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By Kathleen Gage

6 Strategic Steps To Launching Your Digital Product

by Kathleen Gage

This is the time of year many people claim the coming year is going to be “the one.” It’s the time “things change in a big way and this time they will do things differently.”

6 Strategic Steps to launching your digital product

On both a personal and professional level, a person may have claims of changing for the better. The end of one year and beginning of another are traditionally when people become exceedingly aware that they didn’t do what they promised themselves last year.

On a personal level it’s to lose weight, quit smoking, save more money, and either get in a relationship, get out of one or improve the one they’ve got.

Professionally, it’s often to make more money, get more clients, write a book or create a product line.

Digitally, the beginning of the year goals I’ve heard many people make are to create that one “silver bullet” eProduct that will take their business over the top and make them a million bucks.

When pressed to share what their plan is to achieve this type of revenue with one product, the answer is often very vague. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: digital product, product launch

By Joan Stewart

9 Ways To Make Your Author Resource Box Sizzle

by Joan Stewart

Why is it that some writers can describe themselves, their personalities, their likes and dislikes, and promote their expertise, in such a compelling way that you’re dying to know more about them?

9 Ways To Make Your Author Resource Box Sizzle

And they do it all in only two or three sentences?

I’m referring to what’s known as the author resource box, the short 50 to 100-word paragraph that you write at the end of articles and blog posts, and on your social media profiles. Digital publishing practically requires that you have one.

So why not make it as compelling as possible?

[Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: author bio, author tips

By Shelley Hitz

9 Ways Authors Can Use IFTTT Recipes To Be More Productive

by Shelley Hitz

I love productivity tools and finding ways to accomplish more with less time. A tool I recently started using is IFTTT which stands for If This Then That.

9 Ways Authors Can Use IFTTT To Be More Productive

I have to admit when I first found out about IFTTT, I was confused. It didn’t make sense to me how it would be useful to me. Now, I know there are many ways authors can use this tool to be more productive and I am excited to share them with you.

Check out my video tutorial on how to use IFTTT and recipes below: [Read more…]

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By Rebecca Livermore

How To Use Slideshare To Market Your Book

by Rebecca Livermore

Writing your book is only half the battle. Regardless of whether you self-publish or go with a traditional publisher, once your book is published, if you want it to sell well, you have to market it.

How to Use Slideshare to Market Your Book

SlideShare is a great and often overlooked social media site that has great potential for marketing your books. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: powerpoint, slideshare, slideshow

By Penny Sansevieri

How To Revive A Stale Book For More Sales

by Penny Sansevieri

Reviving a stale bookWhat if I told you that you could simply and easily revive an old or older book and start making sales on it again? Would you be game?

Most of us who have been writing for a while are sitting on a lot of content and a lot of older books that are taking up virtual shelf space on Amazon.

I was at an event a few weeks ago and an author there said that he had a science-fiction/fantasy book that had been out for a few years and it hadn’t done well. “I sure wish I knew then what I know now,” he said. And I realized that for him, it’s really not too late. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: book marketing, digital publishing, ebook

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