Brian Meeks likes to tell a story. He is a US based author who writes mysteries, thrillers and science fiction as well as non-fiction titles about the business of being an Indie author. You’d never guess then that he hated writing until January 2nd, 2010. It was on that day that he wrote a blog piece which attracted within 24 hours a respectable 300 views and 25 positive comments. This provided the spark he needed and since then he’s written over 1500 blog posts, 3 fiction books and 13 novels including his successful Henry Wood Detective Series. He also has a new book out with a former Creative Life podcast guest, Honoree Corder which is called ‘The Prosperous Writer’s Guide to Making More Money."
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In this episode, you'll learn:
- Mastering Amazon ads
- Using Amazon Advertising platform
- Data analytics as a writer
- BookBub
- KPI's for self-published authors
- Knowing your conversion rates
- Writing to market
- Chunking down your writing sessions
- A panster to a plotter
- Making $7,000 a month from self-publishing
- Writing at night
- Blocking your writing time
- Co-creation of books
- The self-publishing business
- How many data analysts work at big book publishers
- Brian's $60,000 mistake
- Elmore Leonard
- Productivity hacks for writers
- Building your list
- Starting a blog as a writer
- Writing 3-4 books quickly
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- iPad and Keyboard
- Storyist
- Scrivener
- Baroque Playlist on YouTube
- Reamde by Neal Stephenson
- Brian Meeks on Amazon
- Brian Meeks on Twitter
- Mastering Amazon Ads Facebook Group
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