Happy Launch Day! 🎉 Thank You + A Super Quick Favor
8 Dec 2025 · 4 min
Jenny Blake thanks listeners for pre-ordering Freetime, which launched March 22, 2022. She's asking for Amazon ratings and reviews during launch week to boost visibility, and reminds people to subscribe to the FreeTime podcast for new episodes twice weekly.
Questions this episode answers
March 22, 2022.
Freetime.
Bit.ly/freetimebook.
Twice a week.
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Hello. Hello friends. Thank you so much for pre ordering the freetime book. Yours should be shipping out any day now. It officially went live today, March 22, 2022. I cannot thank you all enough for showing up, pre ordering the book, checking out this early edition of the audiobook. You can't imagine. Every time I saw one of you submit your proof of purchase, it just made my day. It was like I talk in the book about serendipity popcorn. These are just little pops. Thanks to every single one of you for your interest in the book. Again, for checking it out early for pre ordering the hardcover. To those of you who gifted a copy of the audiobook to a friend, it means the world to me. You were the first people to show me. Okay, Someone other than my parents is going to buy this book. Okay? People are interested. It's going to work. And I can't tell you how refreshing that is after working on something so intensely for the last year and amidst all the tumult of the last few years. Given that today and this week is launch day and launch week, I would be so incredibly grateful if you could go over to Amazon and leave a rating or review super bonus. Post a picture of the book somewhere it doesn't have to be with you in it. I like people call this a shelfie with a furry friend or outside or somewhere that represents free time to you. You can even do a little video if you want, if you're feeling brave, if you're not super introvert like me, do a little video. I think I have this vision of the freetime Amazon page being so delightful and not that I'm trying to bias the reviews. I always want you to leave an honest review, but I think it would be so cool if the reviews you could even share. What's one insight you had from listening to or reading the book? What's one action that you've taken? What's a result that you're experiencing already in your life and that the Amazon page itself can add so much value for people who are considering buying a copy. No pressure, I'm just throwing out ideas. But really, truly getting ratings and reviews during this first week is huge because it helps the Amazon algorithm show the book to more people and it helps potential readers who are coming from all the podcast tour activity. It helps them just decide whether or not they want to get a copy. And free time is a little pricier as far as business books go. So if anyone's on the fence, I know that your rating and review can go a really long way. So if you listened to the book early and you enjoyed it, it was helpful to you. I would be so deeply grateful if you could just quickly leave a rating and a review bonus. If you want to post a photo with it, but certainly not required, you can visit. To go directly to the Amazon page, just type Bit ly freetimebook. That's Bit ly freetimebook. Thank you so so much everybody. And please do report back as I say at the end of the book. I cannot wait to hear what you do with your newfound freetime. So you can always send us an email hitime.com or leave a voice memo for a future podcast episode. You can send those@itsfreetime.com ask. Last but not least, if you're not already subscribed to the FreeTime podcast, that's where I do release regular content twice a week. Just type in Pod Link freetime and you can add it directly in your favorite podcast player, probably where you're listening to this right now. So again, that's at Pod Link freetime. Thanks again everybody. Have a beautiful rest of your day and happy freetime. Launch.
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