What is behind the added value and continuous improvement? — It has been talked about, sung, and written about a lot, especially on Medium. It appears in ancient religious scriptures, this wisdom is not new. It is ancient. But it is always rehashed and repeated because it is true! You have to realize it. Even if you are disappointed so…

Focus on the main value add for at least one hour per day! — Many creative people know the problem. They are interested in too many things. They don’t focus on one project, but on too many, so the result of all of them is mediocre. Most have already understood that the way to wealth and happiness is consistency. It’s best to provide similar…

Use the Cost Average Effect with a crypto basket! All-time high bitcoin on 11/10/2021: $68,823.41 Price low on 5/12/2022, 6 months later: $25,928.96, or -62% Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile, but everyone who deals with them knows that anyway. The question for anyone who recognizes the huge growth potential in this…

Focus on value add activities — produce rather than consume! — Picture source: Canva and the author’s images As an online self-publisher, you can’t easily avoid social media as a marketing tool. Focus on a few platforms as possible at first, until you’ve really mastered them and gathered some fans there. The algorithms of all social media reward engagement. Compared to…

Crack the really tough nuts to be successful — There are different phases on the road to success. When I think back on my journey so far, there have been a few very important phases in my life that have pushed me forward. Phases in which I had to crack hard nuts and drill thicker boards. Each success is a ticket to enter the next adventure. I had to…

Writing Fantasy from a small business perspective — I see self-publishing with my fantasy novels as a business. Of course, I also think about how I can achieve a high level of customer loyalty. In other words, I want to build up fans and regular readers. How can you do that as a novelist? Basically, you have to deliver reliably for regular readers. As an author…

It takes time, and it comes with the territory — If you’re serious about self-publishing books, you can’t get around Amazon’s KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) platform. I strongly recommend publishing on KDP as well. After all, Amazon is the largest marketplace for books and e-books. Besides easy book publishing and good support, KDP also offers the authorpreneur some marketing opportunities…

Understand yourself as a brand! — After a year’s break, I’m now back to working on my fantasy novels. Not only has fantasy and writing got me back, but so have the marketing activities of a self-publisher. Self-publishing has become widespread in the age of the internet. The bestseller lists of some sub-genres on Amazon have…

The universe is a bitch! — Even the followers of spiritual success theories like The Secret or The Law of Attraction say so. For those who are not familiar with the Law of Attraction, in a nutshell, it means that what you focus your attention on will happen to you in life. And the more emotion…