- “I had so much creativity waiting to come out.” My Interview Emma Gannon
- Podcasts sell books
- Improving your author website
- “I had to figure out how to make writing the central part of my life.” My Interview with Author Donna Hemans
- Redefining creative failure
- “I’ve created nearly 10,000 products, but creating this book was the most incredible experience of my life.” My Interview with Melissa Bernstein
- Case Study: Behind the Scenes of a New York Times Bestselling Book Launch, with KJ Dell’Antonia
- Finding your readers
- “I would buy records with my lunch money.” My Interview with DJ Skeme Richards
- The Creative Success Pyramid
- Behind the Scenes of a New York Times Bestselling Book Launch, with KJ Dell’Antonia
- The marketing spiral of doom
- From the NFL to Helping People Reach Their Full Potential, with Anthony Trucks
- My social media reset
- How a Creative Community Fuels a Creative Life, with author Amanda Stern
- Impostor’s syndrome, creating, and sharing
- Knowing your readers
- “I Started Building Creative Muscle.”
- “I Started Building Creative Muscle.” The Creative Shift of Author Julian Winters
- It’s not too late
- Perfection vs Progress
- Marketing is not what you expect
- “If there is a moment where you feel lost, find a new path that energizes and inspires you.” My interview with Amber Coleman-Mortley
- Why I create and share
- Why I Create and Share
- Creative action plan
- Your platform is an experience to create
- The attention span of your audience
- A Creative Reset
- Caring is power
- A season of creating and sharing
- A Creative Reset
- Finding the time to write and share
- The people who will support your writing
- “I got diagnosed with depression and anxiety, but the book was my bright spot.” My Interview with Veronica Miller Jamison
- How radical focus helps you create and share
- The courageous act of writing and sharing
- Quitting Her Job to Finish Her Novel: The Creative Shift of Naomi Jackson
- An Intro to Human-Centered Marketing
- “Because I was finally following my passion, everything fell into place.” My interview with author Gigi Pandian
- Leaving social media
- From a 25+ Year Career in Education to Her First Book, with Valerie Bolling
- Is anyone listening?
- How Star Wars Led to an Amazing Creative Shift, with Steve Sansweet
- A book marketing case study, with Amanda Montell
- When your book keeps reaching new readers
- From Professional Basketball to Becoming an Author and Entrepreneur. My Interview with Malcolm Lemmons
- How to use Clarity Cards
- “It Keeps Growing.” Promoting Your Book 2+ Years Post-Launch, with Beth Ricanati, M.D.
- Podcasts connect with readers
- To create is to share
- “The book that won the Caldecott was my 99th story idea.” My Interview with Andrea J. Loney
- Two ways to create an effective author website
- Checking in…
- “I Can Choose My Outcome.” On Creativity, Identity, and Success, with Vesper Stamper
- Connecting with readers requires clarity
- “You always have a choice, so operate from within that power.” On Money and Creativity, with Jacquette Timmons
- How her book launch plans worked out
- Book Launch Case Study, Part 3 with Leigh Stein
- Creating that magical moment of connection
- “I Look at Obstacles as Opportunities.” My Interview with Filmmaker Angela Tucker
- An Author Platform Case Study
- “You Can Hide Behind Amazon All You Want, But People Want to Know Who You Are As a Person,” My interview with Evan J. Roberts
- What Is Human-Centered Marketing?
- “It’s Not Selfish to Pursue Your Dreams, and It’s Never Too Late.” My Interview with Author Kalynn Bayron
- Finding motivation to create and share amidst change
- “The Best Artists Pick Up What’s Left, and Generate Something New and Exciting,” My Interview with Writer Sonya Larson
- In transition
- “You Have to Shift From Consuming to Creating.” My Interview with Marcus Whitney
- Success as a Writer is Joy Inside You and a Connection with Readers. My Interview with Monica Bhide
- Make Every Moment a Creative Moment, with Author Michael La Ronn
- How I’m getting out of a writing slump
- Finding creative clarity
- Living your mission as a writer
- Generosity, Social Media, and Living Your Mission as a Writer, With Author/Illustrator Jarrett Lerner
- Creating and sharing when you feel overwhelmed
- “What Can I Create?” The Powerful Question to Navigate Change, with Jenny Blake
- Filling Your Book Launch With Creativity and Connection
- Focus on What You Can Control. A Book Launch Case Study with Leigh Stein
- Don’t give away your creative power
- Giving Away Your Creative Power (and How To Get It Back), With Shannon Connery, PhD
- Your creative work matters
- The “Why Bother?” Book Launch, With Jennifer Louden
- Embracing Vinyl Records in a Digital Age, with Kevin Smokler
- Yes, you can share what you create
- Anxiety, Writing, and Sharing
- Anxiety, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship, With Artist Jay Alders
- The Psychology Behind Effective Marketing
- A Radically Honest Conversation on Marketing, with Tad Hargrave
- Why even bother?
- “Where is the real authentic me? Because she got lost somewhere along the way.” The Rewilding of Betsy Brockett
- The transformation of how you create and share
- “At least it’s my own desk, in my own garage.” The Creative Shift of Tony Bonds
- Create. Share. Grow.
- The Transformation Your Writing and Art Promises
- The durability of a book
- Leveling Up Your Art and Business, with Megan Carty
- Surround yourself with writers (and readers)
- “I wanted to be creative, independent, and make stuff.” My Interview with Christine Koh
- Book Launch Case Study with Leigh Stein
- Behind the Book Launch of a Novel, My Interview with Leigh Stein
- The Real Secret to Marketing Your Writing
- “I Silenced a Part of Myself for a Long Time.” My Interview with Illustrator Anna Raff
- Why not turn marketing into play?
