The Creative Penn

JUNE 26, 2023

My books related to this interview: Career Change , How to Write Non-Fiction , Your Author Business Plan , Public Speaking for Authors, Creatives, and Other Introverts. It was devastating because when you spend your whole life wanting to write, it was just really disappointing. So in 2008, I started my own publishing business.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How I started writing and became an indie author — you can find my timeline here The early days of writing and self-publishing, including mistakes I made and changes along the way Rewriting early books and applying lessons learned about writing Inspiration for my fiction as J.F. Like if I could write something?'.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How I started writing and became an indie author — you can find my timeline here The early days of writing and self-publishing, including mistakes I made and changes along the way Rewriting early books and applying lessons learned about writing Inspiration for my fiction as J.F. Like if I could write something?'.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Shane Millar shares tips for writing brilliant beginnings, regardless of your genre. Different writing processes for fiction and non-fiction How the basics of marketing don’t change and what is working for Shane since he started earlier in 2022, 15 years after Joanna. You can find Shane Millar at swmillar.com. Welcome, Shane.

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Grammarly

APRIL 18, 2024

The name DALL-E was inspired by a combination of the names of two well-known figures: the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí and WALL-E, the robot in the 2008 Pixar movie of the same name. Work smarter with Grammarly The AI writing partner for anyone with work to do Get Grammarly Who created DALL-E?

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 21, 2023

Plus, my next book for authors Writing the Shadow: Turn Your Inner Darkness Into Words will be out on Kickstarter in October, sign up for the pre-launch here ; Great examples of creative extras in Sara Rosett's campaign Murder in the Alps ; and I'm on the Travelling Through Podcast on a walk and talk along the canal. Joanna: Absolutely.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

What if I told you it’s possible to write about your passions and make money with a blog? Not only does HuffPost make money with blogs, but its revenue consists of online ads and money from corporate investments. goop is a wellness and lifestyle brand started by actress Gwyneth Paltrow as a weekly lo-fi newsletter back in 2008.

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BKA Content

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Anticipate Marketing and Sales Needs With Blogging If you’re looking for a low-cost evergreen solution to marketing during a recession, our monthly blog writing service is the answer. Too many businesses underestimate the value of advertising and consumer relationships during economic downturns. Learn More. Learn More.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. You write what you want, with no concern about how an algorithm will treat your release. You’re in control of the site and your sales pages, with no other ads on your page to distract potential readers.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 30, 2023

Why might using your face to advertise your books be a good idea? Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. So first up — Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. What might be the future of selling direct?

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

CEO of Author Media, and this is the show for writers who want to build their platform, sell more books, and make a living writing books worth talking about. She writes nonfiction for authors, and she's a New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author. So you're doing Facebook ads. I'm Thomas Umstattd, Jr.,

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Write and publish what you want, get paid every day for your books, and control your customer data and relationships. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

So first up — Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing. So I was like, if you would do for one year, any exercise, or mix, like getting up early, writing 1000 words a day, do goal setting, I'm sure in one year, you will be in a better place than you are now , or in an even better place if you're already in a good place.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. 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. Limited to 10.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

.” [ The Verge ]; Amazon AI tool coming for writing product descriptions [ The Information ]; FTC antitrust lawsuit [ Politico ]; Amazon is “eliminating dozens of its private label brands” which may help “placate antitrust regulators” [ Wall St Journal ]; “Amazon will be disrupted,” says Jeff Bezos (in 2013) [ Insider ].

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I've had a draft of How to Write a Novel in my Work In Progress drive for over five years, but this year, I overcame resistance and finally finished it. Yes, creatively, because I am much happier about advertising the early books in the series now. I also wrote and published two short stories. I offered it, but I didn't focus on it.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid , writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. 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.

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Income Diary

JANUARY 29, 2024

A suitable start would be to review historical performance via tools like Google Analytics and to scrutinize revenue streams such as Display Ads and affiliate marketing. The process has been refined through the review of over 1,000 websites and more than 218 successful acquisitions since 2008.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

“If you just keep writing/querying/marketing/etc you will eventually be successful. Joanna Penn and Orna Ross discuss Quit: The Power of Knowing When To Walk Away by Annie Duke and give examples of what they have quit around writing, book marketing, and more. Just don't give up.” When is quitting worthwhile?

