The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

Join my community and get access to extra videos on writing craft, author business, AI and behind the scenes info, plus an extra Q&A show a month where I answer Patron questions. Traditional versus indie publishing Your marketing options vary based on how you publish and how much control you have over the book.

Marketing 52

Marketing Social Media Advertising Promotion 52

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. Show Notes. I got the bug.

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. Show Notes. I got the bug.

Creativity 98

Creativity Writing Hospitality Writer 98

Smart Blogger

MARCH 29, 2023

Lifestyle blogs provide opportunities to draw some passive income while writing about activities and things you already love. 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.

Food 106

Food Entertainment Blog Blogging 106

The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Ada-Ari talks about how she writes, publishes and markets her children's books based on African folk tales and African languages in the USA. This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. Welcome, Ada. So I am the writer.

Marketing 98

Marketing Writing Social Media Publisher 98

The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Shane Millar shares tips for writing brilliant beginnings, regardless of your genre. Different writing processes for fiction and non-fiction How the basics of marketing don’t change and what is working for Shane since he started earlier in 2022, 15 years after Joanna. You can find Shane Millar at swmillar.com. Welcome, Shane.

Writing 98

Writing Insurance Writer Creativity 98

ProBlogger

MAY 30, 2024

Whatever you want to achieve by blogging – money, a fully-fledged business, recognition in your field, a creative outlet, or sharing your message with the world – you need to write. Blogging is writing. My writing just isn’t good enough.” “No What’s Knocked Your Writing Confidence? I believe we can all write well.

Writer 40

Writer Blogger Creativity Publisher 40

The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. You write what you want, with no concern about how an algorithm will treat your release. You still publish on other platforms and third-party stores, but now you’re truly an independent author.

Banking 98

Banking Creativity Sales Publisher 98

Express Writers

MARCH 7, 2023

This is the highest amount in the history of the CMO survey (since 2008). Content distribution: Once your content is published, the chances of someone reading or viewing it are somewhat low unless you distribute or promote it. This typically includes paid ads, promoted social media posts, and sponsored content.

Content Marketing 82

Content Marketing Marketing Content Content Creation 82

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? 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.

Social Media 52

Social Media Creativity Education Storytelling 52

The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In the intro, Self-publishing's ongoing evolution [ Publishers Weekly ]; Audiobooks on Spotify and how my listening behavior is changing [ FindawayVoices ]; Author ecosystems , and an overview on the Kickstart your book sales podcast. I don't write ahead like some people do. Patricia: It's wonderful to be here with you, Jo.

Retail 98

Retail Publisher Publishing Publishing 98

The Creative Penn

MAY 5, 2023

You can support the show at www.patreon.com/thecreativepenn Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller and dark fantasy author as J.F. I write books and I record and publish audio, although I also do some professional speaking and teaching as well.

Creativity 98

Creativity Publisher Publishing Publishing 98

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. We Are The Affordable, High-Quality Solution Our monthly blog writing service is the evergreen recession strategy you’re looking for.

Digital Media 52

Digital Media Government Advertising Social Media 52

The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. 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. Limited to 10.

Retail 98

Retail Projects Social Media Sales 98

The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

“If you just keep writing/querying/marketing/etc you will eventually be successful. Joanna Penn and Orna Ross discuss Quit: The Power of Knowing When To Walk Away by Annie Duke and give examples of what they have quit around writing, book marketing, and more. Just don't give up.” When is quitting worthwhile?

Creativity 98

Creativity Publisher Publishing Publishing 98

The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I've had a draft of How to Write a Novel in my Work In Progress drive for over five years, but this year, I overcame resistance and finally finished it. I launched the book direct on my Shopify store, CreativePennBooks.com and sold it exclusively direct for a month before publishing it wide. Click here to buy it direct from me.

Creativity 98

Creativity Pharmaceutical Projects Publisher 98

Jane Friedman

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Dark and paranormal romance author Kitty Thomas discusses negative attitudes toward the romance genre (including her own before she came to love it), whether writing to a formula is as easy as all that, why she thinks sex scenes are the most difficult thing to write, the heartbreaking nature of publishing, and more.

Food 85

Food Marketing Publisher Publishing 85

Quick Sprout

JULY 12, 2022

Founded in 2008 Custom strategies Cost-effective & confidential Highly intuitive. After research comes web property development, where NetReputation creates or adjusts assets your company owns, such as blogs, websites, social media profiles, business directory listings, and YouTube channels. Visit WebiMax. Get a Free Quote.

Management 139

Management Medical Healthcare Hospitality 139

Fat Joe

APRIL 28, 2023

Social Media Trends – 2012 Social media is another force that threatened (and still threatens) to kill SEO, according to some. The chief concern of social media trends from industry commentators was that users would remain within the confines of social media platforms, taking demand away from traditional search.

