Not exact matches
Rhonda Abrams,
author of The
Successful Business Plan and founder / CEO of The Planning Shop says that if you haven't met your potential investor face - to - face, your business plan is more important
than ever.
-- Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling
author of Drive and A Whole New Mind «In this valuable guide Chris Guillebeau shows that transforming an idea into a
successful business can be easier
than you think... You are in charge of which ideas deserve your time, and this book can help you wake up every morning eager to progress to the next step.»
To make sure most disagreements end in resolution rather
than shouting, tears and a huge slice of parental guilt, Eric Barker,
author of Barking Up The Wrong Tree, a book of science - based advice for leading a more
successful life, offers four tips for successfully tackling confrontation with your child.
The
authors wrote, «It is critical to understand how people react to evidence of bias in order to implement
successful interventions designed to decrease it, particularly given mounting evidence that non-stigmatized group members (i.e., White men) may respond differently
than other individuals.»
The
authors say: «Celebrations were something to look forward to; they gave a feeling of unity and the brief illusion of being at home... Perhaps this emphasis on religious observance was less a sign of innate piety
than an intuitive psychological insight on the part of the more
successful leaders.»
Authors of the paper are optimistic that they have demonstrated a
successful head transplant technique that assumes substantially fewer risks
than those attempted in the past.
At least in these older women, weight maintenance and fitness, rather
than weight loss, «may be a more
successful strategy for optimizing both bone and metabolic health,» the
authors concluded.
So, rather
than encouraging negative emotional associations with food, here are some suggestions from a few of my favorite experts: Dr. William Sears,
author of The
Successful Child, Dr. Cathryn Tobin,
author of The Parent's Problem Solver, and Dr. Jane Nelsen,
author of Positive Discipline A-Z.
Dr. Okiror
authored and co-
authored successful grants of more
than $ 1.5 million for programs at UAPB that support student success and faculty development.
He is the
author of more
than 24 books, including two New York Times number one best sellers and two of the most
successful books of the 1990s.
HB 674 (Johnson / Garcia)-- TCTA was
successful in persuading the bill's
author to include the school campus behavior coordinator (in current law due to previous TCTA - initiated legislation), in a school district positive behavior program, and to make annual staff training on the program permissive rather
than mandatory.
The report's
authors call on admissions officers to emphasize that they expect
successful students to perform community service in high school and focus on the quality, rather
than number, of extracurricular activities.
Blogs are usually specifically themed hubs, rather
than broad general interest platforms so I would have to say that choosing early on what it is you are actually selling and / or promoting and then sticking with it is how the more
successful bloggers and
authors build their lists.
I'd submit that there's a reason Amazon is more
successful than B&N — more respect for their customers and their
authors.
You Can Publish Yourself and Be
Successful In this book, the
author explains the methods he's used to successfully publish e-book and print books which are selling better
than any of his traditionally - published books.
Paulette Ensign — Radial Diagram Paulette Ensign — Convert Your Content to Cash Tai Goodwin — Build a Business Around Your Book Mike Loomis — Your Brand is More Important
Than Your Book Bailey Davis — Building Your Business on Solid Rock Tina Dietz — Opt - in at her website to get How
Successful Authors Leverage -LSB-...]
Although so far crowdfunding has proven more
successful in funding films and music, rather
than book projects, it could provide an answer to
authors» funding and publicity conundrums.
Successful self - published
authors tend to promote themselves more effectively
than the average trad pub
author.
While some argue that the growing mountain of books makes it harder
than ever for any single title to succeed, people like Keith Ogorek,
author of 7 Secrets of
Successful Self - Published
Authors, say that this time, our time, is the best time ever to be an
author.
It's both inspirational and depressing to watch someone else sell more books
than you are (I'm often in that position, with the crazy
successful indie
authors I hang out with)-- but that the most important thing is to keep writing, keep improving, keep putting out your best work, and keep finding ways for your audience to find you.
They may know the publisher and editor of the New York Times Book Review, but how many
authors can get a New York Times book review other
than the
authors who are already
successful?
You won't find a simpler explanation of the writer's toolbox
than Stephen King's On Writing, not to mention it's a great peek into the writing process of one of the most
successful authors of our times.
She was a bestselling
author there, and they tried to make the terms in the contract of her second book series worse
than the terms for her first very
successful series.
