Jun

30

9 profound ideas to help you write your book from the “Dumb Little Man”

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Monday’s planning tip for authors
The Dumb Little Man is a blog with weekly tips about practical life ideas that often focus on writing skills. Postings are concise, well written, and detailed enough to be helpful. One of the best recent posts was Alex Shalman’s 9 Ways to Jumpstart Your Writing Goal. Definitely worth reading and [...]

Jun

27

June end of month group coaching and discussion call

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Friday’s upcoming event for authors
During our usual end of month coaching event, following my brief presentation of a new idea, Published & Profitable friends and members can discuss their publishing projects in a group environment. . Benefit from the experiences, insights, and perspectives of others. Learn how others have overcome, and are overcoming, [...]

Jun

26

Authors can profit by “draining the risk” that keeps many readers from becoming coaching and consulting clients

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Thursday’s profit tip for authors
Fear of making a mistake is one of the biggest challenges that authors face when communicating with prospective coaching and consulting clients. As Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman describe in their popular recent book, Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior, the fear of loss causes many unfortunate decisions and also [...]

Jun

25

PRWeb helps authors promote their book with press releases distributed to journalists and targeted markets

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Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors
Every author’s book marketing and promotion should include a strong press release program. But, many authors ask, “How can make sure my press releases are noticed and read by journalists writing about my topic?” For many authors, PR Web offers the ideal solution. PRWeb is an online service that simplifies [...]

Jun

24

Time management tip: keep your book on schedule each day by reviewing your writing goals for the next day

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Tuesday’s writing tip for authors
If you want to learn how to manage your time and complete your book on schedule, explore Donald Murray’s many books about writing, including A Writer Teaches Writing. Don was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a popular Boston Globe columnist, a passionate friend to all writers, and a member (emeritus) of Published [...]

Jun

23

Keith Rosen can help you find the time to plan, write, promote, and profit from your published book

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Monday’s planning tip for authors
Several Published & Profitable members and several recent Guerrilla Marketing Association interview guests have stressed the importance of going “outside of field” in order to gain new ideas and inspiration for their projects. With that in mind, I’d like to describe one of the most useful time management books I’ve ever [...]

Jun

20

Explore the links between writing and self-promotion from Elsom Eldridge, Jr., by writing the right book

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Friday’s upcoming event for authors
If you’re a business owner or self-employed professional interested in distancing yourself from your competition, you’ll want to attend the next Published & Profitable interview. You’ll learn how others have used techniques like submitting articles, writing books, public speaking, and numerous other self-promotion techniques to position themselves as the obvious expert [...]

Jun

19

Online research helps authors generate new speaking opportunities

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Thursday’s profit tip for authors
One of the best ways you can develop new speaking opportunities is to explore the websites of speaker’s bureaus and identify the leading speakers in your field. Once you know who the successful speakers are, you can visit their websites and search for ideas you can adapt to promote your own [...]

Jun

18

Boost book sales by creating a list of firms and organizations who can benefit from bulk sales your book

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Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors
In less than 30 minutes a week, or less, you can greatly increase sales of your book while opening new doors of opportunity. Authors, particularly self-published authors, often go to great lengths to promote the sale of single copies of their books. But, unfortunately, many fail to aggressively promote multi-copy sales [...]

Jun

17

Authors must avoid the “curse of perfection” during their daily writing sessions

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Tuesday’s writing tip for authors
Whether your goal is to write an article, a book, or a monthly newsletter, the secret to making the most of your short, daily writing sessions–scheduled with the help of a free online calendar, as previously described–is to cover as much ground as possible during your budgeted time. To do this, [...]

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