SEO 52

SEO IT Social Media Consulting 52

ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2022

Sometimes the key to viral content is luck – the right person reading it at the right time and linking up can send it to the top of every social bookmarking site there is – but many times it’s the result of good research, creative thinking, clever writing and getting the right people to promote it. Further Reading.

Content 42

Content Blog Blogging Social Media 42

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.

Marketing 98

Marketing Warehousing Education Sales 98

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.

Social Media 45

Social Media Projects Media Consulting 45

The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Tell us a bit about you and how you got into writing and publishing. And of course, everyone would always say, “You must write a book. You must write a book.” Get your free Author Marketing Guide at draft2digital.com/penn Honoree Corder is the author of over 50 books, with more than 4.5 million sold worldwide.

Marketing 98

Marketing Publisher Publishing Publishing 98

The Creative Penn

APRIL 24, 2023

Plus, Build for Tomorrow: An Action Plan for Embracing Change, Adapting Fast, and Future-Proofing your Career by Jason Feifer; The future of publishing is now on the Dialogue Doctor podcast; Content vs connection [Jay Acunzo on Twitter ]; Why I'm focusing on being an AI-assisted artisan author; Death of an Author, from Pushkin Press.

Marketing 98

Marketing Publisher Publishing Publishing 98

The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

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. I published 2012 was my first book. So it's weird. Mark: Definitely.

Advertising 98

Advertising Marketing Ads Social Media 98

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!), Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. So welcome to the show, Joe.

Insurance 98

Insurance Creativity Advertising Publisher 98

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. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing.

Landing Page 98

Landing Page Ads Publisher Publishing 98

The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid , writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. 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.

Retail 98

Retail Banking Ads Website 98

The Creative Penn

MAY 1, 2023

In the intro, author newsletter tips [ BookBub ]; Mark Dawson's 20+ year writing journey ; Thoughts on 20Books Seville and London Book Fair with me and Orna Ross [ Ask ALLi ]; HarperCollins is testing AI-generated content, reported by Jane Friedman [ The Hotsheet ]. Write to discover what you think.” It's quite the opposite.

Projects 98

Projects Writer Creativity Social Media 98

Smart Blogger

AUGUST 9, 2023

Why Bloggers are Perfectly Positioned to Become Successful Authors You’re a blogger, which puts you in a perfect position to write a book. You, on the other hand, are blogging, which means you are writing. You have a writing habit. More valuable than your existing content is the writing practice you’re developing.

Blog 63

Blog Blogging Proofreader Consulting 63

ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Other options include: Social media – I’ll talk more about non-paid (organic) social media promotion later in this series, but just about every social media platform monetizes through advertising. This article was first published on Mar 14, 2008 and updated Feb 17, 2022.

Advertising 39

Advertising Promotion Landing Page Blog 39

ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2022

Sometimes the key to viral content is luck – the right person reading it at the right time and linking up can send it to the top of every social bookmarking site there is – but many times it’s the result of good research, creative thinking, clever writing and getting the right people to promote it. Further Reading.

Content 26

Content Blog Blogging Social Media 26

The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

So first up — Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing. So I was like, if you would do for one year, any exercise, or mix, like getting up early, writing 1000 words a day, do goal setting, I'm sure in one year, you will be in a better place than you are now , or in an even better place if you're already in a good place.

Sales 98

Sales Proofreader Consulting Copy 98

ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The blogs I was able to focus all of my blogging energy upon literally exploded as a result of the improvement in content, the extra time I was able to dedicate to interacting with readers and my extra energy levels which renewed my passion for the topics I was writing about. Are You Spreading Yourself Too Thinly?

Projects 42

Projects Social Media Blogger Engagement 42

ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The blogs I was able to focus all of my blogging energy upon literally exploded as a result of the improvement in content, the extra time I was able to dedicate to interacting with readers and my extra energy levels which renewed my passion for the topics I was writing about. Are You Spreading Yourself Too Thinly?

Projects 42

Projects Social Media Blogger Engagement 42

ProBlogger

JANUARY 3, 2018

Leaving Her Job to Create a Multi Six Figure Online Business – A Writing Blogger Tells Her Story. Joanna blogs about fiction and non-fiction writing, independent publishing, and making a living from writing. And she’s built an amazing business around that topic. I’m Joanna Penn from thecreativepenn.com.

Blogger 49

Blogger Search Engine Optimization Writing Creativity 49

The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

After many years of people saying, “AI can never be creative, AI could never write fiction (i.e. From the headlines this week, “Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories.” [ The Guardian ] and “Hundreds of AI-written books flood Amazon.” [ The Independent ]. But that is nothing new.

Text 98

Text Creativity Publisher Publishing 98