- Your Author Platform is Not a Number, It is a Connection to Real People
- The Reality Behind a Book Launch, My Interview with Author Teru Clavel
- Social Media Case Study: Author Rachel Hollis
- Filling Your Life with Creativity After the Bottom Drops Out. My Interview with Shannon Connery.
- Join My Book Launch Team
- Writing and sharing is a risk worth taking
- You Have to Risk it All: Inside the Harrowing Creative Shift of Jennie Nash
- No one knows what will work
- Social Media for Writers
- Social media doesn’t sell books, but…
- How a Major Career Shift Led to 8 Book Deals. My Interview with Illustrator & Author Aura Lewis
- I’m making big changes this year
- Lessons From 10-Years of Running a Full-Time Creative Business
- Finding more time to write next year
- Why you should join a mastermind group
- Growing a Readership Without an “Online Author Platform”
- Going back to the well
- Someone you should know: Jennie Nash
- I don’t want to scale up, I want to scale down
- How I found an extra hour a day to create
- What Makes a Great Author Website
- Truly seeing writers (and readers)
- How I’m redesigning my website
- Is blogging dead?
- How sending a newsletter to 9 people launched my career
- The most effective marketing is old-fashioned
- The Introvert’s Guide to Book Marketing and Author Platform
- Your Writing is a Gift
- Why Human-Centered Marketing Works
- Quitting Your Day Job for Your Creative Work, with Brian Sherrill
- Good marketing starts with empathy
- “Writing a book seems magical.” My Interview with Elise Blaha Cripe
- “This book launch, I’m going out there as my full self.” My interview with Kelly McGonigal
- Getting unstuck in your writing habits
- Choosing Your Own Path as a Writer, My Interview with Jennifer Louden
- Let’s Talk About Creative Clarity
- Creative renewal
- The best marketing begins with creating
- Human-Centered Book Marketing Strategies & Tactics: My Interview With Jessica Lahey
- We Are Stories
- Craft, and the promise of what we can create
- Take back your creative attention
- Case Study: How One Writer Grew an Engaged Social Media Following
- How Boston’s GrubStreet Went From Teaching 8 Writers Per Year, to 6,000+, with Eve Bridburg
- The Truth About Book Launches
- A Book Launch Case Study, with Author Audrey Monke
- Taking creative risks
- How to make serious progress on your creative goals
- “You have to be willing to begin again”, My Interview with Literary Agent Lori Kilkelly
- Give yourself permission to create
- Getting Out of a Creative Rut
- A 90-Day Plan to Reach Your Creative Goals
- I Opened the Doors to the Next Session of The Creative Shift Mastermind
- I’m hiring! Come work with me.
- I Helped a Writer Create Her Podcast (with a 30-Episode First Season)
- Less Information, More Action
- This Marketing Strategy Works
- What I’m learning about the creative process
- Chuck Wendig on Owning Your Voice and Choosing the Path of Your Career as a Writer
- How I Helped This Author Grow Her Platform From Scratch
- “The support of my work often stopped at a Facebook Like.” My interview with author Leigh Stein
- The joy and the risk of clicking publish
- A Love Letter to the 1970s, My Interview With Author Brian Heiler
- An Incredible Marketing Case Study, with Author-Illustrator Lori Richmond
- Craft and Connection (and David Bowie)
- Writers: own your connection to readers
- How to develop a non-negotiable creative practice
- Why I stopped writing
- “I Needed to Own My Style.” My Interview with Artist and Author Samantha Dion Baker
- Even successful writers struggle with this…
- Seth Godin on His Career and Creative Shift
- “I don’t want my art to be good or bad, I want it to be me.” My interview with Rebecca Green
- I was stuck. This is how I got unstuck.
- The Hopelessness and Hopefulness of the Writing Life. My conversation with Author Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
- What comes after your book is published
- A Masterclass in Human-Centered Book Publicity. My interview with Seale Ballenger.
- Common pitfalls authors should avoid
- “I was allowing people to talk instead of me.” Inside the Creative Shift of Comedian and Author Nina G
- Is my writing good enough?
- Why Marketing (Your Writing or Art) Matters. My Interview with Author and Professor Tim Calkins
- Author Website Essentials
- The Creative Shift Podcast
- I Need Your Help With My Podcast
- Human-Centered Marketing for Introverted Writers
- Your Book is a Gift: A Book Launch Case Study with Dr. Beth Ricanati
- 500 Writers Came Together for This
- Inside Children’s Book Publishing, My Interview with Emma Dryden
- Social Media for Writers
- “It takes one person to write a book,” My Interview with Author Joseph Finder
- How I Helped Create a Successful Online Summit for 600 Writers
- How to Define and Achieve Your Creative Goals
- The Best Time To Be a Writer is Right Now
- “Don’t lose faith and quit on yourself.” My Interview with New York Times Bestselling Author Thomas Greanias
- Invest in meaningful conversations with those who inspire you
- The simple daily habit that pulled me out of a 25 year creative rut.
- What Practicing Guitar Every Day for a Year Taught Me About the Creative Success
- “If you are not making things, you are not impacting people.” My Interview with Jennie Nash
- This simple question changed everything for me
- Why I stopped teaching online courses
- Your Creative Support System
- “I rewrote that book for six years, and it never sold.” My interview with author Jessica Strawser
- Thankful
- “I trained myself to write anytime, anywhere, in a split second.” My Interview With Author Elizabeth Spann Craig
- Listen to Your Readers
- The Essential Ingredients of a Writing Career: Hope and Perseverance, My Interview With Author Therese Walsh
- You have to ask
- Keeping a Book Alive (and Selling Thousands of Copies) Two Years After Launch, with Author Cathey Nickell
- What To Do 8 Months Before Book Launch
- “I learned to not be afraid of risk.” Illustrator, Author, and Art Director Samantha Hahn on Making her Creative Shift
- The Reader Connection Project
- “I rely on my creative community to feel sane.” My 2nd Interview with Writer and Illustrator Meera Lee Patel
- Creating a Radically Honest Homepage
- Can your writing make someone’s day?
