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7 Mistakes First-Time Book Authors Make

Guest Post by Lee Pound Lee will be our guest on Profitable Social Media radio on April 9th. Details on the Profitable Social Media show page Over 500,000 books are published every year. Yet most of them will never be read by anybody. Instead they sit in the author’s garage or sit for a few [...]

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Use Your Blog To Write Your Book

Last week, we featured authors who have been successful with blogs during our Profitable Social Media radio show. I liked the methods used by DJ Heckes to create her book and asked her to submit here story here for all to read. How I Wrote FULL BRAIN MARKETING by DJ Heckes I have spent a [...]

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Authors. What is Your Story?

I was working with a marketer today who want help selling a book full of tips put together by another marketer hoping to tap into a rich market. I asked “What is the story?" We can market a book by and anonymous author.. we can sell a product that contains 102 great tips.. but everything [...]

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Are Your Writing for Tomorrow’s Readers?

New technology will combine eye tracking, always online connections and what we know about the way people read to create Text 2.0 .. text that changes to help you read better. The most amazing thing about this short video is that there is no technology used that is not currently available today. Everything shown can [...]

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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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How to be a Superhuman Author

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 [...]

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How Did You Get That Book Out So Fast?

My friend Gail Kingsbury called to tell me about her new book and the fabulous stories inside. I said “I didn’t even know you were working on a book.. How did you fit that in your schedule?” The answer.. a collaborative effort. Working together, the co-authors were able to high quality material together, join together [...]

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Wanted: 7 Authors Who Want To Be Best Sellers

A few years back, I helped an author become an instant best seller with his book Think Two Products Ahead. It topped the Amazon Best Seller List for non-fiction for a week and was #2 overall (beat only by the wizardy of Harry Potter) Through that process, I got to know an extraordinary man named [...]

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Does Your Book Have a Heartbeat?

Free Training Call for Authors this Saturday Authors ask me “What does it take to make a bestseller?” As you bring your best seller to life, you need 3 things to turn your dream into a reality You need a realistic business plan You need outside perspectives You need a what I call a “book’s [...]

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