Monthly Archives: March 2009

Counter-Intuitive Time Management Techniques to Tame Your Never-Ending To Do List

The absolute BIGGEST challenge that entrepreneurs, artists, authors and other creative geniuses that come to me for help is productivity. Some know they need help with time management techniques. Others are struggling but they haven’t discovered that poor time management is the source of their frustration. By asking a few questions, I zero in on…

Book Marketing Blog Carnival – March 25, 2009

Welcome to the March 25, 2009 edition of the book marketing blog carnival. Marketing and Online Marketing Cathy Stucker presents 30 Free Conference Call Services posted at IdeaLady, saying, “Teleseminars are a great way to promote your book or create new income streams. These free services can help you present and record your teleseminars.” Susan…

Booklets, Another Way to Sell Your Book – Interview with Paulette Ensign

Paulette Ensign is Founder and Chief Visionary of San Diego-based Tips Products International. She has personally sold well over a million copies of her tips booklet in several languages and formats without spending a penny on advertising. She will teach you how to surpass her results. You’re next, no matter where you are on your…

Imagine the Millions

Imagine an order for three million copies of a book or a tips booklet you wrote. Having trouble with that image? It might be that you’re focusing on selling single copies, one at a time. It could be that you think there is some unattainable magic that happens somewhere in between the number one and…

How to Turn One Book Into a Full-Time Living

“The only reason to self-publish is because you can’t land a publisher.” Call me crazy, but for me, self-publishing was the first choice. I wanted to keep control of the project and timetable, keep the rights, and, most importantly, keep most of the profits. How did it turn out? A Full-Time Income For over four…

Book Marketing Blog Carnival – March 11, 2009

Welcome to the March 11, 2009 edition of the book marketing blog carnival. Marketing and Online Marketing Kathleen Gaga presents Authors! There’s Power and Profit when you get FREE Publicity posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions, saying, “One of the greatest ways to promote a book is with free publicity. It is not difficult…

The True Purpose of a Tips Booklet – from Fiction, Too

“My topic doesn’t fit into a how-to tips format.” That comment shows up periodically, and did again this week. Even when a person has written a novel, there are ways to create a tips booklet that can help market that novel plus become its own new source of revenue. THOSE are the purposes of a…

The Best Business Card You Ever Had

“Keep in mind Jim, this is the best business card you’ll ever have.” That was my first lesson as a new publisher and it has served me well over the years. When my first book “Handbook to a Happier Life” came back from the printer, I called my friend Terri Lonier, author of the “Working…