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078 – How To Become a Career Writer Part 4: How to Make Money With Your Knowledge & Celebrity
Your Celebrity Fabio Story Publisher Avon Books estimated his image increased sales by as much as 33% when he appeared on the cover with a woman; 45% when he appeared alone. Each photo session would get Fabio in about 16 cover poses that artists could ...
077 – How To Become a Career Writer Part 3: Make Maximum Money with Your Writing Skills
75 #1 Think Like a Business 76 #2 Make Money on the Book 77 #3 Make Maximum Money with Your Writing Skills Use Your Writing Skills As an Editor Pays faster. The editor is the first and sometimes only person to make money on a book.
076 – How To Become a Career Writer Part 2: Make Maximum Money on Your Book
Tips for Making the Most on Your Book: Publish Prolifically. (Each book boosts sales for your other books) BUT DON’T OVERDO THIS: too many choices are not a good thing… Write Quickly (Quality + Speed = Excellence). Perfection is a trap.
075 – How To Become a Career Writer Part 1: Think Like a Business
Think Like a Business: Delegate Determine what your time is worth. Only do what only you can do. Read The Four Hour Workweek Build a Team Writing Assistant Ways to pay Editor Literary Manager Webmaster Investors (You need to invest in your own book) ...
074 — The Enclave Files #2
Talking Points: Videos (Great for helping authors shorten & practice their pitch, bad for selling books) MyBookTable (Forced us to get every book on every platform. Getting all our books on iBooks was a bit of a project) Email (Tried weekly and went ba...
073 — How to Double Book Profits Through Affiliate Revenue
Talking Points: How Affiliate Programs Work Percentage of Gross sales 2%-8% Cut of the cart Pay monthly Tracking Amazon’s Affiliate Program Pro: Easiest to Sign Up For Pro: Easiest to Use Pro: Largest Customer Base Pro: Cut of the cart brings in a lot ...
072 — How to Grow Your Email List from 0 to 10,000
Listen to our other podcasts 065 – 7 Tips for Effective Email Newsletters 062 – 7 Ways to Avoid the Spam Filter 057 – What to include in an Author Newsletter Public Service Announcement: Avoid MeMail. Spam is in the eye of the beholder.
071 – How To Find a Good Editor
Talking Points: Kinds of editors: Developmental editor (Successful authors) The macro edit Line edit editors Beta reader editors Copy editor (Grammar Nazi) Proofreaders (Details person) Places to find an editor: Writers’ Conference (Ask the faculty for...
070 — Q&A Lightning Round
Denica McCall, author of Flowers in the Darkness Question: While I do write novels, I have just put out a poetry book(my first published book). The book is partly being used to raise funds for a local organization fighting human trafficking.
069 – How to Stand Out When Your Name Fits In
Question from Samantha Johnson - Book Title The Beginner's Guide to Vegetable Gardening How do you stand out when your name fits in? When your name is something super-common, it's next to impossible to find unique domain addresses,