Steph here!
Last week, Jenn and I showed you how to set-up your Kickstarter. This week, we’re taking a look at the all-important step of marketing your Kickstarter.
While you might get some traffic from Kickstarter itself, you’ll definitely need to market to your own readers and potential new readers to hit your goal and find yourself fully funded.
Let’s jump right into the three major...
2023-01-18 21:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostOn horses a day later, Wu Ying and Yang Mu rode through the hinterlands on their way south, leading a pair of pack horses behind them. The pair of cultivators were not alone, the road they travelled often used by merchants and other travellers as one of the main arteries of commerce. Still, most of the other travellers gave the pair a wide distance, unconsciously grasping the difference in cultivation and social standing.
“I do not believe you refused to help calm them,” Wu Ying com...
2023-01-17 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post“This set of paired ge was purchased from a wandering cultivator two months ago from a branch department over a thousand li away,” the auctioneer was announcing, waving at the dagger-axe polearms that the two young and willowy female attendants displayed as they walked up and down the stage before him. “As you can tell, they are unenchanted and of the Saint-level of quality, with a maker mark from the infamous Brother Dan of the Five Gorges.”
At his last pronouncement, whispers ...
2023-01-13 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostSteph & Jenn here. Tao asked us to write up some business posts that focus on using Kickstarter.
Both Steph and I have survived two successful Kickstarter campaigns - System Finale audiobook that launched in May 2022 and the 2023-01-11 18:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Two weeks and one boat change later, the pair of cultivators landed in the riverside town beside a massive lake. The pair had a pleasant and quiet trip down south other than a single attack by a Core equivalent fish that Wu Ying had, accidentally, angered whilst practicing some blade strikes off the bow of the ship. In the end, they had been forced to slay the slumbering creature and the ship had pulled over for a day to work with the nearby fishermen vessels to debone and harvest the creatur...
2023-01-10 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello Everyone,
I have a surprise for you! Nick has finished recording A Tense Meeting. This is the bonus epilogue after book 12 of the System Apocalypse, System Finale.
You can listen to the audiobook here: https://BookHip.com/BWFXRZV
If you missed the link to download the e-book, you can find it here: https://BookHip.co...
2023-01-06 17:13:13 +0000 UTC View PostA day and a night, the pair resided in that small town. There were no complications during their stay, even if the appearance of a pair of Core Formation cultivators had them both feted by the local magistrate at his residence. During the day, whilst Wu Ying bathed in the herbal bath that he required to progress and upkeep his Body Cultivation, Yang Mu enacted a minor favour for the city lord.
Over dinner that day, one that, thankfully they were able to host without the city lord, Yang ...
2023-01-06 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostCross-legged, Wu Ying cultivated on the slight mountain rise. Winds swirled around him, bringing with him notice of the environment around and those beasts that might be paying too close attention to the pair. Certainly, after the first massive strike by his companion, Wu Ying had to emplace a swirling defense around the entrance to deaden the noise of her attacks.
Even now, he could not help but wonder about why she had such a massive hammer in her spatial storage, or why anyone would ...
2023-01-03 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostBook 8 of A Thousand Li is now available. Read the fully edited ebook now!
Get your copy here: https://BookHip.com/RSBWAJG
2022 has been interesting and overall, a very good year.
Alright, going to make this a somewhat short post. I've been incredibly lucky - and honoured - to have received a tremendous amount of support from you - the readers - over the last few years.
Really, everything that has happened is because of you guys. Without the readers, there's no more publishing, no more excursions ot conventions, no more ramen and dim sum.
Okay, probably still ramen and dim sum.
Anyway, all of that is a way of saying I'm very grateful for all the...
2022-12-29 14:48:59 +0000 UTC View PostCrossing through the deep wilds, the pair moved more quietly. Wu Ying grew even more circumspect on his gathering, choosing only to take the items that he most required. Oftentimes, they would come to a stop, watching a location for hours at a time as the Gatherer ascertained that no traps lay in wait for them. Such traps came in a variety of manners, from plants that defended with poisonous sap or strangling vines or lulling flower scents to insects, reptiles and arachnids that lay in wait f...
2022-12-29 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostI get very, very tired of hearing people talking about how (paid) advertising doesn't work. Some of these are from successful authors who don't do it at all, and who then decry that advertising doesn't work, you don't need it and it's all garbage.
I also get very tired of hearing from authors who talk about how we all need to be on social media all the time, pushing ourselves, etc.
Now, mind you, I have a decent online presence in social places. Facebook, Twitter, Inst...
2022-12-28 17:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, Wu Ying really began to stretch his legs. Whereas they had been moving at just over twice as fast as any unascended human could have moved the previous day, now secure in the knowledge that Yang Mu’s aura control was sufficient, he sped up gradually.
Wind Steps – the modified movement technique endemic to his Sect – allowed him to traverse the land in steps that covered multiple feet with each motion. On the ground as they moved, he had to shorten the distance ea...
2022-12-27 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, so a quick Business Post not on scheduled, because, well I wrote it as a reply to someone on Reddit and might as well repurpose it.
This is based off Brandon Sanderson's most recent post: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson-2022/
There's a lot, but he talks about the state of the Audiobook market, Audible and the horrible 40% royalty rate.
