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. You can now get all of these on my Bundle page on CreativePennBooks.com in ebook and paperback, and I'm adding audio bundles as well.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Hike Labs was founded in 2014, and by 2015, Pinterest had swooped in and acquired the San Francisco-based mobile publishing startup. You can buy or sell online businesses and products like: Blogs E-commerce stores Affiliate sites SaaS businesses Apps Shopify stores Amazon FBA stores Domains. Micro Startup Acquisition Trends.

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ProBlogger

MAY 9, 2013

Yesterday I published a post telling my story of adding 12 income streams to my blogs over the last 10 years. One of the comments and tweets I had a number of times was a request to make the diagram I used shows how the 12 different streams of income go towards making the overall revenue on my blogs today.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

I had an email this morning from a blogger who has built a great loyal readership to their blog and who has been attempting to monetize that readership lately by doing some affiliate promotions on that blog. relevant to the topic of your blog. This article was first published August 22, 2013 and updated September 15, 2022.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 8, 2023

Michael Anderle (LMBPN), Joanna Penn (The Creative Penn), and Dan Wood (DRaft2Digital) at London Book Fair, April 2023 Dan Wood is the COO of Draft2Digital , which helps authors self-publish alongside excellent support. He's also the co-author of many more with other authors under his company LMBPN Publishing. Both: Hello.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 12, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. is the CEO of AuthorMedia.com , an award-winning professional speaker, nonfiction author, and host of the Novel Marketing Podcast and the Christian Publishing Show. Thomas Umstattd Jr.

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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. Getting over sunk cost fallacy. Why Orna quit a whole series of non-fiction books.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

How do you build a successful fitness blog? What does it take to start a blog and grow the traffic to 100K monthly visitors in less than a year? If you have a fitness blog or planning to start one or even if you are just curious on how you can grow your blog’s traffic fast, then this post is for you.

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Express Writers

MAY 1, 2024

You know having a blog for your business or brand is critical to drawing in new customers and keeping the ones you have. However, you likely have wondered what the right blog posting frequency is. What’s the ideal blog posting frequency for you? What Is the Ideal Blog Posting Frequency? Should you post once a week?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2016

If you aren’t already blogging, 2016 is the year to start. Blogging means improved visibility, more traffic, and more natural links. However, while blogging is still incredibly valuable, keep in mind that the blogging landscaping is constantly evolving, and in order to please your readers, you need to keep pace with the changes.

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ProBlogger

JULY 30, 2013

How do advertisers determine whether a blog is worth their marketing dollars? Promising blogs start out with must-have elements — interesting content, loyal readership, eye-catching design and regular updates. One of the growing metrics on an advertiser’s radar is a blog’s social media page. But what’s missing?

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ProBlogger

JULY 18, 2019

The post The Ultimate Guide To Creating Evergreen Content For Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Back in 2007 I was asked a question: “If you could only write one type of content on your blogs forever, what would it be?”. The piece of content you publish today can potentially have a positive impact on people in ten years’ time.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 1, 2014

We are mining ProBlogger content this week for super-useful information to kick-start your blogging year with gusto. How can you harness this amazing technology to drive more quality traffic to your blog? Smarter Traffic (and Revenue) Building Through Social Media” first appeared in January 2013. What can you do better?

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2018

31, 2017, I “retired” from marketing and took a sabbatical for 2018 (which, as of this publishing, I’m still happily on). The team at CMI is nice enough to publish this so the entire CMI audience can watch and read it. Content is being created everywhere … blogs and podcasts and videos with no discernable strategy.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

This week on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog. Today I want to dig deeper into some specific things to DO to build community on your blog.

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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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ProBlogger

JANUARY 14, 2013

Every time we publish a post on social media here at ProBlogger, readers comment that social media takes so much time —how can they get smarter about it? That first question is very easily answered; any stats package will tell you how many unique visitors and pageveiws your blog is getting through social channels.

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ProBlogger

JULY 17, 2014

At the beginning of 2014, I decided to get smart about my blogging. How to grow your blog exponentially. To grow your blog exponentially, you’ll need to Identify the 20% of the 20% of the 20%, so that you’re always focusing on the one thing that will have the biggest impact. The aggregation of marginal gains.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

This year, I tried to go outside of the social media echo-chamber and focus on people who are expanding beyond their blogs. As Michael Stelzner said at Blogworld, “You’re not a blogger, you’re a publisher!”. You guys may also enjoy her post about making money online through blogging and writing. I love his blog.

