What Is Content Shelf?

May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment

What is Content Shelf?

We’re asked this question more than one can imagine… so we’ve decided to make video!

Although it took countless revisions and several months to complete, the team at DemoFlick.com helped us to the finish line (Thanks, Erik!) and we are excited to now share with everyone!

Please take a look and let us know what you think.

And don’t worry; the video is short and sweet… one minute, seven seconds to be exact.

Thanks for reading, and remember, if you have any questions give us a call or submit a support ticket and we’ll be there to help.

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Hot Topic – What Makes Self-Publishing So Appealing? Part 5

April 27, 2012 By

Over the past month, we have discussed the number one reason why writers today choose self-publishing over and over again – CONTROL.

Via self-publishing, writers control book titles, book covers, book content (story and words), publishing, copyrights, and promotion.

We spend countless hours in front of the computer and our notebooks researching, writing, and editing our manuscripts to perfection.  We work through blood, sweat, and tears, until we fall in love with every aspect of our stories.

By taking CONTROL, we announce to the world that we are not only the author, but the publisher, agent, and promoter as well.

Many of us didn’t go to school to study business and or marketing, while some of us might have.  Many of us don’t have the first clue as to how to promote our products.  Heck, many of us aren’t even that comfortable with promoting ourselves.

But we can; we can do it.

Last week we suggested that one of the most important pages for an author to create in order to promote his or her book is an Author Website.

This website will serve as the primary launch pad for selling our e-books.  We can create different pages on this website for different aspects of our writing: a home page, including our book cover/s and blurb/s; an author page, including biography and head shot; a blog page, linking back to our blogs if we have one; and perhaps even a shopping cart page.  The author website makes it possible to sell all e-book versions in one location; after all, it’s important to have a central location for readers to find information about our books.

Okay, so what do we do now?

One way writers promote their books is by launching a blog tour.  With a blog tour, others in the blogosphere read and review books for their followers.  Some tours consist solely of book reviews, while others interview the author about their stories, characters, and general motivations behind telling their particular story.  Most authors like to offer their products to the reviewer for free, and sometimes even like to extend discounts to the reviewer’s readers.

We asked star client, Jillian Dodd, what she likes most about using her author website and here is what she had to say:

“The big thing I love about my author website is the ability to give my reviewers a coupon code linked to my Digital Content Center shopping cart instead of emailing a copy directly to the reviewer.  When we email copies, e-books usually aren’t digitally protected.  However, by giving the reviewer a coupon code to my author website, the digital rights of my story are still protected.

“This coupon code also allows the reviewer to grab a copy of my book in whichever format they prefer – Kindle, Nook, i-Books, and even .PDF.   With the DCC shopping cart service, there is a digital stamp created to help discourage file uploading to share sites.

“Clearly this method seems much more professional and I control the sharing of my work.”

Jillian saw much success with her That Boy Blog Tour earlier this year, and we wish her continued success with her sequel, That Wedding.  Her experiences have been crucial to our CONTROL blog series, and we can’t thank her enough.

To learn more about Jillian, her books, or just to simply check out her author website, click here.

And now…

Now we’re ready.  We’re ready to convert.  We’re ready to self-publish.  We’re ready to promote.  We’re ready to take CONTROL of our story.

Want to take control of your story?

Thanks for reading and remember if you have any questions give us a call or submit a support ticket and we’ll be there to help.

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Customer Spotlight: February, 2012

February 3, 2012 By

This month’s Customer Spotlight showcases MusicArtists4U.com.

MusicArtists4U.com is an online shop featuring live and taped performances and music videos encompassing all genres of music, including emerging and established artists from Country, Rock, Pop, Gospel, Jam Bands, and Children’s music, with Heavy Metal to soon follow.

Customers not only have the ability to listen to the MusicArtists4U.com radio station and watch a 24-hour video music channel (that promises to never turn into a reality TV channel), but also to purchase songs and videos via digital downloads directly from the individual webpages of the featured artists, courtesy of the Digital Content Center shopping cart system.

In addition to the purchasing feature, MusicArtists4U.com also offers an online newsletter and will soon publish its very own online magazine, The Revolution, which will feature all of the services available through MusicArtists4U.com, including: reviews, instructional videos, online vocal classes, and a songwriter corner for emerging artists to learn the craft and receive critique services.

Also on the horizon, MusicArtists4U.com will offer Backstage Pass – a behind the scenes look at an artist’s life on the road, including footage of fan and band interviews.

