July 28, 2011
Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Debbie Stier – who gives us a behind the scenes look at her efforts of building her author platform – engaging her audience while she writes her book. Debbie is the Founder of The Perfect Score Project, and author of book of same title. After two and... Continue »
July 26, 2011
I had the pleasure to speak with Robin Sullivan – founder, president of Ridan Publishing, publicist for author Michael J. Sullivan (her husband), and commentator on publishing in general. We discuss the following topics: Why now is the best time to be a writer How she is helping writers build stable writing careers, and significant... Continue »
July 25, 2011
I had the pleasure of speaking with Bethanne Patrick, who has a longtime presence in the publishing world, is the Founder of the Twitter hashtag #FridayReads, and is the Editor at Shelf Awareness. We discussed: The origins, growth and evolution of #FridayReads The necessity and challenge of reaching out to readers How she amassed more... Continue »
July 22, 2011
My business – We Grow Media – reached it’s one year anniversary of active business recently, and I wanted to take a moment to talk about my view of publishing, of the world writers are facing, of the opportunity in front of all of us, and give you a behind the scenes glimpse at my... Continue »
July 20, 2011
I can’t even tell you how much fun it was to chat with Jenny Blake about – of all things (!) – a SPREADSHEET. Before you run away, I have to tell you, that if you are an author, it’s a *magical* spreadsheet. Jenny created an amazing spreadhsheet titled: Book Marketing 15-Tab Master Spreadsheet This... Continue »
July 18, 2011
I had the pleasure of speaking with Joel Friedlander, the proprietor of Marin Bookworks where he helps self-publishers get ready to go to press. He is the author of A Self Publishers Companion, and you can find Joel on his blog at http://thebookdesigner.com or on Twitter at @JFBookman. In the video interview below, we discuss:... Continue »
July 15, 2011
This week, there seemed to be a lot of conversations about whether Google+ would be more valuable than Facebook, and similar questions. While I am participating in Google+, and closely watching how people are finding value in it, I’m also thinking: this is the wrong question. Again and again, we choose to put the PLATFORM... Continue »
July 12, 2011
I am a fan of Sarah Bray, a strategic web designer who seems to build community into everything she does. In our chat below, we discuss quite a few topics, including: The value of community in the products and services you offer How people connect via shared purpose The methods in which she keeps connections... Continue »
July 11, 2011
Nathan Bransford has done so much to build a community for writers online: He blogs every weekday, sharing tips and insights to help writers build their careers. He has a forum with more than 3,000 members. He has almost 100,000 Twitter followers. He published his first book this year, Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space... Continue »
July 8, 2011
Should a writer spend their time honing their craft, working towards producing work of the highest quality – OR – should they focus their time on building their audience, connecting with others, and building their writing career? This is a questions I have seen posed many times in many places in the past couple months.... Continue »