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Freemium for writers is two debates

Posted on September 3, 2009December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
An arm with a tattoo: "I was made for the library, not the classroom."

[This is a guest post by Dan Holloway. His info is at the end of the post.] The battle isn’t…

Posted in MediaTagged Guest, Marketing, New Media, Platform, Self-Publishing35 Comments on Freemium for writers is two debates

You are not your iPhone, not your Kindle

Posted on August 11, 2009December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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“Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn’t have to experience it.” —Max Frisch That an…

Posted in MediaTagged Marketing, New Media, Platform11 Comments on You are not your iPhone, not your Kindle

Is Social Publishing simply Vanity Publishing 2.0?

Posted on July 30, 2009December 9, 2025 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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“Yes, Sir, there are many happy people here. There are many people here who are watching hundreds, and who think…

Posted in MediaTagged Community, Marketing, New Media, Platform, Self-Publishing20 Comments on Is Social Publishing simply Vanity Publishing 2.0?

Platform 201 for Busy Writers: 1,000 True Fans

Posted on July 14, 2009December 9, 2025 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author – in other words, anyone…

Posted in MediaTagged Community, Marketing, New Media, Platform8 Comments on Platform 201 for Busy Writers: 1,000 True Fans

Platform 101 For Busy Writers: 3 Simple Steps

Posted on July 10, 2009December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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“The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a…

Posted in MediaTagged Community, Marketing, New Media, Platform, Seth Godin14 Comments on Platform 101 For Busy Writers: 3 Simple Steps

Free is wrong for writers; Freemium might not be

Posted on July 6, 2009December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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What [FREE author Chris Anderson] is proposing is down somewhere, on the scale of ethics, well beneath Wal-Mart’s policies of no…

Posted in MediaTagged Marketing, New Media, Platform, Seth Godin38 Comments on Free is wrong for writers; Freemium might not be

In a time of crisitunity, you gotta have soul!

Posted on June 5, 2009December 22, 2024 by Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
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“Ad networks have scale and data, but they lack soul. Customers don’t join ad networks.” —John Battelle, Founder & CEO,…

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