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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

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

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

Every Picture Tells A Story

Ever since my Grade Eight Lit teacher at Highlands Junior High in Edmonton, Mrs. Duff, assigned a task to create stories from random pictures, it’s something that has stuck throughout my life.

I use this exercise in my manuscript development classes.

If I see a compelling subject with a certain look in their eyes, I [...]

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September 17th, 2011 | Category: Debbie Elicksen, Freelance Communications, how to write your book, publish your book, writing, writing a book, 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 can [...]

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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

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
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