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2022-12-23 02:13:56 +0000 UTC View PostWu Ying watched the battle below him with mild interest, standing on the swaying branch of the tallest tree nearby the fight. In most Core Formation battles, such a perch would have be vastly insufficient, as Core Formation cultivators had a tendency to wreck the nearby environment in large swathes of space. However, even though two of the four Spirit Beast stalking them had been at an equivalent level, their own techniques focused on movement, hidden attacks and a high level of defense. Not ...
2022-12-22 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostLet's do a quick example of a quick launch strategy in a hot genre to get an indie author who can write fast
Assumptions
- You can write at least 2k a day.
- You can edit 4k a day.
- You have a budget of around $500 to start.
* Or you have enough experience to write clearly without major editing.
- You are in a decently heavy in demand sub-genre
- Organic reach is not entirely removed and...
2022-12-21 17:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhat Happened Before
Long Wu Ying has come far since his first days at the Verdant Green Waters sect. Banished for the sect for defying the sect elders, Wu Ying journeyed through the kingdom of Shen at first before continual attacks by the dark sect drove him out.
Forced to continue his travels, Wu Ying made his way through numerous kingdoms, spending time with the Pan sisters in their village and the sword prodigy Pan Chen. Studying with the boy, he achieves ...
2022-12-20 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is required when creating cover art and how to evaluate covers
There are two main elements in a cover.
Good covers are basically advertisements. Like good ads then, a cover can be art or typography dominated. And knowing which is most prominent in your cover before you provide details to your artist will save time.
When reviewing the cover it is worth knowing as well as the following elemen...
2022-12-14 17:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post
You asked for it, I'm finally getting around to doing it…
A second short story anthology for the System Apocalypse universe!
The theme for this anthology is Picking up the Pieces.
Set a year after the arrival of the Syst...
2022-12-09 15:15:53 +0000 UTC View PostLet's talk about something that doesn't affect some other authors as much but does horribly for others. specifically foreign exchange fluctuations.
Making the Most of Forex
One of the things that you can and should do to reduce forex fluctuations and forex costs is to use intermediary services like Wise. Basically places like Wise allow you to open accounts in multiple currencies a...
2022-12-07 17:30:56 +0000 UTC View PostRanged unit in production. I have a few choices (I went with a wood elemental as the basic unit type. More elemental types later).
Vote, vote, vote!
Yes, I might have gotten amused by this and distracted from writing ATL. I swear work is being done... just... ummm... not as fast?
2022-12-04 15:33:41 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, in lieu of a business post which I still need to edit, you guys get a writing update. Sorry.
This entire month is on-off in terms of productivity due to a lot of illness. I'm still recovering, every time it seems I get better I seem to catch another damn cold that wipes all my energy. So, here we are, with some updates.
A Thousand Li
A Thousand Li continues to be my main focus. For those reading along for the Sundering Blade, 2022-12-02 18:30:13 +0000 UTC View Post
If you had to pick a starting race to see evolve and fight with, which is most interesting to you?
2022-12-01 22:29:42 +0000 UTC View PostAs many of you might know, I tried my hand (briefly) as a publisher during the pandemic, in a bid to help some people put out work they could not (due to cost) in our tiny genre. I also have a few co-authors who I publish the work directly. So, I wanted to talk about some observations about publishing, specifically from a business and marketing perspective.
Firstly, let's just make it clear I am, for the most part, making a bunch on the publishing side up as I go along.
Now,...
2022-11-23 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostLet's talk about the state of promotions for indie publishers, since there's a lot of talk about Twitter and the like.
Here's the start..
Current Promotional Methods are Failing
This has been mentioned before, about how Facebook Advertising altered their algorothims in February. There's also a pretty constant drop in the number of people on Facebook, as the young disappear and the old get fed-up.
Amazon Marketing Systems (AMS) co...
2022-11-16 12:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostAre you reading Climbing the Ranks?
For the new year, the plan is to release the series Climbing the Ranks as a serial subscription and currently trying to determine if chapters should continued be shared on Patreon as well.
2022-11-15 16:47:31 +0000 UTC View PostRecently talking to someone about translations and realised, that while the step-by-step guide on translations covered how to do it, it didn't cover how to make it profitable and the numbers side. So here's the discussion.
Let me start that for LitRPG, right now, it seems only German translations work out. I've tested a LOT of other countries, almost none of them have ...
2022-11-09 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostTime for my monthly update, that arrives whenever I actually remember to get to writing it for the month. Been a bit since late September that I did an update, so let's get down to it:
System Apocalypse
Nic confirmed he only has a few hours left to record, so we're hoping we can get everything done by the end of this month. Maybe a little earlier, will depend on timing of his editor too, but we're finally close to the final stretch for System Finale (Sy...
2022-11-08 17:20:44 +0000 UTC View PostSo shipping, specifically international shipping is a problem. Now that a lot of people are getting into Kickstarter, I thought I'd write about it. Now, for those who don't know, I used to run an online game store that did Kickstarter Fulfilment (mostly Canada, some US) so I had a glimpse into the huge push that board game fulfilment went through and the varying changes.
The thing about international shipping is that it depends on where you want to ship to.
The...
2022-11-02 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post