<p><!-- x-tinymce/html --></p> <p>We loved our first chat with Elana so much that we kept the mics running! In this follow-up episode to #553, Elana dives into the business side of her prolific career — the release strategies she swears by, the advertising that actually moves the needle, and the mindset it took to reach her first $100K month. True to form, she&#8217;s just as honest about the mistakes as the wins. If EP553 was about how she writes, this one&#8217;s about how she earns.</p> <p><strong>#SelfPublishing #WritingProductivity #IndieAuthor</strong></p> <p><strong>About Elana Johnson</strong></p> <p>USA Today Bestselling Author, Top 10 Kindle Unlimited All-Star Author, and #1 Bestselling Author on Nook and Apple Books, Author Elana Johnson writes clean and wholesome contemporary romance, usually set on the beach or within the vicinity of the beach.</p> <p>Unfortunately, she lives in a landlocked state and must travel to the beach to get her fix, which her husband gladly accompanies her to do a few times each year.</p> <p>She also writes contemporary Christian cowboy romance as Liz Isaacson and sweet romantic women&#8217;s fiction as Jessie Newton, and all of her books are part of the Feel-Good Fiction Books brand.</p> <p>🔗 <a href="https://authorelanajohnson.com/">authorelanajohnson.com</a></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EP555-1.jpg"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EP555-1-1024x576.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-3708" srcset="https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EP555-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EP555-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EP555-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EP555-1.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">🔗 CONNECT WITH THE SPA GIRLS:</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">🌐 Website &#38; free self-publishing resources: <a href="http://www.selfpublishingauthorspodcast.com/">http://www.SelfPublishingAuthorsPodcast.com</a></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">🎧 Subscribe to our weekly episodes on your favourite podcast app — search &#8220;SPA Girls Podcast&#8221;</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">💗 This podcast is supported by our amazing Patreon community! ⭐ Join at the $10 tier for access to our private Self-Publishing Mastermind group where we discuss marketing, writing, and answer your burning questions: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/spagirlspodcast">http://www.patreon.com/spagirlspodcast</a></p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">#SelfPublishing #romancewriter #writingpodcast #writingcommunity</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">