So you have made the decision to write and publish your book, great! Today, our #TuesdayTip blog focuses on how hiring publishing professionals helps you avoid fatal flaws when publishing your book. Writing and publishing a book has never been easier. With the advent of numerous self-publishing ... Read More
Discover Your Ideal Audience – Because It Matters!
There's always so much talk about the importance of finding out who your ideal audience is before you do anything. Honestly, it drove me crazy for a long, long time. I didn't want to narrow my audience down. What if we wanted to work with both fiction and non-fiction writers? What about children's ... Read More
Organization is your key to success!
For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned." Benjamin Franklin Remember back in grade school, high school, and college when most of you were painstakingly organizing your speech or term papers? Come on, you know you do, and I'll admit to you - I never took the time to organize ... Read More
Facebook Live Videos Build Your Ideal Audience
How to Strategically Use Facebook Live Videos to Build Your Ideal Audience Strategically using Facebook Live can build your audience (but there's work involved)! In my last blog, I provided tips on how you can leverage social media to promote your book: build your audience, be consistent, and be ... Read More
Social Media – How Authors Can Effectively Promote Their Book!
Leveraging Social Media to Promote Your Book Goes Back to Business Basics I know, you're rolling your eyes and thinking, sure it is. What does promoting my book have to do with leveraging social media and how does it relate to the basics of growing a business? If you think back, I'm sure you can ... Read More
Language is more than talking!
Language and its relationship to your audience Peter and I have been talking about the importance of a CLEAR message for several months, but today I'm delving deeper into language and how to find your voice, your style, and your tone when writing. Believe it or not, voice, style, and tone work ... Read More
The 4 Major Areas of a Unified Message
What is your unified message? Earlier in the week, Monday to be exact, Colleen shared with us her tips to create a CLEAR message. But what exactly do we mean when we say message? Are we talking about a speech? Your book? Your website? Yes, all of that and more! What is your message then? Everything ... Read More
Your message can make or break your business!
Merriam-Webster definitions of "clear" and "message" Clear (adjective): Easily heard, easily visible, and free from obscurity or ambiguity: easily understood. Message (noun): A communication in writing, in speech, or by signals; an underlying theme or idea. We all know having a clear ... Read More