The following post is from Katie of Making This Home and Gadanke: The worst thing about being a work at home mom is focus. You won’t have much if you’re trying to juggle children, housework, and work all at once. Not too long ago, my infant son and I were both a little stir crazy from…
The following post is from Katie of Making This Home and Gadanke: This time of year is always our slowest sales season at the Gadanke journal shop. Chances are, if you are a blogger or retailer outside of tourism, it's your slower season, too. From a business perspective, this quieter time is a huge blessing. That…
The following post is from Katie of Making This Home and Gadanke: Out here in rural Montana, there are some incredible artists and craftsmen trying to make a living. They're painting Montana scenes on mugs and ornaments, incorporating antlers into tasteful (and not so attractive!) pieces, and hand building jewelry with local sapphires or fabulous beads…
The following guest post is from Sarah Parsons of HelpMeetYourGoals.com: Starting a new business or stay at home work venture at any time can be a daunting task. Add in a new baby and/or small children, and you have taken daunting to a whole new level. Give yourself permission to learn as you go --…
Once you write an ebook, how do you decide where you want to sell it? Should you make it available for sale on your website or list it exclusively with Amazon? How exactly do you sell an ebook on Amazon anyway? In Module 6, we're talking about the different formats and outlets available for selling…
After spending a few week on high-level topics like choosing a topic and exceeding expectations, we're getting into the nitty gritty of creating an ebook, and while writing and editing (which we covered last week) are among the most important aspects of publishing an ebook, design is pretty high up on the list as well!…
In some ways, coming up with an ebook topic, hiring an editor and designer, deciding on formats, and marketing your ebook are the easy parts...writing is the part that takes the longest, is easiest to put off and is really the most important! In Module 4, we're talking about the writing process, including: The importance…
There are a lot of areas in life where "good enough is enough" and it's important to let go of the idea of perfection. While it's important not to let perfection paralysis stop you from getting your ebook published, it's also important not to just throw content together quickly with the hope of making a…
For many people, actually writing enough words to fill an ebook isn't the issue; choosing a topic that they want to write about and will sell well is. Although I'm always kind of thinking about potential ebook topics, blog series and business ideas, I don't often sit down and try to force myself to come…
In 2008, Shaina, Tara and I published our first ebook, Transcription 101, which we wrote from our combined 10+ years of transcription experience. The market was completely different at that time, and while I'd love to tell you that that ebook was so wildly successful that I couldn't resist writing more, that unfortunately was not…