By Michael Evans, June 6, 2024 What does it take to get a reader who has no idea who you are or that your stories exist to be a fan that keeps coming back, paying to read your stories month after month? This is the question.… Read More »The Reader Journey for Subscription Success
by Michael Evans, May 17, 2024 Meet Jenny Doan. At 66 years old her YouTube channel has nearly 1 million subscribers and her quilting company makes tens of millions of dollars per year. As authors… we can learn a lot from her. After all, with… Read More »What Authors Can Learn From Quilt Town, USA
By Arielle Bailey, April 11, 2024 I know it’s tempting to groan at the idea of an Ideal Reader and hate it. After all, it sounds like a lot of work to define someone nebulous, and it can sound elitist. Here’s why it’s not: an… Read More »How Knowing Your Ideal Reader Can Help You Level Up Your Subscription
Posted on April 5, 2024 How In-Person Events Can Supercharge Your Readership In this episode, we learn all about how to use in-person events to grow our readership as authors. Anna McCluskey shares with us how to find events you can attend cost-effectively, the best… Read More »#78: How In-Person Events Can Supercharge Your Readership
By Michael Evans, April 5, 2024 The Simple Mindset Shift That Changes Everything The most powerful force in the universe? Storytelling. The second most powerful force in the universe? Momentum. Here’s the thing: you probably aren’t harnessing momentum effectively as an author. I know for… Read More »How to Grow Faster as an Author
By Michael Evans, March 29, 2024 The 3 Rules to a Better World for Storytellers Who and what should algorithms be in service of? Seems like a trivial, philosophical question — but it’s an essential one to answer for the wellbeing of publishing and humanity.… Read More »Together We Can Save publishing
Posted on March 12, 2024 Why do readers cancel their subscription? | RSS.com There are four key reasons why readers cancel their subscriptions. This is a breakdown of what they are and how to prevent subscription cancellations so you can increase your revenue and make… Read More »#75: Why do readers cancel their subscription?
Posted on March 12, 2024 How to Give Yourself Storytelling Superpowers | RSS.com The magic of hiring a team around you as an author and the 3 key ways to delegate that you need to know. #74 Transcript: So today. I want to talk about… Read More »#74: How to Give Yourself Storytelling Superpowers
Posted on March 12, 2024 What Makes You Different Makes You Beautiful How to take advantage of your strengths as an author, shoot for your dreams, and live the life you want. P.S. So sorry about some audio issues here. This won’t be happening again! #73 Transcript:… Read More »#73: What Makes You Different Makes You Beautiful
Posted on March 6, 2024 Announcing Limited Time Tiers to Grow Your Publishing Income Create a Limited Time Tier on Ream here: https://storytellersruletheworld.com/limited-time-tiers/ Read the blog post with advice on Limited Time Tiers here: https://storytellersruletheworld.com/transforming-your-subscription-with-limited-time-tiers/ #72 Transcript: Okay. I have a very important message. I’m driving the… Read More »#72: Announcing Limited Time Tiers to Grow Your Publishing Income
Posted on March 2, 2024 3 Secrets from $1 Million in Subscription Income In this episode, Michael shares the 3 biggest lessons he’s learned after fiction authors have made $1 million on Ream on how to start and grow a successful subscription as an author.… Read More »#71: 3 Lessons from $1 Million in Author Subscription Income
Posted on February 27, 2024 The Top 10 Tier Benefits for Authors In today’s episode, Michael dives into the top 10 tier benefits for author subscriptions. Tune in as he breaks down each benefit, providing practical advice on how to approach and implement them for… Read More »#70: The Top 10 Tier Benefits for Authors
By Michael Evans, February 24, 2024 Sometimes taking a few days to reflect, strategize, and plan away from the notifications and the outside world is necessary. It’s something you don’t know you need to do, until you feel it. Coming out of this reflection, I… Read More »Your “Weirdness” is Your Superpower
By Michael Evans, February 24, 2024 I’m a huge data nerd. And yesterday, I uncovered something wild. For the cohort of readers who joined Ream author subscriptions in May of 2023 they are now paying their authors MORE in February of 2024 than they were… Read More »How to Increase Your Retention to Above 100% for Your Subscription
By Arielle Bailey, February 24, 2024 We regularly hear 2 main questions about maximizing Discovery: “How can we maximize Discovery of our stories and subscriptions?”And“How can we make the most of readers’ limited time and get them right into our stories?” After all, most readers… Read More »3 Pro Tips on Publishing Chapters to Maximize the Discovery of Your Subscription
By Michael Evans, February 24, 2024 How to reach 10x higher heights as an author I tried building a skyscraper for my stories. It was a natural instinct. For years I admired the authors towering above me. Their rankings, their reviews, their sales. I wanted… Read More »Build a Publishing Pyramid Not a Skyscraper
by Michael Evans, February 23, 2024 This one equation changed how I look at authorship forever. Slope > Intercept. Seems simple right? There’s something unbelievably powerful here. It’s not about where you are today that counts. It’s about your growth and where you will be… Read More »The One Equation That Changed My View of Authorship
by Michael Evans, February 8, 2024 First of all a PSA: I am so excited so many of you are running Valentine Day promotions for your subscription :). Just a reminder to do your very best to have the code, tier, and other aspects of… Read More »Why You SHOULDN’T Run A Promotion
Posted on December 7, 2023 In this episode, Michael and Emilia take turns breaking down 10 essential steps to help you secure your first paid subscriber. Whether you’re a new creator or looking to expand your existing audience, these tried-and-true methods will guide you through… Read More »#60: 10 Steps to Getting Your First Paid Subscriber