Join VIP Authors Inner Circle by December 31, 2009 and receive the audio recordings of all these programs as your BONUS GIFT. (value $395.)

Marlene Chism, “Success Is a Given”

Having successfully transitioned from factory worker to speaker, coach and author. Marlene shared the insights, tips and resources she used to fashion her circumstances into a successful career, such as how to:

• Choose the topic and title for your book
• Organize your material
• Use your book as a tool to build and expand your business
• Use writing, speaking and coaching to build an audience

Joyce Sweeney, “Is Your Manuscript Ready to Submit?”

Many writers make the mistake of sending out work before it’s ready. As the publishing market continues to tighten, it’s more important than ever to make sure  you have weeded out all the rookie mistakes that virtually guarantee a rejection.

Joyce Sweeney, author of 13 young adult novels discusses mistakes made by beginners, intermediates and even advanced writers, who can’t get past that dreaded…”I love it but it’s not for me”…rejection.

Pamela Bruner, “How to Overcome Your Blocks to Sales & Presentation: Crafting the Perfect Pitch”

Business Success Coach Pamela Bruner is an expert in helping people overcome blocks to presenting and sales. She discusses the keys to an effective presentation, and how to feel comfortable and authentic when promoting your book. Topics:
• A simple formula for creating your memorable self-introduction
• How to overcome your blocks to presentation and sales
• How to feel comfortable and authentic when promoting your book

Laura Duksta, New York Times Bestselling Author, “5 Things You Might Not Know About Publishing & Why They Are Important to You”

Laura Duksta sold 180,000 copies of her self-published children’s book “I Love You More.” Picked up and re-relased by Sourcebooks, “I Love You More” reached the NYT Bestseller List only months after its release. Laura shares these tips and more from her incredible journey:

• What you need to be thinking about before you even start writing
• 3 key success tools
• How to identify your niche market
• How to price your book properly
• How to decide between traditional and self-publishing

Roger C Parker, “10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Committing to a Book Title”

What’s in a name? “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” wrote the bard William Shakespeare. However, when applied to the name of your book–your book title–suddenly a name becomes very important. Book Coach Roger C Parker is the “32 Million Dollar Author” whose 38 books have sold 1.6 million copies around the world. Discussion topics include:

• Why titles are so important
•10 essentials of a successful title
• Tips for researching the competition online
• How to find help at the last minute
• How the title resonates through marketing and back-end products

Mark Coker, “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Publishing Digital Books “

Ebooks are hot, hot, hot! It’s the biggest buzz in publishing today because digital books represent the fastest (and perhaps only) growing segment of the industry. Publishers and authors aren’t asking if they should publish an ebook anymore; they’re asking when they should publish the ebook–with the print editiion, before or after? Mark Coker, digital publisher and founder of Smashwords, gives detailed information about how to get on top of this burgeoning trend. He discusses:

• What an ebook is, what it’s not and why it’s hot
• If ebooks will lead to the death–or rebirth–of print books
• What DRM is and if it’s necessary
• What you need to know about formatting an ebook
• How to get your book on Kindle, iPhone and other ereaders
• How to price your ebook

Warren Whitlock, “The Twitter Revolution: How Social Media is Changing How Authors Publish & Sell their Work”

There’s no doubt that social media is changing the way authors publish and sell their work. However, there is an art to social networking, and learning the strategies of leveraging these powerful tools can mean the difference between money in your bank account and wasting hours of time on useless online chatter. Author. speaker  and social media expert Warren Whitlock talks about:

• What is Twitter and what make it so powerful for your business?
• How to create and setup an effective Twitter profile
• Tips on how to build a following on Twitter
• The art of tweeting and starting a real conversation

Joanna Penn, “How to use Web 2.0 to Write, Publish, Sell & Promote Your Book”

Web 2.0 has transformed the internet and there are so many tools and strategiesauthors can use now to turbo-charge their writing, online sales and build their author platform.

Joanna Penn launched the free Author 2.0 Blueprint as a no-cost resource to help authors understand how the Internet has changed publishing, and how authors must change too if they are to be successful. During this teleclass, Joanna reveals:

• How publishing is changing and why it is a great time to be an author
• What freemium is and how authors have the advantage over others on the Internet
• How the Author 2.0 model works to bring people to your site
• How to build your online platform
• How your online brand is important for creating raving fans for your work
• What specific tools and websites you can use right now so you can get started immediately

C. Hope Clark, “Myths & Reality: Where’s the Money?”

Every writer wants to know how to get paid for his or her work. If anyone knows where writers can find markets (and money) for their writing, it’s C. Hope Clark, founder and editor of FundsForWriters.com.

During this class, Hope will reveal how you can earn income from these “funding streams”:

• Grants: Arts commissions, Foundations/Nonprofits, Conferences
  Retreats, Fellowships
• Contests: Scams, Entry fees, Boosts to publication
• Freelance Markets: Queries and pitches, finding paying markets, what to avoid
• Jobs: Freelance, Fulltime, government positions, be a reporter
• Plus, tips on being a writer: pride and promotion!

Nancy Mills, “Building Community”

“Build your platform” was the advice most often given to writers by agents, editors and publishers in the past 10 years. The idea was to establish a waiting market for your work  by connecting to your audience via email, newsletters, speaking engagements, media appearances and so on.

Today the platform concept has been extended to incorporate a more personal connection between you and your audience, and the more appropriate description is to “build community.” The word community implies “interaction” and “communication” with others who have common interests or goals. Social media such as blogs, podcasts, videos and social networking sites can bring you in direct contact with your readers and enable two-way conversations.

Nancy Mills may have started the trend several years ago when she created The Spirited Woman, a woman’s empowerment community on the Internet, long before the term “build your community” was ever uttered. The Spirited Woman community that Nancy began with only a newsletter to a small list of women today includes a website, newsletter, blog, mastermind groups, events plus much more and serves thousands of women globally. During this teleclass, Nancy shares:

• The tools Nancy Mills used to build The Spirited Woman
• Why authors must build communities and lead their “tribes”
• The best resources authors can use to build their communities
• Whether to go it alone or use a team to build your community
• What else authors must do to effectively communicate with their audiences
• What strategies authors can employ to stand out in a crowded genre or marketplace

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