If you have been creating post after post and your blog isn’t generating any income, you may be getting discouraged. Don’t quit blogging. Instead, add two ingredients to your blog to turn it into a business: a digital product and email marketing. Podia is a platform built for creators who want to start turning their …
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Bloggers are busy! Sometimes it is hard to find the time to create enough content to keep your blog fresh and interesting. This can be true for you even if you like to write and certainly if you spend a lot of your time writing for clients. What is the best solution for this problem? …
Remember the story of “The Little Engine that Could?” This has been a favorite children’s book for generations. According to Wikipedia there have been many versions of the tale over the years. The basic plot is that a long and heavy train begins pulling its load over a mountain when its engine fails. Strong and …
What are “low content books?” What are “printables”? And why would someone who is good at writing try these ventures? Writers who also have design talents find that these projects are fulfilling to create. Plus, they leave more time for the necessary copywriting and marketing needed to bring in the cash. And, because products are …
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As a consumer, and as a business owner, you understand the importance of trust. I remember first hearing the statement “People do business with people they know, like, and trust.” at a business conference. I have heard it so often since that it has crossed over into “cringe-worthy” territory. However annoying, it is largely true. …
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2020 was a weird year. The word “unprecedented” has been used to describe this year more than anyone wanted to hear it. Also the word “pivot.” Some businesses thrived during these first nine to ten months of the Covid-19 era, while others languished or expired completely. As odd as it was, it is still worth …
Freelancers and solopreneurs can be hard to buy for. Many work many hours a week, which means that they often are barely cognizant of what they might want or what is available and thus find it hard to give gift ideas or hints to their stumped gift-givers. To help with this issue, here is a …
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What makes an article or blog post successful? Success is ultimately in the eye of the writer. (Or, if you are the writer-for-hire, the eye of your client.) Writing takes time, and time is, as I hear all the time now, something we will never get back. What makes writing this content worth the time? …
If you are a business owner you understand the difference between working in your business vs. working on your business. If you are heavily focused on activities which are income-producing in the short term (like client work) you may not be investing enough time in activities which will bring you more business with less effort …
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Update: On November 2, Amazon informed publishers in its Digital Educational Resources program that the program would be discontinued due to “relatively low demand for its products.” The ability to publish new items will be removed December 9, and products will be removed from the storefront January 30, 2023. Low-content creators have been interested in …
