The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. She's also the founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, a professional speaker and creative coach. You mentioned it before, that your creative non-fiction books, you put years into these.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 28, 2023

We have all our lines and of course I do share, I share a lot and have done since I was online in 2008. I might put a few ads on and so I haven't really launched a book in so long that this feels very, very weird. Penn first appeared on The Creative Penn. Like you both, I'm quite low-key. So, yes, it does feel like a risk.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

in September 2008, the Google maps mobile app was launched on Android. Paid marketing avenues: Local search ads and Google Maps Ads. Google has previously experimented with ads inside maps and pushed AdWords location extensions. But, at the Performance Summit , Google released new forms of local search ads.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2022

I said earlier in the series that I’m assuming ‘great content’ is being added to the hypothetical new blog that we’re promoting. This article was first published on March 16, 2008 and updated March 3, 2022. The post How to Grow Your Blog with Viral Content appeared first on ProBlogger.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. If you want to stay in touch, sign up for my free Author Blueprint here , subscribe to The Creative Penn podcast on your favorite app, or follow me on social media. Was it worth it? Will I do another Kickstarter campaign?

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 29, 2024

I started to hear about this self-publishing thing, and I may have started listening to The Creative Penn podcast and a few other podcasts around that time as well. It's an experience, and it's a creative outlet for a lot of people who don't really get a creative outlet these days. So I think it's appealing to a lot more people.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2022

I said earlier in the series that I’m assuming ‘great content’ is being added to the hypothetical new blog that we’re promoting. This article was first published on March 16, 2008 and updated March 3, 2022. The post How to Grow Your Blog with Viral Content appeared first on ProBlogger.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Back then, you couldn't even run ads to the retailers, but I already I was so used to doing it myself and I knew all the benefits to doing it myself, and I wasn't too happy to hand it over to the retailers when that happened, when Kindle happened in 2007. And if you're doing Amazon ads, who benefits from that? Costs of selling direct.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

And I also have to admit that Amazon ads was a huge game changer for me. But then with the rise of Amazon ads, suddenly, I could multiply my sales by 20. And it was the same thing, really Joanna, since four and a half years, I do one hour a day of an Amazon ads. Now, you've mentioned the ads. Joanna: That's brilliant.

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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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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 31, 2017

For example, I can personally think of podcasts that inspired me to eat better and exercise, and probably added years to my life. For example, at Digital Photography School we teach people how to move from being stuck in Auto Mode with their cameras, and help them get creative control and take better photos. Here’s the thing.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 24, 2023

In the intro, Alliance of Independent Authors Indie Author Income Survey results ; Experience of book to TV show [and previous episode, Johnny B Truant's creative pivots ]; Michael Anderle expands on his AI-assisted goals [ 20Books To 50K Facebook ]; Loop earplugs. Because back in 2008, I did all of this. I was in Australia.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 7, 2023

How can authors reframe marketing to be more of a positive choice, something even creative and worth investing in? I feel like this is something that authors struggle with, because on the one hand, we feel like we're artists and creatives, so we don't want to think that our book is the same as any other product.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

You can find more future of creativity topics here. For example, I jumped into Facebook ads way before they became a thing, but because I jumped so early, I also jumped out early and so I missed the real benefit. The benefit of Facebook ads and Amazon ads, same thing. Here's one from 2008! Gabby: Aww.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

You can find more future of creativity topics here. For example, I jumped into Facebook ads way before they became a thing, but because I jumped so early, I also jumped out early and so I missed the real benefit. The benefit of Facebook ads and Amazon ads, same thing. Here's one from 2008! Gabby: Aww.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. You’re in control of the site and your sales pages, with no other ads on your page to distract potential readers. The main reasons for selling direct are creative and financial freedom. Imagine this…. Why sell direct?

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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. Darren: I think it was 2008, July maybe? It’s almost nine years to the date. Nikki: Thank you. I am the accidental blogger though. Nikki: Yes.

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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. So in 2008, I started my own publishing business. Also, Joanna, I've become a big fan of Amazon ads. And I think as creative people, I relate to this as well.

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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. Darren: I think it was 2008, July maybe? It’s almost nine years to the date. Nikki: Thank you. I am the accidental blogger though. Nikki: Yes.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

You can also listen to a recent episode with Thomas on Novel Marketing and Christian Publishing on The Creative Penn Podcast. She also runs the award-winning podcast that's been running even longer than this one, the Creative Penn. And if y'all have not yet checked out The Creative Penn Podcast, it is excellent. That's right.

