Probably the biggest thing I've learned from RocketMoms and Giant Squid Summer School is that I actually can write on demand. I've never been confident enough to commit to any writing project for pay that would require assignments and deadlines. Squidoo has taught me how to be creative enough in my thinking that I've actually come up with some of my best writing as a result of assignments on topics that I probably wouldn't have considered on my own. It's amazing how that experience has affected my confidence level.
The main thing I've learned is how important it is to step out of your comfort zone ocasionally. Those challenges set you thinking about making lenses in ways that you just hadn't done before. Because someone else is setting the challege.
Another thing I've learned - and from a business perspective this is a real important one - to make products on informational lenses part of the story. For instance, my lenses about spiritual quotes have NEVER sold a single book with spiritual quotes. So now I'm trying selling only ONE product: a notebook people can write their own spiritual quotes in. Because that's part of my story: the fun of collecting spiritual quotes. No idea if it will work, but it's better than showcasing books that people aren't clicking on, let alone buying.
Probably the biggest thing I've learned from RocketMoms and Giant Squid Summer School is that I actually can write on demand. I've never been confident enough to commit to any writing project for pay that would require assignments and deadlines. Squidoo has taught me how to be creative enough in my thinking that I've actually come up with some of my best writing as a result of assignments on topics that I probably wouldn't have considered on my own. It's amazing how that experience has affected my confidence level.
ReplyDeleteThe main thing I've learned is how important it is to step out of your comfort zone ocasionally. Those challenges set you thinking about making lenses in ways that you just hadn't done before. Because someone else is setting the challege.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing I've learned - and from a business perspective this is a real important one - to make products on informational lenses part of the story. For instance, my lenses about spiritual quotes have NEVER sold a single book with spiritual quotes. So now I'm trying selling only ONE product: a notebook people can write their own spiritual quotes in. Because that's part of my story: the fun of collecting spiritual quotes. No idea if it will work, but it's better than showcasing books that people aren't clicking on, let alone buying.
Katinka, I like that idea of promoting that one product, the notebook. I hope it works well for you!
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