Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In 85+ Predictions on Content Marketing in 2019 , you’ll see thoughts from experts on the role new technologies like AI and voice response will play in our content strategies; how our usage of techniques like email, video, and social media might shift; which storytelling formats and platforms will drive our audience’s conversations; and lots more.

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The Creative Penn

AUGUST 14, 2023

In the intro, investment firm KKR will buy Simon & Schuster [ Publishing Perspectives ]; Subscriber Surge Giveaways [ Written Word Media ]; Key Book Publishing Paths [ Jane Friedman ]. But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. Or— Did you always want to self-publish?

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Publishing Trends

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Happy Holidays from the Editors PEOPLE At Simon & Schuster , Judy Clain will be joining on January 16 as SVP and publisher of the relaunched Summit Books Imprint , reporting to CEO Jonathan Karp. At Hachette Book Group , Amar Deol will join as executive editor for Grand Central Publishing and begin his new role on January 3rd.

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Jane Friedman

APRIL 19, 2023

I think people were sounding the same kinds of alarms about ebooks and the Kindle in 2009–2010. They said ebooks (especially self-published ebooks) were going to kill the printed word and put traditional authors, agents, editors, and bookstores out of business. But here’s the thing: it did. But here’s the thing: it did.

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Quick Sprout

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Encourage sharing on social media. Outbound links to resources from 2009 are irrelevant and won’t be as effective for your SEO ranking. Step 6 – Encourage Sharing on Social Media. Every business and website needs to be active on social media. Do not publish aggregated content.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Melissa gives plenty of examples of problematic brands, including the 2009 story of the self-proclaimed “friendly skies” airline, United, refusing to replace a passenger’s guitar damaged by its employees. (As A zombie-like (haphazard, self-absorbed) company that pretends to be otherwise has a problematic brand. Is your org a zombie?

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Creative Penn Podcast Stats My first episode went out on 15 March 2009, and there are now 775 episodes of the podcast. I recorded my first podcast interview in March 2009 over a landline, which I put on speakerphone, next to which I placed a handheld digital audio recorder. as is the case for most social media platforms).

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Guide publishes a 32-page, full-color magazine each week. Listverse is the place to go for credible and entertaining top 10 lists since it was founded in 2009. Salon is a news and opinion website publishing articles on national news and politics, culture and entertainment, current events, food, and science. Interested?

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Henri ( @henrijunttila ) December 14, 2009 at 3:33 am I don’t even have a degree, but after reading this it feels like I do. How to Overcome Procrastination Reply Bothersome Words ( @BothersomeWords ) December 14, 2009 at 5:12 am Long-time lurker, first-time commenter here. 69 Responses to “Is Your Education Useless?&#

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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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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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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. I published 2012 was my first book. So it's weird. Mark: Definitely.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Oren Pardes ( @OrenPardes ) December 9, 2009 at 1:41 am Thanks for not charging to read this! Reply RichardM ( @Geek_News ) December 9, 2009 at 2:11 am Interesting read, as a blogger myself I can see both sides of the fence. Reply Melinda | WAHM Biz Builder ( @superwahm1 ) December 9, 2009 at 3:59 am LOL Amy, I thought that too!

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ProBlogger

MARCH 25, 2012

Now it’s time to move on: in case you haven’t heard, Pinterest is the new rising star of social media! Pinterest was developed in December 2009 as a closed beta that was released within a restricted group of individuals. In social media platforms, social always comes first. Pinterest boards.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 15, 2023

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. And I love that you say that because so much of the indie space, particularly, and the traditional publishing space, is about making the sales. And I guess we have to trust that too, right?

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ProBlogger

MAY 28, 2013

Also work on any number of other tasks including SEO, maintaining social media accounts, answering emails, moderating comments, blog design, racing other blogs, managing hosting etc. Each post I publish could potentially generate an income for me, on the day it’s published but also tomorrow, next week, and next month.

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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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ProBlogger

APRIL 11, 2018

Update the post to fit with what’s happening today (particularly if you write about software, social media, or any other area that changes rapidly). Ultimately, what matters is that you (re)publish the best post you can. In 2012, I published an updated edition of that ebook. Are there any factual errors?

