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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

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)

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

You Don’t Have To Own Apple To Be Influenced By Steve Jobs

I was on my living room couch updating my Facebook from my Asus Eee Pad tablet when I saw a posting that Steve Jobs had died.

There are no Apple products in my possession, but Jobs was someone who interested me for his visionary leadership, how he trumped the conventional and made unconventional a household [...]

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October 6th, 2011 | Category: Apple, citizen journalism, Debbie Elicksen, digital books, e-reader, Freelance Communications, journalism, Kindle, Mac, marketing plan, marketing strategy, marketing tips, marketing tools, media, online marketing tips, publishing, self-publishing, social media marketing, social media marketing plan, social media marketing services, social media strategy, Steve Jobs, 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

E-Reader Comparisons

You be the judge.

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August 5th, 2011 | Category: book publishing, Debbie Elicksen, find a book publisher, Freelance Communications, getting a book published, how to publish a book, marketing tools, publish your book, publishing, writing and publishing a book | Comments are closed

The Patience of a Gnat

Das Auto is a brilliant advertiser. Weeks before the Super Bowl and the “official” launch, this ad was pre-launched on YouTube and went viral overnight to the tune of about one million. The DAY after Super Bowl, the views more than doubled. Today the ad keeps growing in hits. Check out the numbers today.

Go [...]

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July 27th, 2011 | Category: book marketing, book publishing, bookpublishing process, bookpublishingmember.com, Debbie Elicksen, Freelance Communications, getting a book published, how to publish a book, manuscript development, marketing advice, marketing plan, marketing strategy, marketing tips, marketing tools, media, motivation, online marketing tips, publish your book, publishing, 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, Uncategorized, viral marketing, writing, writing a book, writing and publishing a book | Comments are closed
 
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