The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing, and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. You started before me, but when I started self-publishing there was also no Kindle. Morgana: I was five years old at the time. No, I lie, I wasn't.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

In the intro, publishing trends for 2023 [ Written Word Media ]; Apple AI narration ; ChatGPT into Bing [ The Verge ]; Comments on Audible [ Brandon Sanderson , Audiblegate ]; TikTok ban and problems [ Reuters , Rolling Stone ]; my Pilgrimage Kickstarter. Different ways to monetize your brand to make ads profitable.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

I want to come back on the waiting to win the lottery thing because I feel that that actually has a parallel in publishing, in that people are like, oh, well, this one book, if I just get the agent, if I just get the book deal, if I just get the film deal, or the TV deal, I will make a million , and I can retire. But it's okay with me.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

From the headlines this week, “Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories.” [ The Guardian ] and “Hundreds of AI-written books flood Amazon.” [ The Independent ]. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. But as ever, the headlines are clickbait and we need to have a more nuanced approach.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Ada-Ari talks about how she writes, publishes and markets her children's books based on African folk tales and African languages in the USA. This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. So I looked all over social media sites.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the intro, Kobo Plus expands to audiobooks in Australia & New Zealand; Thoughts on the changing publishing environment based on Thrillerfest Audios (well worth buying!), What specifically got me into publishing, was my wife decided to write some books, some nonfiction books about styling. So welcome to the show, Joe.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2023

Each subsequent edition considered the evolution of blogging at the time they were published. In this series, I would like to answer the following questions (plus anything else you would like me to cover): Can we learn from how blogging has changed from when we started writing the book in 2007 to now?

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 11, 2023

We've been on social media and like comments and all of this, but this is the first time you're on the show. So first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. I was having so much fun, and I did that until 2007 when I had my first child. I started writing at a young age. Steph: 2013.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 18, 2024

In the intro, will TikTok be banned in the USA, and how will this impact authors and publishing? Today's show is sponsored by Draft2Digital , self-publishing with support, where you can get free formatting, free distribution to multiple stores, and a host of other benefits. When did you start self-publishing? So that was fun.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 26, 2024

James: Yes, it was one of the Lotus Desktop Publishing. There used to be a thing called desktop publishing software. Like Meta, for example, Meta ads. Or Amazon ads, Amazon, of course, is driven by AI. James: I'll tell you, the first job I ever got was in maybe about 1983, and it was on Lotus. James: Pretty much.

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Income Diary

MARCH 31, 2024

Technology, SEO and Social Media are changing all the time – please accept that what works now, may work differently 6 months from now. Yes, Social Media also works, but my experience is that SEO brings the most targeted traffic. One great example of a review was by David Risley for my launch.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. The impact of adding more and more opportunity for community engagement on the site was immediate and big. I’ve seen this numerous times on my blogs (but also social media accounts). Photo by Duy Pham on Unsplash. Community Increases Page Views.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 20, 2021

He’s a sought-after public speaker and social media influencer. Most of his posts have fewer than 200 words, like the one below , but the social sharing and engagement for these posts is amazing. Most people have generated more leads through Facebook ads than Google Ads. Seth doesn’t waste words.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In this wide-ranging interview on the Prickly Pens Podcast, Joanna Penn talks about changing careers from IT to becoming an independent author, the early days of self-publishing and how things have changed, inspiration for fiction, generosity as the basis for a business, and how the future might look for writers. Show Notes. Welcome, Joanna.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In this wide-ranging interview on the Prickly Pens Podcast, Joanna Penn talks about changing careers from IT to becoming an independent author, the early days of self-publishing and how things have changed, inspiration for fiction, generosity as the basis for a business, and how the future might look for writers. Show Notes. Welcome, Joanna.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 11, 2018

Update the post to fit with what’s happening today (particularly if you write about software, social media, or any other area that changes rapidly). Consider adding more detail. Ultimately, what matters is that you (re)publish the best post you can. In 2012, I published an updated edition of that ebook.

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ProBlogger

JULY 18, 2019

Back in 2007 I was asked a question: “If you could only write one type of content on your blogs forever, what would it be?”. The piece of content you publish today can potentially have a positive impact on people in ten years’ time. Share repeatedly: Evergreen content can be shared again and again on social media.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

After a ton of trial and error, I published the first four novels in my myth and magic urban fantasy series this year, as well as the first five guides for writers in my Write Better Fiction series, I also qualified as a Fictionary Certified story coach too and that's pretty much me. I started self-publishing way, way back now in 2007, 2008.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 17, 2023

But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. And indie publishing came up on my radar, and I gave it a shot and was kind of okay at it. A bit like how we used to talk about self-publishing in a certain way, and now it's just accepted as a choice for an author to make. Leanne: Right.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 1, 2018

Over $100,000 in Ad Revenue – a Dating Ideas Blogger Tells Her Story. I started Orlando Date Night Guide in 2007. I actually started with a book that published in early 2007. Honestly when I started, it was just because I thought how great is this that I can write something and take some photos and hit publish.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

billion Zhang Yiming (41) founded ByteDance, the parent company of the popular social media platform TikTok. The company controls China’s biggest mobile instant messaging service and its subsidiaries provide media, entertainment, the internet and mobile phone value-added services. com (NetEase).

