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Why do Stores & Platforms try to create infinite competition and commoditize suppliers & vendors?

admin February 9, 2020 0 Comments
One of the common characteristics of modern technology companies (those started in the 1990s and 2000s and 2010s) is that they try to create Platforms and Ecosystems which have Infinite Competition You can see how search engine companies create infinite competition between newspapers, websites, and blogs for search traffic You can see how advertising platforms create infinite competition between...

How to Compete when there is Infinite Competition (Strategy for Authors)

admin February 8, 2020 1 Comment
Platforms built by technology companies are usually set up to have Infinite Competition This is done for a variety of reasons, including Divide and Conquer reasons (dividing creators to benefit the platform), keeping people dependent on the technology company, and ensuring no single creator or company or supplier can become large enough to be independent of the platform, and preventing the rise...

Blue Ocean Strategy for Authors

admin February 2, 2020 1 Comment
Blue Ocean Strategy is a seminal work - Wikipedia explains what Blue Ocean Strategy is The Official Website for Blue Ocean Strategy Basically, Blue Ocean Strategy dictates that a company/business/entrepreneur should constantly innovate and find new untapped markets These new untapped markets are called 'Blue Oceans' They are completely new and there is no competition You have to innovate and...

11 Reasons Self Published Mystery & Thriller Authors are doing less well than they could

admin February 2, 2020 0 Comments
Mystery & Thriller authors are not doing as well as some other genres (Romance, Non Fiction). The fix is actually pretty simple Here are 11 Mistakes Mystery & Thriller authors need to fix Not Writing what Readers want to Read We do not see any other genre where authors insist on writing 'what they want to write' and completely ignore what readers are asking for Abject Lack of Cooperation...

15 Reasons self published romance authors are doing well

admin February 2, 2020 0 Comments
For Non Romance Authors: Authors in other genres could benefit greatly by learning from what romance authors are doing right. Do not hide behind 'oh romance is an easy genre to write in'. If you want to succeed, then learn from Romance authors, and from what they are doing Here are 15 reasons that self published romance authors are doing very well Writing what Readers want to read Perhaps the...