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September 2, 2020
Eleven Tips for Creating Work/Life Balance when Working Virtually
Most authors, speakers, coaches, and Authorneers work out of a home office. This can make it challenging to separate work from the rest of your life, especially during this pandemic when kids and spouses, who would normally be at school or work, are at home. There’s no natural boundary between your workday and the rest of your life. In this guest post, Jackie Gaines shows you how to build and maintain greater balance so work doesn’t take over everything else.
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August 26, 2020
Rid Your Mindset of Rogue Corn
Your mindset is a lot like a field on a farm. For the most part, you are growing what you want to grow there, but occasionally you’ll get some rogue corn growing there, as well.
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August 20, 2020
How Authorneers Can Use Content Locking to Grow Their List of Readers
Successful authorneers continuously work on growing their list of email subscribers, because they know that they translate into readers and more books sold. There are many ways to grow your list of readers, but one isn't used as often as it could be: Content locking.
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August 12, 2020
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Authorneers
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT is a process of assessing the contents of your own thoughts and how they might be affecting your mental health, then consciously going through the process of changing those thoughts. Affirmations and gratitude exercises are different ways you can apply CBT to your own life to improve your overall happiness, as well as achieve more specific goals.
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July 22, 2020
Accept Yourself
Feeling comfortable and accepting yourself is important if you want to lead a fulfilling and happy life. If you want to improve your self-acceptance, here are some things you can do to learn how to better accept yourself.
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July 8, 2020
How to Present an Authentic Image That Works for You as an Author
Do you walk your talk? Is the image you portray to the world in alignment with who you really are? Does this image work for you? It may not be the way we want things to be, but people do make assumptions about you based on your appearance, attitude, and the words you choose. And these assumptions can affect whether or not they buy your book, or work with you in any other way. Therefore, presenting an authentic image that is appropriate for your brand and true to who you are is very important.
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June 24, 2020
Choosing the Best Book Format for Your Type of Writing
There are a number of book formats to choose from. In a nutshell, they include audio, digital, and print. Some formats work well for any type of writing. For example, how-to books might do very well in all three formats. However, other book types may do better with one single format. Read on to learn about the different formats, what they're best for, and how to decide which one is right for your book.
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June 10, 2020
Book Formats Available to Self-Publishers
I began my official self-publishing journey -- that is with books you can buy on Amazon -- in 2007. (I started self-publishing content in newsletter and booklet form sometime in elementary school). That's when I published Bonkers for Bundt Cakes. Four books later and I'm still learning. There are so many options for book formats that self-publishers can use today. In fact, I'm currently working on an audiobook (which I'll talk about in another post). In this post, I'll share what formats are cur...
June 2, 2020
Some Really Brilliant Marketing Tips for New Online Entrepreneurs
Are you just starting out with your online business? If so, you probably have a lot of questions, one the biggest being, “How do I best market my business online to get some traction?” In the following guest post, Rodney Laws shares what he believes are the top marketing tactics you should pursue when you’re […]
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May 27, 2020
2 Activities to Help You Hone Your Imagination
How do you cultivate that imagination and regain the childhood excitement you once felt for the "not yet possible"? Here are a couple of activities that can help bring your imagination back to life.
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