The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 31, 2022

“ It feels like 2008 all over again, like the early days of digital when we didn't really know what we were doing, but it was a hell of a lot of fun, and those who embraced the changes built a career on that technology. If we race against them, we lose. This is a race with the machines.

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Buffer

DECEMBER 20, 2023

  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) The tour is the first ever to cross the $1 billion mark in ticket sales, selling 4.35 million tickets and an additional $200 million in merchandise sales. billion for the American economy, comparable to what the 2008 Olympics did for Beijing. 

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Income Diary

MARCH 31, 2024

Airbnb founded in 2008 did not make the original list but is here today. Additionally, the company generates revenue through its advertising business and sales of hardware devices such as the Amazon Echo and Fire TV Stick. The Most Profitable Websites In The World Our first Top Earning Websites List was published in March 2009.

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Neil Patel

JULY 12, 2021

Thus, you can send one welcome sequence to new senior VP-level subscribers, another one for sales folks, another one for regular Joes, and on and on. This tool is perfect for helping sales teams shorten sales cycles. Bizible closes the gap between sales and marketing. And that’s just on the basis of job title.

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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. Jo Frances Penn: It's interesting because of course we all have our boundaries, right?

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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

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

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. I went with Shopify as they are developing an ecosystem with web 3, enabling sale of NFTs as well as cryptocurrency payment methods, so I have confidence they will be a scalable platform for the decade ahead.

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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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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. Sign up for BKA Content’s monthly SEO blog writing service and boost leads, traffic, and sales. Learn More.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 7, 2021

They Ask You Answer: A Revolutionary Approach to Inbound Sales, Content Marketing, and Today’s Digital Consumer. The book is also available in audio format. Does your current marketing strategy need a refresh? If so, this book is for you.

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Buffer

DECEMBER 20, 2023

  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) The tour is the first ever to cross the $1 billion mark in ticket sales, selling 4.35 million tickets and an additional $200 million in merchandise sales. billion for the American economy, comparable to what the 2008 Olympics did for Beijing. 

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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 Airbnb was founded in 2008 and was valued at over $100 billion when it went public in 2020. Take Allbirds shoes. Be Upfront and Honest in Your Paid Ads Targeting Millennials.

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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? Why do you think Kickstarter and direct sales is really taking off? Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. You get the royalty.

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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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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 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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Moz

APRIL 2, 2020

This is much bigger and worse, at least this spike of it is, than the Great Recession of 2008. And that is what that research shows, right, that essentially folks who invest in marketing, in sales during a recession tend to outperform and more quickly outperform their competition as markets resume. We have a sale."

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Content Marketing Institute

MAY 31, 2018

Metadata is essential to managing these assets, providing useful information about the content, such as: “Older woman holding a baby, photo, taken by Phil Smith, January 5, 2008.” #contentstrategy Click To Tweet. But it doesn’t only have to be ad content.

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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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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

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Introduction On 8 December 2008, I published my first blog post on www.TheCreativePenn.com. The Creative Penn home page in 2008 This is my third website. Consider the pie of sales income for a particular book. Do you have any questions? You can leave a comment below, or email me here. The podcast logo changes as I age!

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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. I got a spike in sales because it was very niche to the audience of authors who are interested in doing their own PR. I was in Australia.

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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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ProBlogger

APRIL 19, 2017

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. Here are a few of my favourites: How Creatives Should Negotiate via Tim Ferris. How Ramit Sethi Launched a Product That Generated $5m in a Week via The Hustle.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 5, 2023

It’s not just all about branding, or on-message photos like the kind generated by fake media purely for sales purposes. You get paid more quickly and you can email them over time, fostering the relationship — and yes, encouraging more sales! I know this is hard. I’m an introvert with a touch of social anxiety.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 17, 2023

But I think one of the things that comes up for me and comes up for a lot of indie authors, however successful they are, and I guess I almost feel that my platform and my sales may be at the point now where it's even harder, and I'm even wondering whether to pitch under another name. People listening are just listening to you coaching me!

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 13, 2024

However, many of the most profitable affiliate websites are those that refer sales. In other words: find a product or service you like, promote it to your blog’s readers, and earn part of the profit on each affiliate sale. eBay Partner Network (EPN) The 411 on eBay Partner Network Founded in 2008. Back to Top 6. Quick payments.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 2, 2018

As many experts are saying today, and as we’ll explore more in this series, this ability is vitally important for sales, and is a key part of sales fitness. Or, the salesperson just happens to rub someone the wrong way and they reject the salesperson before a sale can be made. Or am I the driver? Becoming the Driver.

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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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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. What are the costs?

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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 30, 2015

I wrote How Batch Processing Made Me 10 Times More Productive in 2008. This can increase sales. Ask yourself: Can I integrate others into the sales process? Once you have finished your sales page, take a break. Many people recommended Rescue Time to help them discover where their online time went. Lunch time?

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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. Create a sales page. Expanding to a product suite.

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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

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

JANUARY 7, 2013

In this 2008 screenshot of my blog, the header, sidebar, and navigation are roughly as loud as a drunk protesting he shouldn’t be thrown out of the bar. Similarly, I wanted people looking at and clicking on the navigation since the pages listed there were sales-oriented. Engage Readers on Archive Pages Fast. Maybe louder!

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