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How To Make Your Book Go Viral with Word of Mouth Campaigns (AUDIO only)

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The Best Paid Online Writing Courses for Creative Writers, Fiction, and Nonfiction

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In our last post in this series, we introduced you to some of the best free writing classes on the internet. Now, let’s check out some of the top writing courses out there that require a small fee. Why Take a Paid Online Writing Class Why pay for a writing class when there are great classes out there for free? Because you’re investing in your career! The absolute best writing classes out there charge a fee because they pay amazing instructors with years of industry experience to teach them. They also offer personalized feedback, opportunities to connect with fellow writers, and other skill-building exercises that free self-paced courses often can’t match. If you’re serious about becoming a successful author, you need to always be learning, growing, and improving your skills. Each book you write should be your best book yet…until the next one! Taking paid online writing classes with top authors, editors, and instructors can help you do that. Here are some of the best creative ...

152: Book Marketing Experiments with Rachel Aaron

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How to Become a Five-Figure Author This Year with an Author Writing Challenge

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Would you like to discover how to become a 5-figure author without wasting time on guesswork? If you’ve already tried a bunch of things that didn’t work out, it’s not your fault. There’s so much information out there that it can be confusing. Sometimes it’s that information overload that keeps you from success. It’s okay—every great writer gets overwhelmed at times. Creating a Process for Success Throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks is one of the easiest ways to get frustrated with the progress of your career. That’s because you’re not taking a systematic approach to reaching success. Have you been winging it with your writing and marketing efforts? Trying out different tools and techniques for a little while, then moving on when they don’t seem to be getting results? Then you’re not setting yourself up for success! Succeeding at anything takes perseverance, but it also takes a systematic approach. You have to plan, implement, evaluate, and then iterate. Let’s t...

153: How to Make Money Blogging with Crystal Paine

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154: How To Build a Successful Side Hustle with Nick Loper

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Learning to Excel: How to Use Process Excellence to Improve Your Life

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As a young process excellence author, I often got asked, “ Wow, you wrote a book… how long did it take? And what made you do it?” If the first question is relatively easy to answer, the second is a bit harder to explain to someone who has never gone through the writer’s journey. The first time I was asked the question, I probably answered, “ I don’t know, I just did it. ” Now, the more I hear it, the more mature and the more prepared I have become to answer from the bottom of my heart. However, it is never an easy answer, and the more I think about it, the more I now visualize my journey to becoming an author as a path in three incremental steps, fueled by a strong and increasing passion for process excellence. Step 1: Process Excellence as an Effective Business Tool To start, let’s define what we mean when we talk about “process excellence.” Process excellence is merely a business tool. In using it, you get acquainted with a methodology that many are skeptical about. You quickly...

How to Get a Book Published For Free — Full-Time Author Video #4

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The Best Free Online Writing Courses for Creative Writers, Fiction, and Nonfiction

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All of us want to improve our writing skills, hone our craft, and get ahead in our writing careers. Not all of us can go back to school and get our MFA in writing—heck, not all of us want to! Thankfully, the internet makes it possible to take great writing courses no matter where you live, what your circumstances, or your budget! Taking a writing course can help you polish your writing to be the best it can be—a critical step before either self-publishing or submitting your manuscript to publishers . Through a course, you’ll gain practical tips and strategies to help you improve your writing—both for your current manuscript and for future projects. The more you learn and practice, the easier writing will become and the better your books will be. And that’s key to attracting and growing a devoted audience and becoming a full-time author ! How to Choose an Online Writing Course You’ll want to choose a course that meets your needs, which means you need to know your needs first. ...

How to Get Things Done in an ADHD World

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All of us want to get more done, excel at our goals, and live the best lives we can. But some of us have a little more trouble with that than others, sometimes because of our personalities and sometimes because of the way our brains are wired. ADHD is a fascinating condition, because most people with ADHD are either on a “messy” path in life, or a wildly successful trajectory. Of course, there is a comfortable middle ground as well. But despite this complex reality, most people associate ADHD with destructive traits like impulsiveness, slacking off, daydreaming, hyperactivity, lack of focus, and more. I think this is unfortunate, because there’s a much more interesting pattern of people who have used their ADHD to build business empires (Richard Branson), win Olympic gold medals (Simone Biles), change the world of marketing (Seth Godin), and so much more. So if you have ADHD, it’s safe to say that you can find a way to publish a bestselling book, build a profitable online busine...