Episode 24: Embracing The Audiobook Revolution With Richard Rieman

Richard Rieman used his experience as an NBC broadcaster to narrate audiobooks as an Audible Approved Narrator. In this episode of Breakthrough Success, we talk about the Audiobook Revolution that's taking over the consumer space. Richard discusses how to narrate an audiobook and get your audiobook published in the ACX marketplace. He also shares some insights on how to rank your audiobooks higher on Amazon.  Richard believes that the biggest challenge of any small business is finding the clients. He addresses this challenge by promoting his services online, and get this, attends one networking event every week. He says that attending and speaking at these events seals him most of the clients he gets. This one search I conducted reveals the massive advantage audiobooks gives you. I searched "social media marketing" on the Amazon Kindle store and got a total of 6,429 books. The first few pages are filled with books with 100+ reviews. Audiobooks presents a very different story. On Audible (Amazon's website for audiobooks), I searched the same keyword phrase and got a total of 105 results. Very few of these books have 100+ reviews let alone 50+ reviews. Audiobook reading is also increasing, and with fewer audiobooks available than eBooks, the audiobook revolution makes sense. To capitalize on this audiobook revolution, listen to the interview I had with Richard Rieman. I just learned about this revolution a few weeks ago. Richard has been living this audiobook revolution for quite a while now.  If you want more episodes like this one, you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher:  marcguberti.com/itunes marcguberti.com/stitcher   Key Links from the Show: http://www.acx.com/ - Amazon's Audiobook Creation Exchange https://www.amazon.com/Authors-Guide-AudioBook-Creation/dp/0997100206 - Richard's Book www.meetup.com - Meet different people in industries https://voatlanta.me/ - Voiceover Atlanta www.audiobookreviewer.com - Audiobook promotion and review site www.audiobookboom.com - Audiobook promotion and review site www.audiobookrevolution.com - Richard's website [email protected] - Richard's email