Literary Agents, Self-Publishing, Throwing Away Your Books, Other Random Rants On Traditional Publishing A ton of myths persist about traditional publishing, self-publishing, agents and how to succeed as a novelist or writer. I maintain that the only way you’re really going to learn and succeed at anything is by doing it. Most discussions online act…
Why You Should Spend More On Your Online Business I’ve only got a little time this evening, so I won’t go into a deep subject. What I am going to talk about is an elephant in the room for online business. Online business is cheap when compared to brick and mortar businesses. Overheads are low…
Systems And Goals A lot of people get all wrapped up in their goals. There’s a common thread of thought which is particularly helpful: you should build systems and not goals. In practice, this means that you shouldn’t concentrate on getting visible abs but instead you should make a system out of going to the…
Pricing Isn’t About Effort Today, I’ve been writing for a new client project. It’s something different to what I usually do, and the amount I’m getting paid is significantly higher. This made me worry. How do I improve upon what I’m providing to match the price? How do I up my game to make sure…
Do You Need To Write How-To Articles For a Niche Website? This article was going to be titled “My thoughts on James’ Thoughts On My Thoughts,” but it’s now going to be an explanation of the different types of article you should write for a niche site. Last week, James wrote a great comment on this…
The Four Hour Work Week For Writers A lot of internet marketers, lifestyle gurus and other associated dream-salesmen talk about the 4-hour work-week. This movement is based on a book; the 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. (Guru and lifestyle salesman.) Pretty much everyone involved in internet marketing took it to heart for a…
On Publishing Schedules I’ve written before about the many projects I haven’t finished. One of my goals for the Year 2016 is to tie off these loose ends. Also, I plan to launch more projects than I have done before. After all, every book, website and project is a long term asset. The more assets…
National Novel Writing Month 2016. My Progress: Or Lack Of It. Last week I wrote that I was going to take part in National Novel Writing Month 2016. It is 4 November and here is my first promised update. I’ll keep it short and sweet: I am behind. I have done no work writing a…
How Long Does It Take To Build A Professional Copywriter’s Skill Set? Yesterday, I talked about what it takes to be a professional copywriter. Many a person wants to be a professional copywriter, yet they don’t know when they’ll be good enough to call themselves a professional copywriter. That’s what yesterday’s article answered – the “professional…
Does Reddit Marketing Work For Online Businesses? If you’re into online business, chances are you’ve thought about using various different backlinking strategies and all that other boring, complicated stuff. Most of that stuff doesn’t matter, but if there’s minimally effective marketing that you can do to boost traffic to your site – and more importantly,…