How to Get Around Campus

How to Get Around Campus Hi Friends! Quick campus update: leaves are falling, its chilly, and its almost HALLOWEEN! I wanted to loop you guys in on something Im trying to actively do as the seasons transition. I normally bike everywhere I go. Like everywhere, to and from work (which is off campus), class, meetings, and the mall. I love biking, and it literally beats all other means of travel in terms of time. But its getting chilly, my tires are mad thin, and I cant really ride in snow or cold weather. This has been a difficult process for me because I live 2 blocks off the east side of campus. I have 3 bus stops near my apartment, so access to a bus hasnt been the struggleâ€"its that timing. Im so used to leaving my house 10 minutes before class because I can bike there in 5. Now with this cold, I can either walk or take the bus. Ive been slowly trying to transition my time schedule to accommodate for the longer travel time but this is not easy. For example, I have a 9:30 a.m. class in the Education building. Its about a 30-minute walk, 15-minute bus ride plus 5-minute walk, OR an 8-minute bike ride. With this extra travel time I have reconsider whether I come home for lunch or not and how fast I move in the morning. Overall, its not really that big of a deal but I just wanted to tell this story to bring up the topic of getting around campus. As you can probably guess, I would say walking is the most common way most people get around campus. I know campus is huge and that tends to scare people. In reality, youre only going to have classes in the buildings more central to campus. The Bardeen, Main, and South Quads house most of the buildings you will have classes in. All other buildings are right behind those. You really wont need to stress much about having more than 15-20 minute walks to get where you need (and thats at the high end!). Alright, so theres walking. The only worry you need to have about walking is when you are making your class schedule. Since, for me at least, walking is the slowest mode of transit, I always have to keep in mind the 10-minute passing periods. So since you only have 10 minutes to get to back-to-back classes, you may want to avoid scheduling yourself from having to go from one end of campus to the other. For example, you have a 10-10:50 a.m. lecture at Foellinger Auditorium and you have the option of choosing a discussion section that meets in the Chemistry Annex (5 min walk) or Engineering Hall (~8min walk). Which are you going to choose? The one thats closer to the building youre already in. This is a big pro tip for winter so you dont have to be outside in the cold for long (or summer if you dont like the heat). Ill write a blog soon on tips I have for picking the perfect schedule, but I do have a disclaimer: sometimes you dont have a choice but to pick a class where the building is super far away and may take you longer to get to. I had this happen to me before, where one required class was in the Armory and the other was in Rodger Adams Laboratory. So in these situations, its important to let your professors and TAs know that you will be late most days. This will let them know that you arent being careless, but instead have a long commute. Normally professors are okay with this and might have a request that you sit in the back to not disturb the class or something. What are other modes of transportation on campus? Im going to rank these in the amount of time it takes for ME to get somewhere. It may be shorter or longer for others. Biking: Fast, Fun, and Reliable Fun factâ€"the last I checked, the UIUC campus has over 9 miles of bike lane. Yup, that means no matter where youre trying to go, there is most likely a bike path that can get you there. Also fun factâ€"there is a campus bike center. This place is awesome with helping people fix their bikes or even build one from scratch. This is the fastest way I know how to get around. The campus is relatively flat, so the biggest hill you will encounter is on the Main Quad. Therere also places around campus that have basic bike tools to help you fix a quick thing here and there. Dont fret about bike parking because it is outside every single building on campusâ€"you just need a bike lock. Walking: Soothing, Common, and Paced Like I said before, walking is the most common way of getting anywhere on this campus. I already mentioned how to make sure this works with your schedule, so scroll up for a recap if you need one. MTD: Anywhere, Everywhere, and Good Company Theres a running joke on campus that you should always thank your bus