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. The impact of adding more and more opportunity for community engagement on the site was immediate and big. I’ve seen this numerous times on my blogs (but also social media accounts). Photo by Duy Pham on Unsplash. Community Increases Page Views.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 2, 2017

087: 9 Questions You Should Ask Before Hitting Publish On Your Next Blog Post. With this particular blog, I started to put some AdSense ads on my blog and some Amazon affiliate links to earn those 4% commissions on those $10 books. These are the reader profiles that I created when I started Digital Photography School in 2007.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 12, 2018

Links and Resources for How to Get More Traffic by Updating Your Archives: Social Media Marketing World conference. Experienced bloggers who’ve been around for a while that might explain a little bit why they’re not publishing as much, yet they’re still building traffic to their blog. Google Analytics ; Google AdSense.

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ProBlogger

JULY 23, 2020

When I started blogging about photography back in 2007 there were already hundreds of photography blogs around. While you don’t necessarily need to publish every day, you should try to establish some kind of rhythm with your posting. Even if you publish only once a week, you’ll still have 52 posts within a year.

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2018

Understand social media and online communication. Six places you can find writers for your blog: Guest Posters: If you have published guest posts in the past, take a look at them. Richard mentioned that he has published guest posts on his blog in the past. Seem genuine and generous in helping others. Communicate well.

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ProBlogger

MAY 27, 2020

And because they now knew his name they could recommend him to others, and perhaps even check out his web page and connect with him on social media. When people start monetizing their blog, many of them try putting up ads. Within 24 hours of releasing my first ebook I was approach by a publisher who wanted to publish it.

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ProBlogger

MAY 28, 2013

Also work on any number of other tasks including SEO, maintaining social media accounts, answering emails, moderating comments, blog design, racing other blogs, managing hosting etc. Each post I publish could potentially generate an income for me, on the day it’s published but also tomorrow, next week, and next month.

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ProBlogger

JULY 16, 2020

Even something as simple as setting up a cookie so you can show than the posts that have been published since their last visit can make a lasting impression. But I wrote and published the first post (the longest post I’d ever written), and people started joining up for the challenge. Use challenges to teach and engage your readers.

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ProBlogger

JULY 28, 2016

” I was asked this question while on a Q&A panel back in 2007 while at a conference in Las Vegas. ISO Settings in Digital Photography – I wrote this in 2007. This is the question that I was asked back in 2007 while I was in Las Vegas at a blogging conference. In Today’s Episode Examples of Evergreen Content.

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ProBlogger

JULY 28, 2016

” I was asked this question while on a Q&A panel back in 2007 while at a conference in Las Vegas. ISO Settings in Digital Photography – I wrote this in 2007. This is the question that I was asked back in 2007 while I was in Las Vegas at a blogging conference. In Today’s Episode Examples of Evergreen Content.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 29, 2013

You press “publish” and bask in retweets, praise, and a flood of comments. When I launched The Smart Marketing Blog in 2007, my posts were eclectic random. One day, a post about bus stop ads, the next day, how to set-up PDFs to open at screen height, and another day, musings on a new social network.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

It’s not rocket science, but simply by adding a question at the end of a post instead of ending it in a way that tied up the whole topic and signalled that there was nothing left to say was a lot more attractive to readers. ‘Traditional’ Social Media. A few others that I regularly use: 1. A Challenge.

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ProBlogger

MAY 7, 2018

In today’s episode I want to share my keynote at this year’s Social Media Marketing World – 9 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging that Will Accelerate the Growth of YOUR Blog. Social Media Marketing World. Social Media Marketing World last year’s virtual pass. New Members Area. Starting a Blog.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

When I started MoneySavingMom.com in 2007, I had already dabbled into monetization on a mommy blog I had. I knew I could make money with sidebar ads, as well as sharing some affiliate links. While it was only a small amount per coupon printed, since I posted quite a few coupons each week, it quickly added up!

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 29, 2010

Some are from corporate entities seeking to promote blogs or sites by selling text links, though Google slashed PageRanks in 2007 in response to this tactic. In the short term, readers will jump to your blog, leading to more pageviews, ad revenue, and perhaps RSS subscribers. Link exchange requests come in various forms.

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ProBlogger

MAY 12, 2012

You press Publish and bask in retweets, praise, and a flood of comments. When I launched The Smart Marketing Blog in 2007, my posts were eclectic random. One day, a post about bus stop ads, the next day, how to set-up PDFs to open at screen height, and another day, musings on a new social network. Darren publishes daily.

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