The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 31, 2022

In 2022, generative AI went mainstream , and now many creatives are using Midjourney/Stable Diffusion/DALL-E 2 for images and ChatGPT (along with Sudowrite or Jasper based on GPT3) to write and rewrite text, ideate and outline stories and articles, write ad copy, and more. In the last few weeks, Apple Books introduced AI narration as well.

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Neil Patel

JULY 12, 2021

Marketing automation is the act of using software and technology to create and implement applications to automate repetitive tasks, such as (yes) email marketing, ad campaigns, tracking, and much more. This tool is perfect for helping sales teams shorten sales cycles. Use AdRoll to Automate Ad Campaigns.

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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. Jo Frances Penn: It's interesting because of course we all have our boundaries, right? Like you both, I'm quite low-key.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 29, 2024

Show Notes Harnessing the popularity of Dungeons and Dragons on Kickstarter Offering physical objects to accompany your book campaign Why are direct sales and Kickstarter taking off now? Paddy: Actually, we were running some ads, and we got in lot of trouble with some of those ads. Paddy: I am. Joanna: You're allowed to do this.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

The paperback version for sale on Amazon and Ingram has a plain B&W interior. Only available in the Kickstarter and also for sale on my store, CreativePennBooks.com. If you find it for sale elsewhere, then it is a secondhand copy. I used Bookfunnel to deliver all ebooks and audiobooks, as per usual with my direct sales.

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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. With consumers relying on ad blockers to improve their internet experience, companies need alternative ways to attract buyers. Learn More.

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Income Diary

JANUARY 29, 2024

When browsing businesses for sale, consider niches like health, wealth, relationships, travel, and technology, which are known for robust monetization opportunities and enthusiastic audiences. Moreover, the inclusion of social accounts and email lists when selling content sites can attract a wide range of buyers and drive up the sale price.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I've been selling direct since 2008 when I started online, but it's always been an afterthought for book sales. I grew my direct book sales which means a greater percentage of profit for a lower number of book sales. I offered it, but I didn't focus on it. I also only offered digital formats.

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Moz

APRIL 2, 2020

This is much bigger and worse, at least this spike of it is, than the Great Recession of 2008. Not to take a big whack to, "Oh, let's just look at all of our Google and Facebook ad spending and cut it out entirely." And ads and webinars. We have a sale." And that builds this environment of fear , right.

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Content Marketing Institute

MAY 31, 2018

Every day, we consume and interact with photos, audio files, video clips, animations, games, interactive ads, streaming movies, and even experiential marketing, which has gained a digital edge with the rise of virtual reality and augmented reality. But it doesn’t only have to be ad content. contentstrategy Click To Tweet.

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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 they had the identical sales. I use conversion ads, not traffic ads.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 24, 2023

Because back in 2008, I did all of this. And like you're talking about, okay, a mom walking and dictating, does that translate into book sales? Because it might not lead to book sales. You can add it to any ad copy for any Facebook ads or Amazon ads. That in turn, it does lead to sales.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

I have been blogging since 2008, year in, year out , and just always did, and then, I just thought, you know what, I'm going to let go of the blog. Joanna Penn: And just on that, so the direct sales model, software is another thing. I just blog because I blog, if you know what I mean. It was a way of me getting thoughts together.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Readers had just received 31 posts of high value, there was lots of goodwill and community on the site, and I think the healthy sales reflected this. Last time I did the analysis of where sales of our eBooks came from I found that more than 90% of our sales came from emails that we sent to our readers. Please digest that.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 7, 2023

This is all around Facebook and Amazon ads. So if you want someone else to run your Facebook ads, your Amazon ads, you would come to Reader Reach side of the park. Over time, what we're hoping to do is to continue adding different rides, different areas of the park, that authors need and are going to find fun and exciting.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Readers had just received 31 posts of high value, there was lots of goodwill and community on the site, and I think the healthy sales reflected this. Last time I did the analysis of where sales of our eBooks came from I found that more than 90% of our sales came from emails that we sent to our readers. Please digest that.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

What about sales tax / VAT? Are direct sales for you? You’re in control of the site and your sales pages, with no other ads on your page to distract potential readers. Over time, you build up traffic to your store, and that effort compounds, so you start to make sales every day on a site you control. Imagine this….

