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How to Be a Super Competent Author

Laura StackLaura Stack’s new book came out today and while she is already established as an author, she know the market and pulled out all the stops to have a fabulous launch day.

My gift will be one of the many bonuses you find on Laura’s book site.

She didn’t stop there. As we suggest, she has a presence in social media.. a real presence with two way conversation and a lot going on. Plus a lot more than just a book with bonuses over at her site.

Here’s a bit about the book.. read more at her site

In this competitive economy, just being able to do your job is no longer enough, and competence is expected. To be successful in the business world and reach your full potential in life, it’s not enough to be simply competent. Our modern, super-competitive world is full of opportunities for the go-getter, but to take advantage of them, it’s essential to become "Super Competent." The SuperCompetent person is one that companies fight to get, fight to keep, nurture as team players, and see as future leaders in their business growth.

But SuperCompetence isn’t something you’re born with—it’s something that you can learn, no matter where your strengths lie or what industry you work in. In SuperCompetent, productivity expert Laura Stack identifies the behaviors that build leadership skills, boost organizational efficiency, and blast high-potential producers to the top of their fields. With Stack’s Six Keys, you’ll be able to consistently improve your performance, develop the confidence that will propel you forward, and achieve breakthrough results in your career:

  1. Activity: the value and importance you place on your tasks
  2. Availability: your mastery of your schedule
  3. Attention: the capacity to focus intently and concentrate on your work
  4. Accessibility: the ability to organize the inputs and outputs in your life
  5. Accountability: the extent to which you take personal responsibility for your actions and outcomes
  6. Attitude: your motivation, drive, and proactiveness

SuperCompetent will give you proven methods to reach your maximum potential and achieve breakthrough results.

How To Be A Rich, Best Selling Author

I’m reading posts from New York Times Best selling author Ramit Sethi on his blog named after the book.image

Like many modern authors with a tech background, he’s naturally doing many of the techniques I teach.

I could list them here (I have in other posts) but today, I think it’s best to say “Go watch this guy, model what he does and BE RICH”

Author Pays Models to Read Her Book

I think this is a wonderful idea.

Clubs pay people to stand in line. Restaurants invite diners in to fill the tables. I teach authors to stage a book signing. The publicity from these events is the goal, not book sales directly.

What are you going to do to make your book stand out?

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Novelist Jennifer Belle decided to be proactively hands-on with the publicity for her latest release, The Seven Year Bitch, by hiring actresses to read from it in the subway and various NYC landmarks. Belle’s publicity strategy garnered the attention of The New York Times, The NY Post, Judith Regan‘s Sirius radio show, and several blogs.

Belle requested that respondents be ages 25-75 and possessed infectious laughs. More than 600 actresses applied for the job sending headshots, resumes, and cover letters with anecdotes about their "compelling laughs."

Some of those "laughs" were recorded and uploaded online with links provided for Belle’s viewing pleasure. A smart few professed a love for the author’s previous publications and were brought to the top of Belle’s list. The actresses were hired for an hourly salary of $8.

read the full article here

How to Get the Media to Love You

ICartoon Tv Clip Artn almost every field, there are people who are extremely good at getting publicity.

The media loves them and they’re regularly on radio/TV shows and written-up in print publications.

They not only know how to get a ton of free coverage, but also how to profit from the coverage in the form of increased sales, name recognition, speaking engagements and more.

To discover how these "publicity superstars" do it and how you too can use their strategies, join Steve Harrison this FREE WEBINAR

Here’s just some of what you’ll learn on Thursday:

  • Advice from a former NBC producer who booked guests for the Today Show and Dateline NBC on how to become a regular guest on national TV and/or even get offered your own show (think Dr. Phil).
  • How to brand yourself for the media in a way that celebrates your uniqueness while also separating you from all the other experts in your field.
  • Three things Donald Trump does to speak in compelling sound bites.
  • How Jennifer became a regularly-featured lifestyle expert on Fox News Channel and the Early Show as well as scoring coverage in hundreds of print media outlets including O the Oprah Magazine, Redbook, US Weekly, Success and Entrepreneur.
  • Why most authors and experts fail to make the leap from just getting local publicity to scoring big-time national media coverage.
  • Why your credentials don’t matter as much as you might think, but what DOES matter when the media is deciding whether or not to feature you.
  • "The Book Plus Strategy" and how an unknown self-published author used it to become a regular on radio, making a six-figure income doing phone interviews.
  • The hook that helped a nutritionist score so much media coverage it generated over $60 million in sales of his books and information products.

Click to register for this FREE WEBINAR

I’ve worked with Steve Harrison for years and can endorse the programs he recommends because I have seen the results.

You will see that Steve’s free training such as this seminar give you a ton of actionable information… regardless of whether you sign up for his paid programs. (Imagine how much more you get when you do though 🙂

Don’t miss out on this chance to learn some of Steve’s secrets

What Famous Author Writes Like You?

Every time I see a site that will analyze my writing style, tell me how search engine friend I write or judge my vocabulary level, I get mixed emotions.

imageA bit scared that I’ll be found out.. my skills put down by a machine that tells me I don’t measure up in some way. 🙂

But MOSTLY excited… I love getting tips to write better.

I Write Like told me that a recent blog post was like Dan Brown.

I don’t quite get it.. but it was 30 seconds of fun.

I think Mrs.. Preston, my 4th grade teacher nailed it best. I once told her that I couldn’t write. She kept me in from recess, made me do the assignment and told me “you can write.. you’re just lazy”