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 20, 2011

When I first started my travel website in 2009, I just wanted to get my travel writing out there, because I was frustrated with the way traditional media worked. Considering I only started my blog in 2009 with virtually zero knowledge of how the Internet worked, that’s pretty good! This is what I’ve learned from my experiences.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 14, 2014

A number which has consistently grown from 52% back in 2009. In case you didn’t know, Hootsuite is a social media management service you can use to easily handle your social networks. Liaison between your business’ website, social media channels and other communication channels. The blog adds a story to it.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 19, 2014

Should you spend more time writing blog posts, promoting the posts, networking, responding to readers, working on social media etc? Responding to comments, emailing readers, creating more discussion-related content, engaging on social media, etc all can help in this area. if it is new or more established).

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Before we get into it— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. In 2009, I started my self-employment right after the university. Joanna: Well, can I also ask you about the self-publishing side? Because it's a strong feeling in Germany, I think, not to be self-published.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 9, 2018

Try to publish 3-4 new products on your blog each year, whether they’re courses, software, ebooks, templates or updates. This is a system that we’ve been using since about 2009, previously in ebook format. I published approximately one per year. How often did you publish books and did you keep a schedule for these?

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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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ProBlogger

JANUARY 24, 2012

I began blogging in 2005 (my promoted blog was founded in 2009) and have never looked back. A couple of months ago I published a review on my blog for a book called Social Media Analytics. He was a CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) representative in 2009 and completed an internship with Microsoft last year.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 25, 2013

Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. I’ve seen this numerous times on my blogs (but also social media accounts). The project was so successful that I ran the project again in 2007 and then again in 2009. If that is how you feel – then you’re not alone.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

By the end of the 31 steps you’ll have: published a variety of different types and styles of posts. Many thousands of ProBlogger readers have invested in edition 1 of 31DBBB but as it was written back in 2009 I felt it was time for an update. learned techniques for coming up with new post ideas. … and much more. .

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Here’s an example: We tend to share a blog post only once on social media because we don’t want to ‘bombard’ our followers. Sometimes, lists of quotes can end up doing extremely well on social media. Quotations of more than a single sentence should generally go in blockquote formatting, in their own paragraph.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 12, 2011

He positions himself as a comedian who has an irreverent outlook at blogging, social media, and marketing. What was surprising is that she is just as active on social media and her blog. She is an extremely talented individual who brings a lot to the social media community. Jordan Cooper. Blog | Twitter.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I've been following the industry, more so on the music side than publishing, but also just always straddling that line and seeing what can I take from the music industry and bring it into publishing and vice versa. I mean, seriously, that was 2009. I've been purchasing NFTs. Joanna Penn: Well let's get into that a bit more.

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ProBlogger

MAY 7, 2018

In today’s episode I want to share my keynote at this year’s Social Media Marketing World – 9 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging that Will Accelerate the Growth of YOUR Blog. Social Media Marketing World. Social Media Marketing World last year’s virtual pass. New Members Area. Starting a Blog.

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The Creative Penn

MAY 6, 2024

Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Chelle Honiker is the co-founder and publisher of Indie Author Magazine , Indie Author Training, Indie Author Tools, and Direct2Readers.com. Another one that's interesting right now is social media. Chelle Honiker gives some mindset and practical tips. Chelle: It will change.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 27, 2022

One common reason for lulls in traffic is that a blog has had a lull in new content being published. I know of one blogger who was posting 10-20 times a day and when he dropped things back to 2-3 posts a day he noticed not only increases in comment numbers per post but that his posts were being shared more on social media sites.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 3, 2018

Joanna blogs about fiction and non-fiction writing, independent publishing, and making a living from writing. She has a blog on the topic of fiction and non-fiction writing, covers independent publishing, and making a living with your writing and has built an amazing business on that particular topic.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 2, 2018

Since 2009 we’ve sold hundreds of thousands of eBooks, courses and Lightroom Presets on my main blog – Digital Photography School. be found via search engines and social media. But I know that after publishing content every day for 15 years my blogs have made a difference to the lives of many.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. I’ve seen this numerous times on my blogs (but also social media accounts). The project was so successful that I ran the project again in 2007 and then again in 2009. This post was first published on 26 March 2013 and republished 10 March 2022.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. When I quit my job and opened my business, that was 2009. We are consistently consuming social media, and text, and tweets, and WhatsApp, and noise.

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