Archive for the 'Book' Category

How We See Ourselves, Pollster Suggests

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

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At a wedding I attended last month on the most southern island of Greece, an American was marrying a Greek woman he met at graduate school.  People traveled there from 20 countries. Of the 90 or so guests, […]

Humorous Way to Get Out the Vote

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Encourage your neighbors to vote. Download an unusual yard sign. Over 24,000 people voted for 50 artist-designed signs at My Yard. Our Message. Thank you Bri Bigaouette for my favorite, and Dave Brynestad and DK Lockhart for my follow-up choices.  As Chip and Dan Heath suggest in Made to Stick, the unexpected

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Avid Photographers’ Alert: New Way to Get Noticed and Paid

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Imagine your photo in a boutique hotel lobby, illustrating a magazine article or in another public place – and getting compensated.  Here’s two crowdsourcing ways that could happen.  A prospective client can find your photo on iStockphoto – or you could take a photo for a special assignment – and allow peers vote for the […]

How to Attract Customers, Even in a Bad Economy

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Yes, the economy is still worsening. People are spending less. Yet you can still attract more customers and, sometimes, even more per-customer spending.  How? By offering them something more. You just need the right kind of partners and methods, as Jamie Herzlich points out in Newsday today.

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Attract Fans & Money: Train Others to Teach Your Stuff

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Like to bring more joy to your marriage? Want to increase your income by training others to lead groups, based on your expertise? Learn how  from someone who’s successful at both.
In this interview hear how Susan Page is training therapists and marriage educators to lead “Spiritual Partnership Support Groups”  - an approach she advocates in […]

 
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“Authors must become brands”

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Publishers expect their writers to be “author-preneurs” - especially if the authors aren’t (yet) famous.   This BookExpo America panel suggests how. It’s 41 minutes.  Hear how to balance your need to write with your obligation to promote.  The 41-minute session was well-led by BookTour’s Kevin Smokler. Panelists are uber book events host, Kim Ricketts;

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How Many Personalities Are Inside You?

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

That irritating co-worker you’re stuck sitting by (again!) sees a decidedly different side of you than your best friend does. That’s because you have many people inside of you (no they’re not imaginary). That’s what veteran science writer, Rita Carter discovered as she began reading about bi-polar personalities for Mapping the Mind. Emerging […]

 
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Jumpstart Sales With Your Own Book Club

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Authors’ alert: Try your version of Seth Godin’s newest crowd attractor that rocketed his book to the top ten bestsellers at Amazon.  And the book isn’t even out yet.
Here’s what happened. About two months ago, he offered his fans the chance to be on the cover of his next book, Tribes: We Need You to […]

“Even You Can Draw It So They Quickly Understand, Kare”

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

In art class we were asked to draw a familiar object.  I picked something simple.  A tire.  No one could recognize it. And yet, after reading The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures I was able to draw a description of SmartPartnering and another on storyboarding.
Let people literally see your […]

How Our Tech Helps Us Get Along - or Not

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Bluntly speaking, we are more likely to cooperate in a group when those who don’t get punished. “Darwin had a blind spot. It wasn’t that he didn’t see the role of cooperation in evolution. He just didn’t see how important it is.” Little has changed until relatively recently.

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