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How to Attract an Agent, Publisher, or Label

An agent, producer, or publisher has to make decisions based on money. If they invest in you, will they get that investment back? Will they make a profit? If the answer to these questions is, “I’m not sure,” then you are not going to get picked. It’s as simple as that. Let’s remedy that.

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Filed Under: For Musicians, For Visual Artists, For Writers Tagged With: Audience Building, Author Platform, Strategy for Creatives

How to Market Your Book: A Complete Strategy in 5 Stages

Book marketing doesn't have to be done all at once - a smart content strategy can be built in stages.

Today’s successful writers are entrepreneurs. While this may seem intimidating at first, the good news is that building a business around your writing doesn’t have to happen all at once. It can be built little by little, in stages. Here’s a blueprint to get your content strategy in order, connect with the right people, and form a supportive community.

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Filed Under: For Writers Tagged With: Author Platform, Content Marketing, How to Promote Your Book, LPP, Word-of-Mouth Marketing, Writers

Why Your Author Platform Is So Important to Publishers

Today's publishing industry takes fewer chances on new authors. Having a strong author platform is one way to show that you are a low-risk investment.

Today’s publishing industry takes fewer chances on new authors. Having a strong author platform is one way to show that you are a low-risk investment. Why has this gotten even more important to publishers? Let’s take a look at the shift in power dynamics and what it means for authors trying to get signed.

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Filed Under: For Writers Tagged With: Author Platform, How to Promote Your Book, Publishing Industry

Growing Your Audience: Taking Your Talent to the Next Level

Marketing is not just shouting to be heard above the crowd. It's about working WITH your audience to get your work noticed.

The best way to showcase your talent is by activating word-of-mouth marketing. Your message will travel further and faster in the hands of others. Growing your audience is not a passive process though. It requires a strategy, one that can seem counterintuitive at first glance.

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Filed Under: For Musicians, For Visual Artists, For Writers Tagged With: Audience Building, Content Marketing, How to Promote Your Book, LPP, Opportunities for Writers, Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Creativity in Business and the Business of Creativity

Creativity in business is now a requirement. If you're a creative, get good at the business side. If you're already good at business, time to get creative.

There’s a myth that creativity and business don’t mix. In fact, the opposite is true: It’s never been more important to bring creativity into business, and there’s never been a better time to turn your creativity into a business. Here are 4 strategies to break down the myths that limit our potential.

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Filed Under: Content Marketing, For Musicians, For Visual Artists, For Writers Tagged With: Challenges for Creatives, Content Marketing, Small Business, Writers

How to Start Writing a Book

Have you ever thought about writing a book? It can do a lot of great things for you. But let's not underestimate the effort - it's a huge undertaking.

Writing a book is a huge undertaking, not to be taken lightly. But it can be incredibly rewarding too. In my experience helping hundreds of writers become authors, here are the considerations for if and how to start writing a book (for beginners).

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Filed Under: Content Strategy, For Writers Tagged With: LPP, Opportunities for Writers, Writers, Writing Process

The Basics of Content Marketing for Writers

What is content marketing and why is it important for writers? Here's why content marketing is the only marketing left – and how that's a great thing for authors.

Writers hate marketing themselves – with good reason. Who wants to be annoying, aggressive, and always selling? Thankfully, there is an alternative that’s much more effective anyway. It’s content marketing, and writers in particular are finding its soft-touch methods to be a relief – and a lot more in tune with the buying behavior of today’s readers.

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Filed Under: For Writers Tagged With: Content Marketing, How to Promote Your Book, LPP, Writers

Build Your Author Platform: A Requirement for Today’s Writers

An overview of how to create your writer platform with a website, blog, social media, and email strategy.

If you hope to be a published author someday – or to self-publish and sell your books yourself – your author platform is absolutely critical. In fact, it’s almost impossible to achieve any measurable success without an author platform. Here’s a quick overview of how to get started establishing your platform – for new writers and experienced writers too.

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Filed Under: For Writers Tagged With: Author Platform, Branding, Content Marketing, How to Promote Your Book, LPP, Self-Publishing, Writers

How to Make Money Writing

Content marketing for writers: How to promote your book, build your author platform, and finally make a living writing.

Today’s writers are empowered in ways that were simply not possible in years past. The writers who know how to take advantage of the new strategies and tools are reaching readers directly and charting new paths to success. Here’s an overview of the strategies and skills you’ll need to work towards financial freedom as a writer.

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Filed Under: For Writers Tagged With: Financial Freedom, How to Promote Your Book, Making Money from Your Writing, Opportunities for Writers, Word-of-Mouth Marketing, Writers

Why Do Creatives Still Struggle?

It’s a shame when you see great art go unnoticed. I got sick of seeing creatives fail, so I wanted to do something about it. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how and why I created a comprehensive online course to help writers, musicians, and visual artists.

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Career Challenges for Creatives – Survey Results

CreateBiz, Career Challenges, writer, musician, visual artist, creative business

Creatives have unique challenges when trying to market and sell their art. In the interest of learning more, we conducted a survey of 200+ creative people. Here is a summary of our results.

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What Authors Can Learn From the Music Business

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Authors can learn a lot from the changes in the music business. Dave Kusek, founder of Berklee Online, is interviewed by Joanna Penn about the music industry and how it directly applies to the shift in digital publishing.

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Marketing Without the Marketing offers respectful, soft-touch marketing strategies that are more in line with today’s consumers. This podcast is for small business owners of all types, including writers, musicians, and other creatives.

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