The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Financially, I can't see any impact, but it was still personally worth it, especially as it helped me see how far my writing has come since that first novel in 2009 and the lessons helped me to finish How to Write a Novel. I've been selling direct since 2008 when I started online, but it's always been an afterthought for book sales.

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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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BKA Content

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

7 Lead Generation Strategies for Home Improvement Companies If you are a freelance handyman, an interior designer, or a professional contractor who specializes in home remodeling, you may be wondering how to generate leads for home improvement projects. This will ultimately lead them down the sales funnel.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 30, 2023

Joanna: So I think that that was around 2009. But you were starting from zero, right, back in 2009. 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.

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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. He co-founded StumbleUpon a web-discovery platform, while in graduate school at the University of Calgary in 2002 and co-founded Uber, an on-demand car service available via a mobile application in 2009.

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The Idea Logical Company

MARCH 9, 2021

I was involved in the development of that project over the past few years. It made all their sales cash-flow positive. Sales to that point of ebooks had been meager and there was little incentive for publishers to bear the cost of creating ebook files even for their new titles, let alone for a lot of their backlist.

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Neil Patel

JUNE 7, 2021

Launched in 2009 , the engine serves up lists and tables, providing users with specific, numeric-based answers to their questions. With the advertising revenue function of Wolfram Alpha, you can determine the projected outcomes of your advertising campaigns, as well as all the associated metrics. Compare Data.

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Quick Sprout

JULY 26, 2022

Whether you need strategy, software, or help with project planning, Ignite Visibility is ready to help. Real-time communication and project management systems. Conversion Rate Experts – Best for Turning Leads into Sales. At the time, they were working with Mint.com before the client was acquired by Intuit in 2009.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The company was originally founded in 2010 as a side project for co-founders Alexander Nedelev and Veronika Slavova. There are only a few designs that cannot be used for commercial projects. The League of Moveable Type has been operating since 2009. You can also check the “free” box to weed out the fonts for sale.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

You’ll use different elements for each launch, as well as for long-term sales. You won’t have control of your pricing, your cover, or the metadata around categories and keywords, and it won’t be financially viable to do paid ads as you won’t be able to measure sales and return-on-investment (ROI). Here are some things to consider.

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Income Diary

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Without further ado, we present “The Ultimate Guide to Selling Your Website in 2024” – a comprehensive roadmap designed to steer you through the intricacies of readying your site for prospective buyers, negotiating a fair price, and ultimately maximizing your profits after the sale.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 20, 2024

The indie writer had just released independently their first novel, and it was selling well enough where they projected that by the second novel, they would be able to be doing this full time. So my multiple streams of income, obviously, my biggest stream of income is my book sales. So they weren't there yet, but they were nearing it.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

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. Most of my sales come through print , whereas I know that many indie authors get more sales with eBooks. Are they a percentage of your sales now? Joanna: That's great.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 20, 2023

But that's when the Kindle came out, right around 2009, so I've been in the industry for almost a decade. And so I look at projects and decide, okay, where am I going to get the best return for my time and energy? So for example, I did an anthology project as an editor with Clive Barker, and my coeditor Del Howison.

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BKA Content

OCTOBER 9, 2022

We have been crafting quality content through blog writing services since 2009, so we understand how the digital market has evolved. You’ll also get a dedicated team of writers assigned to your projects. To determine the true worth of your blog writing, consider it as a long-term investment rather than a quick way to boost sales.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

That multi-cast would be awesome, because I feel like that's also one of the most expensive and complicated audio projects to do as independents who don't have their own studios. If you have to not just hire all the different actors, but also then edit that together, that is a big project. I could see that as a sort of creative.

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Neil Patel

AUGUST 24, 2021

In 2009, Matthew Inman created a webcomic called The Oatmeal. Here, when I’m talking about targeted content, I’m talking about sales messages intended for people already interested in buying a product like yours. Work on projects that are helpful for both of you. In 2012, the site netted him $500,000. Stay in touch.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Dave Doolin ( @websiteweekend ) December 7, 2009 at 3:25 am I think you nailed it. Reply Fran Civile ( @francivile ) December 7, 2009 at 4:48 am Dave Doolin says: “Fortunately for me, I’m not in it to get rich, it’s simply a way to establish public credibility and build my own intellectual property portfolio.&# What do you think?

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Anyone who follows that advice to a “T&# seriously limits online connections and life beyond direct sales. You’re Out of Your Niche – And Still Making The Sale I’ve made countless sales from meeting people who weren’t actively searching to get in shape. You made a sale without having to sell.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I have to keep accepting these projects!” Gillian - Google SEO November 25, 2009 at 4:10 am I agree that working long hours should be the exception rather than the rule. Reply Eliza ( @MakeWayForBiz ) November 25, 2009 at 6:26 am @Gillian – I have a similar challenge in my 9-5-er. And you can’t keep it up. But I have to!”

