Having a salesman call on a customer can cost hundreds of dollars in expenses. A long-distance phone sales call can be costly, too. But a prospect can be reached for about fifty cents through an ad in a trade magazine. In today’s business marketplace where businesses need to stay lean to stay competitive, effective business-to-business advertising is a must…
The Pitch is important, but when does an author make it? Is it made to a new agent, and to the publishing house executives?
We had an adventure on Sunday with a creepy crawly. We were at the gas station and Max, Mason and I were waiting while Richard was pumping gas. Max suddenly shrieked, “Tarantula!”
In January, 2005, I published what would soon become one of my most popular articles, Deadbeat Editor Giving You The Run-Around?. I later heard from dozens of writers who used the advice in that article to collect money from deadbeat editors and publishers.
There have been lots of updates online, of course, and today I am adding a supplement to that article.
This week:
Writers should consider paneling for profit. No, I’m not advocating a side job doing home improvements. Writers tend to be primed for discussion panels.
I recently received an email from (a book marketing firm) asking me to use their service to promote my book. Do you know anything about them and do you have an evaluation of their service?
We made it to Florida…four days early! After all the mechanical problems we had in the RV last week, we decided to get down as here as soon as we could, driving many more hours per day than we originally planned…
Just about every journalist and periodical editor has received countless press releases by email, fax and mail. While at WritersWeekly.com we don’t publish press releases, and never have, we are still inundated with them on a daily basis for everything ranging from publishing services to insurance for the self-employed. But, we get far more “new book release” press releases than anything else. And, let me tell you, even though I’m an avid book reader and buy several books each month, it is very rare that I receive a new book press release that keeps me interested past the first sentence…
Dear Angela,
Thank you for publishing “Making Lemonade: Embracing the Typo,” by Jill Pertler. Sometimes with things like that, you beat yourself up and feel like you’re the only person who’s ever done such. I love it when people are brave enough to prove you wrong and put their mistakes out there. I also love Ms. Pertler’s positive attitude and gumption. What a productive way to deal with a cringe moment. Thanks for the inspiration.
Leigh Ann Otte
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