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Casual Articles - Sick of the Traditional Publishing Path?
You have decided to strike it out on your own and set up a business consultancy. Chances are you want to look at getting your own office premises. Besides ensuring that your rental payment does not create serious cas
Be a slumlord? Okay, I got your attention, now the truth. I really don't recommend that anyone endanger their renters with unsafe housing. Much of what people call slumlording though, is simply providing reasonable h
Fifteen years ago, I worked hard on a 60-page proposal for a top agent and after a year got "approval" to be his client. Then the kicker, he asked for a $50,000 retainer to get the book marketing because I was an unknown.
Unknown, yes, but not a fool. A marketing maven for 20 years, I sold 20 self-help books at the back of the room for seminars taught at colleges and other talks. Why would I need to go the traditional route of low attendance book signings, travel to less than prominent spots to market the book at a cost that had to paid back through royalties.
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Are you a victim of your own credit misfortunes and had to file for bankruptcy to resolve your financial issues? Is the bankruptcy holding you back from getting on with your life mentally and financially? Yes, it is
Fifteen years ago, I worked hard on a 60-page proposal for a top agent and after a year got "approval" to be his client. Then the kicker, he asked for a $50,000 retainer to get the book marketing because I was an unknown.
Unknown, yes, but not a fool. A marketing maven for 20 years, I sold 20 self-help books at the back of the room for seminars taught at colleges and other talks. Why would I need to go the traditional route of low attendance book signings, travel to less than prominent spots to market the book at a cost that had to paid back through royalties.
The UK Loans market is perhaps one of the most competitive in the world, in main due to the ever growing popularity of the internet. Historically the UK market was dominated by the large Clearing Banks who were able
Unknown, yes, but not a fool. A marketing maven for 20 years, I sold 20 self-help books at the back of the room for seminars taught at colleges and other talks. Why would I need to go the traditional route of low attendance book signings, travel to less than prominent spots to market the book at a cost that had to paid back through royalties.
In the business of freelance writing, it's not enough to be good at writing. You also have to be good at finding work – and selling yourself when you do. Persuading a new client to let you write for them, rath
Consider this - December 2005: the world’s property experts are predicting that 2006 will be a bad year for New Zealand’s housing market because affordability has gone from the market, first time buyers
And royalties? Even selling 10,000 books, with the percentages that book stores, distributors, and agents take, what profit comes to the author?
As an author's advocate, I step out of the traditional box and encourage you talented writers to do so too. You can self-publish without spend $1000's. You can write a saleable short book and it still will have merit and be readily accepted by your appropriate audience. No one today wants to read long books any more unless they are fiction.
All of this, and you can market and promote from you home office through the Internet. In just 3 1/2 years, online
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