Got caught up with other work left over from last week - only to find another side-alley to investigate. And then another. Good news is that these are all breakthroughs waiting to happen for you... The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 41 Results Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 36/154 (Actual vs. Reported: 23%) 1 non-IF subscribes. 34 no-openers moved off. StoryOrigins: 0 Overall Total: 3077 (new subscribers dropping behind, gradually) Total of IF/PW "subscribers" is now over 10K. Those IF/PW subscribers remaining after a year: 1158/6106 (18.96%) Book sales - October Monthly sales: (See Week 37) Next Lulu report for Sept - due Oct 15 (this coming week) Note: I've quit weekly booksales reporting as its more discouraging than informative. Monthly reports … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 39 Results
Got tied up in a new book - Non-fiction that explains other basics. Of course, little done on courses. Because this was a massive book, over 700 pages The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 39 Results Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 52/207 (Actual vs. Reported: 25.1%) 2 non-IF subscribes. 67 no-openers moved off. StoryOrigins: 0 Overall Total: 3147 (new subscribers staying just ahead of overboarding) Total of IF/PW "subscribers" is now over 10K. Those remaining after a year: 1267/5983 (21%) That's 6% of claims. Book sales - October Monthly sales: (See Week 37) Next Lulu report for Sept - due Oct 15 Note: I've quit weekly booksales reporting as its more discouraging than informative. Monthly reports give more valuable data in terms of trends and actions to … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 36 Results
A big "Done" on the alpha courses. And got another mega-course done as well. Funny what happens when you realize you have the resources already... The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 36 Results Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 95/302 (Actual vs. Reported: 31.5%) 3 non-IF subscribes. 5 no-openers moved off. 127 in 90 day inactive, 1 in 180-day inactive. StoryOrigins: 0 Overall Total: 3350 (Continuing slow growth. New giveaways producing new readers. 3 new giveaways started Sept 1 and are producing more than others, right according to strategy.) Book sales this week: Draft2Digital – 1, Gumroad – 1, PublishDrive – 0, StreetLib – 0, Kobo – 11, Amazon – 30 = Total Week’s Sales – 43 Note_1: Amazon Fiction – 2/30 (Email traffic produced those sales. CYL sales … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 29 Results
One book fell into last week. Concentrated on looking up courses and wattpad data. Progress on both. Hands-on farm project ate away Sunday, so schedule is already off. New book came up, so three in progress right now (one without cover.) The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 29 Results Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 18/74 (Actual vs. Reported: 24%) 2 non-IF subscribes. StoryOrigins: 0 Overall Total: 3226 (maintained, regardless of continued slow on-boarding from IF. Main point slowing is that I've quit overboarding the 90 day no-openers.) Published Words Fiction: – free – Own Site: 0, Medium: 0, Wattpad: 0 – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: 0 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – Own Site: this blog, Else: 0 (Medium) – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 19 Results
An intense week of going backward to move forward - revising an old anthology to start posting it to Wattpad. Outstanding improvement by linking all these books together by content. Proves the short story writing-publishing paradigm. The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 19 Results Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 66/199 (Actual vs. Reported: 50%) StoryOrigins: 0 Overall Total: 3597 (Yet again came up some...) Published Words Fiction: – free – Own Site: 0, Medium: 0, Wattpad: 0 – paid – Book Outlets: 97111, Medium: 0 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – Own Site: 1374, Else: 0 (Medium) – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: 0 Books Books updated: Total: 14 more single books, plus 1 anthology (leaving approximately 66 fiction to go and uncounted non-fiction … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 10 Results
Catching up on things. The four handwritten notes kicked my butt seriously this week. Those again forced a review of my branding, goals, and scope. Content Inc book again reared its head as completely invaluable for author-preneurs. Hope you like this new format - seems it's easier for Google excerpts and the RSS feed... The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 10 Results Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 374 StoryOrigins: 1 Overall Total: 3843 Published Words Fiction: – free – Own Site: 0, Medium: 0, Wattpad: 0 – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: 0 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – Own Site: 7323, Else: 0 (Medum) – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: 0 Books Books (pre-)published: None Books In Progress: 0 Book sales this week: Draft2Digital – 11, … [Read more...]
