Do you love to write or want to start writing, but think that if you do that you will always be broke?

Do you want to write full time and be the next Stephen King? Do you want to be a thought leader and get paid for your ideas like Tim Ferriss? Or are you an author/entrepreneur that wants to create a business from your writing or maybe simply be a better blog writer?

Did you know that the most writers, do not make more than $1,000 a year off their writing?

Jeff Goins, author of, Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age, debunks the myth that if you are creative person, including being a writer, that you need to be broke.

In his class, he will first teach you how to stop self sabotaging and get you to break that mental block so you can see yourself as a profitable writer.

He will then help you identify which type of writer you want to be to set you on a path to profitability. He will teach you the strategies to get going in each of these paths.

After you pick your course of action, he will then get you to 1k a month, then 10k a month, and soon you will be able to do what you love AND make money doing it.

There’s a sense among new entrepreneurs that by creating a web presence for their business, they will access a vast untapped network of new customers. But the Internet is a big place with a lot of voices clamoring for the consumer’s attention. No website or online marketing campaign will succeed in picking up new business without incorporating a strong search engine optimization strategy.

Join Neil Patel for Driving Traffic to Your Online Business for hands-on learning to help you:

- Master the mechanics of SEO: keywords, page optimization, link building, and more 

- Develop best practices and a robust toolkit to increase website traffic 

- Understand how to leverage social media presence and content/affiliate marketing for high customer conversion rates 

This digital marketing course will include 30 minutes of practical commentary, where Neil will review many live consumer websites to critique their digital marketing strategy. He will speak to the power of developing strong content that leverages keyword selection and balancing concise content with strong visuals. 

Your business needs a strong SEO strategy in place to enter the digital marketing playing field in earnest. Take Digital Marketing for Driving Traffic to Your Online Business, and bring your brand into the Internet era.

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Let's face it: Digital marketing is complicated! With new platforms, technologies, and "shiny objects” emerging every day, it's hard to know where to put your focus and what marketing efforts you should prioritize.

Fortunately, Ryan Deiss, founder and CEO of DigitalMarketer and a renowned speaker and consultant, can help you cut through the clutter and develop a custom digital marketing plan that responds to your specific needs.

This class utilizes a simple, scalable, eight-step framework to help you attract new leads from scratch and then convert them to high-value customers and clients. By the end of this comprehensive course, you'll have a complete plan for transforming strangers into rabid buyers and raving superfans.

In this class, you'll learn how to:

- Perfect your messaging and positioning so even cold prospects instantly understand your value proposition.

- Leverage consumer-based social channels to drive fresh, targeted leads.

- Map your customer journey.

- Craft a "perfect offer” that delivers the right message to the right person at the right moment, when they're almost ready to buy.

- Develop a five-step awareness plan that leverages social channels and amplified content to attract and convert customers and clients from scratch.

- Execute and scale your growth plan.

- Eliminate complexity and avoid "shiny object syndrome.”

- Lower acquisition costs through digital channels.

- Improve consistency of lead flow and conversion rates.

Get insights on developing a brand and growing a customer base for your clothing line in Fashion Marketing and Branding with Jay Calderin.

You won’t succeed as a fashion designer without a dedicated customer base. In this class, Jay will show you what it takes to cultivate an engaged and interested audience. 

You’ll learn about:

- Finding a following and sharing your work

- Building a sustainable business model

- Establishing professional relationships

Fashion designers are responsible for designing both a career path and a collection, and marketing is an essential piece of that puzzle.

Learn the best ways to find, engage, and connect with customers in Fashion Marketing and Branding with Jay Calderin.

Pairing outboard gear with your digital set-up is a sure-fire way to get a professional-grade audio recording. In Tracking & Mixing with Outboard Gear, Kris Crummet will show you how adding some basic analog gear to your recording toolbox will lend pro-level character and depth to your mixes.

Outboard gear adds analog warmth and punchiness to a mix that simply can’t be replicated by software. If you’re an at-home producer who wants to add a little more sonic flavor than you can get in the box, you’ll need to incorporate outboard gear into your recording process. In Tracking & Mixing with Outboard Gear, you’ll learn analog gear basics from the guy who has produced some of this generation’s most dynamic rock/post-hardcore bands including; Sleeping With Sirens, Dance Gavin Dance, Alesana, Issues and more.

If you want to learn how to warm up your tracks with outboard gear, watch Tracking & Mixing with Outboard Gear and get an inside look at Kris Crummet’s approach to audio production.