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 20, 2009

How do you tell your clients that you need an extension on a project because you’re sick? They won’t be shocked and dismayed when you finally do announce there’s no way in hell you can get out of bed and that their project is going to be late. You also won’t accidentally be rude to them because everything hurts and you haven’t slept.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 3, 2024

It was about 2009 that we launched Bookvault, and that was to serve our traditional publishers that we'd been working with, mainly in the academic sector. So my next project after Spear of Destiny is going to be a high-quality photo coffee table book on Gothic Cathedrals. We call it more of a stepping stone to direct sales.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The production and sales of full-color comics Different formats of graphic novels Crowdsourcing to cover the expense of creating a graphic novel The different artists that are needed for comics and graphic novels In the intro, I mentioned AI comic creation [ Twist Street ; Campfire ]. I started my podcast in 2009. Show Notes.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 1, 2009

It’s about fan bases more than project per project, so people grow with you and they grow through you. Justin King December 2, 2009 at 2:29 am “Kevin Parent: I embrace the business side. Reply Sally B ( @snappysentences ) December 2, 2009 at 6:01 am Hmmm, may go and check out some of Kevin’s music.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

It is not in our store or available for sale as of today. How to get paid what you’re worth for every single project you write. • Roschelle ( @roschelle ) November 23, 2009 at 4:05 am You guys crack me up Roschelle´s last blog. Ulrich ( @maryeulrich ) November 23, 2009 at 5:20 am So…? And what ebook, anyway?

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

We have our 12 days of Christmas sale and our mid year/summer sale. In 2009, I decided to invest time into creating my first products which were eBooks. Number two category is product sales. The biggest one is our 12 Days of Christmas Sale. Our mid-year sale is the second biggest one.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In 2009, I started my self-employment right after the university. I actually had my first book traditionally published, and it was a huge failure in terms of sales. Why did you want to do this project in the first place? So as you know, it's kind of a high buzz project, these kind of Kickstarter campaigns.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Some only use AI tools for generating sales descriptions or ad copy. I started podcasting in 2009, way before it went mainstream. Joanna Penn Tell us more about the lost Books project, What is it? Lost Books, it's primarily right now, my current project is doing AI Assisted writing. And why did you create it?

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

Chris Garrett, who wrote the ProBlogger book with me, came up with this in 2009. We’ve looked at direct ad sales, affiliate promotions, other advertising networks, I wrote a book. Then, everything changed in 2009 when I discovered ebooks. I didn’t write it until 2009. Then, I got a sale.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I found this notebook from 2009 and it was full. Obviously, it was probably November, December that year of 2009. I also realized a day later that most of my team were involved in other projects and they wouldn’t be able to help me that much in setting this podcast up. Every day we see ebook sales as a result of this post.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I found this notebook from 2009 and it was full. Obviously, it was probably November, December that year of 2009. I also realized a day later that most of my team were involved in other projects and they wouldn’t be able to help me that much in setting this podcast up. Every day we see ebook sales as a result of this post.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 12, 2011

Last year, he became community manager of the Beyond Blogging Project and moderated the Treating Your Blog Like a Business panel at BlogWorld. Johnny B Truant was among with first with his Bad Ass Project. I can see Matt’s project having a much wider reach. I love him because he is modest about his talents and success.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 4, 2018

Back in 2009, my wife and I got married and we decided we’re gonna combine our finances. I was really good at making money on the side, I’d go to garage sales and flip stuff online. Think about it in those terms and you might not be so worried about making money from your project. I’m gonna hand it over to Deacon. We did that.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 2, 2017

ProBlogger is a bit of a side project for me, which pays a full-time living in and of itself. Because we all want the sale, eventually. It was responsible for about 5% of our sales, our blog content. We’ve got an email list of about 800,000 now and it drives almost all of our sales. What about buy? I went hard at it.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I found this notebook from 2009 and it was full. Obviously, it was probably November, December that year of 2009. I also realized a day later that most of my team were involved in other projects and they wouldn’t be able to help me that much in setting this podcast up. Every day we see ebook sales as a result of this post.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 3, 2010

I think there are tons of monetization models (and one of my projects is figuring out the essential monetization patterns for info products.) Best of Sources of Insight 2009 Reply Dave Doolin ( @websiteweekend ) January 4, 2010 at 3:53 am There’s moving bits and moving atoms. Meier´s last blog. Affiliate marketing.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 9, 2010

But there is something sexy about completing a project that you’re proud of and that results in a happy client who refers you to someone else while you cash his cheque at your bank. Now, back to the current project Reply Sally B ( @snappysentences ) June 10, 2010 at 5:16 am Oh Amy I can totally relate to this post. Great post!

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