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How to Write an Ebook Fast (within 3 Days) – That Sells Fast (Get Sales within a Week)
Making Money, Writing Recently, InkwellEditorial.com hosted its first ebook writing and publishing tournament. I hosted this tournament because I’ve written almost 20 ebooks to date, and people were always asking me how I manage to publish so many. So, to prove how relatively easy it was to write an ebook fast, I thought, “Hmm, why not have a public forum where I show wanna-be ebook writers that it can be done.” Hence, the tournament was a challenge for ...
Continue reading5 Mistakes Every Blogger Will Make, Including You
Blogging, Writing There’s a simple truth to life that every human being will make mistakes. Since every blogger is human, at least the ones that aren’t spambots, then every blogger will screw up inevitably. On BloggingPro, I recently wrote an article about how to recover from the mistakes you make but the question becomes “What kind of mistakes can one expect to make?” With blogging, as with life, there are very few guarantees but there ...
Continue readingBack Up Your Files Now
Writing You know you should back up your computer and your work, but you put it off until something goes seriously wrong and you’re stuck with no files to show for all your hard work, your pictures are wiped out, your music files are gone. This is the time you want to really kick yourself, and maybe you should because this could have been prevented. I know, I’ve been there. I used to put off backing up my files because it was a chore. It ...
Continue readingThe Most Important Step for Reaching Your Goals
Writing I’ve talked a lot about goals and staying focused lately? Why? Because it’s something I often struggle with and I have learned over the years of being a writer that if you need knowledge or understanding of a subject—write about it. Not only is it a great way to learn and motivate yourself, it’s also a great way to help other people learn and find motivation. If you want to learn; teach. This is often what many bloggers do. ...
Continue readingTips for Staying Focused on Your Goals
Writing Getting focus and maintaining focus is a difficult task for many people. Learning to have focus is a process and will take time and effort. Stick it out and eventually you will see progress. One of the most important things you need to do is plant your butt in the seat during work hours. Make sure other chores are done and not a distraction for you. Either do them before or after work hours—like normal working people do. That’s one of ...
Continue reading5 Things Magicians Can Teach You About Blogging
Blogging, Writing At some level, blogging is really just a stage show. We, as bloggers, are up on a virtual stage giving a performance that goes on for as long as we run our sites. Whether it is a stand-up comedy routine or a serious academic lecture, we’re talking to the world and hope that our audience, no matter how large or small, will listen. On that front magicians are masters of the stage show. Using nothing but a few tricks, which can range from ...
Continue readingA Bird’s Eye View in Google Maps
Writing I may be the last to discover this, but Google Maps has a really cool (and somewhat scary) feature available. It’s a bird’s eye or street view function. You have to zoom in all the way and then double click the map to activate street view mode. I’ve included a print screen image while viewing inside Stonehenge. You will notice I am not on the outside looking in; I am in the middle of the structure. I was actually quite ...
Continue readingStaying on Track
Writing Do you ever find yourself veering off track when it comes to your blog? Or even your life? It’s not always easy to stay on the right track and stay motivated, but if you have a plan of action, it can be a lot easier. The first step to staying on track is to know what you want. You can’t make a plan or follow through with that plan unless you know exactly what it is you want. Sometimes it helps to know what you want if you can decide ...
Continue readingNot So Prepared for a Portable Office
Writing One of the great things about being a writer; online or in print, is that your office can be anywhere you want it to be. This has always been a major appeal to me and part of my “someday” plans. But what do you do when someday gets here and you haven’t really planned? It’s a whole new comfort zone to step out of for some. I can’t promise you I will share great insights in this post, because I’m pretty much ...
Continue readingNo, You Cannot Guest Post on my Blog
Blogging, Promote your blog, Writing There has been a trend in my inbox lately with people who would like to guest post on my blog. I’m starting to treat it all like spam because like spam the pitches are completely irrelevant to my content. I got so frustrated by each pitch that I started answering these requests with some requests of my own. So here are ways in which you can guest post for my blog. 1. Understand the blog that you are pitching to. Have you actually read the blog ...
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