Write Better, Get Published, Be Creative | WritersDigest.com. A Newbie's Guide to Publishing. Jason C. Anderson | Author. Blog | Beyond Paper Editing | Write your best book. By Carla Douglas (@CarlaJDouglas) Image by DieselDemon For 12 years, we’ve been successfully writing educational resources and publishing them with an independent press. We’ve had a good run, producing eight titles, and our relationship with our publisher for the most part has been positive and warm. This fall, however, we’ve made a sharp turn. We’ve taken the publication process back, and we’re doing almost all of it ourselves. Here’s a bit of background. Corina was certain that something was wrong with the test—how questions were worded, how students interpreted instructions. We wrote and revised several drafts in MS Word, and through some digging, Corina found a guy who offered her a password protected copy of his very helpful formatting guide, From Word to Print.
Then we needed a publisher. We were pretty sure we could do better, and on the Friday afternoon before the Labour Day weekend, I searched once more, and sent a query off to a little educational press I’d never heard of. Blog | Adian Editing | Expert Novel Content and Copy Editing Services. In Gregg Hurwitz’s critically acclaimed suspense thriller TRUST NO ONE, the action starts in the very first scene, and doesn’t let up until the end of the book, without sacrificing character development or top-notch writing.
If you’re looking for clues as to why your readers’ attention wanes halfway through your novel or critics complain that your scenes drag on, this is the post for you. NOTE: I’ll do my best not to give away the ending of TRUST NO ONE during this post; if you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it. (1) Start with a bang. Generally speaking, fiction of any kind – from literary to romance to your garden-variety picture book – requires a tantalizing hook to get readers turning pages. Thrillers have to deliver in spades on this count; that’s the whole point of the genre.
I snapped awake at 2:18 A.M., the bloodshot numerals staring at me from the nightstand. . (2) Find a compelling way to tell your backstory. I thought about what my stepfather would do. Write on the River | Factual Fiction by Bob Mayer. Between the Lines- The Official Blog of the Books & Such Literary Team : Books & Such Literary Management. Blogger: Rachel Kent As we celebrate and remember what Jesus did for us today and throughout the weekend, I find myself looking forward to singing my favorite songs of Good Friday and Easter.
Lyrics are an extremely powerful version of writing. Like poetry, they can touch us differently at different times in our lives and the meaning we get from a song is so personal. During the early part of our dating relationship, my husband and I would send song lyrics back and forth and discuss what they meant to each of us. My favorite Good Friday song that we’ll sing tonight during the Tenebrae service is When I Survey the Wondrous Cross by Isaac Watts (1707). My favorite Easter morning song is Christ the Lord is Risen Today (Charles Wesley, 1739). Have you ever written song lyrics or poetry? What are your favorite Holy Week songs? By Rachel Kent on Apr 18, 2014 in Writing Craft | 16 Comments Blogger: Mary Keeley The word “Maundy” is derived from … Read More... Blogger: Rachelle Gardner Read More...
Blog • Ryan Casey. Sunlight: New Post-Apocalyptic Suspense Now Available by Ryan Casey | Oct 30, 2014 | Announcements, My Books Hi everyone, Delighted to announce that Sunlight, my new post-apocalyptic suspense thriller, is now available to buy at Amazon, Nook, Kobo, iBooks and Google Play. The links are right here: Amazon Kindle – Barnes & Noble Nook –... Sunlight: Now Available to Pre-Order by Ryan Casey | Oct 23, 2014 | Announcements, My Books Hi everyone, Just a heads up that Sunlight, a new post-apocalyptic suspense book I have coming out on October 30, is now available to pre-order at Amazon, Kobo and iBooks. A Few Books Now Out of Kindle Exclusivity by Ryan Casey | Oct 20, 2014 | Announcements, My Books Hi everyone, Just wanted to give you non-Kindle ebook readers (all four of you) a heads up that my three month Amazon exclusivity contract on a few of my books has expired, and therefore they are all now available once more on the other big retailers. When Sales Slump…
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Cleavon wants his family out of Chicago, but Ty wants to repair the city—and he just might do it. Part historical fiction, part science fiction, “Snapshots” deftly melds despair and hope into a cautionary tale about a deadly problem. “Snapshots” by Hugo Award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch is free on this website for one week only. The story’s available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and in other ebookstores. Kristine Kathryn Rusch Let the people see. —Mamie R. Quoted in “Mother receives the body of her slain son,” The Atlanta Daily World, September 7, 1955 The church was hot. Mama didn’t want him sayin “ain’t,” but he could think it, at least today.
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12 Steps to Account Planning in 2015 It’s that time. As you prepare for 2015 you need to be thinking about how to maximize revenue from your existing customers. I’m sure you know acquired business from an existing customer is six times more profitable than pursuing new customers. But, did you also know that you are seven times more likely to win business from an existing customer than you are when you are trying to capture that new logo? I have written about this extensively in my book Account Planning in Salesforce, but to get you started, here are 12 things you should think about as you… Will all Future Presidents be White Men?
The answer to the question in the title is of course almost certainly No. If you examined the data in 2008, with a sample size of n=43, and a test on gender and ethnicity, the patterns in the data would show a correlation that would predict that all future presidents would be white males. 5 Key Dreamforce Sessions and 3 Tips 1 Comment → Sales Metrics That Matter. Anthony Cole Training Group Sales Blog. I was first introduced to goal setting in sales when I was an insurance agent with National Life of Vermont. The General Agent was Dave and his manager was Bob. The company subscribed to the “Al Grannum” school of 10-3-1 - see 10 people, 3 will be qualified buyers, 1 will buy. Based on that equation, the established goal was to write 100 lives. You do the math. I never did write 100 lives but, based on the sales activity reporting I did every week, I should have. Well, not entirely. As I write this, maybe I should change the title to “Sales Managers – Why Isn’t Goal Achievement Easy?”
