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Audrey Press has been prevalent on social media for many years now and we have to admit that sometimes it’s a love/hate relationship! But also know that, from a marketing and connection standpoint, it is an indispensable way to get books in front of readers. Marketing 101=promote where your ideal customer is hanging out. […]
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Ever wished that you could write while going about your day? While relaxing at the beach or even waiting in line for your child\’s sports practice to be over? The good news is that emerging authors don\’t need to be bound to their keyboards in order to create content for their books. There are a
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We make choices that are correct for ourselves and what our bodies need, instead of trying out the latest fad, method, diet, etc. All of those things exist outside of us. Inside of us is where the jewels lie, the gold nuggets to our healing.~Valarie Budayr Thrive means to prosper, be fortunate or successful,
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\”I\’m in the garden!\” The Secret Garden to be precise. 🙂 This time of year in the Secret Garden, the earth is sleeping under a cloak of beautiful white snow. The birds have migrated off leaving the garden quiet from birdsong. This is the time of year when we clean up the garden when snow
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For the past 25 years, Noreen Wenjen has been committed to helping her private piano lesson student excel. As the years flew by, Noreen\’s reputation as an exceptional piano teacher for students of all ages grew. A full and successful studio with a two-year waitlist draws students with a high level of commitment. Students tend
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I am often asked by budding young authors what my best advice for becoming a published author is. If I were to advise anyone dreaming of writing a book, I would tell them that persistence is critical. Writing a novel is the hardest thing I have ever done, and the difficulty is pretty high.
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{guest post by author Hannah Rials} I was 12 years old when I started my first book in what would later become the award-winning Ascension trilogy. I remember waking up from a dream with the idea of writing about a community of vampires. It was around when the whole Twilight series was hot, and binge-reading
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Many years ago, there was a Buy Local initiative called 10% Shift Challenge: A Small Shift Can Make a Big Difference. The premise behind this campaign was to encourage people to shift 10% of their weekly buying AWAY from online sources and spend those dollars with local independently-owned businesses instead. Why? Because a 2003 study
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Indie Booksellers vs Amazon…which is best? I understand that this blog post topic, and the info that follows, may upset some readers. But as an Independent Bookseller/Publishing House that sells on Amazon, I can honestly say that I have a toe (or two) dipped into each of these ponds. As of last year, brick-n-mortar bookstores
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{Guest Post from Susan Mayfield} Book promotion is an ongoing project with a very big learning curve! Here are some Book Promotion Tips to keep your marketing machine humming. Facebook returned to the use of hashtags this summer as a way for users to search for things and for business pages to get more visibility.
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