Points for Participation vs Introversion

humagaia, I got a chuckle out of  "Can anyone tell from what is written whether someone is introvert or extrovert? I have my doubts."

Extroverts would commit suicide if they had to stay at home in isolation, to earn their living. I bet 99.9% of us on here are introverts.

humagaia: 03. May 2012, 08:02

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Introvert /extrovert - who online cares?

We only do face-to-face with those that we really know.Can anyone tell from what is written whether someone is introvert or extrovert? I have my doubts.

Writing comments - what are you worried about - if it is a comment that does not garner a response then along with it being forgotten, goes the knowledge of who made it. Nothing gained, but nothing lost either.

Whoever you are you must do what is necessary to achieve.

In these changing times an online writer must do whatever they can to gain traffic - and that means socializing now I'm afraid. Whether it be social media, blogging, commenting or whatever, the name of the game is to get your name out there, create a brand, create a following, and keep that audience coming back for more - that's it folks - nothing more, nothing less.

Forget the tags placed upon you. Forget how you see yourself and how you are described. Do like an actor: place yourself in your alter ego - I'm not Chaz Fox, I'm Humagaia!

Perhaps thats the way to get over being an introvert - create your extrovert alter ego, and be as you think they should be online. Something to hide behind whilst at the same time building a brand.

Get over it - be someone else!

"Extroverts would commit suicide if they had to stay at home in isolation, to earn their living. I bet 99.9% of us on here are introverts."

I'll take that wager, as I am extrovert.

Are there 1,000 (activated) writers on Wizzley?

You see there are some of us who can be extrovert whilst still being comfortable in their own company. I excel at being schizophrenic (or is that dual personality) - I'm English, you know.

I can win any argument with myself - and be the life of any party I throw for myself. I have no problem talking with each and every person I meet on a daily basis - as I live alone, and go out rarely, that's usually me. I have no intention of committing suicide - life's too short! 

*Bows out of the forum gracefully*

Sorry Chef, I didn't mean to break my promise, he just touched on a subject I was passionate about. I'll refrain for sure this time. I'm limiting my posts/responses to 50-100 words max going forward (size of a blurb and most typical response size)... I think I'll duck out of the forum completely for a while and focus on my writing. I wanted to participate with the community but I have too much energy to do that effectively. My bad.

Jerrico

(90 words *smile*)

Ryan, I just like using the word scheme, because it sounds funny. It makes life sound so much more exciting if everything you do is nefarious. Scheming to find a parking space, for example.

Anyway I was asking because of the many ways you could get into the ebook market, whether writing them yourself, contracting with others, buying existing products, doing SEO-based titles or viral appeal, Kindle vs Nook, or whatever. There are quite a few strategies and I bet if you google "how to make money with ebooks" you'll find all sorts of garbage, so I was wondering what your efforts have been like. Seems like writing a quality book with an SEO-friendly title is a decent idea.

Oh and I guess I should address all the other comments, since this has gotten pretty interesting...everyone's making good points, and the whole "no one judges you as much as you judge yourself" is sort of the concluding statement. I just thought it was worth posing the question, because legions of fans give you a reason to keep going, and can lead to new business ventures, and so on. So extra efforts at reaching out are usually helpful.

eslevy17: 03. May 2012, 14:39

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Ryan, I just like using the word scheme, because it sounds funny. It makes life sound so much more exciting if everything you do is nefarious. Scheming to find a parking space, for example.

Anyway I was asking because of the many ways you could get into the ebook market, whether writing them yourself, contracting with others, buying existing products, doing SEO-based titles or viral appeal, Kindle vs Nook, or whatever. There are quite a few strategies and I bet if you google "how to make money with ebooks" you'll find all sorts of garbage, so I was wondering what your efforts have been like. Seems like writing a quality book with an SEO-friendly title is a decent idea.

Oh and I guess I should address all the other comments, since this has gotten pretty interesting...everyone's making good points, and the whole "no one judges you as much as you judge yourself" is sort of the concluding statement. I just thought it was worth posing the question, because legions of fans give you a reason to keep going, and can lead to new business ventures, and so on. So extra efforts at reaching out are usually helpful.

I do try and incorporate phrases in the titles which get searches, but not Google searches, I play around with the Amazon auto-complete ;)

Gaining an understanding of what sells and what doesn't is part of the big lesson, probably one that can't be taught. 

Well, you can make some assumptions based on demographics, I suspect that more women than men own a Kindle, and that most of those women will be 40+ or maybe even 50+.

The most successful writer on my books (and therefore the best paid) is within the demographic, so she writes what interests her, and generally it interests the customer too.

I am definitely an extrovert, no one who knows me would tell you different.  And I spend most of my days in front of a computer. 

As to your comment Ryan, like most skills, selling and marketing anything can be taught, but it takes someone with instincts to take those skills and really blow it out of the water.  I believe that instinct is part experience and part innate ability.