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Author Archives: fmoebius
Author Central – Author Rank and Personal Growth
The next menu point in Author Central (link) is the Sales Info. Below that, you’ll find NPD Book Scan Sales Rank Author Rank Now, before I explain in detail what that means and how seriously you should take it, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Author Central, Author rank, Emotions, frustration, personal growth, success
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Author Central and Imposter Syndrome
Author Central is an interface you can access and set up on Amazon once you have published your first book through KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing). There are plenty of reasons why you should do that. You’ll get your own Author … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon Author, Author Central, author page, imposter syndrome, marketing
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Tapping and Setting Up that First Amazon Ad
Yesterday, I set up my first two Amazon ads ever. It was surprisingly easy, once I got the advertising interface to work – it was an Amazon glitch, so I don’t expect you to run into that problem. I followed … Continue reading
Amazon Ads – My Keywords
Today, I’m documenting my keywords for my first Amazon Ad, for my book “Dragon Prey” (Hannah Steenbock is my pen name.) Gathering them was quite a chore, because I was a bit picky. You see, keywords are supposed to drive … Continue reading
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What are Also-Boughts, and why do you need them for Amazon Ads?
Also-boughts are the recommendations Amazon gives you when browsing (almost) any product. They are generated from their sales database and try to match your preferences. The full text is basically: Customers who bought this (whatever you’re looking at) also bought … Continue reading
Tackling Amazon Ads
Amazon Ads… My writing self has walked around those for a year or more. Now it is time to actually get into the game, to become visible, and that’s difficult on two levels. One level is craft, and I will … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, AMS, craft, getting visible, marketing, setting up an ad
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The Power of Styles
Today, I’m going to wind up the series on creating a Clean Manuscript with some words about Styles. You may have heard about them. If you’re like me, you have ignored them for way too long. Styles tie in your … Continue reading
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The Pitfalls of Quotation Marks in Creating a Clean Manuscript
If you’re even a bit like me, you like straight quotation marks. I actually loathed the curly ones, and set my word processor to use straight ones. And it felt really good to have those clean characters in my manuscript. … Continue reading
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Tagged clean manuscript, curly quotes, efficiency, quotation marks, straight quotes
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How to Indent and Add a Page Break for a Clean Manuscript
Last week, I talked about the importance of a clean manuscript, and why it’s a business asset. Today, I’m sharing the first hands-on video of three. I’ll show you how to use the paragraph settings of your word processing program, … Continue reading
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Tagged habits, indent, manuscript, page break, resistance, tech stuff, writing craft
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Why You Should Create a Clean Manuscript
As you know, Writers’ Dream Coach is about supporting writers and authors. It’s mostly about mindset, but this year, I am expanding into hands-on craft. And I will write about all those pesky emotions coming up when talking craft. Craft … Continue reading
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Tagged craft, formatting, formatting marks, manuscript, novel, writing
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