by Tomo Albanese | Jul 29, 2020 | make money online, media publicity, Networking, online promotion
If the promises of the Internet are to be believed, there is TONS of writing work just WAITING for an intrepid writer to get rich off of, right? Yes and no. There ARE, in fact, plenty of writing gigs available for even beginning writers. How do you get these writing...
by Tomo Albanese | Jul 17, 2020 | Author Training, blogging, Write a Book
Do you write a paragraph and instantly edit it? Maybe you don’t like the words. Maybe it doesn’t make sense. Maybe it’s fine, but the compulsion to write and edit at the same time reaches a point where it feels like you might never finish a thought, let alone an...
by Kati Albert | Jul 15, 2020 | Author Training, Authors, Write a Book
A meter-wide whiteboard hangs on my living room wall. Two markers – one black, one red – clip inside a magnetic holder that doubles as an eraser. I use the black marker to log daily objectives, the red to swoop a tick when I finish something. Once each black entry...
by Kati Albert | Jul 13, 2020 | Book Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Selling Books, Your Own Best Seller
Congrats! The final edits are done and you’re ready to self-publish your legacy: your own book! But who else cares? Will it sell? Who’s going to buy it? The bookselling landscape has changed and in order to be a success, you must adapt as well. Before you dash...
by Kati Albert | Jul 10, 2020 | Authors, blogging, Book Marketing, Marketing Strategy, online promotion, Selling Books, Social Media, Write a Book, Your Own Best Seller
No marketing strategy works best than the title of your book. You may have an enticing cover design or the most captivating first line, but a boring title will get your book nowhere. The title of your book will determine whether a buyer will pick it or not. If the...
by Kati Albert | Jul 8, 2020 | Author Training, Authors, blogging, Write a Book
The thing that comedy and taste both have in common is that whether or not it is “good” mostly depends on your opinion. And yet, while everyone has different opinions on, say, what flavor of ice-cream is the best… You can still find agreement from chocolate lovers...