Neil Patel

JULY 12, 2021

Marketing automation is the act of using software and technology to create and implement applications to automate repetitive tasks, such as (yes) email marketing, ad campaigns, tracking, and much more. Use AdRoll to Automate Ad Campaigns. Unfortunately, they don’t publish their pricing. What is Marketing Automation?

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 31, 2022

I am more excited than ever this year about the books I want to write and publish. If your goals are simpler — like finishing your book, or publishing for the first time, or selling 1000 copies, then fantastic! Penn — Write and publish the ‘catacomb' book, ARKANE #13, and some short stories — and maybe other fiction.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

in September 2008, the Google maps mobile app was launched on Android. Paid marketing avenues: Local search ads and Google Maps Ads. Google has previously experimented with ads inside maps and pushed AdWords location extensions. But, at the Performance Summit , Google released new forms of local search ads.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

You’re in control of the site and your sales pages, with no other ads on your page to distract potential readers. You still publish on other platforms and third-party stores, but now you’re truly an independent author. You can find my store at www.CreativePennBooks.com and linked in the menu as Shop and also on every book page.

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Express Writers

MARCH 7, 2023

This is the highest amount in the history of the CMO survey (since 2008). This is especially relevant with the decline of traditional marketing mediums like television and radio ads. Content distribution: Once your content is published, the chances of someone reading or viewing it are somewhat low unless you distribute or promote it.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Penn Spear of Destiny , the Gothic Cathedral project, and short stories I researched, wrote and then did a Kickstarter for Spear of Destiny , ARKANE Thriller #13, before publishing it wide a few months later. When you have a site as old as mine (started 2008), there's always backlist content to update or archive.

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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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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 28, 2023

We have all our lines and of course I do share, I share a lot and have done since I was online in 2008. And those two people, I was like, I really hope they don't say I can't publish it because it's already done. Jo: And yes, because I felt like it's my story, and if they don't want me to publish it, I'm going to have to argue that.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The conversation delves into the challenges and benefits of creating a new edition versus updating an existing one, the impact of technology, including AI, on the writing and publishing industry, and the importance of storytelling in nonfiction. And now let's hear from Joanna Penn about the evolving author and second editions.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Since 2005, Arianna Huffington and her Huffington Post co-founders have been publishing news stories as they unfold. Not only does HuffPost make money with blogs, but its revenue consists of online ads and money from corporate investments. Yaro: Building Revenue Through Ad Space. I’m sure you’re not surprised by this one.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Write and publish what you want, get paid every day for your books, and control your customer data and relationships. 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.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

In the intro, publishing trends for 2023 [ Written Word Media ]; Apple AI narration ; ChatGPT into Bing [ The Verge ]; Comments on Audible [ Brandon Sanderson , Audiblegate ]; TikTok ban and problems [ Reuters , Rolling Stone ]; my Pilgrimage Kickstarter. Different ways to monetize your brand to make ads profitable. So it's weird.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the intro, Kobo Plus expands to audiobooks in Australia & New Zealand; Thoughts on the changing publishing environment based on Thrillerfest Audios (well worth buying!), What specifically got me into publishing, was my wife decided to write some books, some nonfiction books about styling. So welcome to the show, Joe.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

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 started before me, but when I started self-publishing there was also no Kindle. Morgana: I was five years old at the time. No, I lie, I wasn't.

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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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Quick Sprout

JULY 12, 2022

Founded in 2008 Custom strategies Cost-effective & confidential Highly intuitive. NetReputation conceptualizes, creates, and posts content on owned assets through their online platform and creates a publishing schedule. The final step is content promotion through email lists and blogs, organic feedback, and paid ads.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 22, 2023

I want to come back on the waiting to win the lottery thing because I feel that that actually has a parallel in publishing, in that people are like, oh, well, this one book, if I just get the agent, if I just get the book deal, if I just get the film deal, or the TV deal, I will make a million , and I can retire. But it's okay with me.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 30, 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. So first up — Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. And if you're paying for ads, that can be a real problem.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Ada-Ari talks about how she writes, publishes and markets her children's books based on African folk tales and African languages in the USA. This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. How can you market books for children?

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I launched the book direct on my Shopify store, CreativePennBooks.com and sold it exclusively direct for a month before publishing it wide. I also wrote and published two short stories. I've been selling direct since 2008 when I started online, but it's always been an afterthought for book sales. Sudowrite Tutorial here ].

