The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

Show notes: Overview of the Pilgrimage campaign including rewards, add-ons, and the result Why Kickstarter for this project, and why now for me Tips for success: Learn about the platform beforehand. The paperback version for sale on Amazon and Ingram has a plain B&W interior. How did I do fulfillment?

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 30, 2023

Why might using your face to advertise your books be a good idea? I say allegedly, because these other projects keep coming up. And it's really interesting because the most reliable way I've discovered to improve my Amazon sales is to just advertise my direct sales. What are the benefits of selling direct?

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Yes, creatively, because I am much happier about advertising the early books in the series now. I've been selling direct since 2008 when I started online, but it's always been an afterthought for book sales. The story is based around a book of human skin, so it was an appropriate project! Was it worth it? Not at all.

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Income Diary

JANUARY 29, 2024

Understanding whether the website was a passion project, a side hustle, or a full-blown business can provide insights into how the site has been managed and the attention it has received. A website’s history as a side project or a dedicated business venture impacts the manner and intensity of negotiations during the acquisition process.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

It's interesting because so many people start with those type of companies because I guess you're on Google, and they're the ones who are advertising usually. So when it came time for the third book, when I was finishing it up I did go back to her, and she was busy with some other projects. Are they a percentage of your sales now?

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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. You see it all the time with TV shows and other creative projects that, it just goes from bad to worse and people are so attached, and they just can't let go.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 26, 2023

So in 2008, I started my own publishing business. I love just seeing projections and numbers. Nonfiction authors don't just make money with book sales or change lives with book sales. Stephanie: Yeah, it's so rare that somebody actually makes a living from their book sales. I love a checklist. What's the potential?

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The Creative Penn

MAY 5, 2023

If you use Grammarly or ProWritingAid for aspects of editing, Google for research or Maps for navigation or email with auto-anti-spam, Amazon for publishing or advertising or shopping, Facebook or TikTok or Twitter for social media, Spotify for music discovery, or Netflix for TV, you are using AI-assisted platforms and tools.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 19, 2017

His latest project, Examine.Com, garners around 70,000 visitors a day and is a seven-figure business. Why The Loooooong Sales Letter Works And Other Surprising Sales Hacks via Mixergy. He created Bushwalking Blog in 2008 to provide detailed reports of his hikes. Normally, such figures would put me off recommending him.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

If you are a wide author, you are already used to not having a good Amazon rank because a borrow counts as a sale. And they had the identical sales. Without even advertising, because I think she's too busy churning out books and she hasn't had a chance, she's doing quite well out of that store.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 26, 2023

In fact, you are also already using AI tools every day — in your car through Google or Apple Maps, if you edit with tools like Grammarly or ProWritingAid , if you publish or shop on Amazon, if you use advertising through Facebook or Amazon, if you use social media on sites like TikTok, YouTube, or Twitter. Has it actually led to book sales?

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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. It seems that selling advertising is no longer a way to create a viable income stream. And it’s not just advertising.

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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

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

AUGUST 18, 2016

Use filters on gmail – I have hundreds of filters on gmail – bulk for emails on products sales – keep records to serve customers – quick gmail search of transactions to see if customer purchases a product or not – emails you want to keep, but don’t want to read. Thanks for the question, Phil.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 18, 2016

Use filters on gmail – I have hundreds of filters on gmail – bulk for emails on products sales – keep records to serve customers – quick gmail search of transactions to see if customer purchases a product or not – emails you want to keep, but don’t want to read. Thanks for the question, Phil.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

Then, she starts advertising it. . It was the day I started to ring advertisers and say, “Do you want to advertise on my blog?” I started to get other advertisers who paid me $10, then $20, then $30 a month. . She creates Medium and LinkedIn post audio for SoundCloud, puts them on Facebook live.

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