Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category
Creative Ways to Market Your Book
Written by Michael on June 29, 2007 – 1:32 am -By Christopher Kokoski
Want a few creative, unusual ways to get attention for your book? Need something different to make your book stand out? Here is an assortment of ideas, questions and thoughts to get your book marketing juices flowing. My hope is that they not only inspire you, but also move you to action. Action that creates unbelievable results for your writing career. If nothing else, I hope they entertain you and that you don’t print out this article and feed it to your pet Boa.
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How to Write Articles for Profit
Written by Michael on June 14, 2007 – 5:02 am -By Steve Shaw
Most Internet marketers worth their salt know how effective articles can be to generate promotion for their websites. The major problem for many is simply writing the article.
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Why Self-Publish Your Book?
Written by Michael on May 29, 2007 – 3:19 am -By Ceci Miller
When I meet an author with a great book concept, one who’s definitely the right person to write that book, right away I’ll often encourage him or her to self-publish. This is because I know that, if an author is thoroughly invested in what they have to say, and if they’re determined to create a buzz about their message, they’ll discover…
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The Best Freelance Job Boards for Writers
Written by Michael on May 11, 2007 – 12:55 am -By Janet Ilacqua
How many times have you checked out a job board that either no longer exists or that has only one or two jobs listed? Out of the hundreds of job boards on the Web today, how do you find those containing projects that you are interested in and qualified for?
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How to Start and Sustain Your Career as a Freelance Writer (Part 2)
Written by Michael on May 10, 2007 – 4:08 am -By Abdallah Khamis Abdallah
Marketing Your Work
Here comes the most important part. You have taken days or weeks collecting information, gathering ideas, writing and polishing your article and it is high time you gained from your sweat.
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How to Start and Sustain a Career as a Freelance Writer (Part 1)
Written by Michael on May 7, 2007 – 1:04 am -By Abdallah Khamis Abdallah
Have you wondered how you can make a career writing books or articles for various publications? Or are you seeking a viable second income opportunity but do not know where to start? Well, freelance writing may be the right career for you and it can open a world of lucrative opportunities.
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Six Ways to Leverage Technical Articles
Written by Michael on May 1, 2007 – 3:07 am -By Christine Taylor
Technology vendors often contribute bylined articles to trade journals. The articles are great exposure for these companies but they don’t come cheap – the trades rarely pay for these articles but the vendors spend time and resources to assign pieces, write them, approve them and submit them. Your PR agency can help your clients leverage their investment by wringing top value out of these articles. Here are some possibilities:
- Reprints
- White papers
- Product briefs
- Booklets
- Speech outline and handouts
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How I Became a Syndicated Columnist — And You Can Too! (part 2 of 2)
Written by Michael on April 20, 2007 – 5:51 am -By Sarah Smiley
Save Your Clips
As soon as you are published anywhere, start saving your clips. I always photo-copy mine because newsprint begins to yellow over time. Make sure the publication date is noted on the clip, then place it in a protective binder. Hopefully you’ll be making more copies of these clips soon when you write your syndication proposal… or your book proposal!
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A Newsletter Publisher’s Main Task: Packaging Value Content
Written by Michael on April 19, 2007 – 3:04 am -By Alwyn Botha
The main task of a newsletter publisher is to select and package quality content of direct, practical relevance to its specific readership audience.
This might sound quick and easy, but it is not.
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How I Became a Syndicated Columnist – And You Can Too! (part 1 of 2)
Written by Michael on April 6, 2007 – 2:58 am -By Sarah Smiley
Real Estate has “Location, location, location,” and writing has “Clips, clips, clips.”
When people ask me how I became a syndicated columnist, I usually say, “it just snowballed.” And basically that’s what happened: one publication led to another, which led to another, and so forth.
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