How to Thrive as a Writer in a Capitalist Dystopia
Russell Nohelty
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Then this book is for you.
How to Thrive as a Writer in a Capitalist Dystopia is your essential guide to navigating and succeeding as a creative human in the challenging world of modern capitalism. This book offers practical, actionable advice to help writers not just survive but thrive in these "interesting" times.
You'll discover strategies to overcome the systemic challenges imposed by capitalism, learn the rules of the game and how to manipulate them to your advantage, and build a roadmap for a sustainable creative business that brings you joy even in a world tailor-made to steal every ounce of happiness from you.
Whether you're struggling with burnout or seeking to elevate your writing career, How to Thrive as a Writer in a Capitalist Dystopia equips you with invaluable tools to navigate our current capitalist landscape, ensuring your success and fulfillment as a writer from today until this whole house of cards collapses down upon itself and we rebuild something (hopefully) better in its place.
Duration - 8h 27m.
Author - Russell Nohelty.
Narrator - Digital Voice Russell E.
Published Date - Saturday, 04 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2024 Russell Nohelty ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Russell Nohelty
Digital Voice Russell E
The Author Stack
Wannabe Press
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Then this book is for you. How to Thrive as a Writer in a Capitalist Dystopia is your essential guide to navigating and succeeding as a creative human in the challenging world of modern capitalism. This book offers practical, actionable advice to help writers not just survive but thrive in these "interesting" times. You'll discover strategies to overcome the systemic challenges imposed by capitalism, learn the rules of the game and how to manipulate them to your advantage, and build a roadmap for a sustainable creative business that brings you joy even in a world tailor-made to steal every ounce of happiness from you. Whether you're struggling with burnout or seeking to elevate your writing career, How to Thrive as a Writer in a Capitalist Dystopia equips you with invaluable tools to navigate our current capitalist landscape, ensuring your success and fulfillment as a writer from today until this whole house of cards collapses down upon itself and we rebuild something (hopefully) better in its place. Duration - 8h 27m. Author - Russell Nohelty. Narrator - Digital Voice Russell E. Published Date - Saturday, 04 January 2025. Copyright - © 2024 Russell Nohelty ©.
Language:
English
How to Thrive as a Writer in a Capitalist Dystopia
Duration:00:00:08
My thesis about how to thrive as a writer in a capitalist dystopia
Duration:00:04:05
The Universe is Dumb, and Capitalism is Nonsense
Duration:00:01:21
The margins are low, and the competition is high
Duration:00:03:44
There are no pain points
Duration:00:04:19
The power law curve is ruthless
Duration:00:07:22
The scale you need to hit is absurd
Duration:00:08:47
The universe is dumb, and capitalism is nonsense
Duration:00:15:44
How to Improve Your Mental State by Embracing Neutral Thinking
Duration:00:16:51
Is it Even Possible to be a Writer and Happy at the Same Time?
Duration:00:23:14
How to Reframe Capitalism to Make Sales and Marketing Work (Better) for You
Duration:00:34:32
What Chronic Illness Can Teach Us About Conserving Our Energy for What Matters and Taking Imperfect Action
Duration:00:15:20
How to Fall in Love with Book Marketing
Duration:00:15:11
Desert
Duration:00:04:43
Grassland
Duration:00:04:31
Tundra
Duration:00:02:51
Forest
Duration:00:03:46
Aquatic
Duration:00:09:51
Are you Finding Arbitrage or Building Arbitrage?
Duration:00:10:32
How to Get Over Your Sales Phobia
Duration:00:00:43
Do I have to, though?
Duration:00:03:50
The two questions…
Duration:00:03:39
You will get rejected…a lot.
Duration:00:03:15
Who is going to buy your work?
Duration:00:02:14
Why are you giving it away?
Duration:00:07:04
How does providing value work?
Duration:00:05:11
The epiphany…
Duration:00:03:24
Getting people to trust you…
Duration:00:03:23
What if they’re still not buying?
Duration:00:04:37
How to Use Technology and Productivity Hacks to Reclaim Your Time for Things That Matter
Duration:00:24:28
Spinning a Great Idea into Book Marketing Gold
Duration:00:21:15
The Bullseye Method for Growing an Audience
Duration:00:08:01
Will that New Social Media Platform Fundamentally Improve Your Existence?