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ProBlogger

JULY 4, 2011

There’s a reason most of the biggest blogs on the Internet often have multiple writers—this allows the blog to be a little more manageable by the owner, while also allowing a new, fresh perspective to be added to the website’s content. Creativity is obviously absolutely critical to getting content to go viral.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Just look at Facebook’s audience growth since late 2008. The platform’s annual revenues have climbed at an even sharper rate, with the vast majority of that money coming from ads: This has had inevitable consequences for marketers. In other words, for every 100 interactions with your Facebook ad, nine will convert into a lead or sale.

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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.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Maria Popova describes herself as “interestingness curator and semi-secret geek obsessed with design, science, storytelling and combinatorial creativity” She is the editor of the much-loved Brain Pickings , which she described as a “a destination for indiscriminate curiosity.” Maria Popova. Lingerie Addict.

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Quick Sprout

JULY 26, 2022

Here are some of the valuable services they offer: One unified cross channel marketing strategy driven by best-in-class creatives. You can spend as much or as little as you want on social media ads, but they recommend committing at least $300 per month. You won’t have to do any of this on your own. >> Compare Quotes.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Did you have to learn how to be a marketer, as well as the creative side? How can people change their mindset around marketing and business, as well as focus on creativity? He started to say how well the ads were converting over to Shopify. I wrote it, and I also had a copywriter who helped us write some of our ads.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

Different ways to monetize your brand to make ads profitable. The effect of Apple's privacy rules on Facebook ads. But then they added different abilities and different mechanisms that enabled you to reach different segments of your potential readership, and the advertising platform was built. It takes years.

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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? I feel like we definitely do not compete in terms of books and readers, but we do compete on things like ad spend, and pay per click, and all of that kind of thing, but that's quite different.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 29, 2023

I use and recommend Sudowrite as part of my creative process. You can try Sudowrite through my affiliate link: www.TheCreativePenn.com/sudowrite Amit Gupta is a science fiction writer, entrepreneur, and founder of Sudowrite, an AI-powered creative writing tool. It's almost like a creativity booster. Amit: Thanks, Joanna.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

So it's a forum where authors talk about how we need to value ourselves as creatives in our work, and not to sell ourselves short out here. I'm not saying that people who do things for free aren't offering something of value, it's just that we're creatives , as you say, and we need to value our own time and getting paid for these things.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It is not creative at all. Looking back on my own corporate job as well, which I did for five years, while building up my writing business, there are people who email me and they say they are a freelance writer, writing for hire, and they have nothing left for their creative work. What is your sensible corporate job?

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

After many years of people saying, “AI can never be creative, AI could never write fiction (i.e. How can we use the tools to achieve our creative purpose in an ethical manner, and understand that we need to curate, edit, and take responsibility for any usage? Some only use AI tools for generating sales descriptions or ad copy.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 1, 2010

Without a reputation, referrals or testimonials to convince people to hire you, you have to be creative and work extra hard on getting your name out there. His blog hasn’t been updated since 2008. Freelancers are creative people and can come up with some pretty creative solutions that don’t involve a blog.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I did exactly this, back in 2008 or 2007, something like that, I printed a load of books, I had them in my living room, and I thought, Oh, I'm going to just sell them all in five minutes and make loads of money. What I've discovered that is working for me indirectly is boosting the ads to my Nordstrom reads.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 1, 2023

How can we build a creative life based on following our curiosity? There are some words, even though there are 9000 images as well, but that was a matter of, you know, its labeling rather than creative writing. What are some important attitudes to hold that will help us with a sustainable life and career?

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 30, 2023

Does it help you creatively? So yes, it's funny how we do that, but I do think it helps creatively. And if you're paying for ads, that can be a real problem. So I have a bunch of different ad types. I've tested probably thousands of different ad variations at this point. Joanna: That's great. Steve: Absolutely.

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Backlinko

JANUARY 8, 2024

Cocomelon’s videos were added to Netflix in 2020, and hold the top spot in the kid’s category with popular songs like “Baby Shark” The most viewed YouTube video is called, “ Bath Song | CoComelon Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs “, which has 6.5 Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes (172.12 Colors TV (66.34

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