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The publishing industry is going through turmoil, to put it politely. Some might prefer to call it a death spasm instead. Regardless, authors no longer spend their nights dreaming of securing an agent, snaring the attention of a big publisher and landing a fat advance. Sure, we all still wish it would play out that [...]
The real magic in becoming a consultant is that there are as many different paths to success as there are people who make the attempt and succeed. Successful consulting can come to a wet-behind-the-ears college graduate as well as it can to the twenty-year veteran business owner of a mom-and-pop flower shop. Your consulting education [...]
To writers, finishing a book is akin to the birth of a child, minus the screaming and filling of diapers, of course. It’s a brand new life (sort of), that didn’t exist before. Hopes and aspirations for its large scale success in the world are high, as are fears that it might accidentally meet a [...]
“The secret to making money on the internet today is in the niche.” Spend much time researching Internet Marketing and you’ll surely run into that phrase, or some permutation of it. But what does that even mean and does it apply to public speaking? For a quick definition of “niche” let’s look to Princeton University’s [...]
At some point in your personal or professional life, there’s a good chance you’ll be called upon to motivate or inspire either a specific person or a team to accomplish a goal. As speakers, writers, and publishers, we focus on effective communication skills, but to what end? Our communication should have a goal of producing [...]
While the following should have no bearing on whether or not you choose to become a writer, it should open your eyes to the fact that the publishing world is undergoing considerable upheaval. In a nutshell, here’s what’s happening. For the past few decades, middle and large-sized publishing companies have been consolidating and/or going out of business. As it stands, there are six mega-publishing houses left in New York City. Those six are desperately trying to figure out how to make money in the face of the Kindle/Self Publishing/Ebook revolution. So far, they’re not doing to well.
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