- A Creative Career Guided by Principles: My Interview With Writer Sean McCabe
- Choosing the writer’s life
- The Best Way to Support Writers
- A writer is a story
- Double down on your writing
- Risking It All to Become an Author — My Interview with Robert Fieseler
- How to Make Your Creative Shift
- Make Your Creative Shift
- What buying a typewriter taught me about writing
- Writing Spaces: Where You Create Matters
- How to Build a Following with Uniqueness, Authenticity, and “Getting Crazy.” My Interview with Travis Jonker.
- The best advice that many writers fail to take
- Conduct an audit of your author platform
- How to Kickstart Word-of-Mouth Marketing
- Why Writing a Novel is Harder than Law School, Running a Marathon, or Climbing a Mountain. My Interview with author Allison Leotta
- What does it really take to succeed?
- My next book is a mess
- “What I wish I knew when I first became an author/illustrator,” with Lori Richmond
- 5 Things Successful Writers Do that Others Miss
- 8 years ago, I took a big risk
- I’m Hiring
- I’ve never done this before
- What Silences Your Creative Voice
- How to Make a Creative Shift
- Take Authority Over Your Creative Vision
- How to Take a One-Day Creative Retreat
- Say YES to Your Craft
- The Man Who Writes 10 Books Per Year – My Interview with Michael La Ronn
- Claim Your Creative Time
- How to Manage Anxiety in Your Creative Process. My Interview with Artist Megan Carty
- Getting Radical Clarity
- 5 Things I Learned By Writing Every Day For A Year
- Forming Creative Community. Exploring the Terrain Beyond the Limits of Social Media
- Embracing Possibility: My Interview with Illustrator and Writer Meera Lee Patel
- Take Back Your Attention: Jocelyn K. Glei on Finding More Creativity and Meaning in Your Daily Work
- In-Between Your Creative Vision
- The Return of Blogging
- How Creative Side-Projects Led to a Career in Art and Design, with Kelli Anderson
- This Historic Theater Will Be Destroyed
- The Business of Being a Writer, My Interview with Jane Friedman
- Coping with Impostor Syndrome
- Social Anxiety and Sharing Your Creative Work. An interview with Ellen Hendriksen, PhD
- Invest in Yourself
- How to Develop Your Creative Career, with Will Terry
- How Marketing Actually Works
- Let’s Talk About Art, Money, Piracy and Drew Barrymore. My Interview With Marc Johns.
- The Cure for Social Media Overwhelm
- Find More Time For Creative Work You are Proud Of, With Srini Rao
- Join Me In My Studio
- Navigating Creative Burnout, My Interview With Rebecca Green
- Book Coach Q&A with Jennie Nash
- Becoming a Healthy Writer: My Interview With Joanna Penn
- The Gift of Your Full Attention
- Would You Drive 100 Miles for a Sandwich?
- Creating is the best marketing
- Fill Your Life With Intention, Not Reaction
- I need your help
- The Top 3 Habits of Successful Writers & Artists
- How to Mastermind
- How to set (and achieve) your creative goals
- The Opportunity to Create
- The Success Path for Writers & Artists
- “I gave myself permission” – an interview with children’s book author Stacy McAnulty
- 10 Simple Steps to Steady Blogging
- Can You Have a Platform Without Social Media? Yes.
- Stop Following Others. Be More Like Yourself. An Interview With Will Ackerman
- The two things I advise for any book launch
- Distracted by Art: My Interview with Artist Marc Johns
- What platform really means, today
- 3 Essential Ingredients of Successful Creative Work
- My Creative Shift
- The Poseur Test
- From Working at Outback Steakhouse to Acting With Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson – an Interview with Jason Liles
- “Not only does it not get any easier, it actually gets harder.” My Interview with Author Dani Shapiro
- The moment everything changed
- Nurture the artist inside you – an interview with Samantha Hahn
- Finding fulfillment and success as a creative professional — an interview with Elise Blaha Cripe
- “Whatever you are doing, be fully engaged in it.” – an interview with Jake Parker
- “Risk is terrifying, but it is critical to finding success as an artist.” An interview with Tammy Greenwood
- Making a living, while keeping the creative process pure – an interview with Jay Alders
- Making a creative shift
- “Do you want to read a book, or do you want to have written a book?” – an interview with KJ Dell’Antonia
- “I want to celebrate what we are doing” – an interview with Colby Sharp
- “I saw this as a reinvestment in myself” – an interview with author-illustrator Lori Richmond
- The solution to overwhelm
- Inside BookExpo: How Publishers Promote Books
- Place a bet on yourself
- How ‘word-of-mouth marketing’ REALLY happens
- Craft vs. platform: which comes first?
- 3 of the biggest challenges writers face
- If you are launching a book, you have to read this
- Is fear holding you hostage?
- In between, you have everything
- My New Social Media Manifesto
- Generosity is a Magic Wand
- The Gateway Mastermind
- How I wrote, published, and marketed my book
- The threshold
- How can I help you?
- Embrace your boundaries
- Be the Gateway Pre-Order Bonuses!
- Social media anxiety
- Success requires collaborators
- My book
- Creating work that matters
- A little bit of joy
- Coping with negativity
- What is your creative intention?
- Join me
- Finding focus to create more
- Invest in white space
- What Agents & Publishers Want and Why
- Helping lasts
- Finding clarity (instead of distraction)
- I am in a book!
- Craft comes first
- Creating a support system for your creative work
- Forgive yourself
- Don’t go viral
- I’m opening a few slots to my private Mastermind group
- Double down, with vigor
- Getting it done
- Why we share
- Invest in people and experiences
- Create experiences, not data
- Be the gateway
- I’m hiring an intern (and you should too)
- Making social media fun again
- How to create an effective website
- These two skills changed everything for me
- Join My Creative Action Mastermind
- Creativity is the answer
- What does it mean to be a storyteller?
