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The Power of Love: Exploring the Fine Line Between Love and Hate in Human Connections
Discover how love’s transformative power shapes our relationships, societies, and world. Explore the fine line between love and hate in this thought-provoking exploration.
By Adejoke Adediwuraabout a year ago in Writers
The Rise of Generative AI:
Imagine a world where writing an article, designing a logo, or even composing a song takes minutes, not hours. Thanks to generative AI, that world is already here. From bloggers and marketers to artists and developers, generative AI is shaking up how we create content—and it’s only just getting started. But what exactly is generative AI, and why is it causing such a buzz? Let’s dive in.
By Katina Banksabout a year ago in Writers
How to Build a Basic Business Plan
Another area writers tend to suck at is business. The problem is that the same mentality that makes a person a great writer often inhibits their ability at business: You have gotten so good at looking at things from a weird angle that you sometimes forget how to look at things more practically. In a weird way, this is not really a disadvantage when it comes to writing, especially as it allows you to quickly learn skills in order to use them in your writing as well as look at multiple perspectives at once.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Writers
Getting Your Social Media Game Going
Part of everyone's marketing strategy should involve social media. I don't care if you're using Facebook, Twitter, what have you. The basic idea is that you need to join groups. And by joining these groups, you eventually get people to to follow and/or friend you; eventually, you'll end up creating a fan base of decent size. You need this fan base; it means that whenever you're trying to push updates, or advertise your merchandise, or basically just say, "Hey, I'm here!" you actually got somebody's attention.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Writers
Copyright and Trademark Issues Simplified
]If you want to see a lot of bad advice, ask about copyright on a writing discussion board. It seems that everyone has that little kernel of wisdom that they need to unload whenever the topic of copyright is brought up.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Writers
The Usual Marketing Problems
I'll probably run this into the ground, but artists suck at marketing. While you should definitely take a class or three in marketing, this means that you need to be aware that you are likely to commit some of the of the worst marketing mistakes known to man when you first start. It can only help to figure out what those mistakes are ahead of time so you can at least attempt to head them off at the pass. As these mistakes can cause the death of your project before you even begin, it is worth discussing them at the early stages of your project, preferably before your premier day.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Writers
The Lines That Separate Homage, Parody, and Infringement
You do not want to get between a mama bear and her cubs. A mama bear will do whatever it takes to protect her cubs and it doesn't matter if the danger is perceived or otherwise. Some companies are the same when it comes to their intellectual properties: Even the slightest challenge is a reason to unleash the lawyers. While some companies are more casual letting others infringe on their rights, all companies will only let others do so much with their IPs.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Writers
Digital Marketing Venues
One of the things that a lot of people tend to forget is that books do not market themselves. A lot of people have this idea that when you publish a book that is all you need to do; it becomes part of the rotation of advertisements on the site that you published it on and that's it. You don't need to lift a finger and you can move on to the next project.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Writers
How to Build an Audience
One of the hardest things for most writers is establishing an audience. This is an extremely important issue that needs to be solved; without an audience, you are writing to the ether. Without an audience, you have no one to build a buzz for your book, no one to buy your book, and no one who cares. Even if you are just posting pages to be read online, you need someone to read your pages; that's your audience.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Writers
Using TikTok For Marketing
TikTok is sort of an interesting creature. It's a social media platform where you post short videos; the topic of those videos can be whatever you want them to be, and people definitely take advantage of that. Better yet, TikTok has a rudimentary editing interface that allows a user to edit video recorded by his phone or computer. This makes it great for those looking to get the word out about their writing or associated merchandise and possibly expand their audience.
By Jamais Jochimabout a year ago in Writers
