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Street Art: The Quiet Revolution

A fascinating report on Al Jazeera’s Listening Post reported that street art is a clue to how a population is feeling.

Long before the Arab Spring erupted, before there were physical actions in Bahrain and Libya, graffiti waged its own quiet revolution to spread its media directly to the people on the street. When Internet [...]

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February 18th, 2012 | Category: Al Jazeera, book publishing tips, citizen journalism, Debbie Elicksen, graffiti, journalism, Listening Post, manuscript development, media, motivation, publishing, Publishing Media Creative Incorporated, publishing tips, self-publishing, social media consultant, social media marketing, social media marketing plan, social media marketing services, social media services, social media strategy, social network marketing, street art, viral marketing, writing | Leave a comment

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

Write Like a Wrestler

You don’t just wake up one morning, decide on a persona, walk into a ring, and whola! You’re a professional wrestler. It’s the same with writing. [...]

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November 9th, 2011 | Category: Debbie Elicksen, how to write your book, journalism, motivation, professional wrestling, publishing, Publishing Media Creative Incorporated, wrestling, writing, writing a book, writing and publishing a book | One comment - (Comments are closed)