Sentences with phrase «author businesses like»

If you haven't been following this case, it is against a notorious author / box set promoter / marketer /» mastermind» teacher who goes by the name of Rebecca Hamilton — and also runs other author businesses like OTOH Books (formerly GenreCrave).

I primarily attended the event to show my support to Joanna Penn who I regard as an online mentor and the ultimate indie - author who knows how to run her author business like a Pro.

Not exact matches

So I turned to a true expert on the subject: Ivan Misner, the founder of BNI, with over 220,000 members the largest networking and business referral organization in the world, and the author of bestsellers like Avoiding the Networking Disconnect.

«Small businesses both feel and are disadvantaged when dealing with much bigger companies,» says Susan Onaitis, the New York — based author of Negotiate Like the Big Guys.

Not so, says Adam Grant, the No. 1 professor at top - tier business school Wharton, best - selling author and management consultant to the likes of Facebook, Google, Goldman Sachs and the NBA.

«Like many things pertaining to eBay transactions, it's up to the seller's discretion,» says Greg Holden, author of How to Do Everything With Your eBay Business.

Olson likes to cite a maxim from business author Jim Schell: «Avoid waterfalls in the lobby.»

«If your boss doesn't like you, they'll likely keep it to themselves, as they understand the need to keep the relationship professional and to not play favorites in the office,» says Michael Kerr, an international business speaker and author of «The Humor Advantage.»

«I recommend routinely tracking what the industry analyst firms like Gartner are reporting about your industry, as well as trade associations and advocacy groups,» says Becky Sheetz - Runkle, author of Sun Tzu for Women: The Art of War for Winning in Business.

Virtual Value Steve Wilkinghoff, a chartered accountant and author of Found Money: Simple Strategies for Uncovering the Hidden Profit and Cash Flow in Your Business, offers insight on the value of online services like Keen.com that provide «virtual» experts — and what to watch out for.

In this edited excerpt, the authors offer suggestions for figuring out just what kind of business you'd like to start.

Not only does playing a team sport like water polo, soccer, or volleyball help you look like a team player, but Vicky Oliver, the author of «Live Like A Millionaire (Without Having To Be One)» and «301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions,» tells Business Insider that being a captain adds leadership ability to your list of skilike water polo, soccer, or volleyball help you look like a team player, but Vicky Oliver, the author of «Live Like A Millionaire (Without Having To Be One)» and «301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions,» tells Business Insider that being a captain adds leadership ability to your list of skilike a team player, but Vicky Oliver, the author of «Live Like A Millionaire (Without Having To Be One)» and «301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions,» tells Business Insider that being a captain adds leadership ability to your list of skiLike A Millionaire (Without Having To Be One)» and «301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions,» tells Business Insider that being a captain adds leadership ability to your list of skills.

Bernard Marr, a global enterprise performance expert and a best - selling business author, writes in a LinkedIn post that the reason some interviewers like to ask about weaknesses is to gain insight into how self - aware you are.

About five years ago, Malcolm Gladwell, author of bestselling books like The Tipping Point and Blink, made this prediction, basically writing off the power of social media for businesses: «In about five years, everyone will head back toward traditional advertising.»

Our expert guest authors include individuals like Molly Greenberg — the community content manager for MBA@UNC, UNC Kenan - Flagler Business School's online MBA program — who offers tips on topics such as company culture.

This philosophy has allowed me to become a best - selling author, self made millionaire in my twenties, international speaker, Entrepreneur's Top Ranked Personal Branding expert, and partner and host of the largest business show in America, Business Rockstars; Which is broadcasted on television and tens of millions of screens on airline companies likbusiness show in America, Business Rockstars; Which is broadcasted on television and tens of millions of screens on airline companies likBusiness Rockstars; Which is broadcasted on television and tens of millions of screens on airline companies like Delta.

In his book Predictable Revenue, author Aaron Ross talks about how forward - thinking sales companies like Salesforce.com moved to a specialized sales role model of selling (for example, Sales Development Representative (SDRs), Business Development Manager, Customer Success Managers, etc.).

In his book, X: The Experience When Business Meets Design, author Brian Solis looks at the way brands like Sephora, Intuit, and LEGO revamped their customer experience by first creating a map of the customer journey.

He is a New York Times Bestselling author of books like The Impact Equation, Trust Agents, Social Media 101 and Google Plus for Business.

He is the author of three social media books including «The Like Economy», «LinkedIn For Business» the bestselling «Facebook Marketing».

