Make Marketing Easier Tip #5 – Using Google Dashboard

If you use a lot of Google products (and you may have more than you think!) here is an easy way to see what you have signed up for at the Google Dashboard. After many problems over the years with Google usernames and passwords, I now have a setting that says, “Google – MASS to [...]

Make Marketing Easier Tip #4 – Mashapedia

Mashpedia.com defines itself as a “web encyclopedia enhanced with cutting-edge functionalities and sophisticated features such as multimedia content, social media tools and real-time information.” Okay, so, deep breath. What in the world does that mean exactly? If you are looking for a one-stop website to find out what people are saying about your topic in [...]

Make Marketing Easier – Tip #3 – Product Review of Roboform.com

As a writer you sit down at the computer and plan to write. . . right? But then you need to log on to one service to post an article, another one to pay a bill, a third one to search for keywords, a fourth one to update your status, a fifth one to post [...]

What Will Be the Lifespan of Your Book? Plan While You Are Writing It!

Image by Billie Hara via Flickr Is your book dated? As you are writing, ask yourself: Is this a book I can sell forever? Am I jumping on a trend and expect it to be over in 2-5 years (and that is okay)? Is this a book that will be dated, but I can do [...]

Make Marketing Easier Tip #2 – Fiverr

What would you do for $5? Evidently a whole lot of people would do a lot! This site Fiverr.com has some fluff and a few odd posts (“I will send you 7 hours, 53 minutes of vacuum cleaner sounds for $5″) and scary (“I will check the Chinese characters on your tattoo for $5″), or [...]

Make Marketing Easier Tip #1 – Using My Word FF Plug In

Remember to send your tips to be posted here! If we have 1 or 2 a week, we all may just be able to truly make life easier! Tips #1 I think my first tips would be that I recommend Mozilla Firefox over Internet Explorer. Occasionally you may have a bug with something and then [...]

Make Life Easier Tips Coming Soon

I am soon going to be doing a workshop at a Christian women’s writers conference on internet marketing and I asked them to email me what their biggest priorities would be to learn since we’ll just have less than an hour and I think I could talk for 6. I hope to connect with what [...]

Spreading The Word About Your New Book

My new book “How to Start a Chronic Illness Small Group Ministry” is now completed and published.  I had a speaking engagement in April and a box of the books literally arrived at 6:45 or so the night before I was speaking and exhibiting. So now I am back in the mode of marketing a [...]

Are Anthologies Worth My Time? And a Writing Opportunity

I recently received notification of an opportunity for Christian authors to submit their stories (see below) to what will eventually be a series of 12 books! It is a great chance to have your story on prayer heard. If you are an author, you may wonder why you would want to spend the time submitting [...]

Everything You’d Ever Need for Twitter

I am a twitter novice and learning to find the balance between being interesting, being honest and also using it as a marketing tool. But this week John Kremer (book marketing EXPERT) struck again by providing us with a wealth of resources for everything you’d ever want for Twitter. Posting in advance, tweeting your blog, [...]