https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bUL49etYkg&t=13s It's now official: If you publish through the KDP platform, you now have access to ads in both the U.K. and Germany. Now, this is pretty new for Germany. There was a way through the … [Read more...]
How to Write a Stellar Hook for Your Nonfiction Book
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuNgcHuyPEA&t=3s If you're a non-fiction author, listen up. Because I'm gonna tell you the secrets to writing an effective hook… And honestly it's not that secret. It's actually pretty standard with … [Read more...]
Shiny Object Syndrome vs. Early Adoption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSBeKuRCSos&t=2s I know that it is really tempting to look at the newest, coolest thing… One that maybe you've heard a podcast about or a tip about. Or someone posted about the cool new thing that … [Read more...]
Attention Writers of Fiction & Nonfiction: Here’s What You Should Do Next
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps3iKcPVoK4&t=3s All right you rare birds, you fiction and non-fiction writers. I've got something for you. So if you write fiction and non-fiction, like I do, like several of my friends do, and several … [Read more...]
Here’s One Thing Most Blurbs Are Missing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9odbo-WOCBM&t=2s As a person whose had his hand in over 2,000 blurb rewrites (as well as writing many from scratch)… I can tell you what the vast majority of book descriptions for fiction or nonfiction are … [Read more...]
How to Celebrate Your Wins and Learn from Your Losses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kL5yweoy2w&t=3s I understand that it's easy to fall into negative patterns. And it's easy to get down on yourself. I have depression in my family and I know you might as well. So I certainly … [Read more...]
Blurbs, Facebook Groups, and the Peanut Gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lMDp70fI7k&t=9s I truly do believe that there is no such thing as a stupid question… But there are definitely questions that aren't as productive as they could be. I feel like a lot of authors … [Read more...]
Blurbs, Facebook Groups, and the Peanut Gallery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lMDp70fI7k&feature=youtu.be I think it's really good to get feedback. I think it's way better than working in a vacuum. I think we should definitely be connecting with other authors and getting … [Read more...]
Why You Need to Get Good at Just One Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eErCZ1aiw1k So we see some of these big time success stories with people getting a thousand-plus dollars a month on their sales. Or $10,000. Or $100.000. Or even a million. We look at them and we say, … [Read more...]
Never Forget to Take Care of Your Readers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L9Mktg98ow&t=4s So what does it mean to give more to your readers? Because we're always on this hunt, right? We want to do those list things, and swaps, and build our lists with ads. And we're always … [Read more...]