driver, but is it really a joke? Our MTD bus drivers on campus are some of the most kindhearted people and WILL wait for you if they see you running for the bus. We should all be greeting and thanking them as much as we can! I heard this statistic a while back, so dont quote me on this: MTD was once ranked the 4th best public transit in the country. Again, old, but Id believe it any day. The bus can take you ANYWHERE on and OFF campus. Need to go grocery shopping? Want to go on a date in downtown Champaign or Urbana? Want to visit a public library? Dont want to walk to class because the polar vortex is back? MTD ALWAYS HAS YOUR BACK. There are bus stops everywhere and a handy dandy app that updates every minute to let you know how far the bus is. Included in your school fees is unlimited access to the busâ€"all you have to do is show the bus driver your iCard. Should I bring my car to campus? No. No. No. No no. NO. I cannot emphasize this enough, but cars are NOT necessary (in my opinion) if you are living in the residence halls. You may be thinking, Well my class is far from my hallâ€"I can drive there. Actually, lets break this down so you have a better understanding as to why a car on campus is a bad idea. 1. Parking You cannot park outside your residence hall. How parking passes work is you pay for one, and you get an assigned parking lot. Not only are parking passes expensive (Im not talking $90 expensive, Im talking hundreds of dollars expensive), but the chances that you will get your residence halls parking lot is slim to none. Keep in mind, these parking spots arent going to other students but to faculty and staff that HAVE to drive to campus and need a place to park. Here is some perspectiveâ€"my boss works in the NHB, his parking pass is for ISR, a 5-min walk from the building. But why, if the NHB has its own parking lot? Well, because available parking spots are limited, and if faculty and staff cant get a spot in the building they work in, chances are not looking so good for a student. This is not to say you wont get a spot, because you will if you paid for a parking pass. Your spot will just be far from your residence hall. 2. Driving to Class So lets imagine you got a spot right outside your residence hall. Awesome! Can you use your car to drive to class? Theoretically yes, but where are you going to park your car? Your parking pass only works for the lot you are assigned toâ€"all other lots are off-limits. Alright, so how about metered parking? Yeah, that works! I would be worried that if you drive everyday to all your classes, the price would rack up a bit, but it is technically an option. Warning: if you park in metered spots, whats to say there is one available? Metered parking on campus is very much limited, so what if you dont beat all the other students driving to class? Also to keep in mind is the actual driving to class. Youre in a car, youre obviously going to go faster than those walking, but are you really? I have seen cars stopped at a stop sign for 5 minutes because pedestrians just keep walking. There are 40-50K students on this campus. Now imagine a passing period. People will keep walking to get to class and do not care if it is technically your turn at the stop sign. Your predicted 5-min drive to class turns into a 15-minute drive because of people traffic. At that point, just walk and save the gas and meter money. This is not to say that you should never bring a car to campus. If you ever decide to move out of the residence halls and live off campus in an apartment, cars are a great option. Again, not to drive to class, but to go grocery shopping or hang out with friends off campus. My roommate has a car in our house, and its awesome to have when we want to go home or get food off campus, but she doesnt drive it to class for those many reasons. This was a long one friends. I hope you got some insight on how to get around campus. I didnt mention skateboards, rollerblades, or Heelys, but I would put those in the same category as a bike. Walk if you like walking, bike if you want most time efficiency, and bus if its cold or you dont like walking. This campus may be huge, but its very much manageable to get around in. Let me know if you guys have any other questions about transportation on and off campus! Happy Fall! JN Julissa Class of 2020 I am majoring in Integrative Biology within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. I am from Lemont, a small southwest suburb of Chicago. If you want to read about the daily life of a student on campus and get some tips and tricks in the trade, my post are for you!

