1. How to build your email list & get reviews for your books on Amazon
Early last year I shared the tip to put a link to your email list signup page in the front of your book on Amazon (see #2). Why? Because with Amazon’s "Look Inside" feature. someone could follow that link and get on your mailing list, even without buying your book. A win. In this episode of EOFire, Chandler & John talk more about that trick (at minute 8:15). Related to that, Chandler explains his clever "Review Sweeper" email sequence. He emails readers of his book(s) after 21 days asking what they think of the book. He thanks them for their thoughts, then asks them to copy & paste those thoughts into an Amazon review, and provides a link, to make it super easy for them. He explains the process starting at minute 13:32.
2. How to go through your inbox like Instagram
If you struggle to manage your email inbox but have no trouble scrolling through Instagram, check out the new app called Gfeed (for both Android and iOS). I haven’t tried it myself (I’m happy with Google Inbox), but basically it helps you process your emails quicker by turning your inbox into an Instagram-like feed. Interesting.
3. Teachable vs. Thinkific for ecourse hosting
In her podcast, Lisa Irby explained how she started building her ecourse on Teachable based on the recommendation of key influencers, but switched to Thinkific because she likes its customer support options better (LaTosha mentioned the difference in payouts too). For some, customer support options (or payout timing) might not matter, but Lisa makes a really great point: do your research and do what works for you! This is similar to what I ranted about a few weeks ago (see #5). It’s so easy to assume, "So-and-so did it, therefore, that must be the best way." Not so! Let others’ opinions inform your decisions, not direct them.
4. Heads up!
• Parenting Super Bundle - 80 resources from the Ultimate Bundles team, available a few more days.
• Challista font - Another script font.
• Captivating theme - A new Genesis theme released by Restored 316.
• Go LIVE with a friend on Instagram - The feature is in testing mode but will roll out in coming months.
• Share & chat about videos on YouTube - Share & chat about videos with friends and family directly on YouTube.
• In Facebook news… - They’re shutting down the Groups app, they "will remove Pages that engage in cloaking" (I’m not sure how this affects Pretty Link plugin users) and they announced Watch, a new way to watch shows.
5. Behind the scenes
(A question for you.) I’ve adopted a "minimalist business" mentality and a "live nimbly" motto, but this week I’ve spent a lot of time pondering how those things mesh with an online world full of noise—a million email lists to subscribe to, ecourses to buy, people to follow, blogs to read, videos to watch. Not only am I overwhelmed by it, I don’t want to contribute to it. I’ve been thinking about how I can simplify, even when so many say, essentially, to make things more complicated (get this tool and this service and this sequence!). Have you, or others you’ve encountered, simplified their online presence drastically? (By "drastically" I mean something like deleting social media accounts entirely or chucking your email list, not just scaling back from 3 posts a week to 1 post a week or unsubscribing from all but 5 email lists.) If so, would you let me know? I’d love to learn, and I’ll share the best ones next week.
Early last year I shared the tip to put a link to your email list signup page in the front of your book on Amazon (see #2). Why? Because with Amazon’s "Look Inside" feature. someone could follow that link and get on your mailing list, even without buying your book. A win. In this episode of EOFire, Chandler & John talk more about that trick (at minute 8:15). Related to that, Chandler explains his clever "Review Sweeper" email sequence. He emails readers of his book(s) after 21 days asking what they think of the book. He thanks them for their thoughts, then asks them to copy & paste those thoughts into an Amazon review, and provides a link, to make it super easy for them. He explains the process starting at minute 13:32.
2. How to go through your inbox like Instagram
If you struggle to manage your email inbox but have no trouble scrolling through Instagram, check out the new app called Gfeed (for both Android and iOS). I haven’t tried it myself (I’m happy with Google Inbox), but basically it helps you process your emails quicker by turning your inbox into an Instagram-like feed. Interesting.
3. Teachable vs. Thinkific for ecourse hosting
In her podcast, Lisa Irby explained how she started building her ecourse on Teachable based on the recommendation of key influencers, but switched to Thinkific because she likes its customer support options better (LaTosha mentioned the difference in payouts too). For some, customer support options (or payout timing) might not matter, but Lisa makes a really great point: do your research and do what works for you! This is similar to what I ranted about a few weeks ago (see #5). It’s so easy to assume, "So-and-so did it, therefore, that must be the best way." Not so! Let others’ opinions inform your decisions, not direct them.
4. Heads up!
• Parenting Super Bundle - 80 resources from the Ultimate Bundles team, available a few more days.
• Challista font - Another script font.
• Captivating theme - A new Genesis theme released by Restored 316.
• Go LIVE with a friend on Instagram - The feature is in testing mode but will roll out in coming months.
• Share & chat about videos on YouTube - Share & chat about videos with friends and family directly on YouTube.
• In Facebook news… - They’re shutting down the Groups app, they "will remove Pages that engage in cloaking" (I’m not sure how this affects Pretty Link plugin users) and they announced Watch, a new way to watch shows.
5. Behind the scenes
(A question for you.) I’ve adopted a "minimalist business" mentality and a "live nimbly" motto, but this week I’ve spent a lot of time pondering how those things mesh with an online world full of noise—a million email lists to subscribe to, ecourses to buy, people to follow, blogs to read, videos to watch. Not only am I overwhelmed by it, I don’t want to contribute to it. I’ve been thinking about how I can simplify, even when so many say, essentially, to make things more complicated (get this tool and this service and this sequence!). Have you, or others you’ve encountered, simplified their online presence drastically? (By "drastically" I mean something like deleting social media accounts entirely or chucking your email list, not just scaling back from 3 posts a week to 1 post a week or unsubscribing from all but 5 email lists.) If so, would you let me know? I’d love to learn, and I’ll share the best ones next week.
Have a great weekend,
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