{"id":207162,"date":"2023-06-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/?p=207162"},"modified":"2023-06-22T02:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T07:24:07","slug":"ask-the-d2d-promotions-team-ep129","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draft2digital.com\/blog\/ask-the-d2d-promotions-team-ep129\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the D2D Promotions Team! \/\/ EP129"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Join D2D's own promotional team as they answer viewer questions and share insights into the best ways to make sure your work is noticed by the right readers.<\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/e4a6910b-7556-4ba7-adb2-3dbd76bc06a9\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Ask the D2D Promotions Team!\" allow=\"autoplay\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"D2D Promotions Team - Ask Us Anything!\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aiikicZHTNA?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"episode-notes\">Episode Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we'll chat about some of the behind-the-scenes work that we do to help make your books more discoverable to more readers. 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