With more
than a million books sold to date, Adam Croft is one of the most
successful independently published
authors in the world, and one of the biggest selling
authors of the past year.
It might not have the flashiest of designs, but they've done more
than 1,100
successful tours over 5 years, and they have many
successful authors using their services.
Then last week,
author Eden Baylee sought Spreecast's help in hosting a wrap up party for the hugely
successful IndiesUnite4Joshua campaign on IndieGoGo.com; the two hour event was simply a fun show of gratitude to everyone who supported
author Maxwell Cynn's son in his struggle with leukemia, and the archived Spreecast event has had well over 2,000 page views so far in addition to helping the campaign more
than meet its goal of $ 10,000.
It is much easier for Amazon to steal
successful authors than find new ones.
I know there are dozens of other Indie
authors doing the same or much better
than I am, so I think there is a bright future for any good
author to strike out on their own and be
successful.
The traditional publishing industry no longer seems to want to «nurture» /» guide» new
authors and accompany them on a long and hopefully
successful career; instead, they want writers who will hit the «bestseller» list with their very first novel and sell more
than 20 000 copies in a flash (I may be exaggerating with the numbers but I don't think I'm that far off!).
Okay, the definitions sound simple enough, but the truth is, most
authors would rather write an entire novel
than struggle over these few words that are critical to
successful marketing.
The Master Communicator's Writing Services also recognizes the importance of a
successful book project to a first - time
author and it gives us no greater thrill
than to see you proudly adoringly hold your first book «baby.»
I also set up a blog on wordpress.com, where I thought I would post a lot about historical fiction, but it ended up almost exclusively being about my journey as a self - published
author (which turned out to be much more
successful than I could have ever predicted.)
Authors are more aware
than ever that being
successful requires the mindset of running a small company — distribution, branding, publicity, exposure, social media interaction.
It's like saying, «the average
successful indie
author makes much more
than $ 1000.»
Successful authors take charge of their sales, rather
than just write, hope, and pray.
More
than three - quarters of Lulu's most
successful authors dedicated 10 hours or less to the marketing of their book each week.
It has gotten to the point where agents are recommending their
authors self publish, rather
than go through a publisher, and many publishers are snatching up
successful self published
authors and signing them to contracts to keep themselves relevant.
From the initial planning stages through the book events themselves, perhaps no other group has the range of insight into what
authors do to create
successful appearances
than bookstore event coordinators.
The difference in income between
successful traditionally published
authors and
successful self - published
authors is getting narrower each day, with many self - published
authors now making much, much more
than their trad pub counterparts.
This shift in mindset is key for
successful authors and if you do the same, it will make you a better business
author than 90 % of those other
authors out there.
In other words, for Michael Port, as for many other
successful authors, book publishing is primarily a means to an end rather
than providing a major part of his income.
From the initial planning stages through the events themselves, perhaps no other group has the range of insight into what
authors do to create
successful appearances
than bookstore event coordinators.
In an account better
than spy fiction, Jennet Conant shows Dahl progressing from reluctant diplomat to sly man - about - town, parlaying his morale - boosting wartime propaganda work into a
successful career as an
author, which leads to his entrée into the Roosevelt White House and Hyde Park and initiation into British intelligence's elite dirty tricks squad, all in less
than three years.
And you'll learn why having a
successful author blog is easier
than you think.
HA HA HA HA HA That's why you hate
successful indie
authors, you envy those that have are having more success
than you.
It's both inspirational and depressing to watch someone else sell more books
than you are (I'm often in that position, with the crazy
successful indie
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Authors at Outskirts Press are statistically more successful selling books via wholesale channels (like Amazon) than authors from other self - publishing
Authors at Outskirts Press are statistically more
successful selling books via wholesale channels (like Amazon)
than authors from other self - publishing
authors from other self - publishing firms.
Judith has
authored and published more
than 28 books, won multiple awards and has converted her expertise into savvy, doable strategies for
authors who want to create, achieve and be financially
successful.
Mark Coker, CEO and founder of the hugely
successful ebook distribution platform Smashwords, wrote a blog poston how the sales figures for an indie
author versus those of a traditionally published
author can demonstrate something that not many in the industry know: a traditional publishing deal might actually do more harm
than good for an
author.
And I think you can't stress enough that although new
authors tend to think in terms of their publisher (singular) if you are
successful you are likely to have more
than one publisher, at least eventually if not soon, and you need somewhere that brings together all your books.