Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors
To increase e-course sign-ups, offer your website visitors a free download of your  course syllabus, like Alyson Stanfield is doing for her Cultivating Collectors e-course that begins today.
Alyson is an excellent example of an author and coach that has identified her niche and leveraged her expertise to niche market, clearly identified [...]

Tuesday’s Writing Tip for Authors
If you find that your writing productivity often suffers from Internet distractions, check out this article in the June 10 Economist that describes Internet blocking software like Freedom.
Freedom is a downloadable $10 software program that allows Mac and Windows users to temporarily block Internet access, encouraging authors to devote their full [...]

Monday’s book planning tip for authors
If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Where do I start researching my book?”, you’ll want to attend this week’s Published & Profitable Tuesday Topic teleclass, Author Guide to Case Studies.
I’ll describe a 3-step process for identifying the topics you want to research, locating resources, and organizing the results.
The ideas and hand-outs [...]

Monday’s planning tip for authors
Mind mapping software continues to help users get more done in less time. New features and approaches continue to appear.

I was fortunate when William Reed, an American living in Tokyo, introduced me to mind mapping several years ago.
I now use as a daily planning tool for dozens of tasks involved [...]

If you’re looking for publishers and writing resources, check out 10 Places to Find a Home for Your Writing, in the Accredited Online Program’s blog.
The recommendations cover a lot of ground, both generic and deep into specialized niches, i.e. manga, as well as job postings for freelance writers.
Out of the 10 writing resources listed, I’m [...]

Monday’s book planning tip for authors
Choosing an engaging book title is one of an author’s most important planning tasks. One of the best ways to engage your readers is to arouse curiosity by using words that–at first glance–appear to contradict each other.
The technique works especially well when the subtitle reconciles, or explains, the apparent contradiction.
David [...]