February 2010

Find of the Day: Search Through 285,000,000 Free eBooks

PDF Search Engine is a book search engine search on sites, forums, message boards for pdf files. You can find and download a tons of e-books but please respect the publisher and the author for their creations if their books copyrighted. You can try a search now for FREE at http://www.pdf-search-engine.com/

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Get More Value From the Books On Your Shelf

I have a large library of book.. get more every day. Once in a while, I look over the collection and am convinced that the best use for most of the book would be to give them away. Not all of them.. but even some of the ones I love best would help the world [...]

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The Magic Bullet For Getting Publicity

One question that comes up over and over in the hundreds of interviews I did last year. “How can a author get known when nobody knows about them?” I thought you might like to know the answer.. quite simply, it’s the one thing that successful best selling authors do that most others miss… I use [...]

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Manage Your EBooks To Reach More Readers

More than a decade ago, while working in the computer hardware industry, I saw some data on the trajectory of screen resolution and capacities for the future. Many pundits were saying that screens as good as paper were coming very soon, but one smart futurist showed us a graph of memory and processor capacities, the [...]

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Is This the Worst Business Letter Ever?

I know I’ve said it before.. calling a inane letter or email the worst ever.. so I won’t proclaim that here. Then again, this one is certainly a candidate: Hi, Warren. GuiltyInc has been talking with your company intermittently about helping address your company’s vague requirements. I am currently planning a trip to your area [...]

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The Science of Social Media Marketing

Watch Dan Zarrella talk about social media in a way you have not seen before. Social science, persuasions, and viral marketing memetics are just some of the good data Dan shares Be sure to pick up a copy of Dan’s book and share this with others who are looking to go beyond the socializing of [...]

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The Top 3 Numbers To Use In Your Headlines

This morning got me thinking about the copywriting secrets that separate the pros from the rest of us. Testing everything Bullet Points Strong Headlines My friend Thom Scott put out a tweet that mentioned the power of 3, 7 and 10 for making a list when you can’t think of what to blog. I had [...]

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Calling All Aspiring Authors

Last night was the launch of the International Association of Aspiring Authors. The program was kicked of with a webinar with publishing industry trainers and I was included to talk about social media and book marketing. You can view or listen to the presentation here Are you aspiring to be an author? Start with the [...]

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Get More Buzz For Your Book With Google Buzz

There are so many social media tools, sites and systems coming online that an author might think about a wait and see approach Please don’t fall in this trap. The world is moving so fast that you really need to budget some time to catch a wave as soon as possible. You will need to [...]

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