I want to give you most of today to work on your reports, but I have already been getting questions about the timeline portion of the report so let me address that. What does the report ask for? Timeline [100 words]. This includes specific dates and the activities needed both pre-launch (minimum of three months) and … Continue reading Crowdfunding: building a timeline
Grades to date Zine statements — All in! Thank you! Book reviews — I’m still missing links from Shay, Kiera, Monica, & Hannah T. Please email me your link when your review is live. Web presence reflection. Due tomorrow. Thanks to those who have already submitted theirs. The campaign blog You already started the process of … Continue reading Crowdfunding: the campaign blog
Grades to date Zines — I’m missing Accompanying Statements from Hannah T & Shay. Book reviews — I’m missing from Shay, Kiera, Monica, Hannah T, and Hannah W. Please email me your link when yours is up. Web presence reflection. Due Friday. Thanks to those who have already submitted theirs. Goals + rewards drafts Activity: On … Continue reading Crowdfunding: strategies for outreach
Grades to date Grades for the following are posted in BlackBoard. Zines — feedback on accompanying statements are in Google Docs Book reviews — missing several still Web presence wrap-up To wrap up the first half of this 2nd unit, please share a Google Doc with me that answers these questions in roughly 800-1,000 words. … Continue reading Crowdfunding: goals + rewards
Did you post your review yet? Review the final project: crowdfunding report over on the Unit 2 page and the updated schedule. Drawing from Kickstarter’s own public data, pro-bro tech news site The Hustle says the campaign success rate on that platform is about 36%, with comics seeing a higher rate at 57% and book … Continue reading Crowdfunding: researching campaigns & making a pitch
Posted reviews On Thursday we talked extensively about the importance of reviews and how to put one together for Goodreads or Amazon. Did you post your review? How did this go? Intro to crowdfunding Activity: With a partner or two, examine either Kickstarter or Indiegogo, looking specifically at a publishing campaign as an example. As … Continue reading Intro to crowdfunding
As many of our books noted, reviews are an essential component to self-publishing. This makes sense: without reviews or endorsements, it’s awfully hard to get noticed, or demonstrate (what a few of our books called) social proof. In How to Market a Book, Joanna Penn identifies three main types: Customer reviews [example from Goodreads] Book … Continue reading Reviews: the social proof of self-publishing
Book topic #3: branding, marketing, & promotion Activity: Let’s collaborate in our [google doc] today as we share marketing strategies with each other. You’ll also have open lab time to work on your web presence. Homework for next class Read customer reviews of the book you chose by visiting it on Amazon & Goodreads. Notice … Continue reading Self-publishing & marketing
Book topic #2: Tools and spaces Activity: Let’s collaborate in our [google doc] today and begin by adding some tools and spaces to the table. Once this is complete, we can talk a bit about some of our options. Domain vs. hosts vs. platforms, cont’d Let’s dedicate some lab time to building your web presence. … Continue reading Self-publishing tools & spaces
Today we are doing two things: sharing advice from our books about choosing a platform (or the kind of media/space for your work) and then swapping notes about domains, hosts, and platforms.
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