To be honest, for us, the launch of the Asengana platform took place 10 months ago, when the first Early Adopter subscribed to the list.
Why our Asengana platform launch (go-live) wasn’t a big event
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SMM 7/7 – Project Management for writers – Kanban
Kanban is an Agile methodology I use in my everyday life. You will be using it when writing your books with the assistance of the Asengana platform.
SMM 6/7 – DIY Social Media Marketing Plan for writers
The sales numbers isn’t the only result you should examine. You should keep track of the number of followers on each social network, the number of likes and shares for certain posts, your website traffic (Google Analytics), and anything else you think might be helpful in quantifying the user experience.
SMM 5/7 – Social Networks – a like value is 0
This another boring article about things everybody knows. Sometimes, self-sufficiency makes us ignore the changes in functionalities or algorithms of various social networks. Is back to basics, one-on-one communication.
SMM 4/7 – The story about you writing your story
These three recipes for writing articles seem to produce more compelling results than others and are easy to follow. Even if they are not applicable per se for a writer, they offer a glimpse into the mind of a marketer.
SMM 3/7 – The website – a writer’s castle
I use my online presence as a benchmark. I OWN my website. It is my castle. If I want the world to know something about me, I will write it there.
SMM 2/7 – Personal branding for writers
Online PERSONAL BRAND = Online SOCIAL PRESENCE + Online SOCIAL STATUS
SMM 1/7 – Why is the way you define Social Media Marketing important?
To approach social media as a professional writer means that you’ll have to wear a different hat to sell your books than that of the normal user. You’ll wear the hat of a Social Media Manager.
How many words do you read and write every day?
Six months and 200,000 words later, yes, you read correctly: 200k, I was looking at the screen wondering about the meaning of time and words.
The six true reasons for not writing and publishing a good book – based on real conversations with future, actual, or never-going-to-happen writers
Disclaimer:
This article is not for fragile egos. Words can hurt.
If in doubt and a double-espresso will brighten your day, keep reading.
If you’re one of us, a thick-skin writer who takes work seriously, this article is for your amusement.
“Have you read my book?” expectation vs. the reader’s goodwill
Reading your book competes not only with other books but with all other activities I do in a day. It competes for a precious resource: my time. Even offering me a free book it’s not enough. I know it’s not what you expect to hear. After all, it’s your mind’s baby in which you poured hours of work, your soul on paper.
Let’s stop here and now and accept the definition of a bestseller: it sells.
The writer in me cringes to write this. After all, what makes a good book should be the storytelling skills of the wordsmith.
The book market for the genre I write in is huge
Be smart. It’s not sexy to start small, but it’s the best place to start.
Why is that famous writer coming to that small convention every year?
Asengana was born of the idea that the writing process needs more than just creativity and then modeled based upon the conclusions of many conversations combined with a lot of hard work needed to convince writers to open up about their success.
Beyond the noise awaits the reader?
You’ll notice a lot of opinions about how good or bad a famous writer is. They are visible, known and easy to attack. The professional writers also don’t give a…
Wasted words
I delete 70% of the blog articles I write at a second reading. I called it Words Quality Assurance.
How to write a short story outline – cheat sheet
Until we launch the platform in October and you’ll have a full-featured project management and writing, maybe this cheat sheet will help you write your short stories faster.
People know who you are. Good. It doesn’t mean they will buy your book.
Keep doing what works. Remove from your to-do list what doesn’t. Analyze and measure again.
Your book vs. This Year’s Bestseller. The winner is…
Do the opposite. Buy the book. Read the book. Realize that is better than yours; better written, with a better story architecture. Let the pain and the humiliation flood you mind, crush your thoughts of greatness. Then swim to the surface of the ocean of sorrow you’re in and start writing your next book.
My angry self
Come morning I will wake up early and write. There’s a story to tell angry or not.
How to write a bestseller? Answer: You don’t.
There is no such thing as writing a bestseller. A bestseller is not a book you write. It’s product.
That’s right. You can write a good Final Draft. That’s it. A bestseller is a product sold in big numbers. A product resulting from the collective work of a writer, a literary agent, a cover designer, an editor, a marketing team, an online store or a bookshop, and many more.
Hidden
Congrats! You are so well hidden that even Google can’t find you.