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Don’t Assume

I received an interesting email tonight from a passing acquaintance who wants me to like her Facebook page.

While Facebook allows you to send out requests to your followers to follow your page (or blog) — and I admit I have used that in the past — is it me or does it seem rather [...]

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February 17th, 2012 | Category: book marketing, book publishing, book publishing tips, bookpublishing process, bookpublishingmember.com, business marketing advice, Debbie Elicksen, digital books, e-reader, find a book publisher, getting a book published, how to publish a book, marketing advice, marketing plan, marketing strategy, marketing tips, marketing tools, media, online marketing tips, publish your book, publishing, Publishing Media Creative Incorporated, publishing tips, self-publishing, Seth Godin, social media consultant, social media marketing, social media marketing plan, social media marketing services, social media services, social media strategy, social network marketing, viral marketing, writing and publishing a book | Leave a comment

Focus And Determinations Wins Battles

One of the more inspirational stories transpired in the NHL in 2001. Montreal center, Saku Koivu announced early September, that he was diagnosed with cancer. It was at the time of the Team Canada evaluation camp where Mario Lemieux, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease several years prior, held a press conference, along with one [...]

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February 4th, 2012 | Category: book publishing, book publishing tips, bookpublishing process, bookpublishingmember.com, Debbie Elicksen, digital books, how to write your book, journalism, manuscript development, media, Publishing Media Creative Incorporated, writing, writing a book, writing and publishing a book | Leave a comment

My Publishing Guru

Seth Godin has it going on. He lands in my inbox every morning, sometimes twice a day, and he provides great insight and real meat on how to connect with people and market intelligently.

His books are genius. The last one I bought, We Are All Weird, took me two clicks to receive it in [...]

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January 28th, 2012 | Category: book publishing, book publishing tips, bookpublishing process, bookpublishingmember.com, Canada's Publishing Expert, Debbie Elicksen, digital books, e-reader, Education, getting a book published, how to publish a book, how to write your book, journalism, marketing advice, marketing tips, motivation, online marketing tips, publish your book, publishing, Publishing Media Creative Incorporated, publishing tips, self-publishing, Seth Godin, social media marketing, writing, writing a book, writing and publishing a book | Leave a comment

My Interview AT EvanBailyn.com

The interview talks about the business of publishing, speaking, and yes, even hockey.

First question didn’t need much thought:

If you could tell one sentence to every prospective author out here, what would it be?

Writing is a business, not a lottery ticket.

 

Here’s the link to the rest.

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January 12th, 2012 | Category: book publishing, book publishing tips, Debbie Elicksen, Evan Bailyn, how to publish a book, publish your book, publishing, Publishing Media Creative Incorporated, self-publishing, speaking, writing a book, writing and publishing a book | Comments are closed

Perspective

What does success mean?

What is art?

What is good music?

What is entertainment?

What is a great car?

What is the best restaurant in the city?

What is the best TV show?

What is the most important issue?

What is perfection?

Ask these questions to 20 different people and you will get 20 different [...]

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January 4th, 2012 | Category: book marketing, book publishing, book publishing tips, bookpublishing process, business marketing advice, Canada's Publishing Expert, Debbie Elicksen, digital books, Freelance Communications, getting a book published, how to publish a book, manuscript development, marketing advice, marketing strategy, marketing tips, marketing tools, media, online marketing tips, publishing tips, self-publishing, social media marketing, social media strategy, viral marketing, writing, writing a book, writing and publishing a book | Comments are closed

What Not To Do Letters

When it comes to teaching people about how to navigate the book publishing minefield, some things I don’t have to make up.

I have many examples of “what not to do” letters. All I have to do is past them and you will probably get the message. Bottom line, if you are gung ho at [...]

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October 14th, 2011 | Category: book publishing, book publishing tips, bookpublishingmember.com, Canada's Publishing Expert, Debbie Elicksen, find a book publisher, getting a book published, how to publish a book, publish your book, publishing, publishing tips, writing and publishing a book | Comments are closed

Kindle Nuggets

I’m reading more. Because my Kindle is so transportable, I take it with me everywhere. In a bank lineup, I can read while I wait. You can if you take a physical book, too, but the Kindle is easy to slip into my purse and weighs about as much as my keys.

What I do [...]

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October 1st, 2011 | Category: Amazon, book publishing, Debbie Elicksen, digital books, e-reader, Highlighting in a Kindle, John C. Maxwell, Kindle, media, Seth Godin, social media services, viral marketing, writing and publishing a book | Comments are closed

Truth In Advertising

It really does buy and upload books in 60 seconds.

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September 5th, 2011 | Tags: | Category: Amazon, book marketing, book publishing, Canada's Publishing Expert, Debbie Elicksen, Freelance Communications, Kindle, publishing, writing and publishing a book | Comments are closed

Sales Of Printed Books Through Bookstores Are Declining

I just received the latest version of Brian Jud’s Book Marketing Matters Volume 10, Issue 17, Number 231   August 22, 2011 and couldn’t resist sharing a part of one of his postings.

 

This image was taken from a video of a train (center of the image) moving through a marketplace in India. You [...]

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August 22nd, 2011 | Category: book marketing, book publishing, book publishing tips, bookpublishingmember.com, business marketing advice, Debbie Elicksen, Freelance Communications, marketing advice, marketing plan, marketing strategy, marketing tips, marketing tools, publishing tips, viral marketing, writing and publishing a book | Comments are closed

Seeing Is Relevance

“If your customers don’t see you, you are effectively no longer relevant.” Kris Kiler

If it looks like the economy is heading for the crapper, you’re right. If you think you can ride the storm by showing resilience, you’re right.

I can tell you first-hand that whatever you believe [...]

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August 8th, 2011 | Category: book marketing, book publishing, book publishing tips, business marketing advice, Debbie Elicksen, Freelance Communications, marketing advice, marketing plan, marketing strategy, marketing tips, marketing tools, motivation, social media consultant, social media marketing, social media marketing plan, social media marketing services, social media services, social media strategy, social network marketing, viral marketing, writing and publishing a book | Comments are closed
 
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