Publishing Trends

JANUARY 16, 2024

She first joined S&S in 2008 after three years as publisher of Rodale Books. Cindy Yen has joined as as online and digital sales coordinator. Ellen Zhang has been promoted to sales representative for online and digital sales, and Ankanee Lagunarajan has been promoted to audiobooks coordinator.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. More in my future of creativity articles and resources.]. I’ve sold direct since starting out online in 2008, but it’s always been a secondary to trying to succeed on the various stores. [You It will emerge over time.

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ContentWriters

MAY 10, 2023

Spotify, arguably the most popular music streaming platform in the world, has been growing rapidly since its inception in 2008. They beefed up the partnership by including exclusive merchandise and access to pre-sale concert tickets for Spotify users.

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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. And yet I was reflecting on this this morning thinking, this is good because I've been publishing since 2008 when I published my first book. Penn first appeared on The Creative Penn. So, yes, it does feel like a risk.

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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. If you find it for sale elsewhere, then it is a secondhand copy.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 5, 2023

How can we use AI tools in our creative and business processes while still keeping our humanity at the core of our books? She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. What is the AI-Assisted Artisan Author? She has sold almost a million books across 169 countries and 5 languages.

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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? 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. You get the royalty.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 15, 2021

Through a highly-effective advertising campaign that played on their shoes’ sustainable credentials, sales have exploded, and today the company is worth $1.4 When used in content and ads, memes can have many benefits : They allow you to be creative. Take Allbirds shoes. Be Upfront and Honest in Your Paid Ads Targeting Millennials.

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Content Marketing Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Among the benefits – shorter sales cycle (no. How does marketing without talking about or promoting our product/service help us create leads and sales? That calculus varies based on your product sale point, obviously, but the base principle is still the same. How do we measure content’s influence on sales and revenue?

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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

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

How can we shift our mindset to thinking about a long-term creative career? To invest in something that is outside the norm of what we are “supposed to be doing” I think is really valuable, both for keeping us engaged and creative, and also pushing the envelope on something that might be the next big thing.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 26, 2023

What are some of the tools and why are creative direction, voice, and taste, so important? In the first 28 mins of the podcast, I give an extended introduction about the various legal cases around AI and copyright , my thoughts on the best way to approach it for your creative work, and how to use AI tools ethically and responsibly.

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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

DECEMBER 18, 2023

If you join the community, you get an extra solo Q&A show monthly, as well as behind-the-scenes videos on AI and creative business, plus, discounts, early access, and more. She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. Do you have any questions?

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The Creative Penn

JULY 17, 2023

How can you combine multiple options for a more creatively satisfying — and profitable — author career? My agent, Susanna Einstein, we started working together in 2008. The post Your Publishing Options With Rachael Herron first appeared on The Creative Penn. Rachael Herron gives her tips. Joanna: Brilliant. That was great.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 19, 2017

Here are a few of my favourites: How Creatives Should Negotiate via Tim Ferris. 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. His blog posts are brilliant but I also love it when he is interviewed.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

She’s also an award-winning podcaster, creative entrepreneur, and international professional speaker. 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. What are the costs? How do I get paid? Imagine this….

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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. I've had a YouTube channel since 2008, so I'm quite interested to do that integration. And strangely, their ranking was almost identical. And Twitter I think doing an integration.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 30, 2015

On August 14 and 15, more than 700 bloggers and online creatives descended upon the RACV Royal Pines on Australia’s Gold Coast for two days of learning and networking at the ProBlogger Training Event. I wrote How Batch Processing Made Me 10 Times More Productive in 2008. This can increase sales. credit: Mick Russell.

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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. Darren: Alright.

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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. You can also listen to a recent episode with Thomas on Novel Marketing and Christian Publishing on The Creative Penn Podcast.

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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. Darren: Alright.

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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. And I think as creative people, I relate to this as well. Because you know, creativity is what it is.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Just look at Facebook’s audience growth since late 2008. In other words, for every 100 interactions with your Facebook ad, nine will convert into a lead or sale. Want to reach a wider social audience to generate more leads or drive more sales? Despite a couple of small blips, it’s all up and to the right: The net result?

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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? So I've got a creative background. So I have this strange mix of creative and analytical , and I've been entrepreneurial my whole life. It was a book about business for creatives. So I've owned and operated multiple businesses.

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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. I love his blog.

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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

Here are some of the valuable services they offer: One unified cross channel marketing strategy driven by best-in-class creatives. Conversion Rate Experts – Best for Turning Leads into Sales. Best Content Marketing Service Founded in 2008 Creates a wide range of content Works with many large brands. >>

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 19, 2022

How the pandemic and increasing online sales have changed traditional publishing. Why backlist sales are so important. I was a creative writing major in college, and I went straight into a publishing job right out of college. How has the pandemic and increasing online sales changed the more traditional publishing industry?

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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. 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?

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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. Dommermuth trained as a banker, before moving into computer sales in Montabaur, Germany. He also had an unpaid internship in sales at Red Bull. 29 Gabe Newell: Founder of Valve is worth $4.3

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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? Especially as creatives, I hear a lot of people say, “I just want to write the book.” Chelle Honiker gives some mindset and practical tips. ” I mean, you just can't.

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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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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

David’s ongoing blog posts keep him in touch with the latest creative opportunities and threats. is a large format, 8 ½ by 11-inch book with 250 pages of distilled best practices and details that cumulatively can help you enjoy thousands of dollars in increased sales. What’s hot one year may be out of favor in the next year.

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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

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 it's really interesting because the most reliable way I've discovered to improve my Amazon sales is to just advertise my direct sales. Joanna: That's great. Steve: Absolutely. I speak of him in the third person.

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