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Pandemic Pivot: An Entrepreneurial Rockstar Music Teacher Creates Tools for Success

Author Advice, Author Spotlight, Two-Year Waitlist / Valarie

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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Book Promotion Tips and Using #Hashtags

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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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Network=Net Worth | Offline Networking Tips for Authors

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{guest post by author, Rebecca Flansburg} A handful of years ago I had the pleasure of listening to an awesome speaker and this particular speaker is someone who I would categorize as a Master Networker. She\’s a “go to person” for information, wisdom, and guidance and she\’s someone you definitely would want in your contacts

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Spring Cleaning for your Author Website

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Ahhh, spring is in the air and along with it comes the urge to update, refresh and renew everything. From closets to backyards, whipping things into shape with a fresh coat of this or a rearranging of that is a freeing and exciting feeling. Little do authors know, their online spaces need the same TLC

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The Content Conundrum | What Authors Can Blog About

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Guest post by Becky Flansburg Blogging is such an invaluable tool for authors. There are a lot of different definitions for a blog, but put simply, a blog (short for \”web log\”) is a website or part of a website where you can post regular entries of opinion pieces, news, case studies, your email newsletter

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Piano Instruction Veteran shares Success Tips for Music Studio Businesses

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When one hears the job title “Piano Teacher,” the initial reaction is often to envision an elderly instructor in horn-rims. This teacher is also the one who struggles to teach less than willing students and is running their music studio as a side business or hobby. In reality, thousands of private piano teachers nationwide are

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Writers and Authors-Are You Getting Paid What You Are Worth?

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Getting paid what you are worth. That phrase can sometimes sound and feel as mythical as a unicorn and as unattainable as a spontaneous road trip to the moon. But if you are one of the many creatives, authors, or business folks who feel like their work and time is undervalued, let me assure you;

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Building an Author Platform |Driving Traffic to Your Website

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What is that authors want most? Other than being able to create and express themselves, they often want validation for their months (sometimes years) of blood sweat and tears that went into bringing their literary work to life. Though not all authors write and publish \” for the money,\” books sales are an important in

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Building a Following |The Difference between Mailchimp and AWeber

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Guest post from Susan Mayfield and Becky Flansburg \”The money is in the list!\” is a phrase many of you have probably heard by now. What this is referring to is the process of compiling email addresses from people interested in your work, a freebie you are offering, or even name capture of someone who

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The Importance of Book Bloggers for Indie Authors

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Guest Post from Author Deanna Sletten As an indie author, you know that writing and publishing your novel is only half of the work. The other half is promoting it. Your book needs a few reviews attached to it as well as an outlet for readers to learn that your novel even exists. But how

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