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Meanwhile, on my other blogs… April 7, 2013

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review April 6, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: ePN TV: Matthias Klappenbach Answers Publisher Questions A couple of weeks ago we introduced you to our Senior Product Manager, Matthias Klappenbach. If you’re like me, you’ll come to realize over the...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… March 31, 2013

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review March 30, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: Independent Publishing at SXSW SXSW, the Austin-based conference that features events base around technology, education and musictook place last week andI’ve now finally recoveredfrom all the exciteme...

A really good Friday

Today is March 29th. It is also Good Friday.

The last time Good Friday fell on March 29th was 2002.

I was a senior in college. Many of our friends had gone home for the holiday weekend but three of my best friends were still on campus: Katie, Neal and Steve. We decided to have a jam packed evening of fun together to make up for the fact that everyone else had ditched us. It was, we all cheesily punned every few minutes, going to be a good Friday.

We wanted to go out to eat but, since we weren’t...

Script Frenzy is dead. Long live Script Frenzy.

Script Frenzy 2009: Liverpool Write-In, Day One (Photo credit: thespyglass)

As we discussed at length last week, Script Frenzy has been cancelled and I was annoyed but I’ve come to peace with it. But when one door closes, another opens and I’m excited to keep the Screnzy alive unofficially through Camp NaNoWriMo.

But before we get to that, I want to take a moment to talk to my fellow Script Frenzy members.

Thank you.

Thank you for your enthusiasm, your passion, and your talents. Thank you whether...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… March 24, 2013

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review March 23, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: All Sellers: List for FREE—up to 500 listings, Auction-style or fixed price—March 16-19! Amazing news! From March 16-19, all sellers can list FREE—pay no insertion fees—on up to 500 listings, Auction-...

In which I go through many of the stages of grief over Script Frenzy

The Script Frenzy logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By now most of you will have heard the news but for those that haven’t: Script Frenzy has beencancelled. I promised you back in this postthat we’d discuss this more and I haven’t yet because, frankly, the whole thing leaves a terrible taste in my mouth. I still love The Office of Letter and Light and I’ll continue to support themmonetarilyand as a volunteer with NaNoWriMo, none of that has changed. But I am unhappy with how this all went down. (...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… March 17, 2013

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review March 16, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: Do you have a contingency plan in place for bad weather? While some areas of the United States have had a relatively mild winter for the first two months of 2013, as we roll [...]

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Why you should snag some of the super cheap Script Frenzy merchandise before it’s gone forever

While I’ve got a couple of posts about Script Frenzy the event coming up, I wanted to pop in to quickly let you guys know that The Office of Letters and Light is having a crazyclearance sale of everything Script Frenzy related. This is the very last chance to get official Screnzy merchandise before it is, literally, gone forever. You can see the full list of Script Frenzy stuff available here.

Even if you’ve never thought about buying anything Script Frenzy related before, here’s some reasons...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… March 10, 2013

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E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review March 9, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: New Tax Responsibilities for FBA Sellers Remember last year when Amazon sent out the letters informing FBA sellers that they might have to split and ship their inventory to multiple warehouses? Well, f...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… March 3, 2013

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

Is being a small business owner easier or harder than having a 9 to 5 job?
Remember this post?Sellers & business owners don’t go on vacation, we go on “vacation” It’s a bitter angry post from a few years ago the gist of which is this: You never really get to take a vacation when you own your own business. I don’t know a single business owner or seller, myself included, [...]

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