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Lost Generation Essay, Research Paper Lost Coevals Ernest Hemingway is a celebrated American writer of the Twentieth century who centers his novels around personal experiences and fondnesss. He is one of the writers named # 8220 ; The Lost Generation. # 8221 ; He could non get by with post-war America, and hence he introduced a new type of character in composing called the # 8220 ; codification hero # 8221 ; . Hemingway is known to concentrate his novels around codification heroes who struggle with the mixture of their tragic mistakes and the surrounding environment. Traits of a typical Hemingway Code Hero are a love of good times, exciting milieus, and rigorous lesson regulations, including honestness. The Code Hero ever exhibits some signifier of a physical lesion that serves as his tragic defect and the failing of his character. In Ernest Hemingway s The Sun Besides Rises Jake Barnes is the character who maintains the typical Code Hero qualities ; while Robert Cohn provides the antithesis of a Code Hero. We will write a custom essay sample on Lost Generation Essay Research Paper Lost GenerationErnest or any similar topic specifically for you Do Not WasteYour Time HIRE WRITER Only 13.90 / page Jake Barnes, the storyteller and chief character of The Sun Besides Rises, is left impotent by an equivocal accident during World War I. Jake s lesion is the first of many codification hero traits that he features. This physical lesion, nevertheless, transcends into an emotional one by forestalling Jake from of all time consummating his love with Lady Brett Ashley. Emotional agony can take its toll on the Code Hero as it did with Jake Barnes. Despite the deep love between Jake and Lady Brett, Jake is forced to maintain the relationship purely Platonic and stand ticker as different work forces float in and out of Lady Ashley s life and bed. No 1 other than Jake and Brett themselves of all time learn the complexness of their relationship because Jake s hopeless love for Brett and the torment it entails are restricted to scenes known to themselves entirely. Therefore, Jake suffers in silence because he has learned to swear and trust merely upon himself, which is contributing to the Hemi ngway Code as good. Jake is an American who travels to Europe to sate his appetency for alien landscapes and to get away his hurting. Jake attempts to populate his life to the fullest with imbibing, partying, and featuring with friends. With these interests, Jake hopes to conceal from his mistake and acquire on with the life he has been made to endure. Watching and take parting in athleticss aid stress the Code Hero s maleness and supply the sense of pride Jake has lost. This addition of pride is indispensable in the Hemingway Code. Jake attends angling trips with friends, he visits Pamplona, Spain to witness the running of the bulls, and he acts as a go-between between reasoning friends. These features reveal his strong character built of bravery and grace. Jake, as with any Code Hero, is a adult male of action who spends more clip accomplishing ends than speaking about them. Jake s friend, Robert Cohn violates everything a Hemingway Code Hero represents. He is rich, gifted, and adept and is ready to discourse his emotions in item. Robert refuses to acknowledge licking when Brett rejects him repeatedly. Unlike Jake, when Cohn is hurt, he insists on kicking to everyone alternatively of enduring in silence. Cohn does nil to asseverate his maleness, either. He allows people, particularly adult females to roast him and strike hard down his ego regard. Cohn evidently can non stand up for himself and does non take action when he should. Consequently, Robert has no ego control. When a matador slumber with Brett, whom Cohn is in love with, he takes out his green-eyed monster by crushing him repeatedly. Although a adult male of action, Jake, the quintessential Hemingway Hero, knows when to command himself, Robert Cohn does non. On the whole, Jake Barnes purely adheres to the qualities of the typical Hemingway Code Hero. He relies entirely on himself, utilizes his assets, enjoys corridas and other honest activities. He is an person of action and speaks non of what he believes ; instead he merely does what he believes to be right nuance without any ostentation. Jake has lived with letdown and defeat all his life, yet he overcomes it and uses the lesson to his advantage. On the other manus, Robert Cohn, who has had the easy life is the ageless also-ran. He allows people to walk all over him and continually feels sorry for himself. Robert Cohn is the false knight, who, in theory should be the winning supporter but will ever turn out to be a shallow individual who lives on the peripheries of life. In the terminal, the individual who does non possess the Code Hero qualities can neer detect himself, and hence neer genuinely be happy.

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BookBub For Authors The Ultimate Guide (+ Free Submission Calendar)

