BKA Content

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Too many businesses underestimate the value of advertising and consumer relationships during economic downturns. The recessions of 1974-75 and 1981-82 showed companies that invested in advertising experienced more growth than those that shrunk or eliminated their marketing budgets. Content marketing is an effective marketing solution.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

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. But the publishing landscape has changed. What happens to Pilgrimage now? Let’s get into some of my tips and lessons learned.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 5, 2023

I have covered the topic as it relates to authors regularly since then and even written a short book on the impact of AI on authors and publishing. I write books and I record and publish audio, although I also do some professional speaking and teaching as well. There is much more at stake.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I launched the book direct on my Shopify store, CreativePennBooks.com and sold it exclusively direct for a month before publishing it wide. Yes, creatively, because I am much happier about advertising the early books in the series now. I also wrote and published two short stories. Click here to buy it direct from me.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Over the last 18 months I’ve built two profitable businesses with the help of social media. I had been working online since 2001 and by 2008 was confident I’d accumulated enough skills and experience that finding work wouldn’t be a problem. Build a social network with purpose. I still do this occasionally today.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Other things you might want to quit: social media platforms, blogging, an author name, a book series, writing a book that's taking forever, marketing a book that isn't selling, a business model, a day job, being a full-time author, a city or even a country. Why we need to reframe quitting — and why it's so hard to do. Yes, we are back.

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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

APRIL 24, 2023

How can you research the best media and craft a pitch or a press release that might get you and your book some attention? Why is publicity still useful in an age of pay-per-click direct advertising? So I didn't know anything about self-publishing. You know, it was published by somebody else in the traditional route.

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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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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

in September 2008, the Google maps mobile app was launched on Android. Users are loyal to their favorite social media and review sites. Paid advertisements alone can’t substitute for your organic marketing efforts – they can only amplify them. Google Maps actually started as a C++ program at Where 2 Technologies.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

How can you use paid advertising as part of your book marketing strategy? 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.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

In the intro, investment firm KKR will buy Simon & Schuster [ Publishing Perspectives ]; Subscriber Surge Giveaways [ Written Word Media ]; Key Book Publishing Paths [ Jane Friedman ]. But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. Or— Did you always want to self-publish?

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In the intro, We used to do that [Seth Godin ]; Penguin Random House has acquired Hay House [ Publishing Perspectives ]; Business for Authors ; Your Author Business Plan ; OpenAI has announced a partnership with Axel Springer , the first publishing house globally to partner with them to integrate journalism with AI technologies.

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Retail Pharmaceutical Creativity Publisher 98

Smart Blogger

JUNE 13, 2024

Affiliate networks are middlemen connecting bloggers and entrepreneurs (“publishers”) with companies (“merchants”) offering affiliate program opportunities for their products or services. Through a single portal, affiliate networks give the publisher access to numerous affiliate programs. What is an Affiliate Network? Huge selection.

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Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Bethany Chambers , North Coast Media . 4), complement to paid advertising (no. Jason Schemmel , Harper Collins Christian Publishing. Quora says the term to “describe rapid and widespread social proliferation of a meme or product” started picking up steam in 2008. Among the benefits – shorter sales cycle (no.

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Content Marketing Marketing Content Content Creator 96

The Creative Penn

JUNE 26, 2023

Show Notes Changes in publishing and marketing for nonfiction authors over time and what still works How to stand out and build your community Content marketing and long-term marketing strategies Deciding what nonfiction book to write—should you stay in your lane? I sent proposals to three publishers, and Wiley gave me a book deal.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

You still publish on other platforms and third-party stores, but now you’re truly an independent author. It is part of the ethos of publishing wide , which means not being exclusive to any specific retailer, but of course, you can choose different publishing options by book, by series, by author name, and by format.

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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. Thomas Umstaddt Jr interviews Joanna Penn on the Novel Marketing Podcast covering tips for publishing, selling, and marketing direct to readers.

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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. 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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The Creative Penn

MAY 6, 2024

Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Chelle Honiker is the co-founder and publisher of Indie Author Magazine , Indie Author Training, Indie Author Tools, and Direct2Readers.com. I've been doing this a long time now, since 2008, and I feel like I have got stuck in my processes for an amount of time. Do what works for you.

Social Media 52

Social Media Creativity Education Storytelling 52

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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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

No matter how large or small your business is, or how experienced you are in content marketing, these recently published books can help you take your content marketing to the next level. Evaluate your website analytics, email reports, and social media to see what’s working and what’s not working. Publishing and distributing.

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ProBlogger

JULY 21, 2011

For details about the fledgling Tripawds site, don’t miss my submission for the 2008 ProBlogger Video Mashup. For those who don’t care to spend time searching the vast amount of content in our blogs and forums, we published Three Legs and a Spare , the first in a series of canine amputation handbooks.

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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

JANUARY 26, 2023

There is a real sense of fear and confusion in the media and amongst different kinds of creators. I have a longer blog post coming in late Feb when I publish my first story with an AI-generated cover, which has also been edited by my cover designer. 2017 is when I published my first dark fantasy novel.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Bloggers who use advertising were money-grubbing sell outs. The Guardian explains their stategy very well: [link] O’Reilly TOC also provided in 2008 (this how long this discussion has been going) some insight… How Do Publishers and Authors Get Paid in a “Free&# World? link] Yosie Saint-Cyr´s last blog.

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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. Here's one from 2008!

Creativity 98

Creativity Writing Hospitality Writer 98

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. Here's one from 2008!

Creativity 98

Creativity Writing Hospitality Writer 98

ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

With social media platforms becoming the online communication too du jour, and with smartphones and other devices becoming for many the preferred platform, blogs have fallen to the wayside in favour of shorter, punchier messages specifically tailored to hit a reader’s buttons. People Interact on Social Media, Not Your Sites.

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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. We’ve been focusing on social media, in addition to constantly tweaking our email newsletter. Besides using social media channels and things like that, I made sure that I networked with all the major media sources in St.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 18, 2016

We probably publish one or two a week at the most. Number three, there’s an option there I’d like to advertise on Digital Photography School. That goes to our partnership team, the person who sells advertising on our site. For editorial requests, advertising requests, technical bugs, customer service.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 18, 2016

We probably publish one or two a week at the most. Number three, there’s an option there I’d like to advertise on Digital Photography School. That goes to our partnership team, the person who sells advertising on our site. For editorial requests, advertising requests, technical bugs, customer service.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

We’ve also got Kelly Exeter, who’s brilliant on writing, editing, also design, self-publishing. When I first published it, I didn’t look like this. The web became a much more interactive space and this is the beginnings of social media. We’ve got mainstream media producing amazing amounts of content.

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 29, 2023

Most commonly, lifestyle blogs make money by advertising brands that align and resonate with the lifestyle they promote. Cupcakes and Cashmere Cupcakes and Cashmere has morphed from Emily Schuman’s 2008 “favorite things” personal blog to a thriving women’s fashion, beauty, and women’s interests lifestyle blog and online shop.

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