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  1. Gymjunkie

    Reader Magnets

    PUBLISHING 
    Total true! Great share!
  2. Gymjunkie

    Self-Publishing Resources and Websites

    GOLD! 
    A very recent, success story about how indie author made about $500k in her first 3 years of self publishing. http://thisblogisaploy.blogspot.ie/2015/08/lets-talk-someone-elses-numbers-is.html?
  3. Gymjunkie

    Reader Magnets

    PUBLISHING 
    Glad to help! Feel free to post questions here for us to see or PM me etc. Good luck!
  4. Gymjunkie

    Reader Magnets

    PUBLISHING 
    Yes. It all depends on the author. Use email to build up relationship over time..
  5. Gymjunkie

    Reader Magnets

    PUBLISHING 
    I read many emails. Depends on how each person/brand manages to engage reader. Not as easy as 'just have an email list'. But it is simple concept..
  6. Gymjunkie

    Good Numbers from KU.. How are yours?

    PUBLISHING 
    I don't see that short fiction writers are getting stiffed at all.. it's their choice to write short instead of long.. no one else's. Payment rate doesn't differ either.. I like it at the moment. Per-page is fair payment, for both short and long fiction.. I do agree it will get worse probably...
  7. Gymjunkie

    Good Numbers from KU.. How are yours?

    PUBLISHING 
    Hey guys, just read this article about payments from Kindle Unlimited and that was a great positive surprise. I'm not a huge fan of putting eggs in one basket but this seems like a can't miss thing now (while the payment levels per page are at this rate). Here is the article and some others in...
  8. Gymjunkie

    How often do Authors use Designers?

    FTE PUBLISHING 
    Thank you! Didn't see it but it's basically that, just niched down. Design Possum is actually way more expensive than what I think or what Design Pickle.. But some authors mentioned they don't have enough volume needed for these so I'm interested in feedback from more authors.
  9. Gymjunkie

    How often do Authors use Designers?

    FTE PUBLISHING 
    Hello folks! Hope you're doing well and enjoying summer! Got a question! How often do you hire designers? I'm thinking of launching a design service for authors where they can get 10 or 20 small designs (banners, soc. media images, headers, bookmarks, biz cards etc) for a monthly fee. So...
  10. Gymjunkie

    Good bye Amazon - Hello Gumroad - Join Me on this Exodus!

    PUBLISHING 
    Speaking of non-fiction book launches and platform building, here is a good story of success: http://www.dangerandplay.com/2015/07/24/how-to-sell-10000-copies-of-a-book/
  11. Gymjunkie

    Good bye Amazon - Hello Gumroad - Join Me on this Exodus!

    PUBLISHING 
    Don't need big back catalog just go get guestposts in the niche, get known. Show our expertise, then you'll get sales..
  12. Gymjunkie

    Good bye Amazon - Hello Gumroad - Join Me on this Exodus!

    PUBLISHING 
    I suggest you study Nathan Barry and how he sold his non-fiction books without Amazon. He didn't use Gumroad but he did succeed amazingly with selling them.. And he has good articles/podcast episodes about it. Dig a bit in his blog archives at www.nathanbarry.com
  13. Gymjunkie

    Advertising: To Pay or Not To Pay

    PUBLISHING 
    It's all about the funnels!!!!!!!
  14. Gymjunkie

    Advertising: To Pay or Not To Pay

    PUBLISHING 
    I agree BUT before that your businesses' economics come to play. You can't make PPC work on almost every network if you charge 99 cents or other low prices. For books, some made FB work at $3.99 but anything under that is really really unlikely. More authors had success getting people to their...
  15. Gymjunkie

    Advertising: To Pay or Not To Pay

    PUBLISHING 
    What are you selling? For how much? And what is your Funnel/Upsells? First answer these and then we can give you advice. AdWords will not work most likely for any author (unless he's upselling services expensively).. FB can work but pricing has to make sense..
  16. Gymjunkie

    Good bye Amazon - Hello Gumroad - Join Me on this Exodus!

    PUBLISHING 
    Very good advice from Vigilante etc Forget marketing for now and let us see the updates on the website and books. Good luck! Gumroad will be great experiment.
  17. Gymjunkie

    YouTubers, the new Rock Stars?!

    WEB/DIGITAL 
    It's called Fractured Fame and yes, Youtubers do violate the Control thing but so what? They can get to scale and that scale then allows them different leverage like merchandise, tours and endorsements. Leveraging one platform is fine IF you're smart enough to diversify later. And this is not...
  18. Gymjunkie

    Creating a content based website

    EXECUTION 
    Why do people need this website that teaches how to start and market websites? There are already thousands of them and it has winners like Pat Flynn, Neil Patel, etc. You're better of just starting a site in some niche and providing actual value. Newbie teaching other people anything is...
  19. Gymjunkie

    Self Improvement

    MINDSET 
    Good thread. Keep it up. Definitely guilty myself of overstudying this. BUT learning about it has been hugely helpful. Huge part in business and life is self-esteem, for many people it needs to be fixed. Often the real reason behind seeking out SI first..
  20. Gymjunkie

    Offering help to other self-publishers

    PUBLISHING 
    It really does boil down to the basic! :) I think you're sitting on nice potential there, if you can make that funnel and then test ads again, I think can be big! And keep us updated if you will on how it goes! Branding matters so in this case DYI works.. one of rare rare cases..

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