BookBub For Authors The Ultimate Guide (+ Free Submission Calendar) BookBub for Authors: Everything You Need to Know Whether you’re working on your first book, or have published dozens of them already, my guess is: you’ve probably heard of Bookbub, if not used it yourself as a reader. But I also bet you’re not familiar with all the features and opportunities that the platform offers to authors.In a publishing world increasingly dominated by Amazon, BookBub was able to emerge and establish itself as a company offering a solid marketing alternative to authors and publishers - and has allowed many of them to hit coveted bestseller lists through their Featured Deals.In this post, we’ll run you through everything you need to know, as an author, about BookBub, and how best you can leverage their different tools and services to propel your books in the rankings. In particular, we’ll look at:Featured Deals (and how to maximize your chances of landing one);Self-serve CPM/CPC ads;Bookbub’s â€Å"follow† features.But first, for those of you who’re not y et 100% familiar with their service, let’s start with the obvious question.What is BookBub?BookBub is a free service focused on helping readers discover new books that they'll like. BookBub is mostly known for their daily newsletters promoting a handpicked selection of "deals", i.e. books deeply discounted - or free - for a limited time. As a reader, you can also follow your favorite authors on BookBub and receive notifications when they have a new deal or release.BookBub has over 15 million readers signed up for their newsletters, across as many as 42 fiction and non-fiction genres. Their popularity offers a great opportunity for authors, as most of their â€Å"daily deals† newsletters generate hundreds or even thousands of sales for all the books featured in the newsletter - and tens of thousands of downloads in the case of free books. Learn how to get the most out of BookBub as an indie author. BookBub are highly selective of the books they feature in their newsletters, and being accepted for a Featured Deal has become somewhat of a â€Å"Holy Grail† for independent authors in the past few years. So let’s take a look at how you can achieve just that!How do Bookbub Featured Deals work?For every one of their 42 genre categories, BookBub sends daily and weekly emails to readers (subscribed to that genre) featuring discounted and/or free books. Getting a spot among those discounted/free books is what a Featured Deal is all about. But before we go into what it takes to achieve that, let’s talk money a bit.How much does a Featured Deal cost?First, something quite important: it doesn’t cost you anything to submit your title for a Featured Deal. You only pay if your deal is accepted. Now, when that happens, on top of the cost of the bottle of champagne you’ll open to celebrate it 🠍 ¾, you’ll have to pay BookBub for the feature.The cost of a Featured Deal depends on several factors:The price at which your book will be discounted (the more you discount, the cheaper the Deal);The BookBub genre category you submit your book in (and the expected performance of BookBub newsletters in this genre);Whether you’re getting a US Featured Deal or an International only one (US ones are much more expensive).You can view an updated list of all prices based on these factors here. How can you get your book into a BookBub Featured Deal? BookBub’s criteria for selecting books to featureBookBub’s official criteria to accept Featured Deal submissions are pretty clear. From their own website, your title should be:Free or discounted by at least 50%.The best deal available. The book can’t have been offered at a lower price anywhere in the past 90 days.Error free.A limited-time offer (except for free promotions, where they do accept permafree books).A full-length book, with a minimum number of pages:Novels: 150+ pages;Nonfiction: 100+ pages;Cookbooks: 70+ pagesMiddle Grade: 100+ pagesChildren’s picture books: 20+ pages.No novellas or short stories.Widely available, i.e. at least one major retailer in either the US or the UK. And the more, the merrier.Lastly, BookBub will not feature the same book from an indie author more than once every 6 months. Nor will they feature the same indie author more than once every 30 days. But more on that later†¦Now, these are the minimum requirements for a d eal to be submitted to BookBub. Meeting these requirements certainly doesn’t guarantee your deal will be accepted by their editorial team and featured in a newsletter - far from it. Which brings us to the following, million-dollar question†¦How can I maximize my chances of getting a Featured Deal?In recent years, BookBub Featured Deals have become harder and harder to get for indie authors. Some say that their editorial team favors deals from traditional publishers - though that has been formally denied by the company.One thing is sure: BookBub bases most of its decisions on data. After years of serving deals to millions of readers and watching how these readers react, they have a pretty good idea of what will work (or not) for their audience.BookBub’s selection process for Featured Deals also relies heavily on human curation. They have an editorial team for every genre, that goes through the submissions and handpicks the Deals to feature every day.With that in mind, let’s look at how you can boost your chances of getting that coveted Featured Deal. Here are our top nine tips:Tip #1: Subscribe to BookBub’s newsletters in your genreIf you want to get a Deal in a genre, the first step is to understand what BookBub’s curators in that genre are looking for. And you can get a glimpse of that by simply signing up (as a reader) to their newsletters in that genre. Check out the books they feature and analyze what they have in common (what do the covers look like, what are the price points, how many reviews do the books have, etc.).Tip #2: Make sure your book has an appropriate number of reviewsFrom BookBub’s blog:â€Å"Reader reviews and ratings help our editors get a sense of how readers have responded to your book, and they are a crucial element of the selection process. We recommend browsing through the books we’re featuring in your category to get a sense of what a competitive number of positive reviews is for that genre.