Jane Friedman

JULY 16, 2024

You think of precious writing moments sucked into the gaping maw of social media. For years now, we’ve been told by agents and publishers, “Nice writing, but you need more platform to sell this book,” or “I’m not sure where this fits in the marketplace—what’s your platform?” You’re not wrong!

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 14, 2025

This really isnt a radical idea in the current media environment: the idea of what counts as reading has evolved dramatically over the past 20 years, first with the rise of audiobooks and then with the ubiquity of podcasts and social media.

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Grammarly

APRIL 24, 2024

As a current student, it’s almost guaranteed you use social media in some way. It’s also quite likely you’ll write a social media essay at some point in your academic career. Work smarter with Grammarly The AI writing partner for anyone with work to do Get Grammarly What is a social media essay?

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The publishing landscape is complicated! Especially when we are first starting out, we need someone to distill that publishing landscape for us. If you are submitting a full book without an agent, you will likely be looking for small, independent publishers. We want a resource that is dependable, consistent, and navigable.

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Nick Ursborne

APRIL 21, 2023

I’ve been using GPT as a brainstorming buddy, a research assistant, a first draft copy and content writer, a social media writer… and more. This time I asked GPT-4 to write me a 40-page Kindle book I could publish on Amazon. The book was published on Sunday evening. Honestly, it’s incredibly good.

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Freelance Magic

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

More than half of the world’s population uses social media today. In this case, an effective social media strategy can help you expand your network and get lucrative high-paying clients. Instead of shooting in the dark and hoping that you hit the mark, back your social media strategy with tips and data.

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Content Marketing Institute

JANUARY 28, 2025

Benchmark publishing frequency charts are nice, but they shouldnt be your only research. To help decide how often to publish on multiple channels, develop a strategy with this expert advice. After all, audiences arent homogenous.

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Adam Connell

JULY 18, 2024

In this post, I’ll be sharing my favorite social media automation tools. There are lots of social media tools out there that can automate common tasks like publishing posts, managing comments and messages, and building analytics reports to save you time.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 27, 2025

Most people who want to write a book are so caught up in the challenge of writing that they dont spend much time thinking about the many things they will likely have to spend money on as they move from idea to published book to promotions. In this article, I identify four main areas where you can spend money on your book. But most of us dont.

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Buffer

AUGUST 27, 2024

Whether using Zapier to keep things flowing between apps, Buffer to manage our social media like a breeze, or Notion to keep our projects on track, these tools have revolutionized the way we work. Social media interactions : Pay attention to what your followers are saying and asking.

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CopyBlogger

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

You may have noticed that some people spend years writing and publishing content and only build a handful of followers. Continue Reading The post How to Grow Your Social Media Following From Zero appeared first on Copyblogger.

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Jane Friedman

MAY 17, 2023

Likewise, publishing independently sounds like a confusing marathon without any guarantee of actual sales. I decided to publish the book independently so that Gidon’s dream would come true while he could enjoy it. The accepted wisdom is that it is tough and exceedingly rare for an indie writer to cross into traditional publishing.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

“I have no idea where my book is published.” These are just a few of the comments I’ve heard from authors sharing their experiences with the hybrid publishing companies they’ve chosen to work with. So if you’re an author starting out on your publishing journey, it’s important to know what to look out for. What royalties?

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Buffer

JULY 31, 2024

For example, if you live and breathe the social media world, Annie Mae’s Social Media Tea and Rachel Karten’s Link in Bio are well-loved newsletters. And might I say, Buffer’s weekly newsletter is also A+ for social media deets? You can nitpick the best sources from here.

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Backlinko

JULY 26, 2024

The typical length of a blog post is 1427 words ( Orbit Media ) 61% of bloggers typically publish content between 500 and 1500 words long. Only 14% of blogs typically publish 2000+ word posts ( Orbit Media ) Nearly half (47%) of bloggers publish every week or multiple times per month.

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Blogging From Paradise

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For all intents and purposes, unlimited content creation and publishing potential for […] 5 billion human beings. Basically unlimited storage for your needs.

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Jane Friedman

AUGUST 19, 2024

Two of these lists focus on self-published books exclusively (print format and ebook format), and a third list looks at both traditionally published books and self-published books (print format), but excludes Big Five publishers and other major houses. And I completely deleted all my social media apps.

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Contently

DECEMBER 29, 2022

We all know the rush of excitement that comes with publishing a piece of content. Publishing is just the end of one process and the beginning of another, essentially launching a chain of distribution tasks. Publishing is just the end of one process and the beginning of another, essentially launching a chain of distribution tasks.

