Getting Started With Kindle Vella
A blog by Naomi Ault about the art and business of writing for Kindle Vella and beyond.Welcome to my blog!
Here is a sticky post, designed to serve as an index of topics to help you navigate this blog. I’ll try and do my best to make navigation easier with categories and tags, but it can still be overwhelming. So I’ll use this sticky as a place to hold relevant links. My Groups…
Newsletter Ninja #10
Good morning! No dorky video today, it’s 6 AM and I’m just not feelin’ it. But I am feeling Chapter 15 – Building Relationships. In this chapter Tammi really hammers home the idea that you’re first objective is to locate your fans, get them onto their list, and…
Newsletter Ninja #9
Your mission last time was: Chapter Twelve – Straight Up Bribes. She finally dives into the topic of cookies (bribes) which is the basis for an entire sequel. To start with, you definitely need the right KIND of cookie to appeal to the readers that you’re hoping to attract. If you…
Newsletter Ninja #8
Check out todays discussion of Newsletter Ninja.
Newsletter Ninja #7
Your mission last time was: Chapter Ten – Strategies vs Tactics. Your mission is to sit down and create your ideal reader avatar(s) and ideal subscriber avatar. How did you do? It can be difficult to think about who your ideal reader might be, but it’s very helpful for creating promotions…
Newsletter Ninja #6
Hello! I’m so sorry that this post is so late, but I’ve had quote a lot going on the last few weeks. Here is what the last mission was: Your assigned reading is Chapter Nine – Your Perfect Subscriber by April 27th. Your mission is to sit down and create your sign up form. Where will you put…
Newsletter Ninja #5
Hello! Hopefully by now you’ve read Chapter Eight – The Sign-Up Process and you completed last week’s mission. If you forgot here it is again: Your mission is to sit down and think what experience you want the new reader to have, and the impression you want them to have of you. Rough draft…
Newsletter Ninja #4
Hello! Hopefully by now you’ve read Chapter Seven – The First Date and you completed last week’s missions. If you forgot here they are again: Designing the sequence You have TWO missions this week: FIRST, make sure you have your newsletter sign up everywhere you want it to be. Twitter,…
Newsletter Ninja #3
Your mission last week was to check out email providers and choose one, testing it thoroughly. If you forgot that part of the mission, go ahead and subscribe to your newsletter now. Is it easy to subscribe. What are the message like that are being sent? Are they written in your own voice, or did…
Newsletter Ninja #2
Hello and welcome to our first discussion post about Newsletter Ninja. Your assignment was to read the first five chapters. To reiterate the philosophy put forth in Chapter 4—the primary purpose of our newsletters should be to build superfans: “people who don’t just love a book you wrote, but also…
Newsletter Ninja #1
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to start your newsletter journey by picking up copy of Newsletter Ninja and reading the first five chapters by April 1, 2022.