I have huge news to share with you today about our upcoming events.
In addition to bringing back our Future of Publishing Mastermind event in 2025, we are also creating a brand new event called Writer MBA Conference!
Tickets are currently on sale for Writer MBA Con and applications are open for the Future of Publishing Mastermind.
Read on for more information about each!
Writer MBA Conference 2025
This event takes place in New Orleans at the Hilton Riverside from March 19-22, 2025 and focuses on making more money as a writer.
You can get your early bird ticket for this event for $500 in either a one-pay or a 10-pay here:
So what is the Writer MBA Conference even about?
Why do we need another national conference when we already have so many wonderful ones like NINC, InkersCon, Author Nation, Superstars, SPF, and more? And why do we need another boutique conference when we already have so many new ones that focus on specific needs, like Romance Author Mastermind, Subscriptions for Authors, Author Sustainability Conference, Author Alchemy, and hundreds of regional conferences as well?
This is a question we asked ourselves many times in the past year as we were looking at potentially expanding.
And I think the answer comes down to what
and I have always done best. We are always experimenting at the deep fringes of how authors and writers can make more money while building a sustainable career.As most of you probably already know, Russell was working on Kickstarter and has been friends with the amazing Oriana long before Brandon Sanderson launched a campaign. Monica was working in the wide community long before people started leaving KU for direct sales. We are and always have been naturally curious about the fringes of writing success, with Monica being more of a deep diver and learner (a Grassland approach) and Russell testing anything and everything in his launches to boost those sales numbers (a Tundra approach).
This year's event reflects the last several years of our efforts, because everything needs to be planned way in advance. It doesn’t reflect the more immediate work we are doing with newsletters, new advertising avenues, subscriptions, serialization, products, live events, audio, gamification, and more. But next year will!
The reason to come to the Writer MBA Conference next year is because we are still pushing the boundaries of authorship, and haven’t even had a chance yet to introduce you to all the companies and platforms and people we are working with.
We want to be clear—the Writer MBA Conference will not be a beginner event.
There may be writers and creators who are aspiring authors with no books yet, but they are making money in ways our industry isn’t even aware of. They have a piece of the puzzle that they can teach us. We also have a piece of the puzzle to teach them. And this event is a fusion of the two worlds!
You don’t have to be published to join! There are so many ways to make money writing, so if you haven’t published your first book yet, that is okay too! We welcome writers and artists who have newsletters, blogs, Kickstarter campaigns in other categories, and anything else that may be relevant.
You can get your early bird ticket for this event for $500 in either a one-pay or a 10-pay here:
Future of Publishing Mastermind 2025
Are you an advanced author? You may want to attend the Future of Publishing Mastermind as well! This event takes place for two days just before Writer MBA Conference and is attended by some of the best and brightest names in the industry.
If you are not familiar with the event, it takes place in New Orleans at the Hilton Riverside from March 16-18 next year (though, we encourage you to stay for the full conference from the 19-22 after!) and focuses on how writers can make more money using various platforms and technology.
Russell and I have always been known for wide and direct sales, but we also love exploring the fringes of what's possible and are spending the next year dabbling with new platforms, advertising networks, merchandise formats, and more. When we find something that works for us, we look at how we can introduce the concept, person, or company to more authors. Events are one way we do that!
Because it’s a mastermind + conference, the early bird pricing for 2025 is $2000 or 10 monthly payments of $200.
We had a really successful first year of the event, and you can see what attendees are saying on social media (depending on who you are friends with and what’s public or not) here:
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/futureofpublishingmastermind
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/thefutureofpublishingmastermind2024/
Many of our attendees are coming back! You can see some of the people and companies who attended the 2024 event here.
Because it’s a mastermind + conference, the early bird pricing for 2025 is $2000 or 10 monthly payments of $200.