- Getting real (on social media)
- 3 Common Marketing Fallacies That Writers Need To Be Wary Of
- “I feel like a fraud most of the time.”
- A masterclass in sales copy
- Investing in Your Own Potential
- “I only have 60 followers”
- I’m helping to organize a festival for storytellers
- Why we create
- Behind the Scenes of a Bestselling Launch
- “I feel stuck”
- I’m hiring a paid intern
- Effectively promoting your work
- The secret to growing an audience? Collaboration.
- Create every day
- Jumpstart Your Creativity With Side Projects
- How to get reviews for your work
- Five steps to social media bliss
- How to become a bestselling author
- Join me for a live Q&A chat today
- Opening the doors to my Fearless Work program
- Let’s talk about the author’s role in publicity and marketing
- “Not only doesn’t it get any easier, it actually gets harder.”
- Why I said ‘no’ to a free trip to Hawaii
- 4 mistakes that sabotage your creative work
- If you couldn’t fail
- What you will learn at the Creative Clarity Summit
- Will you join me?
- Announcing the Creative Clarity Summit
- I’m opening 5 spots for this
- Creative Work is Performance. Assess Your Creative Health Now.
- Collaboration and creative work
- My social media mid-life crisis
- Bridging the gap between creative intention and creative work
- Creative Success Giveaway
- I’m changing how I work
- What is your greatest hope for your work?
- To do great work: embrace your limits
- Join me in the WeGrowMedia Mastermind
- Copying Others and Failing vs. Forging Your Own Path
- How cupcakes and art can teach you to better engage your audience
- Find those who will love your work
- “If you’re rejected 90% of the time, you’re actually incredibly successful.”
- Dealing with Fear an Anxiety at Mid-Career
- This is a big deal for me…
- Why hiring a team has changed everything about how I work (and how you can consider hiring one for yourself)
- Let me show you how to create your own email newsletter…
- Contest: Let Me Build Your Email Newsletter For You!
- How to Become a Bestselling, Full-Time Novelist — It’s SO Easy!
- 6 Reasons I Am Pushing Myself Outside of My Comfort Zone With Creative Side Projects
- This isn’t easy
- Want To Do More Creative Work? Focus On Your Support System.
- When you say everything, you say nothing. On the value of clarity in sharing your work.
- Is your voice being heard? Join me in Fearless Work.
- Okay, this is something I’m really excited about…
- Is Your Creative Work Stuck in the Mud?
- The Complete List of Creative Distractions and Defenses Against Them
- Are You Preparing For Success, or Merely Protecting Against Failure?
- The Secret To Getting Your Book on the TODAY Show
- Lessons From BuzzFeed on How to Grow and Engage Your Audience
- An Inside Look at How the Publishing Industry Promotes Books
- The Trap of Your Comfort Zone
- Inside Kickstarter
- Behind the Scenes of My Life as a Creative Professional
- “I switched from chasing other people’s sounds, into learning to cultivate my own.” My interview with sound artist Margaret Noble
- I’m Offering A Paid Summer Internship!
- Shame and Your Career
- “It’s not just what film you want to make, it’s what film can you make.” My interview with filmmaker Angela Tucker
- 3 Key Ways That Hiring Employees is Helping My Business Grow
- Behind the Scenes of My Podcasting & Interview Process
- Free Webinar: Take Back Your Creative Time
- “I was back to work two days after I gave birth.” On making documentary films, with Stephanie Wang-Breal
- Build a Career Around Your Craft
- The “Terrifying Crisis” of Finding the Second Act to Her Writing Career. An Interview with Novelist Tammy Greenwood
- The Pressure of Creating the Spectacular, An Interview With Jeremy Chernick
- Debbie Ridpath Ohi: “One thing I would tell my younger self is to not be afraid to take risks.”
- Betsy Bird: From “Invisible” Introvert to Author, Critic, Blogger and Librarian
- Becoming a Student of Your Own Creative Process
- Andrea Lekberg: Preparing for Success
- Angie Pickman: The Artist Who Answered the Question, “Why can’t I be doing this for a living?”
- The Benefits of Talking About My Book 1+ Years Before Publication
- Rachel Fershleiser: A Career Built on Enthusiasm
- My Podcasting Equipment – Update!
- Julia Fierro: Working Through Anxiety to a Wildly Productive Creative Life
- Why Email Newsletters?
- Sarah Bray: Earning a Living as a Creative Professional with 1,000 True Fans
- Calculating the ROI (return on investment) of Why I Am Writing a Book
- New Online Course: Launch Your Email Newsletter
- Anchoring Myself to the Book Title “Dabblers vs. Doers”
- Tina Roth Eisenberg: Building Businesses Through Caring
- I’m Writing a Book
- The Birth of the Book
- Barb Short: How a Working Single Mom Found the Bravery to Open a Bookstore
- Free Webinar: FINDING & ENGAGING YOUR AUDIENCE: THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES — AND BEST SOLUTIONS
- Embrace & Engage Your Audience
- Thank You
- On Challenging What is Expected, In Order To Create Something Extraordinary
- Clarity
- Pushing Further
- I am a grown man, and I take a nap every day.
- Truly Embracing Your Audience
- Q: What Builds Buzz for a Book? A: Craft and Enthusiasm.
- How to Stand Out on Social Media: CARE
- On Risk and Writing
- Create Experiences For Your Audience
- Overwhelmed: Turning Your Creative Vision Into a Sustainable Career
- Momentum Sometimes Looks Like Failure
- I Am Amazed By What These Two Women Created for Our Local Literary Community
- What is Your Creative Capacity?