Duration:00:23:25
Objectively Good and Subjectively Your Jam
Duration:00:05:22
Growth, or Something Like it
Duration:00:36:58
Why I Fell Back in Love with Advertising
Duration:00:16:21
Planned Serendipity
Duration:00:12:16
When to Burn It All Down and How to Rise from the Ashes
Duration:00:23:14
How I "Evolved" Beyond My Natural Author Ecosystem
Duration:00:02:55
How I stabilized my ecosystem so I could evolve like a Tundra
Duration:00:02:21
How I started to think like a brand manager and evolve like an Aquatic
Duration:00:02:32
How I started to go deeper with my work and evolve like a Grassland
Duration:00:02:13
How I started to interconnect all my work and evolve like a Forest
Duration:00:01:47
How I started to follow the trends and evolve like a Desert
Duration:00:08:17
How Can We Survive and Thrive in the New Media Landscape?
Duration:00:06:58
What Do We Owe to Each Other?
Duration:00:06:37
PLG, SaaS, and How the Nonsense Terms from Tech Can Help Supercharge Your Author Career
Duration:00:01:34
Inbound marketing vs. Outbound marketing
Duration:00:00:50
WOM—Word-Of-Mouth marketing
Duration:00:00:38
TAM/SAM/SOM—Total Addressable Market/Serviceable Available Market/Serviceable Obtainable Market
Duration:00:00:52
Leads
Duration:00:00:36
Cost per lead (CPL)
Duration:00:00:27
Sales Funnel (AKA TOFU/MOFU/BOFU)
Duration:00:00:44
Pipeline
Duration:00:00:33
Flywheel
Duration:00:01:00
Sales Channel
Duration:00:00:32
Value Ladder
Duration:00:00:46
Continuity
Duration:00:00:51
Profit Margin
Duration:00:00:50
CAC—Customer Acquisition Cost
Duration:00:00:44
Churn/Attrition
Duration:00:00:42
LCV—Lifetime Customer Value
Duration:00:00:42
Burn rate
Duration:00:00:38
Runway
Duration:00:00:27
DAU/MAU—Daily/Monthly Active Users
Duration:00:00:49
YOY—Year-over-year Growth
Duration:00:00:22
KPI—Key Performance indicator
Duration:00:01:02
SaaS—Software as a Service
Duration:00:00:49
PLG—Product led growth
Duration:00:01:00
MRR/ARR—Monthly Recurring Revenue/Annual Recurring Revenue
Duration:00:00:41
GRR/NRR—Gross Retention Rate/Net Retention Rate
Duration:00:00:37
B2B vs. B2C vs. D2C—Business to Business vs. Business to Customer vs. Direct to Customer
Duration:00:01:21
ICA—Ideal Customer Avatar
Duration:00:00:40
NPS—Net Promoter Score
Duration:00:00:52
Activation rate
Duration:00:00:30
Trial conversion rate
Duration:00:00:41
ACV—Average Cart Value
Duration:00:00:26
Cross-selling vs. Upselling
Duration:00:00:40
LVR—Lead Velocity Rate
Duration:00:00:26
ASP—Average Sales Price
Duration:00:00:31
EOL—End of Life
Duration:00:00:33
ARPU—Average Revenue per User
Duration:00:00:44
IQL/MQL/SQL—Information Qualified Lead/Marketing Qualified Lead/Sales Qualified lead
Duration:00:00:53
PQL—Product Qualified Lead
Duration:00:00:24
CRO—Conversion Rate Optimization
Duration:00:00:25
CTR—Click-Through Rate
Duration:00:00:33
USP—Unique Selling Proposition
Duration:00:00:33
UX/UI—User eXperience/User Interface
Duration:00:00:28
MUV—Monthly Unique Visitor
Duration:00:00:21
CPM—Cost Per Mille (thousand)
Duration:00:00:28
Conversion Path
Duration:00:00:19
Friction
Duration:00:00:27
PPC—Pay-Per-Click
Duration:00:00:28
CPC—Cost Per Click
Duration:00:00:17
CTA—Call To Action
Duration:00:00:27
Capital
Duration:00:00:15
Deliverable
Duration:00:00:17
R&D—Research and Development
Duration:00:00:18
A/B Testing
Duration:00:00:24
SEO—Search Engine Optimization
Duration:00:00:28
P&L—Profit and Loss
Duration:00:00:18
ROI—Return On Investment
Duration:00:00:22
COGS—Cost Of Goods Sold
Duration:00:00:31
Data Analytics
Duration:00:00:27
BI—Business Intelligence
Duration:00:00:26
Benchmarking
Duration:00:00:23
Market penetration/saturation
Duration:00:00:19
EBITA—Earnings before interest, taxes, and amortization
Duration:00:00:33
Retargeting
Duration:00:00:20
Final thoughts
Duration:00:00:50
What’s next?
Duration:00:01:24