Six ways to ‘prevent, treat, and often reverse’ chronic diseases — All the medications ever invented can’t put America’s health back together again. …

A step-by-step process to becoming a published author for free. — This post is an opinion piece based on my own experience. My goal is to assist future first-time authors, or first time KDP-authors on their self-publishing journey. This past week I published my very first book and did it all by myself! And it ended up not even being all…

Read this and you’ll never have a dull call to action again. — There’s a special place in hell for marketers who default to “Learn More.” Am I being dramatic? Sure. The truth is, “learn more” and “read more” cause friction with readers. When I click a call to action (CTA), I don’t actually want to keep learning. I want to buy/explore/submit/request. High…

Passive income from book publishing — Almost a decade ago, I published my first e-book on Amazon Kindle. At the time, I was “traditionally” published by a small press that would only print 100 copies of my paperback at a time. …

How I ranked my brand new website on Google in less than one month — My brand new website ranked on Google in just under one month. Usually, it takes at least four months (and more likely 8–12 months) before new websites start to rank. Bloggers call it the “Google Sandbox,” that ghost town period between starting a site and seeing any traffic. Many bloggers…

Some quick and creative ways to get readers for your pieces, on Medium and beyond — I’ve been a writer on Medium since 2019, and since co-founding my writing group, Writers and Editors of Color (WEOC), I’ve learned some tips and tricks along the way. I’ve written about growing your audience through the tried-and-true method of reading reciprocity. …

Because writing well is uncomplicated. — Writing is easy. Anyone with thoughts and a pen can craft pretty sentences. But, can you persuade? Does your writing get the eye to dance down a page? Can you convert? …

And how to apply it — “You can’t take nothing and make anything, you’re not God.” Rarely does a quote leave me breathless. But, this brief and gorgeous line from legendary wordsmith Eugene Schwartz is the single best piece of copywriting advice I’ve ever read. According to Schwartz, “creativity” is really “connectivity.” You can’t create anything…