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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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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The post The Ultimate Guide to Leaving Comments On Blogs appeared first on ProBlogger. In fact this technique is a key element of Engaging and Networking – Day 11 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Course. 7 Benefits of Leaving Comments on Other People’s Blogs. Photo by Red Mirror on Unsplash. More about that below.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Recently an article was published at Vox titled “Everyone’s a sellout now.” But specifically, for writers and book publishing, it spreads so many myths and misconceptions about the business of authorship that I’ll be undoing the damage for years. (My The agent or publisher has to have genuine enthusiasm for the story or writing itself.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

The post 9 Benefits [and 3 Costs] Of Building Community On Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Do you ever feel – as you blog – like you’re talking to an empty room? Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. Blogging – More than Just Creating Content.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Some Chrome extensions are pure gold with value-adding functionality that can save you hours of tedious tasks every week. The webpages are added to your Evernote account, so you don’t have to go back to the search engine. It’s handy for creating images for your blog posts. Link Building and Outreach Management.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In the intro, publishing year in review [ Kris Rusch ]; how you can use ChatGPT with examples; Collaborative writing with AI [ Andrew Mayne ]; Open AI usage guidelines ; Ethical AI usage for authors [ ALLi ]. Tell us a little bit more about you and how you got into writing and self-publishing. You can find Dan at DanPadavona.com.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The post The Ultimate Guide to Leaving Comments On Blogs appeared first on ProBlogger. In fact this technique is a key element of Engaging and Networking – Day 11 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Course. 7 Benefits of Leaving Comments on Other People’s Blogs. Photo by Red Mirror on Unsplash. More about that below.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A glance through Content Marketing Institute’s recently published posts, Growthhackers Must Read articles, or BuzzSumo’s most-shared marketing content from the past six months makes it clear – one blog post framework seems to be winning: How (Company You Know) Is Doing (Something) to Achieve (Positive Result).

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

The post 9 Benefits [and 3 Costs] Of Building Community On Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Do you ever feel – as you blog – like you’re talking to an empty room? Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. Blogging – More than Just Creating Content.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Perhaps you’ll make some blogging resolutions for the new year, in addition to those resolutions you might be making in other areas of your life. Blogging resolution: work smarter … with a little help. If there’s one resolution I could encourage any blogger to make for 2013, it’s to work smarter.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 9, 2018

Collaborative Blogging – One Blogger Shares How She Started a Blog with over 200 Collaborators. Today’s episode is the last in our series where I handed the podcast over to you, the listeners, to tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs. Start a Blog Course. Facebook Group. Full Transcript.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Since we launched in November 2013, the podcast has been downloaded nearly 2 million times from listeners in 200 countries, while generating approximately a half-million dollars in direct revenue in sponsorship support. Over the first few months, we added more to the introductions and more news coverage to go for 60 minutes every week.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

The company controls China’s biggest mobile instant messaging service and its subsidiaries provide media, entertainment, the internet and mobile phone value-added services. In October 2017, Magic Leap announced the partnership with online comic book publisher Madefire. Pincus served as the CEO of Zynga until July 2013.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Like that sparkly rhinestone jacket you purchased last year but suddenly realise is actually kind of hideous, blogging trends change with the seasons. What was once the mark of a high-quality blog now screams of incompetence. But could blogging actually be dying? Blogs are for 40-somethings with kids.”

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CoSchedule

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In terms of marketing efforts, this statistic is a direct translation to money lost on underperforming ads and failing campaigns. How We Evaluate Marketing Project Management Software CoSchedule has been building work management software since 2013. On average, 11.4 percent of investment is wasted because of poor project management.

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ProBlogger

JULY 28, 2016

“If you could only write one type of content on your blogs – what would it be?” One of the most important things I’ve done in my blogging has been to focus on writing one particular form of content above all others – that being evergreen content. Can You REALLY Make Money Blogging? [7 Make Money Blogging.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 5, 2014

The early days of blogging (for most of us) are filled with detours, roadblocks, and just plain slip-ups that we can make in the privacy of our own small readerships. As our blogs and their communities grow, so too do the lessons we’ve learned from the early mistakes that we’ve made. Also read a lot, not just blogs.

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