How to succeed at live events
Discover why in-person events are the most powerful, marketing tool for entrepreneurs and how hand-selling at conventions can build lasting fans.
Book catalog as investment portfolio?
Once you break even on a book’s costs, both your time and money, that book becomes an asset forever.
2025 income report
It's time for another full year income report. Thanks, I hate it.
Six steps to building a sustainable author business
You don’t need more tactics. You need the right order. This webinar breaks down the six-step sequence that turns subscriptions, retailers, and Kickstarter into a sustainable author ecosystem.
A framework for engineering winning days
Learn how to build a strong foundation for success by mastering the unglamorous but essential 'boring work' that leads to breakthrough moments.
Build the way you’re built
14 Growth Strategies That Actually Fit How You Work
Creating lifelong customers by embedding psychological buying triggers deep into your brand
How the most memorable brands create connection with their customers so deep that they become unforgettable and irreplaceable
7 Publishing Mistakes I Made So You Don’t Have to
How to avoid the traps most indie authors find themselves befuddled with, and why you should consider coming to Boot Camp for Author Publishers later this month.
WTF is Hapitalist presentation record
Everything I’ve learned about building a successful creative career, condensed into one digestible system.
The art of joyful expansion into consumables with Maggie Beeler
How to actually build a creative brand without selling your soul or drinking the Amazon Kool-Aid.
How authors can stand out by defying logic
How can you break capitalism today, even a little bit, for fun and profit? Explore how financially reckless decisions, like giving away high-value content for free, can help you succeed.
The exact email sequence for our October 🦄Hapitalist🦄 launch
There's analysis here, too, which you might find relevant.
Wannabe Press Income Report - Q3 - 2025
Writer MBA, the company I spent the last several years building, has burned to the ground. Can I rise from the ashes? Yes, I can...probably.
What am I missing here?
and other questions to ask when you're blocked and can't seem to keep going.
From stranger to evangelist in 5 emails
A recording from Russell Nohelty and Claire Venus ✨'s live video
Building an integrated sales ecosystem
Unlock a practical strategy to create an integrated ecosystem that balances different sales modalities into one sustainable business practices.
The exact opening sequence for my Substack>Kit automation workflow
Discover how a structured 14-email sequence helps writers build a sustainable author business and connect with their ideal audience.
2025 Kickstarter postmortem
Six campaigns, $53K, and what the numbers really say
Three counterintuitive ways to boost engagement during your crowdfunding campaign
Try these three unconventional crowdfunding strategies to engage readers, attract passionate backers, and create lasting success for your book.
I have the receipts…
Honest accounting from an extensive self audit of my publishing business from 2020-2025
70 Coffees in 6 Weeks: How It Changed the Way I View Sales
How ditching the pitch for 70 hours of listening rewired my approach to business.
“If I needed $1,000, I could always…”
Why Every Writer Needs a Reliable Revenue Trigger