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 24, 2023

Why is publicity still useful in an age of pay-per-click direct advertising? Show Notes Halima's writing and PR journey Finding the “story behind the story” Pitching your story from different angles Balancing PR and protecting personal stories/privacy Tailoring your press release How to prepare for an interview Is PR worth it?

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The Creative Penn

MAY 6, 2024

How can you use automation and tools to help you streamline your creative and business processes so you can get back to the writing? So I stayed in Ireland, and I sort of put up a bat signal for friends to write with. Especially as creatives, I hear a lot of people say, “I just want to write the book.”

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 3, 2014

According to Statista it had 1.317 billion monthly active users in the second quarter of this year and it’s still adding tens of millions more every quarter. This might be adding in a quote that is meaningful, sharing a great photo, telling a great story. Organic, Paid or Both. Never Put All Your Eggs In One Basket.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Host blogs, hounded constantly by advertisers looking for low-cost linkbacks, have tightened their submission guidelines to the point that getting in is almost as strenuous as a job application at Google. What you can do about it: Don’t write off guest-blogging altogether – it still has its place. What You Can Do About It?

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 6, 2022

If the majority of your readership arrives, looks at your post and then heads off somewhere else, then chances are good they are going to ignore you when you launch your product, and an advertising strategy might be better for you. I also added a section with interviews from pro photographers.

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ProBlogger

JULY 31, 2014

According to Statista it had 1.317 billion monthly active users in the second quarter of this year and it’s still adding tens of millions more every quarter. This might be adding in a quote that is meaningful, sharing a great photo, telling a great story. Organic, Paid or Both. Never Put All Your Eggs In One Basket.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

I hadn’t made any money and then the second year, I started to dabble with some Google AdSense ads on my blog, some Amazon affiliate income. Like ringing up an advertiser for the first time and saying, “Hey, will you advertise on my blog?” But 2008, it plateaued, it was steady, and then it took off again.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Nikki started Styling You in July 2008 and today – 9 years later – she’s not only grown her audience, but she’s built a pretty amazing business around her blog. We talk about her approach to writing, where she gets her ideas for content from and her approach to planning content. It’s almost nine years to the date.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Nikki started Styling You in July 2008 and today – 9 years later – she’s not only grown her audience, but she’s built a pretty amazing business around her blog. We talk about her approach to writing, where she gets her ideas for content from and her approach to planning content. It’s almost nine years to the date.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 6, 2022

If the majority of your readership arrives, looks at your post and then heads off somewhere else, then chances are good they are going to ignore you when you launch your product, and an advertising strategy might be better for you. I also added a section with interviews from pro photographers.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Forced to close her real estate business in November 2008 because of the mortgage meltdown, Susan launched her digital information business in January 2009 with a mere $200 in startup capital. Buy some cheap ads on Google to promote your product. Buy some cheap ads on Google to promote your product. Expand to a product suite.

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ProBlogger

JULY 12, 2013

Bear in mind that was written in 2008, so imagine how much opportunity there is now! Since I already had a responsive theme and no desire to write my articles from the inside of a whale’s belly, I was disappointed. AdSense ads and banners. Does that smell like free traffic to you? Recent posts widgets. Opt-in forms.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 13, 2013

DSG: I started in 2008. So 2008 and 2009, it was really for local entrepreneurs in St. So when it comes to a blog post, whether it’s one of our team members writing it or it’s a guest post, it needs to fit certain criteria and be useful in our eyes to be considered good, quality content. Louis, Missouri, where I’m from.

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ProBlogger

JULY 4, 2010

If you asked me, I would have said it’s what some teenager writes when they get home from school or something. That being said, you know, I just, I really got kind of sucked into it and the more I read other blogs, the more I was excited to write about my own and it just kind of fed off itself. I had no idea what a blog was.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 31, 2014

If the majority of your readership arrives, looks at your post and then heads off somewhere else, then chances are good they are going to ignore you when you launch your product, and an advertising strategy might be better for you. I also added a section with interviews from pro photographers.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

He’ brilliant on that particular topic and a really great teacher when it comes to writing and communicating on a blog. We’ve also got Kelly Exeter, who’s brilliant on writing, editing, also design, self-publishing. On day one, when I wrote that first blog post, I knew that I needed to write content.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

And yet, the writing advice is still good for other things — just not targeted enough at me to pay for. Bloggers who use advertising were money-grubbing sell outs. Various types of payment models for bloggers could indeed get rid of all that Adsense and affiliate stuff and shoddy banner advertising and whatnot.

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