†This goes back to our advice above: check out the kind of books they feature and see what their usual number of reviews is. There’s no sense in applying for a Featured Deal until you have a similar number of reviews.Note: for this reason, it’s highly unrealistic (read: a waste of time) to apply for a BookBub Featured Deal for a new release, as you won’t have any reviews to show for it when submitting it. For new releases, BookBub actually has a separate product you could try: Featured New Releases.Tip #3: Polish your product pages on all retailersWhat do BookBub’s curators look at when evaluating a deal? The same thing that readers will: the book’s information on retailer pages. Their goal is the same as yours: selling as many books as possible. So they want to make sure that the books they feature are optimized to drive sales.In particular, this means:The title has a professional cover that matches genre expectations (more on this here);The book’s blurb on retailer pages is optimized to hook and convert readers (more on this here)Optional: The book features editorial reviews or accolades from well-known publications or influencers.Tip #4: Be flexible with your promotion datesWhen applying for a Featured Deal, you can indicate whether you’re flexible with your chosen discount dates or not. Obviously, indicating your flexibility will increase your chances of getting that deal.Do note, however, that BookBub only schedules Featured Deals up to 30 days in advance. So if you apply for a flexible-dates Deal, make sure you’re ready to drop your price across all retailers if you’re accepted.Tip #5: Keep submitting (download our free Bookbub submission calendar)Even if you get all of the above right, and BookBub’s editors think your book would make for a great deal, they might end up declining it just because there are other, even more attractive deals that have been submitted a t the same time.In other words, your chances of getting that coveted Deal also depend on the competition. And the level of competition depends on timing.What’s the solution? Keep submitting! BookBub allows you to re-submit a book every 30 days. So if you have a big list of books, and you really want to get a deal, you can maximize your chances of landing one by continuously submitting every book you have on a 30-day rolling basis.Now, if a Deal is accepted, BookBub won't feature the same indie author for another 30 days, and the same book for another 6 months. So keeping track of when you can and cannot submit each book can quickly become a headache†¦ Which is why we're providing you with a free BookBub submissions calendar - originally created by indie author Nick Thacker - to help you get all your ducks in a row.🠦†ðŸ ¦â€ Ã°Å¸ ¦â€  Sign up here to download our BookBub submissions calendar for free. 🠦†ðŸ ¦â€ Ã°Å¸ ¦â€  Do you regularly submit to BookBub as a #selfpub author? You need to DL this calendar. Tip #6: Try different price points (including free)One of the company's main tips for authors is to keep trying. But of course, receiving constant rejection notifications can become a bit frustrating. So the following three tips will explore what you can change in your re-submissions to augment your chances of getting accepted.The first thing to try is changing the price point. Their’s goal is to offer the best deals possible to their audience. So the lower you can go in terms of price, the higher your chances of being accepted.Furthermore, if you’ve been trying to get a $0.99 Deal for months, without success, try applying for a free one instead!Tip #7: Go wideIf your book is in Kindle Unlimited, I have some bad news for you: it’ll be much, much harder to land a Featured Deal. Here’s why, in BookBub’s own terms:â€Å"When members sign up for BookBub, they opt into the retailers they want to see deals for. So if a book is available on all the major retailers - Amazon, Barnes Noble, Apple iBooks, Google Play, Kobo - more of our readers would be able to snatch it up, which makes the book more appealing to our editors. Between two books with equally competitive platforms and deal prices, the editors will always choose the book available on more retailers.†At Reedsy, we personally know authors who submitted KU books to BookBub over 50 times, without ever getting accepted. One of them, Craig Martelle, finally took one of his books wide, and finally managed to land a Featured Deal with it (albeit an international one). You can read his story on the 20Booksto50k Facebook group (well worth joining!).Tip #8: Submit for international deals firstWhen applying for a Deal, most authors focus on US-only deals. These are the most expensive but also the most rewarding in terms of sales and ranking boosts. But they’re also equally harder to get. So if all your attempts at landing a US deal are failing, try for an international one. Even though they’re less powerful, they can be great for boosting your international reach and presence on non-Amazon retailers.More importantly, there’s anecdotal evidence that once you get a Featured Deal, it’s easier to get another one. So going for free, international Deals is a way to get your foot in the door. And once that door is open, it might lead to paid, US-only Deals.Tip #9: If everything fails†¦ rebrand!If everything above is failing, then there’s probably something wrong with your book. Maybe BookBub editors don’t think it fits into one of their categories. Or maybe they think the cover doesn’t match the genre.This can often be the case for books that were published over 3-4 years ago. Genre expectations regarding covers can change quite drastically, so if you can’t get any Featured Deal for your old books, consider rebranding them. Not only will that boost your chances of getting a Deal, but it’ll also most likely boost your sales, as shown in our case study.How to make the most of a Bookbub Featured DealHurrah! Thanks to our tips, you managed to land a Featured Deal! First off, take a moment to congratulate yourself and celebrate - it’s a big deal. But right after that, start planning your promo period to make the most out of the deal. Here are a few things to consider:#1. Don’t discount your other books in the seriesThis is a common mistake for BookBub Featured Deal first-timers. You want to encourage readers finding your book through the Deal to buy your other books, so you discount those as well†¦But what happens is that BookBub readers are deal seekers. If they see that your other books in the series are at $0.99 as well, they’ll just go ahead and buy them all. Great, right?Well, not really. Because while you might be making a bit more of an instant profit, you’re effectively losing all these full-price sales that would have happened when th ese readers finished reading your discounted book and decided to buy your other ones, full-price. And if you're wondering, yes, BookBub readers do also buy books full-price. Here are the official stats.#2. Run the promo over a longer periodAlmost everyone who ran a Featured Deal is unanimous about this: you’ll get better results if you keep your discount for a longer period than the minimum days required by the service. The reason for that is that Amazon’s algorithms (represented by a friendly emoji below) largely reward plateaus over spikes.If you raise your price right after the BookBub Deal, your sales will abruptly stop. If you keep the discount, they’ll still take a dip, but it won’t be as bad, which will help you maintain a high rank on bestseller lists, and have Amazon take over the marketing for you.If you’re in Kindle Unlimited and manage to get a Featured Deal (congrats, you’re a unicorn 🠦„), then running the discount for lo nger is all the more important to make sure you climb the popularity list and trigger a subsequent wave of page reads - learn how that works in this Reedsy Live with David Gaughran.#3. To stack or not to stack?The practice of â€Å"stacking† ads is that of buying several placements on other book promotion newsletters on top of the BookBub Feature. The goal here is still the same: achieving a plateau, or an upwards trend, rather than a spike.There has been a lot of discussion on ad stacking around Featured Deals in the author community, and the consensus seems to be that:Ad stacking can work for paid Featured Deals;Ad stacking is a waste of money for free Deals.The reason why stacking can be a waste of money for free is that free readers will often sign up to as many promo sites as possible to receive free book alerts. So by advertising your free book on several sites and newsletters, you’re effectively paying more to reach the same readers.#4. Run other ads on the sid eNow, while stacking promo newsletter ads might be a waste of money, this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to run ads on your own. Both Facebook and Amazon ads will earn you a lot more sales/downloads if your book is discounted/free.You can learn how to create your first ads on Facebook and Amazon through our free Reedsy Learning courses:Facebook ads for authorsAmazon ads for authorsBut there’s a third self-serve advertising platform that will work even better to move discounted/free copies. And surprise, surprise†¦ it’s BookBub’s!â€Å"Wait, what? Isn’t BookBub what I’ve been reading about for the past 10 minutes?†Yes, but there’s more to it (keep reading)!Bookbub self-serve CPM/CPC adsWhile it’s getting more and more difficult for indie authors to get a BookBub Featured Deal, it’s actually very easy for anyone to get their book in their newsletters. How? Through their self-serve ads. Are BookBub's CPC and CPM ads worth the time and money? How do BookBub self-serve ads work?A few years ago, the company launched â€Å"BookBub Ads,† an advertising platform that lets authors and publishers place image ads in their newsletters (and on their website).To give you a better idea of what that looks like, here’s a typical BookBub newsletter.Notice that â€Å"follow† button? Readers who come across your books (e.g. in Featured Deals) are prompted by BookBub to â€Å"follow† your profile. They’ll also be able to find you in their â€Å"Discover† section:Now, the reason why followers are valuable is that BookBub sends an automatic â€Å"New Release Alert† to all your followers when you release a new book. So if you have 5,000 followers on there, that’s 5,000 release emails that BookBub will send for you, for free. You can learn more about how these alerts work here.And that’s it! If you read this far, you now know pretty much everything you need to know about BookBub an d how to best use their tools to your advantage.If you’ve had a Featured Deal in the past, or used their self-serve ads platform, don’t hesitate to share your advice and experiences in the comments below!