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Category: Marketing

Guest Post: Applying 3-Act Structure to a Picture Book

Posted on December 17, 2019December 4, 2019 by Yewande Daniel-Ayoade

I would like to sincerely thank Steve and Dani for giving me the opportunity to share my experience writing Sade: We’re Moving to Canada! on this blog, and to provide a free copy of the book to the Writing Academy community. I have been writing on and off since I was a kid. I describe…

Guest Post: My Indie Journey

Posted on November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 by Jo Holloway

I’m an indie. It’s not a decision I made lightly, but in the end, I chose the independent publishing route. It’s my path. I’ve called myself type A, or a control freak, or whatever the latest jargon is, but basically, I like to do things myself. I’m also impatient. That said, I know two things:…

Guest Post: Challenges with Writing & Illustrating My Second Children’s Book, Breathe, Mustard, Breathe!

Posted on September 23, 2019September 18, 2019 by Jeremy Ross

I would like to extend an appreciation to Dani and Steve Alcorn for allowing me to share a free copy of my second book, Breathe, Mustard, Breathe! with the excellent Writing Academy community, as well as a few key lessons I learned in writing and illustrating my second book. Breathe, Mustard, Breathe! simply teaches our…

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Lessons Learned: Writing & Illustrating an Amazon Best-Selling Children’s Picture Book

Posted on March 25, 2019February 28, 2019 by Jeremy Ross

To begin, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dani Alcorn for inviting me to write a guest blog post for Writing Academy. My debut children’s picture book, Nobody Loves Mustard, unexpectedly became: An Amazon Best Selling New Release A Number 1 Best Seller (Top 100 Free) A Number 1 Best Seller (Top…

Advanced Twitter

Posted on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

Since my last post about Twitter I’ve learned A LOT! Hashtags Hashtags make the Twitter-world go round. A hashtag is something that “tags” a post. It’s preceded by the pound symbol (#) and cannot include any spaces. You can search for hashtags on Twitter and also use them to help people find you. I’ve added…

Thinking Like an Entrepreneur

Posted on January 31, 2019February 1, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

You need an email list of potential customers to market your book(s) to. Surprised? You probably assumed email lists were just for businesses. But you are a business now! (PS That’s true even if you’re planning to go the traditional publishing route – agents and publishers will be very interested in you if you already…

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Setting Up Twitter

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

Today I focused on laying the groundwork to attract and connect with my audience for Structure Your Screenplay.​ Even though I’m a millennial I’ve just never warmed up to Twitter. I had an account I created years ago at my first job to retweet a handful of articles my boss asked me to… to all four…

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Getting Book Blurbs

Posted on January 24, 2019January 25, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

Getting your book blurbed by the right person can have a huge impact on the success of your book launch.​ The right blurb can increase your sales and go a long way toward legitimizing a self-published book.  But, first, what is a book blurb? A book blurb is a short quote (usually just one or…

What Genres Do Literary Agents Want?

Posted on November 16, 2017 by steve

Since agents work on commission, they are looking for books they can sell and make money from. Those don’t necessarily match what books are the best sellers. Some very popular categories don’t sell for high contract prices, meaning less commission to the agent. Agents are looking for the high dollar contracts. If you want to…

Internet Business Insights

Posted on July 2, 2017 by steve

Many of my courses include lessons about self-publishing and how to market books once they’re published. A great marketing technique is to give your book away on Amazon periodically to drive it to the top of their bestseller list. Then you can charge for it while it is being promoted on Amazon’s lists. Since it…

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