Guy Vincent joins Matt to talk about how authors can use crowdfunding as a book sales strategy. Guy runs Publishizer, a platform for authors to collect book preorders, while retaining all rights to their work. Find Publishizer on Twitter.
Danny Wen is the co-founder of Harvest, a time-tracking and invoicing tool used by organizations big and small. Invoicing isn’t the most thrilling of topics, and yet Harvest has built a beautiful, user-friendly product with a great story. Danny joins Matt to talk about that story and how the Harvest ethos informs their work. Find Harvest (and get a free trial) at getharvest.com.
Nathan Kontny joins the show to talk about his lifelong entrepreneurial efforts, including launching two early Y Combinator companies, Inkling, and Cityposh; working as a software engineer on President Obama’s re-election campaign; and Draft, his fantastic collaborative writing platform. Find Nate on Twitter.
Phil Shay is the Director of Development at Abolition International, a non-profit organization committed to creating a collaborative community of inspired abolitionists who are determined to end sex slavery in our lifetime. Phil shares how the power of story can change lives, inspire action, and why difficult stories need to be treated with sensitivity. Find Abolition International on Facebook.
Professional writer Rebecca Livermore shares her experiences creating engaging content for print and web publications over the last twenty years, particularly in how original content can repurposed to serve audiences in multiple venues. Rebecca and Matt also discuss how personal stories drive engagement and how to tell those personal stories well. Find Rebecca at Professional Content Creation and on Facebook.
In this episode, Matt talks with Brian Wong, co-founder of Kiip, a category-creating mobile rewards network that is redefining mobile advertising. They start about the mobile marketplace, start-up lessons learned, and the importance of mentors.
If you’ve got a tablet, chances are you’ve come across a beautiful, handmade DODOcase. Storytelling is central to the DODOcase brand, and just like Snippet, they seek to meld old, tested techniques with new techology in order to form a more perfect product. Macy McGinness, Director of Marketing, joins us to talk about why handmade matters and the role that storytelling plays in spreading the DODOcase message.
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In this episode, Matt chats with writer and entrepreneur James Clear, who writes on the science of behavior change and habit formation. James talks about how an understanding of behavior can help us build better writing practices and become stronger writers.
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Jim Kukral from AuthorMarketingClub.com joins Matt to discuss the ins and outs of Internet marketing and social media for authors. Jim knows both areas intimately; he’s a 16-year Internet marketing professional and a faculty member at the University of San Francisco’s Internet Marketing Program, and he was recently named to Dun & Bradstreet’s list of “The Most Influential Small Business People on Twitter.” With that said, follow Jim on Twitter: @JimKukral.
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In today’s episode, Matt talks with Sahil Lavingia, CEO of Gumroad. Gumroad is a platform that allows content producers of all kinds to quickly and easily sell to their audiences. Matt and Sahil chat about Sahil’s beginnings as an entrepreneur, the notion of “selling out,” examples of how Gumroad is helping makers make a living, and how Sahil sees the future of paid content.
