Laura Belgray

Can this note from my copy editor count as an “author blurb”?

@thematthommel It was in November - I was a finalist and came in 4th!

@lbelgray That's a tough choice. Tough Titties sounds captivating, best of luck with the award

This is big! I’m up for a Goodreads Award and it may come down to me VS Fonzie — ayyyy 👍👍. If you’re torn, same here. But I voted for Tough Titties and I hope you will too! goodreads.com/choiceawards/b… #goodreads #readerschoiceawards

@SuzanneBachner Love you back! Thank you!! 😊

@JMTCTheatre @AnnabelMonaghan Oh thank you so much!

"I'm the rebellious good girl" 🤩 @lbelgray Watch my conversation with the amazing Laura Belgray here: youtube.com/watch?v=IOTs66…

This is what I’m saying. And for the record, AI could never come up with “sound like a toilet bowl.”

@_lee_jensen @AshAmbirge 🏆

@AshAmbirge "You asked about toilet bowl writing. Is that correct? I have number 1 and number 2 resources for you!" 🤣😂

Prediction 🪄 Creative writing will become one of the most in-demand—and highest-paid—careers, once everybody starts using AI and realizes they sound like a toilet bowl. 🚽 😊

Want to start a newsletter – and make money with it? Learn from @lbelgray. She's the ultimate storyteller and sends some of the best emails around. And those emails have made her over $1 million a year! Here are Laura's top 3 tactics for email success: 👉 bit.ly/SolopreneursEm…

How can you make money with your email list? We asked 10 solo entrepreneurs how they use email to get the kwan. ✨ Want to know what? You can do it, too. 🙌 No better day to start than #EmailDay! @lbelgray @heyfeifer @VeryGoodCopy @emilyryantweets @jspector @corpquitter @soniasimone @littleflockmusi @JMatthewMcGarry zerobounce.net/blog/email-res…

@MichelleAkin @animalologist I mean, I’m not gonna learn a wrinkle-free method of laughing, but this is different.

@lbelgray @animalologist 🤭 I suspected you would say this

Girl are you gonna spend your whole life refraining from making facial expressions so you can avoid wrinkles?!!! Do you not realize being joyfully alive is the most beautiful thing you can be?!!!!!!!

@MichelleAkin @animalologist Btw, if you spend all day every day sucking down an iced coffee, it’s a reasonable measure to take

@animalologist OH MY GOD @lbelgray are you seeing this

@MichelleAkin @animalologist WUT

@newtonjeremiah_ Thank you! I’m so glad you’re liking it! Favor: Will you go leave an Amazon review? Even if you haven’t read the whole thing, just enough to be enthusiastic ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🙏🏻 geni.us/toughtittieszon

@lbelgray Hello Laura. I just began reading tough titties last night and let me tell you, I have to extend my bed time to read some more lines. What's strange is that when I wake up, I am still obsessed to read some few more lines before coffee. What an amazing book!

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS (+1 sneaky trick): Y’all, we did it! Your votes helped get my first book, Tough Titties, to the final round of the Goodreads Choice Awards! The bad news is, now I have to bug you again for a whole new round of votes: goodreads.com/choiceawards/b…

@FerraroOnAir @businessbarista @morganhousel @david_perell @ljin18 @stephsmithio @shl @ThisIsSethsBlog @cdixon @packyM @lennysan @pmarca @DruRly @sama @waitbutwhy @naval @profgalloway @mariogabriele @andrewchen @matt_levine @benthompson Well thank you, Joe! Wow, that’s one packed Mt Rushmore. I’m into it!

@businessbarista @morganhousel @david_perell @ljin18 @stephsmithio @shl @ThisIsSethsBlog @cdixon @packyM @lennysan @pmarca @DruRly @sama @waitbutwhy @naval @profgalloway @mariogabriele @andrewchen @matt_levine @benthompson @lbelgray has to be on this list.

My Mount Rushmore of internet writers: @morganhousel @david_perell @ljin18 @stephsmithio @shl @ThisIsSethsBlog @cdixon @packyM @lennysan @pmarca @DruRly @sama @waitbutwhy @naval @profgalloway @mariogabriele @andrewchen @matt_levine @benthompson Who else would you add? (would love more diverse/underrepresented writers to follow)

@JustinJBariso @MeetKevon That’s the ticket! EFAB all the way!

I think you're on the right track Kevon. My emails don't look like a newsletter at all. They look like a plain email you'd get from a friend. That's all by design, and fits with the EFAB (Email From a Bestie) technique I learned from @lbelgray. It works! I get high engagement and tons of replies from readers.

I now write my emails with a plainer design. Here’s why: → I want to focus more on my words - use them to connect with readers → When I split my emails into clear sections (sponsor, video, closing), I am boxed by this rigid format. I also feel that readers skip because they just see lots of information. I’m not guiding them along → Most importantly, I want to focus on one main idea per email. Many sections = many ideas Anyone doing this too? Especially I feel like we have newsletter fatigue

This week on The CQ Podcast I get into how to market & promote yourself for love with award-winning copywriter & author of nat’l bestseller, ‘Tough Titties: On Living Your Best Life When You’re the F-ing Worst,’ @lbelgray! Watch & subscribe here! ➡️ youtu.be/RFokCRXvpUM

@Alejand27444061 @Spotify @audible_com @HachetteBooks @HachetteAudio Love it! Hope you enjoy.

@lbelgray @Spotify @audible_com @HachetteBooks @HachetteAudio Just bought your book 📖 listening now!!! 🤣 ❤️ the tittle. audible.com/pd/B0BJ1544BY?…

Popular, New and Trending on @Spotify and Best of 2023 on @audible_com! I’ll take it all but if you read the book, you know “Most Popular” really hits for me. Loved every minute of recording this book - thank you @HachetteBooks and @HachetteAudio

@IAmDavidWhipple @ChrisWillx @mikethrston Thank you!

@ChrisWillx @mikethrston @mikethrston you could consider @lbelgray

“I'm actually trying to find some really good female role models for the podcast and it's quite hard. There are a lot of successful smart women, but they don't want to raise their voice.” — @mikethrston 🔗 spoti.fi/3RlwFzQ

@mjkimberley @Nicolascole77 @AshAmbirge Yeah, I don’t use it promtionally. I still say “get my emails” or call them “emails that inspire better emails.” But I’m all for you naming them/it as the best newsletter when someone asks! And yes to @AshAmbirge’s too.

What’s the best newsletter you read this year?

And oh, if you want to know how I typed right onto the Goodreads website, find that sneaky trick on my resources page. talkingshrimp.com/resources