Monday’s planning tip for authors
Nonfiction books are purchased out of your market’s need for change; they’re purchased to solve problems or achieve goals.
Planning your book’s purpose is essential for publishing success. No matter how well you research and write your book, it has to appear when demand is at its peak, neither too late or [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Editorial Board member Chuck Frey’s guide introduces you to mind mapping, to help you plan, write, promote, and profit from your book
As many Published & Profitable friends and members know, I’m a great fan of mind mapping. I use mind mapping to schedule my days, create my blog and newsletter editorial calendars, plan my teleseminars and webinars, and to analyze the structure of best-selling nonfiction books.
I also create personalized mind maps for each of my coaching [...]
Learn how to improve the quality of everything you write by knowing what to look for when reviewing your book and your marketing
Friday’s upcoming events for authors
Published & Profitable friends and members are invited to join me next week when I interview Sue Gilad, author of Copyediting and Proofreading for Dummies.
Sue and I will discuss the importance of what to look for when reviewing your articles, blog posts, manuscript, proposals, and presentation materials. Learn the most common [...]
C. J. Hayden’s “Get Clients Now” shows authors how to turn a book into a successful business
Thursday’s profit tip for authors
C. J. Hayden’s Get Clients Now! has more to teach than the importance of choosing a short, benefit-oriented, book title. The 3 word title, and its accompanying subtitle, A 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals, Consultants, and Coaches makes an unmistakable promise. Prospective readers know exactly why they should buy the [...]
Ideas for 10 to 15 minute promotion tasks for authors who are busy writing their books
Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors
A lack of time is no excuse to ignore book promotion while writing your book! Certainly, after finalizing your book’s publishing plans, you should focus the majority of your efforts on completing your book and responding to editorial queries. However, you shouldn’t totally ignore promoting tasks. Even if you have only [...]
50 writing strategies for authors from the Poynter Institute’s Roy Peter Clark
Tuesday’s writing tip for authors
The Poynter Institute is a nationally-respected school for journalists, future journalists, and teachers of journalism. However, authors can benefit from many of its resources, such as its blogs and articles.
For the past few years, Roy Peter Clark, one of the Poynter Institutes’s faculty, has been posting a series of 50 wonderfully [...]
