Kent Sanders

Reflections on Writing & Creativity

Podcast #136: Redefine Success Pt. 1 – Track Your Metrics

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play It’s a deceptively simple question: How do you measure your success? We usually measure our success by comparing ourselves to others. Here’s the problem with this approach: If we’re doing better than them, we get prideful. If we’re doing worse, we feel like a failure. There’s a better way to define your […]

Podcast #135: How to Leverage Podcast Interviews to Build Your Brand (with Millette Jones)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play As a writer and content creator, you have amazing opportunities to share your message and impact people’s lives. You can do this through a blog, book, podcast, YouTube channel, speaking, and so many other ways. But did you know you can also leverage other people’s platforms to get your message out there? […]

Podcast 134: Easy Email Tips Pt. 4 – Add a Drop of Grace

Email is all about relationships. Every time we send an email, there is a human being on the other side of that message. For that reason, email is one of the most important things we write for our business and relationships. In this series on “Easy Email Tips,” we’ll dive into an important rule: adding […]

Podcast 132: Easy Email Tips Pt. 2 – Craft an Intriguing Subject Line

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play Email is all about relationships. Every time we send an email, there is a human being on the other side of that message. For that reason, email is one of the most important things we write for our business and relationships. In this series on “Easy Email Tips,” we’ll dive into an […]

Podcast 131: Easy Email Tips Pt. 1 – Follow the 24-Rule

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play Email is all about relationships. Every time we send an email, there is a human being on the other side of that message. For that reason, email is one of the most important things we write for our business and relationships. In this series on “Easy Email Tips,” we’ll dive into an […]

Podcast #130: Smart Social Media Marketing (with Tricia Prues)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play If I could ask you about your major points of stress or anxiety as a writer, what would you say? There are many points of stress you could identify—not having enough time, needing more money, needing to find clients, searching for content ideas, and so forth. But if you talk to any […]

10 Different Ways to Repurpose Your Content

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play As I sit here in my home office, I can look out my window and see two vehicles in our driveway. The first is a red 2014 Mazda CX-5, which we just bought a few days ago. We got an amazing deal on it from a local car dealership, and it replaced […]

Be Thankful for Your Critics

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play One of our most basic human needs is to be loved and accepted by others. For the most part, we don’t like conflict. We also tend to avoid actions or activities that other people will question or find unacceptable. That’s why setting and achieving higher goals is so hard. Not only do […]

Podcast #127: Every Problem is a Story Problem (with Jim Woods)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play What lens do you see the world through? Some people see the world through the lens of politics. Some people see the world through the lens of sports. Some people see the world through the lens of Star Wars (ahem). Or technology. Or business. Or a million other possible things. My guest […]

3 Ways Journaling Makes You a Better Writer

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | Google Play When I was a college freshman, all the way back in 1992, I started journaling. I couldn’t give you the exact reason I started this habit. It probably had to do with the fact that I’ve always been a writer at heart. There was also a good chance that one of my […]