“A couple of years ago when we started MusicArtists4U.com, we were looking for an Internet content provider and researched several companies before choosing Digital Content Center.  And we’re glad we did. DCC’s service is top notch and runs flawless and hassle free. Our customers experience a very user friendly transaction when they purchase online music and merchandise from us, and that’s a plus. I highly recommend Digital Content Center’s service. You’re not going to find a better deal or better people to work with.” ~Bruce Uher, Founder

MusicArtists4U.com believes in giving back, and a portion of all proceeds are donated to organizations such as St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

To learn more about MusicArtists4U.com, visit their website.

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Ringing in the New Year with Resolutions

January 13, 2012 By

With the New Year comes many promises we make to ourselves.  Some call these promises resolutions, while others refer to them simply as goals.

Regardless of the terminology, it all means the same thing:

How can we better ourselves and succeed personally, professionally, and sometimes even spiritually over the next twelve months?

For instance, as writers, we may set a New Year’s resolution to self-publish at least one e-book before the clock strikes midnight and the New York City Ball drops on December 31, 2012.  Perhaps we want to self-publish two e-books, one every six months (because let’s be honest, we’ve all heard that self-published authors find more success when they have more than one title to their name available on the web).

The same can be said for musicians– the more music, whether it be individual MP3 digital downloads or complete compact discs for sale, the better our chances at making a name for ourselves in the music industry.

Artists too – the more digital photographs, digi stamps, or pieces of art available for point of sale, the better.

In order to get started, or get our feet wet (so to say), Digital Content Center is offering a 30-DAY FREE TRIAL.

Remember, DCC offers a variety of services:

  • From converting manuscripts to all necessary forms of e-books (Kindle, Nook, i-Pad, and .PDF),
  • To assisting with account set up to sell with Direct Sale Vendors,
  • To programming and coding personal websites to sell our products via shopping carts,
  • And to offering different levels of subscription services.

For information on how to take advantage of the 30-DAY FREE TRIAL, contact us here.  Complete the form and tell us in the message section which of our services you are interested in to take full advantage of our free trial.

Good luck with all of your New Year’s resolutions and goals!

Thanks for reading and remember if you have any questions give us a call or submit a support ticket and we’ll be there to help.

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The Ease of Selling e-Books from Websites

September 9, 2011 By 1 Comment

As authors, we spend countless hours in front of the computer and our notebooks researching, writing, and editing our manuscripts to perfection.  Once we’re ready to sell our book we’re faced with the countless struggles between traditional publishing and self publishing.

Self publishing is growing more and more prevalent as the days pass by.  We see cases of extreme success with self publishing authors such as Amanda Hocking selling 450,000 copies of her novels in twelve months, or Bob Mayer selling 80,000 e-books in one month this summer.

What’s the most important aspect of becoming a bestselling self published author?

  • We must have a manuscript to convert to an e-book.

Digital Content Center can help convert our manuscript into all available forms of e-books including Kindle, Nook, and i-Pad.

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Okay, we have our e-book.  What’s next?

  • We must have a website to serve as our primary launch pad for selling our e-books.

Digital Content Center makes it possible to sell all e-book versions in one location, why not take control of our self-publishing future?

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What’s as important as actually having a completed manuscript, formatted e-books, and a primary website?

  • We must have a reliable and easy to use shopping cart service.

Digital Content Center can help!

Digital Content Center provides a shopping cart service/check out system that includes three professional services to the user.

#1 – The first service available is the Custom Shop Check Out System.  This system includes:

  • A Shopping Cart/View Cart Page
  • A Check Out Page
  • A Purchase Confirmation Page

#2 – The second professional service included is the Marketplace.  The Marketplace also provides the Custom Shop Check Out System, plus it allows the buyer to view additional products for sale at the same time while free for the user.

#3 – The third professional service available is PayPal Pro (Professional).  PayPal Pro allows users to accept credit cards via the Custom Shop Check Out System.  This service also offers payment methods via the basic PayPal account and Google Checkout.

It’s important that we include that Digital Content Center is P.C.I. compliant, thus protecting credit card information.

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In addition to the shopping cart system, Digital Content Center’s system generates BUY Buttons and Shopping Cart Buttons.  These buttons are also available to add to a user’s website, blog, and social media pages (such as Facebook).

Another feature of the system, Digital Content Center provides Limited Use Coupons.  By limited use, we mean that once a coupon has reached its use threshold, it is no longer valid.  These coupons incentivize sales but also protect the user from “giving away the farm”.

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Okay, so for most of us, this is a lot of information.  But good information to have, right?

We’ll be back next week with more on launching a primary website and using social media to drive the necessary traffic to increase our e-book sales.

Thanks for reading and remember if you have any questions give us a call or submit a support ticket and we’ll be there to help.

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