The easy way out – Take everyone’s number, increase it by the growth goal percentage of the company, and say to them, “Here is your goal for next year. I have inquired about incentives and changes in overall production of a sales team. Why? In our Sales Managed Environment (SME) program, one of the important functions of the sales manager is to motivate the sales team AND keep them motivated. Resources: Jill Konrath's Fresh Sales Strategies. Jill's Jottings: Fresh Sales Strategies Browse by Tag Most Popular Posts Current Articles | RSS Feed Words Decision Makers Love to Hear Email Article inShare0 Decision makers don't care about your product's speed, specifications, or efficiency. Your offering is simply a tool. Buyers are particularly attracted to phrases that are linked to their business goals and objectives. Read More 14 Comments Click here to read/write comments Tags: Value Propositions [Video] Leverage LinkedIn Connections to Crack Into New Accounts inShare73 What strategies do I recommend for using LinkedIn to connect with others?
Read More 5 Comments Click here to read/write comments Tags: Video Sales Tips, Using LinkedIn One Easy Tip for a Successful Sales Conversation You've probably heard that being a good listener is the key to being successful in sales. Read More 9 Comments Click here to read/write comments Tags: Sales Conversations, Sales Questions Achieving Outrageous Success inShare64 Read More Tags: Sales Books inShare190 St. Sales Training Advice and Tips from the Top Sales Dog. Research-based and field-tested sales training ideas that help you develop your team so they can prospect more effectively, close more sales, retain more customers, deliver more value and earn more money. This cycle of learning-and-doing created a positive feedback loop. Ultimately, learners in were signficantly more likely to judge the content to be valid, and more likely to apply what they’d learned. Read the full article → Every salesperson can tell a real-life version of the “It’s the final exam and I forgot to study” nightmare.
You arrive at the prospect’s offices for what you think is a routine meeting, only to find the room packed with people who want you to explain, in 20 minutes or less, why they should do [...] Read the full article → In a previous post, I reported the results of a survey we conducted which suggested that pipeline management is top concern for sales managers.
Read the full article → Read the full article → Read the full article → Read the full article → Sales and Sales Management Blog | Climate declared: 3.4 kg of CO2 per kg of product due to excessive amounts of hot air. Sales Management Coaching Blog | Sales Coaching. “How will your customer be different as a result of doing business with you?” That was the game-changing question posed to us by Lisa Earle McLeod on the opening night of the EcSell Institute spring summit. Throughout the next 90 minutes, Lisa challenged attendees to find their purpose and use that purpose to communicate a more powerful and effective message with their sales teams and customers. The author of “Selling with Noble Purpose,” Lisa is an expert on how defining and embracing a sense of purpose in your organization can lead to more profit.
Lisa’s message was both simple and powerful. Essentially, when sales managers and sales reps approach their customers with a connection to a broader purpose, beyond just hitting their sales number, they are able to achieve better results. This is not just an inspirational message from Lisa, but one that is based in research.
Lisa then concluded by challenging the audience to define their company’s own purpose. Sarah Wirth. Sales Blogs and Sales Training Tips. Blog. During a sales training workshop I conducted last week, we discussed the worst way to open a sales conversation, meeting, appointment or call (cold or warm) and that is to talk about your company. This includes your background, history, number of locations, how long you have been in business, your client list, awards you may have won or anything else that is self-serving. The same concept holds true for your slide decks. Most companies insist that their logo is prominently displayed on every single slide in the deck.
And, it’s not uncommon for marketing departments to insert up to a dozen slides in the beginning of the deck, all of which focus on your organization. Needless to say, this was a tough concept for some of the participants to swallow. I heard a lot of “Yeah, but…” comments such as: “Our marketing team says we have to open with those slides” “Our prospect’s don’t always know who we are so we need to tell them right away” “It shows how diverse we are” Sounds simple, right?
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How to Leverage Succession Planning to Drive Strategic Change Written by: Tom Rose | October 30, 2014. Blog - Score More Sales. Sales Tips, Sales Advice, and Selling Strategies for Sales Professionals | EyesOnSales. Engage Selling | Colleen Francis - The Sales Leader Blog. The Power of Handwritten Letters April 8th, 2014 Do you ever wonder what happened to good old-fashioned handwritten letters? Although newer communication tools like email have emerged and have eliminated any practical use for handwritten letters, it seems as though the transition period between the two methods of communication was almost overnight.
In business today, it’s clear that letter writing is no longer in fashion. It isn’t a coincidence that most high ranked sales professionals that I know are also prolific letter-writers. Read the rest of this entry » Sales Tip: Get Smarter About Your Clients April 7th, 2014 Want to learn other ways to get smarter with your clients to help grow your business? The Right Way to Change Your Sales Process April 3rd, 2014 A mistake I often see sales leaders making is suddenly setting new sales processes in place, with little to no notice. Every so often, a new sales process needs to be implemented. As times change, sales processes must change as well. SBI | Sales & Marketing Consulting - Sales Benchmark Index.
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However, customer decision making has changed and today’s buyers are smarter and more sophisticated than ever. In addition, your competitors have not sat idly by. In his classic book Strategy, famous military historian Lidell Hart detailed the “indirect” approach to war. Hart argued that the indirect approach was not solely a war strategy but also an influential philosophy that could be applied wherever opposition to new ways of thinking exists. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Dave Stein's Blog - The World's Top Expert on Sales Training.
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