Great! I am glad that the idea of previews that are not teasers but are actually usable content might be helpful! And, as Sarah points to in the interview, a ton of my content was free to start, and a whole bunch still is. I am not famous. I need people to get to know my work in order to want to pay for it!
Great! I am glad that the idea of previews that are not teasers but are actually usable content might be helpful! And, as Sarah points to in the interview, a ton of my content was free to start, and a whole bunch still is. I am not famous. I need people to get to know my work in order to want to pay for it!
Exactly. When I came on here, I had about maybe a few hundred or so people who really "followed" me elsewhere on social media because they truly wanted to make sure they knew if I was offering a class or workshop, because they had either already taken classes with me over the past ten years, or had read my book which came out pretty recently in 2021. A few hundred "true fans" is really valuable and definitely better than none, but it's not fame or even technically a platform. My sense was that for things to take and grow here, I would need to let people get to know me first.
I agree. Despite the chaos in my life, I do my best to reach out with a "Note" if I am not able to put my mind to an entire "Post" ... to make sure I'm showing up and present to those who care about my writing and follow my work....so that they can know me more and more...especially through comments. I'm grateful for the "re-stacks" some of my posts have enjoyed.
The writer who encourages her own students to keep their content free for a while, for the exact reasons you have, is Beth Kempton @BethKempton. I have participated in a couple of her seasonal Writing Sanctuaries and purchased her book, Kokoro.~:0)
Great! I am glad that the idea of previews that are not teasers but are actually usable content might be helpful! And, as Sarah points to in the interview, a ton of my content was free to start, and a whole bunch still is. I am not famous. I need people to get to know my work in order to want to pay for it!
Ah, that's the reason why I've kept most of my content free to date. ~:0)
Exactly. When I came on here, I had about maybe a few hundred or so people who really "followed" me elsewhere on social media because they truly wanted to make sure they knew if I was offering a class or workshop, because they had either already taken classes with me over the past ten years, or had read my book which came out pretty recently in 2021. A few hundred "true fans" is really valuable and definitely better than none, but it's not fame or even technically a platform. My sense was that for things to take and grow here, I would need to let people get to know me first.
I agree. Despite the chaos in my life, I do my best to reach out with a "Note" if I am not able to put my mind to an entire "Post" ... to make sure I'm showing up and present to those who care about my writing and follow my work....so that they can know me more and more...especially through comments. I'm grateful for the "re-stacks" some of my posts have enjoyed.
The writer who encourages her own students to keep their content free for a while, for the exact reasons you have, is Beth Kempton @BethKempton. I have participated in a couple of her seasonal Writing Sanctuaries and purchased her book, Kokoro.~:0)
That's wonderful--I like the title Writing Sanctuaries, too.