Tragedy in The US: Spend time with your loved ones
My heart goes out to all the families, friends and members of the Connecticut school shooting area. This is a tragedy many people will spend long years trying to understand if they ever do. I believe this is a time when everyone, no matter where you live, needs to take the time to tell the ones they love how much they mean to them, to hold them and especially the young, spend time playing with and talking to them. even if you are estranged from your family, don’t you think its time to bury the hatchet and move on? Find a way to get over the rift. As this tragedy has shown us, life can be quickly taken away. Especially at this time of year, find…
Seven Traits of the Best Web Content Writers
I’m away from the blog today but here is some great writing from a guest writer. *********************** Seven Traits of the Best Web Content Writers Content marketing is one of the most popular and effective forms of Internet marketing, and it’s something that all businesses can benefit from. In addition, bloggers all over the web work on creating content that attracts readers and, often, promotes their causes. There’s a lot of great web content writers out there, but what makes great content writers able to be considered “the best?” Here are some of the traits that the best web content unfailingly writers possess. Trend-Savvy With anything Internet-related, it’s so important to stay on top of trends. The best web content writers stay on top of trends…
Determine the Type of Book: Fiction or Non-fiction
Maybe you want to write the next great fiction novel. Or you want to share your knowledge you’ve acquired in your life. Whatever your goal is, you will have to determine the type of book you want to write. Will it be a short story fiction piece about robots in the garden? Or are you writing a 400 page romance novel? Will it be a non-fiction how-to book about raising goats for their milk? There are many types of books and even more categories. One of the most common books is the recipe book. Considered a compiled book, it is one of the easiest to create online. A compiled book is simply a book created with a collection of information about a topic from different sources…
5 Steps to Choosing a Topic For My Book
There are a lot of ways to determine your niche and the topic you want to write about. All over the internet you can find gurus and others telling you to do it this way or that. Here are the 5 steps I use to choose my topic. 1. Search Amazon.com. Go to the Amazon Kindle Store. Look at the top sellers list for all categories or if you have a niche in mind look through the top sellers in that niche. Look for books that have at least 37 results but not more than 250 and with at least 2 books with low sales rankings. By this I mean a seller has an Amazon sales rank of in the 10,000 to 20,000 sales or less.…
On The Road To Published Book
I have always wanted to be a published author. The idea of having my name attached to a published book is both thrilling and terrifying. Like many others, life and fear have held me back from pursuing the passion of publishing. Well no more, I say. With all the new technology in self-publishing from Kindle to Nook, publishing a book has never been easier. There are no query letters to write and no publishers to convince your book is the next best-seller. I have set up a challenge for myself. (and anyone who wants to follow along). I will write at least one page a day on a book to be published on Kindle at the end of 30 days. I will be reporting my progress…
Low Brow Advertising Intices Customers
Customers are the lifeblood of every business but to get those customers you need to advertise. And since your visitor often makes a decision within the first 10 seconds on you site, you have to have something of interest to keep them there. You need some type of pull to bring them in. It could be as simple as a graphic with a great sale offer. Check out this great infographic of low-brow advertising. It could just give you a great new advertising campaign idea!!
Are You “Pinterest”ing: Getting Started with Pinterest
Pinterest is a relatively new social networking site with a twist. It’s all about creating and sharing collections of images that you find around the web or create yourself. They call it themselves a “Virtual Pin Board’ and their members use it to organize recipes, plan home improvement projects, share favorite books, plan weddings and more. You’re only limited by your imagination.
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How to Format Your Books For Kindle Publishing
Freelancers and creative types sometime don’t realize how having their own published book affects their marketing. Having a published book gives your customers and clients the perception you are an authority in your niche. But getting a book published by traditional methods can take a lot of time, if you can even get a publisher to take a chance on your book. Another great option is publishing on the Kindle format. Here are the basic steps. Don’t have time or want to do this yourself? Contact me about my special Kindle Formatting offer.
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