There are many ways to promote a book. Giving it away seems to have become a poplar one. Many authors choose to do this with the hope that the book will than garner some on-line reviews or build up some word-of-mouth reviews so sales increase. I’d like to suggest that you begin giving your book away from day one, from…
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I often encourage clients and readers to repurpose their work. One piece of work can become many things before ultimately becoming a book. Today, instead of a guest post, I have an interview with Mary C. Earle, author of Days of Grace: Meditation and Practices for Living With Illness, who explains the interesting and varied path her work took prior…
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As the great mystic Bob Dylan wrote, “The times they are a changin’.” And not just in the economic, political, ecological, or some other specific part of our life. Not just in the publishing world, though that changes all the time, too. And not just in the United States or in one country. Everything is changing all the time. Some…
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Someone once totally slammed me publicly for asking her to write a guest blog post for free. I’ll never forget that or her. She had something like 70,000 subscribers and (without my permission) she shared part of our email correspondence with all of them to show what a ignorant jerk I was for asking her to write anything, let alone…
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Today’s guest blog post is written by book and blog coach Judy Cullins, author of Write your eBook or Other Short Book–Fast! Are you unsure of how to make yourself and your service well known, liked and trusted? Have you tried social media conversations without getting a bite or sales yet? If you are perplexed as to why what you’re…
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Every day writers complain to me about how they (1) don’t want to promote themselves and (2) don’t have time to do everything I suggest they do when it comes to promotion. If you work smarter rather than harder, though, you can actually take one written promotional piece and, with just a bit of reworking, turn it into a variety…
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You can find tons of advice about when and where to write. Some experts say it’s best to write early in the morning. Some say it’s best after lunch or late at night. Some say do it at the same time every day. Others say do it in the same place, while still others will tell you to change you…
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