Romance is a billion-dollar market, and has always been one of the most-popular book genres — right up there with sci-fi and mystery thrillers. According to a study by Nielsen, the majority of the romance market consists of readers ranging from ages 18 to 54, with the largest segment (41%)…

Over the past 8 years, my “words” have generated millions of dollars in revenue. Revenue for my own businesses, including Digital Press (ghostwriting agency), Category Pirates (paid business newsletter), and Ship 30 for 30 (cohort-based writing program). Revenue for other creators, authors, and industry leaders (ghostwriting clients). Revenue for other…

In addition to writing, I love bootstrapping companies. Over the past 5 years, I have built multiple 6-figure side-hustle businesses and two 7-figure businesses, including: Category Pirates: a paid business newsletter on Category Design & Category Creation. Digital Press: a ghostwriting agency exclusively for founders, executives, investors, Grammy-winning musicians, professional…

Dear Medium Writers, You know, I’ve been writing on this platform for about 6 years now (starting back in 2017). In that time, I have: Published over 2,000 articles Accumulated more than 50,000,000 views on Medium alone And earned more than $250,000 from Medium’s partner program Before that, I was…

When people think about what it means to become a “better writer,” they think they need to go take a literature class in France and spend 4 weeks studying with Hemingway’s ghost. Not true. In fact, you can become a better writer immediately — just by making a handful of…

Over the past 6 years, I have written 10 books—including 2 best-sellers: The Art & Business of Online Writing, and The Category Design Toolkit. I have also written more than 50 business “mini-books” on the subject of Category Design & Category Creation. And today, I co-run the fastest-growing cohort-based writing…

There are two types of content on the Internet: Timely and Timeless. Timely content is all about capitalizing on the moment. Something just happened in the news. A new company just went public. A big movie is about to hit theaters. Elon Musk just Tweeted a meme and it’s going viral. Writers who want to go viral are obsessed…

In the digital world, visibility trumps ability. Legacy, Analog Writers can’t stand this. It drives them crazy. They kick their feet and scream and shout (all by themselves in their cabin, somewhere in the woods), “That writer isn’t even good! How can the world read that garbage!” Meanwhile, days, months…