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ProBlogger

MARCH 12, 2012

In May of 2008 – ProBlogger the Book (yep, the real hard cover book) was released. it was a collaboration between myself and co-author Chris Garrett – published with Wiley Publishing. There was also an added chapter on social media. email our publisher – Wiley – with proof of purchase.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Joanna Penn: Hello everyone, and welcome to the Alliance of Independent Authors Advanced Self-Publishing Salon with me, Joanna Penn, and Orna Ross. I got much more serious about poetry publishing, which was much more fun and much better integrated with the busy schedule that I had in those years. Transcript of the discussion.

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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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The Creative Penn

APRIL 24, 2023

Plus, Build for Tomorrow: An Action Plan for Embracing Change, Adapting Fast, and Future-Proofing your Career by Jason Feifer; The future of publishing is now on the Dialogue Doctor podcast; Content vs connection [Jay Acunzo on Twitter ]; Why I'm focusing on being an AI-assisted artisan author; Death of an Author, from Pushkin Press.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

From the headlines this week, “Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories.” [ The Guardian ] and “Hundreds of AI-written books flood Amazon.” [ The Independent ]. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. But as ever, the headlines are clickbait and we need to have a more nuanced approach.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

Traditional versus indie publishing Short term versus long term Income versus brand building Paid versus free The book versus you as the author Stand-alone versus series Exclusive versus wide publishing Publish fast versus publish slowly Write to market versus write first, market later Online versus offline.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 29, 2024

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. But before we get into that− Tell us a bit more about you, your writing and publishing background, and how the hell you manage your time! Joanna: So Starcane Press is your publishing house?

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Tell us a bit about you and how you got into writing and publishing. And then I started learning the lessons of how to professionally publish a book, and to publish a book well, and market a book well , and sell books and market with my book. Honoree: Hi, I'm so happy to be here. Joanna: I'm so excited to talk to you again.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In the intro, Self-publishing's ongoing evolution [ Publishers Weekly ]; Audiobooks on Spotify and how my listening behavior is changing [ FindawayVoices ]; Author ecosystems , and an overview on the Kickstart your book sales podcast. First of all, on that whole lifetime deal companies, all of that, this is the same with publishers.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

It helps you see at a glance your traffic details and the relationship between number of published posts and traffic. In my case, I was blogging about fitness since 2008 so I knew the industry very well and I believe this is one of the reasons that the blog’s traffic increased so quickly. Step 1: Get to know your niche.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 20, 2021

At one extreme we see bloggers simply scraping and republishing the feeds of others and slapping ads on them (splogs) – however there are a lot more subtle ways of falling into this trap that are easy to fall into. Another quick tip on adding originality to your blog – share an opinion. answer questions. look forward.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 20, 2021

At one extreme we see bloggers simply scraping and republishing the feeds of others and slapping ads on them (splogs) – however there are a lot more subtle ways of falling into this trap that are easy to fall into. Another quick tip on adding originality to your blog – share an opinion. answer questions. look forward.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 20, 2021

At one extreme we see bloggers simply scraping and republishing the feeds of others and slapping ads on them (splogs) – however there are a lot more subtle ways of falling into this trap that are easy to fall into. Another quick tip on adding originality to your blog – share an opinion. answer questions. look forward.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 29, 2023

As we've developed, we've added all these other parts of the picture because different writers have different struggles. I think this is moving so much faster than the self-published versus traditionally published thing, which probably took about five years. So that's kind of where we've been focused with Sudowrite.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2022

I said earlier in the series that I’m assuming ‘great content’ is being added to the hypothetical new blog that we’re promoting. This article was first published on March 16, 2008 and updated March 3, 2022. The post How to Grow Your Blog with Viral Content appeared first on ProBlogger.

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ProBlogger

JULY 14, 2011

We’ve experimented with modifying and removing ads, all the while trying to better the user experience. None of what I’m about to share has made a significant improvement, but hopefully this article will provide insight for other publishers. Ads and affiliate links. They know where the ad blocks fall.

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2016

For example – back in 2008 I created this Make Money Blogging page here on ProBlogger which acted as a central point to put a lot of teaching on how to make money blogging. For example, in the Make Money Blogging post I mention above I originally linked to an ad network that has completely changed its model.

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