- It’s Later Than You Think
- Two Words to Define Your Career: Custom and Collaborative
- The Success of Starting
- Getting Help: What I Learned in Hiring & Working With Interns
- Closing the Gap Between Your Taste & the Quality of Your Craft
- Forgoing the “New and Shiny”
- New Online Course: “Launch Your Email Newsletter”
- How An Email Newsletter Can Help You Engage More Deeply With Your Audience
- The Mindless Robots of Social Media “Best Practices”
- Preparing for Success (and finding more time to write)
- Who Started It All For Your Creative Spirit?
- What Are Writers Afraid Of?
- Being Proactive vs Reactive in Crafting and Sharing One’s Voice
- What Writers Can Learn From a Restaurateur About Establishing a Closer Connection to Your Audience
- Things I’m Learning While Hiring an Intern (or Three)
- Taking Control of Your Creative Resources
- “New York Times Bestselling Author” (and other things you would like to have permanently attached to your name)
- Publishing is a Team Sport, With a Singular Black Hole In The Middle
- I’m Offering A Paid Summer Internship!
- It is Insane to Write and Publish a Book. There, I Said It.
- Helping Kids Find Their Voices as Writers
- How You Fail Determines How You Succeed
- Don’t Make It Perfect. Just Make It Better.
- Your Life is Not Tetris – Stop Trying to Shove More Stuff Into It
- How I Am Trying to Create a Book Giveaway Filled With Enthusiasm & Fun, Instead of Spammy Self-Promotion
- Who Reads Your Work Matters More Than How Many
- Investing in the Future, While Honoring the Past
- The Year-Long Book Launch
- Empathy, Education, and What It Means To Truly Create a Body Of Work That You Are Proud Of
- The Power of Enthusiasm: Should You Create a “Street Team”?
- No, Things Were Not Easier “Back in the Day,” and Other Narratives We Cling To In Order To Avoid the Hard Work Of Success
- Finding Maximum Capacity
- Lessons From Redesigning My Website
- Does Building Your Audience Feel Like Herding Cats?
- I Am Changing How I Use Social Media: MORE Social, LESS Media
- The Questions To Ask BEFORE Asking “How Do I Sell More Books?”
- The Long Road of Connecting Your Book to Readers
- Create Experiences For Your Readers
- The Small Moments
- Overwhelmed? Here are Two Steps for Staying Connected With Readers
- Vulnerability, Narratives, and Enthusiasm – How Do These Terms Drive Your Creative Life?
- The Anxiety and Enthusiasm of Launching a Book
- The Attention Myth
- Two Things Author Bella Andre Shared With Me That Illustrate What It Takes To Find Success
- I Held An Online Conference For Writers, And It Filled My Heart With Enthusiasm
- Hoping to Grow Your Audience? Focus on Narratives.
- Join me for a special online event…
- I Went Inside A Book Publisher, And This Is What I Learned.
- On Commitment (and the life of a writer)
- How to Create Word of Mouth Marketing For Your Books? Be Awesome.
- No More B.S. About What It Takes To Be a Successful Writer
- Add More White Space & Improvisation To Your Life
- Life Is More Than A Series Of Tweets. On Taking A Break From Your “Platform.”
- Free Webinar: Essential Steps To Find Your Readers And Build Your Author Platform
- Knowing Vs. Doing
- Attack of the Social Media Zombies
- The Experience You Create For Readers Goes Beyond The Book
- I Held A Meetup For Creative Professionals (and there was pie)
- Hidden In Front Of Everyone’s Eyes – Our Own Potential
- What I Do All Day, And Why.
- Things Authors Can Do With 3D Printers
- Should Writers Take More Risks?
- Tweeting is not a Marketing Strategy
- New eBook: A Writer’s Guide to Email Marketing
- At BookExpo, You Can…
- Your Platform is Not a Stage You Stand On
- We Fail Creatively Because We Often Don’t Work When We Don’t Feel Creative
- Free Webinar: Essential Steps To Find Your Readers And Build Your Author Platform
- My In-Depth Review of the 99u Conference 2013
- 5 Reasons RELATIONSHIPS Are The Core of Your Author Platform
- Anxiety & The Creative Process
- Why You Should Keep Blogging
- Writers: Focus on Reader Discovery, Not Book Discoverability
- Hugh Howey on Why Writers Need an Author Platform
- This Is The BEST Time To Be A Writer, If You Work For It
- Platform is Craft
- Why Amazon’s Purchase of Goodreads Changes Nothing for Writers & Readers
- New eBook: A Writer’s Guide to Social Media
- The Dirty Secret of Author Platform (Hint: It’s Difficult)
- How to Build the Relationships You Need to Become a Successful Author
- What The Lincoln Memorial Taught Me About Success As A Writer
- How Do We Open The Door For Success As Writers? By Shipping.
- New eBook: A Writer’s Guide to Blogging
- An Unconventional Guide to Tools of Change for Publishing Conference
- Book Camp – Creating Community Around Books
- Writers, Readers, and Expanding Our Capacity to Create
- Why I Am Working With Artists
- Seth Godin on Kickstarter and the Value of an Author Platform
- In a Crowded Marketplace, VOICE is Your Differentiator.
- How to Connect With People in a World Where the Extraordinary is Expected
- Free Webcast: How To Create An Engaging Author Platform
- Fear and Writing: Do You Hide Your Writing From Friends & Family?
- Why In-Person Events Are SO Important (and where I will be this year)
- Right Now Is the Best Time EVER To Be a Writer (if you work for it)
- “We Take The Songs Of Old, And We Sing Them Into The Future.”
