While talent can flourish anywhere, sustainable success in digital creation usually follows a sequence: resonate, find your platform, build your brand, monetize thoughtfully, and expand strategically.
If you were coaching someone who was just starting and using this post as a framework for them setting up an author-publisher business, would you add any other steps?
"Your path won't look exactly like anyone else's. You might spend years finding your voice while someone else discovers theirs in a month. You might build a massive following on a platform that others barely understand. That's fine. The steps matter less than the progression."
I think building a global audience has been the hardest. I tried to sell my publishing course without having this, which meant a handful rather than a bucketful of sales. I find I did say similar things for the first ten years but then I tired of that message and am building on it with a business focus in order to talk to a different crowd. Loved your book title by the way! Ship to Australia?
We do! And I believe you should be able to order it in Australian stores when it is live, but I have a huge audience in Australia and ship there regularly
Monetization remains the hardest part for me. Not that I'm not doing alright - I've sold quite a few comics on Kickstarter successfully and even have a good core group of fans who come back for each one.
The challenge is profitability - particularly with comics. For that reason, I'm expanding into novels/novellas this year to try and turn that tide. I have no intention of dropping comics, but just adding a secondary avenue to expand my audience -- and get more stories out there while comics are being put together.
The challenge is profitability - particularly with comics. For that reason, I'm expanding into novels/novellas this year to try and turn that tide. I have no intention of dropping comics, but just adding a secondary avenue to expand my audience -- and get more stories out there while comics are being put together.
This resonated with me. Something I'll come back to for guidance on the path. Thank you!
Yay!
This is so clear and smart. Instant save. Thank you!
If you were coaching someone who was just starting and using this post as a framework for them setting up an author-publisher business, would you add any other steps?
Yeah, like a million, but I would tell them to start here.
https://www.theauthorstack.com/p/framework
This 🤌🏼
"Your path won't look exactly like anyone else's. You might spend years finding your voice while someone else discovers theirs in a month. You might build a massive following on a platform that others barely understand. That's fine. The steps matter less than the progression."
I needed to hear this. As much as I would like to start selling digital products now, I know I don't have the audience to justify it yet.
I think building a global audience has been the hardest. I tried to sell my publishing course without having this, which meant a handful rather than a bucketful of sales. I find I did say similar things for the first ten years but then I tired of that message and am building on it with a business focus in order to talk to a different crowd. Loved your book title by the way! Ship to Australia?
We do! And I believe you should be able to order it in Australian stores when it is live, but I have a huge audience in Australia and ship there regularly
Thanks for this Russell. Understanding that there is a step by step process and knowing that you can go back and fill in the gaps is really useful.
Monetization remains the hardest part for me. Not that I'm not doing alright - I've sold quite a few comics on Kickstarter successfully and even have a good core group of fans who come back for each one.
The challenge is profitability - particularly with comics. For that reason, I'm expanding into novels/novellas this year to try and turn that tide. I have no intention of dropping comics, but just adding a secondary avenue to expand my audience -- and get more stories out there while comics are being put together.
Makes sense. That’s what I did.
Makes sense. That’s what I did.
I am trying to find a platform, and to get my brand out authentically, and not hold back. Press the go button
The challenge is profitability - particularly with comics. For that reason, I'm expanding into novels/novellas this year to try and turn that tide. I have no intention of dropping comics, but just adding a secondary avenue to expand my audience -- and get more stories out there while comics are being put together.
I don't understand what's going on here. Are you just copying other comments and passing them off as your own?