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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. But 2008, it plateaued, it was steady, and then it took off again. AdSense, for those of you who don’t know, is Google’s ad network. You couldn’t have exactly the same types of ads.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

If you sell direct, you can produce higher quality books and products, make more money per sale, get paid faster, and reach readers directly, but there are challenges to publish and market this way. It's called direct sales. And specifically, direct sales online. It's about more profit per sale. Well, there is!

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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? If you go back to 2008 when I started, Facebook business pages started not long after. I’m thinking October 2008.

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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. Published nearly four years ago, it still makes $600-$3,000 a month in online sales. Buy some cheap ads on Google to promote your product.

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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? If you go back to 2008 when I started, Facebook business pages started not long after. I’m thinking October 2008.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

In my case, I was blogging about fitness since 2008 so I knew the industry very well and I believe this is one of the reasons that the blog’s traffic increased so quickly. It was a huge step, one that added risks and extra costs to a blog that was not making any money yet, but it was a necessary step. Step 1: Get to know your niche.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 31, 2014

Readers had just received 31 posts of high value, there was lots of goodwill and community on the site, and I think the healthy sales reflected this. Last time I did the analysis of where sales of our eBooks came from I found that more than 90% of our sales came from emails that we sent to our readers. Please digest that.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 26, 2023

So in 2008, I started my own publishing business. Also, Joanna, I've become a big fan of Amazon ads. Author Mark Paul, he's a memoir writer, he has sold 45,000 copies of his memoir using nothing but Amazon ads. Nonfiction authors don't just make money with book sales or change lives with book sales.

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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

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

That was my first introduction to direct sale, to be honest, because I did not understand CreateSpace, Amazon KDP did not necessarily exist for print. And being that I'm a marketer, and I'm doing direct sales, I always kind of refer to products, and by products, I mean books. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below.

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ProBlogger

JULY 21, 2011

And we were doing our best to monetize the site with your typical affiliate programs, text link ads and PPC campaigns. For details about the fledgling Tripawds site, don’t miss my submission for the 2008 ProBlogger Video Mashup. We give users 25MB of upload space for their free blogs which display banner ads.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 30, 2011

Ramit Sethi, used with permission Since then, Ramit has leveraged his blog’s popularity to display ads, run profitable courses, and launch a best-selling book. Here, I wanted to explain the specific strategies Ramit used to monetize IWTYTBR, and spans from his earliest trials with display ads, to his recent success with video courses.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 21, 2023

How do you ensure secure cash flow and profits, instead of focusing on short-term spike sales? But I also came out of business of 13 years IT consulting, and I arrived as well, in sort of 2008 I started, but you know, really when indie started taking off. Joe Solari discusses key aspects of your author business. Joanna: Yeah, me too.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2012

They’re not long or hard posts, but I know from experience that clothes sell out, particularly if they’re on sale, so they do have to be timely. Share it with us in the comments. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Maternity Leave … for Bloggers?!

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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.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

Most of my sales come through print , whereas I know that many indie authors get more sales with eBooks. But just staying on the product, so in terms of your sales because the activity books are paid products, and then the coloring pages and the worksheets are kind of free downloads. Are they a percentage of your sales now?

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Quick Sprout

JULY 26, 2022

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’ll also benefit from a dedicated account manager, 24/7 analytics, custom ad creation, and no long-term contracts. >> Conversion Rate Experts – Best for Turning Leads into Sales.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

Amazon.com is currently the world’s largest Internet sales company on the World Wide Web and earns $386 Billion a year. The company controls China’s biggest mobile instant messaging service and its subsidiaries provide media, entertainment, the internet and mobile phone value-added services. 8 Ding Lei: Founder of NetEase is worth $30.6

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Since 2008, spending on SEO from 2008 to 2020 has grown over 7x from $11.5 As part of your SEO campaign, let’s say you spent $100 on localized SEO efforts for other counties near your business’s location, and it netted you $300 in sales as a result. Notice the bold “ Ad ” in the top left corner. What is SEO?

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Marcus had amassed a large amount of knowledge about content marketing and created The Sales Lion to teach others about the power of community. She started her site in 2008 because she couldn’t find any resources for people like herself—women on a budget who wanted honest, objective lingerie advice, reviews, and suggestions.

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