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Jane Friedman

MARCH 12, 2024

Securing the services of a literary agent has long been the gold standard for authors pursuing a long and successful career in publishing. At the turn of the twentieth century, the so-called “author’s representative” emerged as the figure who would help authors cut a better deal with publishers. It’s easy to understand why.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

For my part, I hired an outside publicist to help me with social media, because I knew exactly zero about building a platform. The editor who took over, more interested in publishing nonfiction than fiction, politely passed. Published by Akashic Books, part of their Noir series, Denver Noir was the best group project I ever did.

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Blogging From Paradise

JANUARY 28, 2024

I wrote and published this blog post content. Why are you here? That is why blog content dominates every other strategy. […]

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Jane Friedman

JANUARY 17, 2024

This week, my sophomore novel Valley Verified came out into the world—exactly one year after my debut novel The Fraud Squad was published. Back then, I was blissfully ignorant of the intricacies of the publishing industry. Photo by Ryan Graybill on Unsplash Today’s post is by novelist Kyla Zhao.

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Arrant Pedantry

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

”) Inside, you’ll find new guidance on inclusive language, electronic publishing, self-publishing, editing fiction, AI, new media, and more. He has served as principal reviser of the last three editions of the Manual , including the newly published 18th. His responses are below.

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Backlinko

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Sign up and I’ll email to let you know about my favorite piece of content we’ve published each week. You’ll know by now that we only hit publish on a piece of content if we think it’s the best article on its topic on the internet. She published a weekly newsletter on the latest SEO news for a decade.

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Credible Content

JUNE 2, 2023

20 benefits of publishing a blog post every day. Publishing daily demonstrates valuable and fresh content, positively impacting search rankings. Active websites receive more backlinks, social shares, and mentions, boosting search rankings. Consistent publishing builds audience loyalty and increases repeat visits.

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Credible Content

MAY 28, 2023

Writing and publishing e-books for personal branding. What Is E-Book Writing and Publishing? E-book writing and publishing refers to the process of creating, formatting, and distributing electronic books, also known as e-books. Marketing and Promotion Effective marketing and promotion play a vital role in e-book publishing.

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Backlinko

JULY 22, 2024

Backlinko started as a simple personal blog in 2012, publishing one or two posts per month. Make a list of questions your customers ask in person, over the phone, or through marketing channels like email and social media. Social media: Share your content on your most active social media platforms.

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Contently

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Building timeliness into your content strategy also doesn’t require spending endless hours scrolling through social media just to make sure you don’t miss what the kids are talking about. Delegating social media research to a team member can be a worthwhile move, but that doesn’t mean they need to spend half their workdays scrolling.

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Grammarly

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In the age of social media, brands are becoming even more personal and personality driven in an effort to foster loyal relationships with customers. Using media-rich storytelling in marketing can help humanize your brand, engage your audience, and build a loyal customer base.

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Jane Friedman

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Even when a publisher accepts a longer book or asks for more content, theyre rarely interested in more backstory. For example, when one of my clients was awarded an extra 10,000 words for her manuscript, the publisher wanted more at the endnot the middle. Once youve grouped your moments, revisit them often.

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Jane Friedman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

“Recommend” submissions are considered for circulation to lit agents and publishers. Question In the eighth decade of my life and after having three books traditionally published—a travel memoir 50 years ago and two novels more recently—I am pondering the wisdom of writing a very personal memoir. There’s self-publishing.

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Copywriter Collective

JANUARY 10, 2025

Back in November, we published an article discussing the use of copy in the Tech industry. Check out our article on AI we published back in January 2024 where we discuss how AI can assist you in your writing process. Micro copy is memorable taglines, app or push notifications, social media captions, or bio descriptions.

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Buffer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Can you run a social media account only using AI?   See, it’s hard coming up with new content consistently, but I’m a bit of a purist when it comes to what I share on social media and how I share it. The only exception was some light proofreading before publishing.

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ContentWriters

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Whether you need to write a marketing script for social media, commercials, or podcasts, a powerful script will help you stand out. We work with marketing leaders across agencies, brands, publishers, and eCommerce companies to provide quality-focused content that aligns with your brand voice.

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Buffer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at my typical writing process from start to publish. Add final touches and publish With the draft polished, it’s time for final touches and publishing. We promote all our blog posts to social media using the zero-click content strategy.

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Backlinko

MARCH 3, 2025

Unlike paid advertising or social media, organic traffic attracts visitors with clear intent. Visitors might come from social media, email newsletters, or by typing your URL directly. This builds a sustainable pipeline of qualified leads that continues growing long after you publish the content. Not random traffic.

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ContentWriters

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Whether you’re writing a web article, white paper, or social media post, your message must be understood by your audience. An earlier version of this post was published in December, 2019 by Ellen F. Shorter sentence lengths with shorter word lengths will score higher on the test and are more readable.

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