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Does Your Book Get the Attention the Author Deserves?

April 29, 2008

We live in an attention economy today. There is no doubt about it.. so much information, you’ll never keep up.
For your book to stand out, you need to do something more than YELL THE LOUDEST.. no, yelling usually doesn’t work and is annoying.
The secret is.. we all really want more information. There are readers out there [...]

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Best Selling Author Works When And Where He Wants

February 19, 2008

I helped Pat O Bryan launch Portable Empires last year… Best Selling Author is just one of the things Pat does in his spare time.
As Pat puts it.. you can see that life today can be all spare time
It’s not about how hard you are working.. it’s about what you get done. Pat has it [...]

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Why You Want to Comment on Blog Posts

February 11, 2008

I’ve written a few times about the power of blog cross promotion.
Still, some authors ask if it’s worth the time and if will really work for them.
Yes! There is nothing more powerful in online promotion than the simple comments you post. In the past 48 hours, I posted a book marketing tip and encouraged comments. [...]

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Web 2.0 is a Farce.. Nothing New About Social Media

February 10, 2008

In 1995, FastCompany debuted with this cover.
We knew that computers were more than number crunching machines way before that and use out PC’s to connect with modems to BBS (bulletin board systems) and send messages about topics of interest (mostly tech, but there were long threads about current events, politics, religion).
And since when is the [...]

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When Your Are Connected, Book Marketing is Easier

February 2, 2008

I’m working with Larry Benet, the most connected person I know.
At the Rich Prosperity Blog, I wrote:
Everything you do will be amplified by the power of connections.
When you think about what you could accomplish if you just had the connections… you know that it could

Open up opportunities
Increase your earnings
Double productivity

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