A cohesive social media strategy will help you expand your sphere of influence and grow your business. Find out how it is done in Get Social: Connecting Your Business Channels with Sue B. Zimmerman. 

Sue is a small business owner and a master of social media. In this class, she’ll help you understand how social really works and she’ll dive into the details for activating your social media marketing plan. 

You’ll learn how to: 

- Develop a social media strategy 

- Grow and be a part of an online community 

- Create affordable ads that will grow your business 

- Produce consistent branding across multiple platforms 

- Optimize your profiles for clicks 

Social media for business is inherently different than posting for personal friends. In Get Social: Connecting Your Business Channels, Sue will identify those differences and teach you how to posts for instant business results. 

You’ll learn how Periscope, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter should all be used to share the story of your business and create interest in your brand. 

You don’t need a ton of time or money to make social media work for your business. Find out how to craft an effective strategy that doesn’t waste time and yields real results in Get Social: Connecting Your Business Channels with Sue B. Zimmerman.

Just when you think you’ve got a handle on the big social media marketing players—Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter—along comes Snapchat. Do I really have to learn how to market on yet another social platform? you wonder. Can’t I just let this one slide and call it a day?

Our advice: Don’t skip Snapchat. With more than 200 million monthly active users who send 700 million photos and videos each day, the majority of whom are in the coveted millennial age group, Snapchat is becoming an increasingly popular marketing tool for companies and entrepreneurs.

Inna Semenyuk, founder of InnavationLabs and editor of Snapchat Daily, will demystify Snapchat for marketers. She’ll show you how to use the app’s unique features and disappearing content to reach new audiences, promote your products and services in a more authentic way, and win loyal customers.

In this class, you’ll learn how to:

- Target the right audiences for your business.

- Use Snapchat’s unique features and fun editing tools to advance your marketing efforts.

- Understand the newly redesigned Snapchat.

- Tell your brand story with disappearing photos and videos.

- Evaluate your Snapchat marketing efforts.

The Fractal Audio Axe Fx gives guitar players an incredible range of capabilities, but the sheer number of options can be overwhelming. In this course, Cooper Carter will share his road-tested tips for getting the most out of the Axe Fx preamp/effects processor.

Cooper has experience using the Axe Fx on tour and in the studio. In this course, he will show you the tricks he has mastered while working with the Axe Fx in countless sessions and on stages across the country. The Axe Fx gives you access to hundreds of different tones through its inventory of vintage and modern guitar amps, speaker cabinets, guitar stompbox and studio effects. Cooper will simplify those options and give you a roadmap for working efficiently. You will learn how to create and tweak amp profiles and go deep on working with cab simulations and how to use effects.

This course will unlock the advantages of the Axe Fx and open you up to a whole new range of exciting possibilities. If you want to learn how to get the most out of this complex tool, join Cooper and CreativeLive for this essential Axe Fx training course.

Your biggest, lifelong dream is to score a publishing deal for your book. But first you must clear what seems like your most challenging, daunting hurdle: convincing an agent to represent you.

Many writers believe that landing an agent is an impossible task. They think they have to know someone, learn some secret handshake or simply have an incredible burst of luck. But the truth is that there’s a strategic process to securing representation, one that can be learned and successfully implemented.

Jennie Nash, a book coach who has helped dozens of writers achieve their literary aspirations, will guide you through the agent query process—from getting over your initial fears and anxieties to mapping out the essential steps of how to pitch your work to writing a killer query letter.

In this class, you’ll learn how to:

- Identify the agents who might be interested in your work and are most likely to offer you a deal.

- Double-check the integrity of the agents on your list.

- Rank your list so you can leverage the batch method of pitching.

- Write a query letter that proves you’re a writer worth investing in.

- Personalize your letter for the agents on your list.

- Pitch at the right time in the development process.

- Understand the marketplace and how your book fits into it.

- Get smart about pitching through online contests and conferences.

Infographics are an effective way to provide a visual representation of information. In this beginner-friendly class, Jason Hoppe will take you through image-making techniques in Illustrator to use when building Infographics.  

You'll learn about:

- Common icons used in infographics and how to create them 

- Creating patterns and effects 

- Using the shape builder tool 

You’ll then use the elements you created in a simple infographic that is flexible enough to use in multiple ways. This class comes with an Illustrator file containing all the graphics created in the class. A great bonus that you can customize and use in your projects, in addition to what you create on your own. Get started today!

Software Used: Adobe Illustrator CC 2015