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June 13th, 2026  •.  3.5 minute read.  •.  Issue #158...
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Most authors I speak to don't ...
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There's a piece of advice that ge...
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IÂ get this question a lot:
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Most authors think running Faceb...
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I have a confession.
For about ...
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Here's something almost no one...
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There's a conversation I've had ...
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You check your ads dashboard in ...
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There will be a week — maybe the...
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There's a decision that comes up...
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In March last year, we started a...
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In 2009, I got a job at a superm...
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April 2020.
The world had just shu...
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Here's one of the most extraordi...
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My wife's books have generated over...
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Every now and then I send a su...
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I had a tough conversation a c...
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I used to throw around "six fi...
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Facebook Ads don't sell books....
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If your Facebook Ads stopped w...
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Every time Facebook shifts the...
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First things first: Happy New Ye...
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This year broke a lot of ad campaig...