your author platform and increase sales

Becky Parker Geist
Founder of Pro Audio Voices, Inc.

We all want to reach the widest possible audience, to increase our impact with the content we have already created. When it comes to audio, your options—and the audience you can reach—expands with podcasting. In this program, Becky Parker Geist will guide you through some of the ways to leverage your content to expand your reach.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn how to maximize the efficiency while reducing your costs to do both audiobook and podcast.
• Discover ways to leverage your podcast to help sell your audiobook.
• Find out about the differences between audiobooks and podcasts to figure out what best suits your content.
• Learn about the benefits that a podcast can offer.
• Find out how to do a podcast even if you don’t want to go anywhere near a microphone.

About Our Speaker: Becky Parker Geist

An audiobook producer and narrator with 40+ years of experience in the audiobook industry, Becky Parker Geist is the owner of Pro Audio Voices, serving clients internationally for audiobook production and marketing as well as podcasting. Becky has narrated and/or produced well over 200 titles to date.

Committed to leadership, Becky serves as President of BAIPA (Bay Area Independent Publishers Association) and is a member of IBPA and APA (Audio Publishers Assn. She is the author of 5 published titles—3 nonfiction and 2 children’s, including Audiobook Toolkit for Authors: Your Comprehensive Guide to Recording Your Own Audiobook. She will be publishing her first novel and another children’s book this year. Becky’s passion is to inspire the world through the stories they bring to life.

Connect with Becky:
Email: [email protected]

Website: proaudiovoices.com