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The Seven Core Values Underlying Our Perspective on Direct Sales
How Writer MBA approaches direct sales in publishing
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Breaking Down Launch Week for Direct Sales Mastery for Authors
A deep look at the numbers and lessons of our latest Kickstarter campaign.
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12 Reasons Writers and Authors Should Try Direct Sales
The secret to a stable and sustainable writing career is here
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How I'm Setting Up My Fiction Subscription on Substack
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The Power of Building Your Author Platform
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Why Do We Keep Publishing Like It's a Launch Business When It's Always Been a Subscription Business?
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How My Pernicious Beliefs Around Value Got Me In Trouble
And what I finally realized when I started valuing my body of work
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Saturday Scoop: The "We Launch Tomorrow!" Edition
The most noteworthy publishing news for the week.
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Free Fiction and a Simple Business Plan
Behind-the-scenes unpacking my efforts to get potential readers to Read, Buy, Join
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What To Do If You Get Imposter Syndrome
How to recover when you hit a creative wall and start to question everything.
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Saturday Scoop: The "Funnel + Flywheel" Edition
The most noteworthy publishing news for the week.
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Kickstarter and Attention Arbitrage For 2024 and Beyond
The secrets behind succeeding on the platform today
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How Would You Make Money if Digital Books Were Free?
Between piracy, rising ad costs, and lowered sales and pagereads, it's a question worth asking.
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