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Every way I ever found money for my business

This is a story about money, and how to find it. It starts with a story set in my lean years when I just went to press on a new print run for Wannabe Press’s two most popular books. We spent $8,500 to get 3,000 copies total: 2,000 copies of Katrina Hates Dead Shit and 1,000 copies of

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8 lies authors tell themselves about book marketing that I’m sick of hearing

8 lies authors tell themselves about book marketing that I’m sick of hearing

This post has a lot of vulgar swearing in it. It’s a new year, I’m purging my frustrations. Whenever I meet new people, I tend to find out pretty quickly that they want to write a book, start an online business, or sell more art. That’s great, I think, I can totally help them to

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How to make a million dollars (with a creative online business you can run from anywhere)

How to make a million dollars (with a creative online business you can run from anywhere)

A million dollars is not a lot of money. It sounds big, but it can be broken down. Viewing it in smaller numbers makes it easier to wrap your head around how you can generate that amount. One million broken down is 1,000 payments of $1,000, or 10,000 payments of $100. That is sales revenue.

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