- Will Your Work Inspire Others Decades Later? Lessons From The Destruction of the EPCOT Center Ride: Horizons
- Lessons on the Sacrifice of Craft, From the ULTIMATE Collection
- Build a Great Audience, Not Just a Great Idea
- Lessons From ‘The Godfather’ On Sticking To Your Creative Vision
- Your Legacy is Written in the Thoughts, Attitudes and Actions of Others
- Are You Scared? Fear and the Creative Process.
- What We Leave Behind – The Real Meaning of Your Platform as a Writer
- How to REALLY Support the Work of Someone You Respect
- Being There – The Importance of Showing Up
- Announcing: Guest Experts For Build Your Author Platform Course: Jane Friedman, Joanna Penn, Jeff Goins & More!
- Free Webinar: Why You Need an Author Platform
- The Habits of Highly Successful Writers
- Writers: Win a Ticket to See J.K. Rowling In NYC!
- Tapping Into The Ideals Your Community Embodies
- Thank You Doozers: The Importance of Meeting Your Peers
- The Craft of Connecting With Your Audience
- Is Your Work Day Filled With Unwanted Obligation or a Burning Desire to Improve?
- Want to Grow Your Audience? Understand Not Just What They Read, But WHY They Read It
- Free eBook: Grow Your Audience: The Author Platform Starter Kit
- There is a Difference Between Knowing Your Audience and Writing to One
- Finding Your Audience is About Becoming More Like Yourself, Less Like a Marketer
- What a Master Sushi Chef Can Teach You About Developing Your Skills And Your Audience
- Social Media Is Not About Followers, It Is About Getting Read – Lessons From Susan Orlean
- Free Webinar: Why You Need an Author Platform
- No, You Don’t Have a Tribe
- The Importance of VOICE In Your Author Platform
- “I Tried Facebook, It Didn’t Work” And Other Ways Authors Mistake Social Media For Publicity
- Ensure Your Writing Has An Impact
- Author Platform Lessons from #1 New York Times Bestseller Rebecca Skloot
- What a 17 Year Old Can Teach You About Building an Author Platform
- A Book Launch is an Investment in a Long-Term Career
- Is “Platform” Saturated?
- What Is Your Biggest Challenge As a Writer?
- My Podcasting Equipment
- “A Genius Is The One Most Like Himself”
- Craft And Connection Takes Time
- How to Build Your Platform: The Michael Hyatt Interview
- Lessons from Seth Godin’s Kickstarter Project
- We Grow Media Podcast #1 – Why We CHOOSE To Be Overwhelmed
- Do You Choose To Be Overwhelmed?
- Composure and Social Media
- Top 2 Reasons No One Will Buy Your eBook
- How To Create A Meaningful (Not Promotional) Book Launch. The Jonathan Fields Interview.
- Your Writing Career Is Not A Lottery Ticket
- The Value of Going to Conferences
- Rock Star Yearbook Photos: An Example of How We Each Create the Vision for Our Lives
- Actually Caring About People Will Always Matter
- Start Small and Personal: How To Approach Any New Project
- The Real Value of Social Media? Connecting Online to Offline
- Why You NEED To Be Active On LinkedIn
- Why Many Writers Get Little Support From Friends and Family
- Barry Eisler Interview: Amazon, eBooks, & the Writing Craft
- Jeff Goins Interview: You Are A Writer
- What Authors Can Learn From Michael Hyatt’s Book Launch
- Move Beyond Self-Imposed Limitations
- Is the Momentum of Your Writing Career Too Much to Manage?
- Writers And Social Media: “Do I Have To?”
- The Quality of What You Create Should Last For Generations
- It’s Easy To Ask For A Click/Like/Pin, Hard To Make A Sale
- Why I Am Vlogging
- With Greater Choice, You Have To Focus On High Quality
- When Everyone Has A Platform, Your Job Is To Create Meaning
- Writers: Make It Easy For People To Connect With You
- Why Writers Should Engage in Social Media and Blogging
- Why I Share My Cell Phone Number On My Website
- What Bruce Springsteen Can Teach Us About Creating A Community
- Be Prepared For Success
- Check Out Jeff Goins’ eBook: You Are A Writer
- What Is An Author Brand?
- How Writers Can Get Started With Google+
- How To Learn A New Tool
- Building Your Brand Is About Planting Seeds
- It’s Not About Getting A Bigger Audience, It’s About The Quality of Connection
- 3 Author Platform Tips From Jane Friedman
- Engage With Your Audience As A Whole Person
- Appreciate The Journey, The Destination May Be Different Than You Think
- Record Stores and Book Stores: The End of An Era? Or Of Our Misplaced Sentimentality?
- Instead of “Doing More,” Do Only What Matters, And Do It Really Well
- We Can Do More Together, Than We Can Alone
- Registration Ends Tomorrow: Build Your Author Platform Online Course
- Writers: The Path To Success is Not a Privilege, But a Choice
- Scholarship Winners: Build Your Author Platform
- How To Record Video At Home
- FREE WEBINAR: Author Platform Makeover
- Author Branding: Building Communication and Trust With Your Audience
- The First 3 Things To Consider When Developing Your Author Platform
- Stop Worrying About The Cost Of An eBook – Start Focusing on Lifetime Value
- Upcoming Speaking Events – Spring 2012
- How Web Analytics Can Help You Develop Your Author Platform
- Scholarship For Build Your Author Platform
- Most of Your Website Visitors Never Even See Your Homepage
- Please Welcome Andy Blank to We Grow Media
- FREE WEBINAR: Why You Need an Author Platform
- Loneliness, Depression, and Developing Your Writing Career
- Building Your Author Platform Should Be Like Joining Weight Watchers
- Announcing: Build Your Author Platform 8-Week Online Course, Spring 2012
- Build Your Legacy Now, Before It Is Too Late.