Michael Simmons is an award - winning social entrepreneur, bestselling author, and contributor to publications like Forbes, Fortune, Inc., Entrepreneur, Time, Business Insider, and HBR.

While the Religious Right tries to moralize the struggle, Grey is attracted to academics like Robert Goodman, author of The Luck Business, and John Kindt of the University of Illinois.

Like the author of this article, my junior high hopes of being a professional baseball player were dashed by the fact that i just wasn't very good; I'm now a business management professor.

If the author wants to disclose her annonminty, that's her business, but bringing AA into public eye by having discussions like this shouldn't be happening.

Perhaps it is because the author is a journalist, not someone like me, whose business it is to offer practical advice to sports parents on how not to get, as I put it in Home Team Advantage, «sucked into the crazy vortex of competitive youth sports.»

These small stores are little niches of wonder just waiting to be discovered, and by supporting them you will not only help keep a local business afloat, but you will also introduce your children to the warmth and beauty of walls lined with books, shopkeepers who can converse about every title like an old friend, and possibly even some local authors that you never even knew existed!

For positive experiences, consumers are reluctant to eliminate categories, while the opposite is true for negative experiences because eliminating categories makes it feel like more of the experience has passed,» write authors Anuj K. Shah (University of Chicago Booth School of Business) and Adam L. Alter (New York University).

«People who hire a housecleaner or pay the kid next door to mow the lawn might feel like they're being lazy,» said study lead author Ashley Whillans, assistant professor at Harvard Business School who carried out the research as a PhD candidate in the UBC department of psychology.

Paul Oyer, an economics proessor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and author of Everything I Ever Needed to Know about Economics I Learned from Online Dating, says the marketplace of romantic partners functions a lot like any other marketplace.

by Walter Chaw Reading a little like an anguished autobiography of a certain kind of success and the ethnic price of it, Sherman Alexie's The Business of Fancydancing demands an examination of the compulsion to use «Native American author» as a prefix to Alexie's name.

Focusing solely on graduates of Harvard Business School and on alumni of a program for gifted minority students called A Better Chance (ABC), the author discovered this time that bourgie blacks, like First Lady Michelle Obama, finally feel pretty darn good about being American.

According to the authors, policies like «Ren 10» promote an «ownership society,» where the government and big businesses are capitalizing on education reform.

Our entire business is built around creating a satisfying experience for authors, like you.

Like most authors, you don't have time to figure out how to customize general marketing techniques used by businesses.

We have fiction authors who come from all sorts of businesses as their day jobs that operate like actual businesses.

It may sound like a big job but indie and self - published authors need to think more like a publisher and therefore as a business if they want to get their work to a larger audience.

Being an author in 2013 is like being a small business owner.

A vast majority of authors don't like to, or don't want to admit that what they're involved in is as much business as it is art.

«In this way, Unlimited Publishing functions like a traditional royalty publisher, but by using CreateSpace, we can slash the cost of getting books to print, which benefits our business and our authors.»

As authors and business owners, self - publishers need to toe that line between acquiring new readers while also maintaining a high perceived value for their books — so Midnight Publishing cautions against pricing a book that low unless it's for a limited time and coincides with another type of discount or special, like Amazon's Kindle Countdown Deals.

We understand that authors, just like businesses run on tight deadlines.

In this episode, we interviewed bestselling author Nick Cole, who shared some awesome steps about his journey to becoming a bestseller, the marketing tips he is using in his business right now, and other great inspiration for authors like you.

If you plan on using social media as a part of your author business strategy, than choosing a social network because you like it is NOT a smart move.

Literary agents and book publishers are like bankers and you (the author) are like a small business owner (writing is your business).

Another suggestion is to decide what your primary role is, author (like me), writer, or in business with the books.

Events like BookExpo America, the London Book Fair, and the Frankfurt Book Fair are widely known, but it's easy to overlook the various other international events and book fairs where book publication rights are sold, debut authors exhibited, and other business conducted that brings new titles to market.

I think you have no business saying things like that about self published authors they are indeed authors and you have no right putting them down at all you just want to be noticed online for who knows what reasons maybe for being stupid if you ask me

His latest business inspiration — a call to arms suggesting to independent authors that they should just eschew traditional publishing or demand it pay them like indie publishing — is potentially much more toxic.

Predictions from industry experts like Mark Coker have stated that the number of indie authors may decrease, but that the quality of content and business activity of the remaining authors will increase.

Instead, like many authors in today's fast - changing book business, she decided to take a different route.