Successful Epublishers Aren’t Going Away

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Somewhere along the way traditional publishers got lazy. They realized it was a relatively easy matter to shove off the drudgery work of wading through piles of unsolicited manuscripts to literary agents. Make them the gatekeepers. Then, when an agent stumbled across a work of some merit, he would bring it to a publisher’s attention [...]

4 Realities of Becoming a Consultant

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Certain qualities about becoming a consultant are immediately appealing, such as the ability to control your work environment and schedule. Before you take the leap into full time consulting, though, consider the reality of what your new daily life will be like and make sure you’re prepared to accept the good, the bad, and the [...]

How to Handle Bad Reviews

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Luckily, most public speakers don’t find their performance from the previous night parsed to pieces in the pages of the local newspaper like a movie or concert. In the public speaking field, bad reviews show up in odd ways and strange times, often through back door avenues or third hand gossip. Since no one likes [...]

Is Amanda Hocking the New Face of Publishing?

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The curious case of writing wunderkind, Amanda Hocking, keeps unfolding. This is the woman who, over the past year or so, independently sold a truckload of e-books in her series of Young Adult Vampire Romances. Is that even a genre? It is now! With Ms. Hocking hinting on her blog that she has earned in [...]

SOW 36 – How Does Your Public Speaking Measure Up?

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Join Jason Hartman as he interviews Bronwyn Saglimbeni , founder of Bronwyn Communications, on the art of public speaking and how to push yourself beyond the basics so that your presentation captivates your audience from start to finish.  Listen at: http://speakingofwealth.com/category/podcast/. For nearly 15 years, Bronwyn has worked with clients to improve their public speaking [...]

What Your Public Speaking Business Can Learn From the Soup Nazi

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The television show “Seinfeld” had a recurring character known as the Soup Nazi, and for those unafraid to listen to truth, you might learn something about how to market your public speaking business from this guy. Here’s a little background. The Soup Nazi ran a cubbyhole of a store that sold hot soup so tasty [...]