From the monthly archives:

April 2008

How One Author Made Millions From His First Book

April 13, 2008

Today I’d like to share the story of an author who leveraged the debut of his first book into new revenues of millions of dollars, with the formula you can use to model his success.
When I first met Matt Bacak, he was already known as The Powerful Promoter, working with up and coming speakers and [...]

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I Love to Hear “How DId You Get So Much Done?”

April 9, 2008

When you are doing it right, life as an author can be the ultimate lifestyle.

You get paid for your expertise
People look up to you
You time is your own

If this doesn’t yet describe your life, could be that you are trying to do things that an author should not do.
When you begin to focus on your [...]

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What Kinds of Things Can An Author Do By Networking Online?

April 9, 2008

Deb Gallardo is a writer learning online marketing.
I bet you will relate with some of the issues Deb talks of in an article on The Business of Writing – Making All the Pieces Fit:
For longer than I care to admit, even to myself, my quest to masteronline marketing (OM) has been, and continues to be, [...]

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“How Not To Be a Turd” and Other Tips for Authors on Social Networking

April 8, 2008

As you begin using social media to attract new readers, sell more books and become a best seller, you will want to tell everyone you meet about the good things in your life.
That what networking is all about right?
One thing you’ll want to say is “My new book is a must read”
I suggest you be [...]

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Get Your Book Written Faster, Get More Publicity and End the Frustration

April 8, 2008

You know it can be very frustrating it can be to get the momentum going with all the other things going on in your life.
What if I could show you 7 simple strategies that you could use right now, to work less, but still get more done when it comes to writing [...]

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Building Buzz About Your Book.. One Famous Author at Time

April 7, 2008

We’ve been following Rohit Bhargava and his new book Personality Not Included.
Rohit is an experienced marketer, and learning book promotion quickly.
His post How Malcolm Gladwell Proved There Is Such A Thing As Karma shared some thing new authors learn when doing on site promotions:
Doing that, I learned a couple of big lessons:

Boxes of books are [...]

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Why Blog? Reason No. 92: Book Deal

April 6, 2008

We see more and more stories about blogging with a paragraph like this:
Random House announces that it has purchased the rights to a book by
the blog’s founder, Christian Lander, an Internet copy writer. The
price, according to a source familiar with the deal but not authorized
to discuss the total, was about $300,000, a sum that many [...]

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You Are The Author. Let Someone Else Do The Grunt Work.

April 5, 2008

Your work is important.
You have a message to share, and the world needs to read you.
And there is only one YOU
Authors can get bogged down in the nitty gritty of running your small business (every book is a business)
Want some help?
Jeff Mills has a ZERO COST ebook “The Outsource Compendium”
He promises to show the secrets [...]

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How To Write Blog Posts

April 2, 2008

Authors who have no trouble writing a book ask me how to structure a blog post, what to say in a comment.
I personally just start writing (and my critics will tell you, I tend to ramble).
But Chris Brogran usually turns out some of the most readable and useful content on the net.. so let’s read [...]

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The Words You Say Will Sell Your Book

April 1, 2008

Alex Mandossian and Paul Colligan are my long time friends. I have watched them teach hundreds of authors and seen the results of their brilliant marketing minds.
Wednesday night, there are going to share their secrets during a special 2 hours teleseminar
“Podcast Monetization Roadmap”
Imagine how adding “show host” to your list of accomplishments will show [...]

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