To download an audio version of this post, click here. At the beginning of August, Patreon had what some termed a payment meltdown. Some creators couldn’t access their payments. Banks notified some Patreon backers that their payments were being flagged as fraudulent. Patreon claimed that the problems weren’t one problem; they were two problems. For the creators, the problem was a payment partner of Patreon […]
Business Musings: Social Media And Time (A Process Blog)
If you would like a free audio version of this post, please click here. I ended up with an issue after last week’s post on the controversy surrounding The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. It was not the issue I expected. I even sent an email to a friend about that original issue, which did not materialize. What I said to them was, “I’m […]
Business Musings: My Magazine. My Voice. My Rules.
If you would like an audio version of this post, click here. I did not want to write this post. In fact, I would have skipped the topic altogether if maybe a dozen different people hadn’t asked me to weigh in. I also felt that I was one of only a handful of people who could explain some of what editor Sheree Renée Thomas went […]
Business Musings: Reading And Writing
If you would like a free audio version of this post, click here. A series of articles have appeared over the summer about the ways that the pandemic affected us as human beings. One of the most obvious is that people have forgotten how to behave in public. Vox did a long article on this, citing various examples, including many that featured concert goers throwing […]
Business Musings: Life Happens (A Process Blog)
For an audio version of this blog, click here. Because of various health issues, I’m behind on the Niche Marketing blogs. I am better, but struggling to catch up. I’ll be back on Niche Marketing next week. Until then, here’s a blog I wrote in July just in case the health issues got in the way. Enjoy! I had a great June. I finished four […]
Business Musings: The Problem With Skimping (Niche Marketing Part 8)
For an audio version of this post, please click here. I had nearly a dozen conversations in July with writers who told me why they did not use Shopify for their online store. Instead, these writers used dated products that were the Big Thing in 2015 or freebies from the web (which is scary, when dealing with money) or some Shopify knockoff that has one-tenth […]
Business Musings: Applying Niche Marketing (Niche Marketing Part 6)
For a free audio version of this post, click here. My plan all along for this series was to take a few projects of mine and use them as examples of ways to apply niche marketing thinking to books. It took me a while to get here. If you want to see some real world examples, take a look at the previous post. If you’re […]
Business Musings: One Thing. Maybe One And A Half. (Niche Marketing Part 5)
To get a free audio version of this post, click here. This little niche marketing series continues, and what we need are examples. Fortunately, I have them. Note: if you’re new to this series, please go back and start with the first post. In the second part of this series, I listed the various books I have published and which are currently still on the […]
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