EP099: Growing Your Creative Business with Ebooks with Kristen Raney

You don't need to be a writer or a blogger to grow your creative business with ebooks. Melissa and guest Kristen Raney discuss how having an ebook strategy for your business can create new revenue streams, grow your community, your brand and establish you as a thought leader! We walk you through the whole process with Melissa's ebook design experience and Kristen's ebook marketing knowledge that has her making a healthy additional revenue stream in her floral design and small scale flower farmer businesses.This episode is brought to you by Fine Lime Designs IllustrationsThis is a great episode for anyone who:has thought about creating an ebook - or multiple ebooks -  but has no idea where to startis not a writer or content creator and has now idea what they could create a book abouthas a book idea but isn't confident designing and laying it outis confident designing it but doesn't know what tools to usehas a great idea but a limited budgethas a great idea and a healthy budgethas created an ebook but is having difficulty selling it and needs some marketing tips or an overall strategyFor a summary of this episode and all the links mentioned please visit:Episode 99: Growing Your Creative Business with EbooksYou can find Melissa at finelimedesigns.com or on Instagram @mhchipmunk.You can find Kristen Raney at shiftingroots.com and shifting blooms.com and @shifting_roots  and @shiftingblooms on Instagram. You can also check out her fabulous YouTube channel.You can connect with the podcast  on:Instagram at @andshelookedup Facebook YouTube For a list of all available episodes, please visit:And She Looked Up CreatYou can connect with the podcast  on:Instagram at @andshelookedup Facebook YouTube Tik Tok at @AndSheLookedUpFor a list of all available episodes, please visit:And She Looked Up Creative Hour PodcastEach week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make a living doing what they love. Your host, Melissa Hartfiel (@finelimedesigns), left a 20 year career in corporate retail and has been happily self-employed as a working creative since 2010. She's a graphic designer, writer and illustrator as well as the co-founder of a multi-six figure a year business in the digital content space. She resides just outside of Vancouver, BC.