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Say you write a book and it takes off online. What if it then turned into a mega-hit … say the movie rights were sold to a Hollywood studio and Matt Damon was cast to star in it?

Don’t believe it can happen? Listen to this …

This is Andy Weir’s story, and in this podcast he explains exactly how it happened.

Oh, and you should go read his book, The Martian; it’s really great.

In this episode of Authorpreneur, host Jim Kukral and Andy Weir discuss:

How in the heck Andy was able to make The Martian into something so big
How he negotiated …read more

13 JulFeatured

Here’s the Key to Turning Your Failures into Opportunities

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By Rainmaker.FM

Today’s guest on Hack the Entrepreneur has a passion for assisting small business owners and entrepreneurs start and protect their businesses.

Alongside her husband, she pioneered the business filings industry with MyCorporation.com in 1997, while they were both in law school. A Fortune 500 company acquired MyCorporation.com in 2005, which allowed her to retire at the young age of 30.

She hated being retired and soon grew restless, so she and Phil founded Corpnet.com. Corpnet prepares and files the documents necessary to start a new business in any state or county in the U.S., and sends alerts to up-and-running businesses when annual …read more

13 JulFeatured

A Simple 5-Step System for Editing Your Own Writing

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By Rainmaker.FM

In order to revise your writing effectively, you need to look at your work objectively.

You don’t want to just glance at what you’ve written, quickly decide it is perfect, and then move on … missing an opportunity to become a stronger writer.

But how do you accurately critique your own creation?

In this 14-minute episode of Editor-in-Chief, host Stefanie Flaxman discusses:

How to manufacture objectivity when examining your own writing
Why you need to focus on the weakest sections of your text first
The Traffic Light Revision Technique: A 5-Step System

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Editor-in-Chief on iTunes

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13 JulFeatured

8 Things Every Writer Should Know about Landing Pages

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By Rainmaker.FM

First things first: What is a landing page?

Landing pages are those web pages that are specifically designed to perform one task … one task and one task only.

One goal, one page.

It could be to sell your product, encourage people to sign up for an email newsletter, or recommend an event.

No matter the purpose, however, a landing page is nothing more than a conversation with your ideal prospect.

A conversation that builds trust.

In this roughly 6-minute episode of Rough Draft with Demian Farnworth, you’ll discover:

The number of mistakes a reader will allow on landing pages
Two companies that will …read more

13 JulFeatured

How to Cut Your Bounce Rate in Half with Interactive Content

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By Neil Patel

You can grow your blog in two ways:

Get more traffic.
Do more with the traffic you have.

In my opinion, you should do both even though most people focus on the first option.

Those who don’t realize they’re losing a large chunk of their traffic before it even has a chance to convert.

One of the best ways to see how well you’re using your traffic is to look at your bounce rate.

The average bounce rate across all industries is about 45%. Bounce rates just for blogs are usually higher as illustrated in the image above.

But that’s just …read more

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How Andy Weir Took ‘The Martian’ from Blog to Bestseller to Blockbuster Movie (Starring Matt Damon)

Here’s the Key to Turning Your Failures into Opportunities

A Simple 5-Step System for Editing Your Own Writing

8 Things Every Writer Should Know about Landing Pages

How to Cut Your Bounce Rate in Half with Interactive Content

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