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The Top 3 Numbers To Use In Your Headlines

February 15, 2010

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 other [...]

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Elizabeth Potts Weinstein Is Annoying

February 8, 2010

I just heard that the search term “elizabeth potts weinstein is annoying” can get you to the always entertaining Elizabeth Potts Weinstein blog site.
According to her web site, Elizabeth is:
My full name is Elizabeth Potts Weinstein, and I empower solo entrepreneurs to live their truth in their businesses & lives. I’m also a mom, attorney, [...]

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How to be a Superhuman Author

February 8, 2010

Today, more than ever, it’s important for authors to share lots of fresh content with their readers.
Blog posts, articles, information products, presentations. How do you get it all done?
My output has gone up by 3x since I started adding told like Evernote. Here’s a fun video showing how elephants in the clouds help you [...]

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What Drives You To Succeed?

February 3, 2010

New York Times Best Selling Author Daniel Pink says that most people are note motivated by the 20th Century carrot and stick management we’ve all grown up with and would do our best when was have

Autonomy
Mastery
Purpose

as our goals.
I just finished reading Pink’s lates book “Drive” and WOW!.. this is a must read for authors and entrepreneurs on what [...]

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An Author’s Voice Can Be Worth Millions in Promotion Value

January 27, 2010

I’m getting ready for a special class for authors called
“Best Book Marketing Strategies for 2010″

You can attend this Teleseminar Nation event FREE by calling in at 11:59AM Pacific Time (3:00PM Eastern) on 1/28
To Listen Live by Phone:
Phone # to Dial: 323-476-3672
Use Conf ID: 921346#
I suggest you head over to the Teleseminar Nation web site now… [...]

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Security Note: This Site is Safe… What We Learned

January 27, 2010

You may have recently seen a Security Warning for this site.
DO NOT WORRY.. WE ARE SAFE… we did not spread the infection.. but learned a valuable lesson we need to share here:
We have Wordpress Blog software installed in an unused folder and it was not up to date.
Hit by badware which we removed and clean [...]

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Connect Your Book With Real World

October 14, 2009

One of the few areas growing in publishing is the Blogoshpere. While others are shutting down, worried that e-books or the economy will kill sales.. the bloggers I know are talking about bigger advances, best sellers and respect from media and publishers.
How to connect with Bloggers.
There are millions of blogs and bloggers. The vast majority [...]

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Guest Article: Sell More Books with a Successful Viral Video

August 30, 2009

Viral videos are a great way to sell books.  According to Wikipedia “A viral video is a video clip that gains widespread popularity through the process of a Internet sharing, typically through email or a Instant messaging, blogs and other media sharing websites. Viral videos are often humorous in nature”.
There are three key points to consider [...]

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You Are An Author. Get Some Stuff Published

August 23, 2009

An new author called the other day. He is writing a book to share what his expertiese and establish himself in the marketplace.
I asked what else he had besides the book. He replied that he was very busy doing what he’s an expert at, and that he’d create that content after the book was [...]

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Doing these things can help you become a better writer

July 27, 2009

Mary Jaksch created a list of 73 Ways to Become a Better Writer
#1 was BLOG. A suggestion we make to authors as the first thing you should do to promote your book and promote yourself as an author.. before you even start to write your book.
It also helps you become a better writer:
The good [...]

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