- How to Reach Your Goals: Focusing on Intention vs Measuring Effect
- Your Author Platform Should Be The Burnt Misshapen Potato Chip
- Analytics Should Tell Stories and Compel Action
- Writers: Please Take This Survey on Your Goals for 2012
- Your Author Platform: Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better
- A Virtual Tour of Book Camp – Discussing the Future of Books, Publishing & Reading
- Being a Success, Without Being a Bestseller
- Want to Raise Your Profile Online? Interview People
- Announcing A New Online Course: “Digital Content Strategy” (Partnering With Mediabistro!)
- Social Media Weekend at Columbia School of Journalism
- Photo Recap of Digital Book World, 2012
- Photo Recap of Writer’s Digest Conference, 2012
- Upcoming Speaking Events
- Join Me For The Social Media Weekend At Columbia School of Journalism, Jan 27-29
- Announcing: Build Your Author Platform, Winter 2012
- When To Hire a Professional to Help You Push Your Career Forward
- How I Redesigned My Website
- The Importance of Differentiation in Growing Your Career
- The Value of Iteration, Testing & Data in Creating Profitable Digital Products
- The Year Ahead for Writers and Publishers
- Are You Planning Strategically or Just Putting Out Fires?
- Join Me at the Communal Table
- On Refinement: Do Fewer Things, More Effectively
- Risk and Reward: Giving Up Safety To Find Opportunity
- The Value of Social Media for Writers: Self-Promotion or External-Validation?
- Is Your Writing a Hobby or a Career?
- What Does It Mean To Build A Brand?
- How Journalists Can Best Leverage Social Media
- Should Writers Focus on the Craft of Writing or Building Their Audience?
- Top Blogs for Writers
- 3 Keys to Success: Show Up, Be Present, and Hope for Serendipity
- Money and Time ARE NOT Your Most Precious Resources. Creative Energy Is.
- Want to Grow Your Career? Get a Mentor.
- People Deliver Higher ROI Than Technology
- How to Become a Bestselling Author – Lessons From Eric Ries
- Who You Surround Yourself With Helps Determine Who You Will Be
- Angela James Interview – This Is A Great Time To Be In Publishing
- Return on Investment Cannot Just Be Measured in Revenue
- The Power of Words (and why a writer’s success cannot be measured solely on book sales)
- Gumption Needs To Be Taught In School
- The Risk and Reward of Putting Yourself Out There
- Julia Usher Interview: Bootstrapping Your Book Publicity & Marketing
- How We Capture and Share the Stories of Our Lives
- Jackson Pearce Interview – Connecting To Your Fans With Video
- What I Am Working On – Fall 2011
- Why My Online Courses Are So Darn Expensive
- How To Tell If You Are An Author Entrepreneur
- Heather McCormack Interview – Each Book Needs To Be Nurtured
- Author Entrepreneur Case Study: The Happiness Project
- Why Interaction is the Key to Learning
- How to Record an Online Video Interview
- Barbara Vey Interview – Creating a Community Around a Blog
- Learning is Not Just About the Transfer of Information
- Bob Mayer Interview – Selling 80,000 eBooks in One Month
- Richard Nash Interview: Bringing Together Writers and Readers
- Writers: Connecting to Your Audience Begins at Creation
- Tad Hargrave Interview – How Marketing Can Give, Not Just Take
- Susan Danziger Interview – The Challenges and Opportunities for Publishers
- Promote an IDEA, Not a Product
- Joe Pulizzi Interview – Why Marketers Are Now Publishers
- Colleen Lindsay – “Every Author Has To Be An Entrepreneur”
- Preserving Your Legacy: Backing Up Your Digital Media
- Debbie Stier Interview – Building Your Author Platform While Writing Your Book
- Robin Sullivan Interview – How to Make Six-Figures in Self-Publishing
- Bethanne Patrick Interview – The Imperative for Authors to Connect With Readers
- Why I Love Writers, Publishers, and the Community that Supports Them
- Jenny Blake Interview – Book Marketing 101
- Joel Friedlander Interview – How Self-Publishing Has Changed
- Put Your Personality at the Center of Your Brand
- Sarah Bray Interview: Designing a Better Website
- Nathan Bransford Interview: Building an Online Community for Writers
- Honing Your Craft vs Connecting With Your Audience
- The Value of Dependence
- How to Build Your Brand? From the Core.
- Embracing Change
- Investing in Time Instead of Money
- Ami Greko Interview: How eBooks, Social Reading & Online Marketing are Changing Publishing
- Showing is Not Teaching
- Arielle Eckstut Interview – Why Author Platform is Essential
- The Golden Age of Publishing – BookExpo 2011
- I Love Teaching. Why? Because I Love Learning.
- How to Market and Publish Your Book: The Joanna Penn Interview
- The Dials, Levers and Buttons of Building Your Author Platform
- Perfection vs Progress
- The Ownership of Connection
- The Creative Process: Not Everything Needs to be Shared
- The Most Valuable Resource to Build Your Career: Motivation
- Publishing: A New Punk Ethos
- Want to Grow Your Writing Career? Stop Looking for Balance.
- Why Use Social Media? To Discover Who You Really Are.
- What Engages a Community? Your Story.
- We Need to Preserve the Stories We Create in Social Media
- How to Extend the Value of In-Person Events with Social Media
- Our Effect as Writers and Publishers: Creating the Future
- Is My “Build Your Author Platform” Course Right For You?
- Are You Starving Your Writing Career? Here’s How to Nourish It.
- Why Publishers & Writers Need to Embrace Digital Media
- How to Be a Successful Writer: Be a CONNECTOR
- How To Get Off the Sidelines of Your Writing Career
- Announcing: Build Your Author Platform
- How Should Writers Use Social Media? With Purpose.
