How’d I do? Let me know what you think! I spent a couple of hours today, trying on some new ideas for the website including giving you immediate access to the newspaper articles I’ve been featured it. It feels good to get back to my roots and make my website reflect where I am right […]
I have a lovely friend in Toronto who recommended I contact her favorite bookstore in Toronto, Another Story Books. I sent an email to the owner and felt excited to begin the next stage of my push to get my books into independent bookstores across the country. This feels really exciting for me, especially because […]
5. My books are into bookstores and gift stores. First on Gabriola, next on Vancouver Island and the Mainland, then the WORLD. 4. I ran 7.4 km today in 55 minutes and it almost killed me in the heat, but I did it. Starting a run at 3pm after lunch is never a good idea. […]
One of my hardest things is self-promotion. I’m really good once I get going, but getting out of the gate is really tough for me. I don’t have swagger and I certainly don’t ooze confidence. So picking up the phone and talking to our island bookstore today, and arranging a meeting with the lovely Gloria, […]
I made it! Six weeks later I feel like I know a little bit more than I did before about how to sell my books. This is not my wheelhouse, in fact, since I created ebooks and put them up on Amazon in Spring 2014 I’ve been secretly terrified of learning the business side of […]
My Marketing Business on the Internet course is proving to be a real treat and today, with only three lessons to go to the finish, we explored social media, and in particular, Reddit and StumbleUpon, both of which I know will become serious addictions on my phone. By putting my website up on Reddit, users can vote […]
The last month I’ve been taking a marketing course called Business on the Internet and after 4 weeks of feeling out of my depth, today things finally started to click. Our topic today was Online Advertising something I’ve been excited to learn about and it is basically the reason I’m taking the course. So today I […]
When things line up in my life, they really line up. I decided in my fever of New Year’s resolutions to take things up a notch and enroll in courses to improve my overall prowess as an author. Enter Blogging 101 and Business Marketing on the Internet. I made it through week one and the […]
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