Farm work hit my writing this week - fixing fences for those errant "children" of mine - plus a freelance project needed major overhaul. But work continues. And - NaNoWriMo starts this week... The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 43 Results Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 15/85 (Actual vs. Reported: 17.6%) 0 non-IF. 64 no-openers moved off. StoryOrigins: 0 Overall Total: 2982 (new subscribers dropping behind, gradually) Those IF/PW subscribers remaining after a year: 1333/6220 (21%) Back to average retention levels. Book Sales: See Week 42 Published Words Fiction: – free – Own Site: 0, Medium: 0, Wattpad: 3 chapters – paid – Book Outlets: 0, Medium: 0 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – Own Site: 1735 this blog, Else: 0 articles on Medium scheduled – … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 42 Results
Farm work hit yesterday - cows out three times and had to be gotten back in. (Wouldn't go back into the hole they came out...) But work continues. And - chose to do NaNoWriMo again. The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 42 Results Metrics Subscribers: Instafreebie/PW: 57/219 (Actual vs. Reported: 26%) 3 non-IF. 52 no-openers moved off. StoryOrigins: 0 Overall Total: 3051 (new subscribers dropping behind, gradually) Those IF/PW subscribers remaining after a year: 2919/6146 (47.5%) That's a considerable rise in retention. Keep an eye on this... Published Words Fiction: – free – Own Site: 0, Medium: 0, Wattpad: 3 chapters – paid – Book Outlets: 146755, Medium: 0 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – Own Site: 2028 this blog, Else: 3 articles on Medium scheduled – … [Read more...]
The Great Writing Business Challenge – Week 41 Results
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...]