- Upcoming Speaking Events
- How to Grow Your Writing Career
- 2011: The Year of Writers and Creators
- Building a Legacy
- Written Off: The Fight to Remain Relevant
- Lessons From an Unconference – Book Camp NYC
- Digital Publishing: Curation vs Collection vs Experience
- How to Successfully Promote Your Book: The Kevin Smokler Interview
- Giving Thanks – For Our Ability to Shape the Future
- Create and Connect: The Justine Musk Interview
- Creating the Future of Publishing: Insiders vs Outsiders
- How to Engage an Online Community: The Kat Meyer Interview
- What Happens When Businesses “Unlock Value” From a Community
- Publishing Success: Niche Communities vs a Broad Audience
- How to Serve an Online Community: The Legacy of Daniel Jezek
- Intention vs Action: How Businesses Connect With Customers
- How to Become a Successful Writer: The Christina Katz Interview
- How Social Media Helps Books Grow
- How to Serve & Grow a Community: The Scott Gould Interview
- The Difference Between Vision and Management
- The Possibility & Limitations of Online Community
- How Betsy Bird Got 4 Book Deals Because of Her Blog
- Community vs Commodity: How We Value Media
- Andrew Warner Interview – How To Build A Successful Online Business
- Publishers Needs To Invest in People, Not Platforms
- Jane Friedman Interview – How Digital Media Empowers Writers
- Community Is About Measuring Impact Beyond Sales
- The Commodification of Publishing & Media
- The Magical Elves of New Media
- Profit Is Not the Best Measure of Serving a Community
- Fear, Comfort, and the Future of Your Business
- Context is the Future of Online Media
- Trish Lawrence Interview – Helping Writers Leverage Social Media
- A Handmade Thing in a Machine World
- Are Books, Magazines & Newspapers Dying? That’s Up To You. And Me.
- How To Write a Great Blog Post in Just 15 Days
- Marian Schembari Interview – Why Social Media is Important for Authors
- What Bob Dylan Can Teach Us About The Future Of Media
- Knowledge is Useless Without Action
- Failure is an Essential Part of Growth
- Social Media Classes For Writers & Authors
- Media Companies Need To Be Developing iPad Apps Today
- How Social Media Disrupts (But Unlocks Revenue)
- Customers Don’t Buy Features, They Buy Identity
- How People Define Your Value
- Making Digital Media More Personal
- Perception: How An Idea Changes Reality
- From Mix Tapes to Social Media – Lessons for Publishers
- The Anatomy of an Online Discussion
- Publishers: Embrace Your Journey
- Fail Now, or Succeed Later
- How to Build Your Online Business – the Laura Roeder Interview
- What Publishers Can Learn From The Godfather
- The Safety – and Risk – of Following Trends
- Physical Media vs Lifestyle Media
- The Pervasiveness of Sharing
- How Experience Prevents You From Doing Great Things
- Ideas vs Execution (An Idea Alone is Not Enough)
- The Fallacy of “Going Viral”
- Embrace Your Competition
- Experts: Perception vs Reality
- Hustle. The Old-Fashioned Way to Thrive Online.
- Media: Part of the Fabric of Our Lives
- Elders vs Gurus: Why Don’t We Listen to the Voice of Experience?
- Social Media Turns Every Connection Into a ‘Warm Call’
- Building Your Brand Online, One Smile at a Time…
- Huge Opportunity for Publishers & Professionals: Social Media, Education & Niche Markets
- Midnight is Where the Day Begins
- Why Caring is a Powerful Business Advantage
- A Crowd is Not a Community
- With Social Media, All Businesses are Small Businesses
- Social Media is About Quality, Not Quantity.
- Why “Best Practices” Lead to Mediocre Results
- Lifetime Learning: Did Your Education Stop at Age 21?
- Everything is Content
- Integrate Your Offline & Online Efforts to Supercharge the Value of Each
- The REAL Barrier to Growing Your Business & Career Online
- I am Unbelievably Excited About Online Education
- The Virtual Handshake
- My Social Media Strategy: JUST SAY YES.
- Don’t Wait for the Right Opportunity, Publish NOW.
- Creating Great Content is Hard (there, I said it)
- Writers: Can You Achieve Your Dreams With Just 217 Fans?
- Shhhh. Twitter Gets Oh So Quiet on the Weekends.
- Are You Drowning in Social Media Busywork?
- How to Create a Blog
- How to Turn Your Services into Products
- How to Maximize Your Most Precious Resource: Motivation
- 4 Simple Steps to Create an Email Newsletter
- How HELPING Sets You Apart from the Competition
- Authors Have To Be Entrepreneurs. Here’s Why.
- Writers: Develop Your Audience, Not Just Your Book
- How to Get Out of That Rut & Push Your Career Forward
- You Are Not Your Job Title, You Are Your Passion
- The Secret to Achieving Your Goals Online: Perseverance
- Why Social Proof is the Key to Building Your Brand Online
- Social Media Savvy in Just 15 Minutes a Day
- 1 Tip for Using Social Media but Avoiding Information Overload
- Book Giveaway! Energize Your Online Business
- Will You Be Willy Loman or Willy Wonka?
- How to Use Twitter for Competitive Analysis
- The One Thing You MUST do to Succeed in Social Media
- When Tools Get in the Way of Our Goals
- Welcome to We Grow Media
- Will You Be There for the Future of Media?
- Copying All the Wrong Things
- Learning By Listening: The Lessons of Mixergy.com
- The Secret to Growing Your Business Online: Customer Service
- The Best Aren’t 10% Better, They Are 300% Better. Find Out Why.
- Listening to Your Customers: 15 Minutes a Day
- Have a ‘Customer Strategy,’ not a ‘Social Media Strategy’
- Stand Out From the Competition by Helping
- Bringing a Brick & Mortar Business Online: Next Level Guitar Case Study
- How Saddleback Leather is Building Their Brand Online
- What the Movie Avatar Taught Me About Committing to Customers, Employees and Products
- Businesses: Get Serious About Building Your Brand Online
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