Jul

8

MindManager’s Task Information tool helps you write and finish your book on time

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Tuesday’s writing tip for authors

Mindjet’s MindManager, a mind mapping software program, makes it easy to set-up a realistic writing schedule for your book and pace your writing, so you can finish your manuscript on time. You can use the same map used to plan and display your book’s table of contents to schedule your writing. [...]

Jul

4

Learn how to promote your book online by studying the successful launch of Bob Burg’s The Go-Giver

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Friday’s upcoming event for authors
Join other Published and Profitable friends and members on Friday, July 11, when I interview Thom Scott, internet marketing coach, as he discusses the launch of Bob Burg’s latest book, The Go-Giver: A Little Business Story about a Powerful Idea.
Thom Scott is Bob Burg’s business partner and director of online marketing. [...]

Jul

3

Mindjet Connect offers authors new profit opportunities setting up online mastermind groups with real-time, collaborative editing of mind maps

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Thursday’s profit tip for authors
Mastermind groups permit authors to share their expertise by working closely with group members who may be located around the country or around the world. Mindjet Connect, a new online mind mapping service offered by Mindjet, permits a new level of sharing and collaboration based on a new, interactive, way of [...]

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

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 [...]

May

13

New Published & Profitable table of contents planning MindManager template helps authors plan and write their books faster

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Tuesday’s writing tip for authors
Published & Profitable members are invited to download my updated Table of Contents planning template intended for use with Mindjet’s MindManager mind mapping software. Mindjet’s MindManager is a software program that permits authors to display the contents of their books on a single screen, or printed on a single sheet of [...]

May

8

Michael Port’s advice to authors who achieve success: “Keep it simple!”

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Thursday’s profit tip for authors
Early this week, I attended a teleseminar interview involving Michael Port and Stephanie Diamond, two members of Published & Profitable’s Editorial Board. Michael was interviewing Stephanie on the occasion of her new book, Web Marketing for Small Businesses: 7 Steps to Explosive Business Growth.
One of the best parts of the [...]

Apr

25

Let Graham Van Dixhorn and Susan Kendrick show you how to Write To Your Market with back cover copy that will sell your book

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Friday’s upcoming event for authors Learn how to leverage your book’s contents into a strong and compelling back cover sales copy by attending an exclusive Published & Profitable interview with book coaches and marketing consultants Graham Van Dixhorn and Susan Kendrick, author of the Book Cover Coaching Blog and their special report, From Back Cover [...]

Apr

21

New Mindjet Connect to allow authors to share mind maps, book proposals, and drafts with mastermind partners while planning and writing

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Tuesday’s writing tip for authors
The various tasks involved in planning, writing, promoting, and profiting from a book can now be accomplished in a group environment lead by an published author whose 38 nonfiction books have sold over 1.6 million copies around the world.
A few weeks ago, I attended a briefing previewing the next version of [...]

Apr

21

Use mind maps to analyze the contents of existing books in your field, so you can choose a title and write a book that’s distinctly different

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Monday’s planning tip for authors
Mind maps make it easy to identify the contents of existing books in your field, so that you can position your book apart from them. Start by identifying the most important books in your topic area. Search online, identifying important books by using criteria such as their sales ranking and the [...]

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