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Recent content by MayaMagpie

  1. MayaMagpie

    My magazine venture

    EXECUTION 
    Thanks, @Dwight Schrute ! So, one lesson I learnt is that the Control Commandment also extends to things other than businesses or platforms. How many times people promised me an interview and then I never heard back... I simply can't rely on them for content for my magazine. Oh well. This...
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    My magazine venture

    EXECUTION 
    Hello Fastlaners, This is not a traditional progress thread, more maybe like a brain dump... Please be kind! So... I love hearing other entrepreneurs' stories, how they started, what they learnt, what their plans are, and I know that others do, too. That's why I started a digital magazine...
  3. MayaMagpie

    Freelancing & Side-income : 99Designs?

    PEOPLE 
    I imagine the barrier will be low, but is competition really also low? I hope you can find something worthwhile. I only used 99designs as a customer and found it extremely sad for all the designs that were not chosen, because people wasted a lot of time on them. On the other hand, most designers...
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    Merchant account. gateway payments, other providers

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    It really depends what you want to do and what you want to sell to whom... Can't really compare clickbank to amazon, they're so vastly different... Anyway, I would add gumroad to the list, as a way of taking credit card payments. They may not be the cheapest, but they look nice and clean and...
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    Soooo I wrote my first Ebook.

    PUBLISHING 
    If you want to get $15+ for your book, you may have a harder time on amazon. Even non-fiction books (self-published) often don't fetch half of that. Of course, the volume of sales could make up for a lower price, but that's up to you! What you could do is turn your book into a 'light' version...
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    Need Help Picking a Book Cover! (:

    MARKETING 
    What I meant was not the title, but the lengthy subtitle - It just takes up a lot of space on the cover. I prefer the short version that was posted by Grzegorz. So, slight misunderstanding... I think the subtitle as you wrote it has its place, but rather in the description than on the cover.
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    Need Help Picking a Book Cover! (:

    MARKETING 
    I would also suggest a simpler design, especially with less text. People won't read it anyway. Canva is a great tool, and also picmonkey (only if you already have a stock photo).
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    Lex DeVille's: How to Make $1,000 a Week with no Degree, no Feedback, & no Portfolio.

    GOLD! SIDE HUSTLE 
    Just wanted to quickly tell you about my experience... Have used oDesk for hiring people before, with very mixed results - But at least I learnt how rotten most applications are. Skimmed through jobs now and then to look for stuff that I could do as freelancer, but got disheartened pretty soon...
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    Turning a bad website, into an acceptable (hopefully) one

    I'm not fond of the green button, and the random red colour in the texts. Also, the "Buying a car" link on the slider leads to no relevant information. To be honest, I would probably concentrate on the selling side of the business and make the steps clearer. As was said before, the old site had...
  10. MayaMagpie

    I have just published my new blog. Would love some FEEDBACK

    PUBLISHING 
    Congrats on your success! I like your blog, it's neatly designed, has great content and looks nice overall! Because you asked for feedback, there are two things... But this is nit-picking, by no means major things. Firstly, I would advise having a sort of editorial calendar for your posts, just...
  11. MayaMagpie

    Consulting business - thoughts?

    HOT! 
    As was said before, if you're trading time for money, then it's not an ideal fastlane business. However, if you - for example - hired someone to teach those group classes for you while you build your following, then branched out to other cities, maybe even turned it into a franchise, then why...
  12. MayaMagpie

    Hiring/reviewing oDesk writers

    PUBLISHING 
    Fair enough. I am currently using a mix of things. I am writing stories myself. However, I sometimes find it easier to edit what someone else has written, because I catch myself using the same subplots over and over again, the same motives, that kind of thing. So, for different ideas and a bit...
  13. MayaMagpie

    Trying Out Self-Publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Pretty awesome! I wish I could write that fast/much in a day... My personal best is 3,000 words, and I felt completely drained after that. But then, it was for a full length novel, and I find those much harder than shorter stories. Congrats on your progress so far, keep us posted!
  14. MayaMagpie

    Hiring/reviewing oDesk writers

    PUBLISHING 
    Thanks for that tip! Will definitely check this out, once I'm done editing my oDesk gem... heh
  15. MayaMagpie

    Hiring/reviewing oDesk writers

    PUBLISHING 
    I picked oDesk because I had some free credit lying around, so in the end I got my story done very cheaply indeed... What do you suggest then, elance? Or is there something even better? I know that elance writers are supposed to be better quality, but more expensive. Never tried them though...
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