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7 Great Ways to Market Yourself Online on a Shoestring Budget guest post by Meet Advisors

[image error] 7 Great Ways To Market Yourself Online On a Shoestring Budget (via Meet Advisors)
There’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur than now. Unless you have a winning lottery ticket, you still won’t have the mega bucks a mega corporation spends for marketing. But what you do have is the Internet, with marketing possibilities…

Rudius Freedom by blood A to Z: R

His blade sang as it cut through the air of the arena. The gladiator growled as its edge sank into the flesh of his target. A soft spray of warm blood spattered his chest and arm as he turned to meet the next opponent.
 He could smell the fear of the Murmillo even though the opponent was the one to advance. His lip curled as he watched his fellow gladiator swing the trident in an effort to intimidate.
He easily stepped back from the sharp points. The trouble with pole arms and using them f...

Quitting the story is not an option

Relieve that stress with chocolate! :) When life gives us lemons, as often it does, don’t be content making lemonade. Throw those sour bastards back and demand chocolate!
Don’t give into the stress and pressures going on that make us say, “I can write later.” Put your boxing gloves on and fight through it. Duck life’s left hook and counter with a powerful uppercut by finishing off that next chapter.
Quitting a current project or giving up even temporarily is not an option. When the writi...

OneWord/60 Seconds for L, M, N, O, and P Catching up with A to Z

OneWord.com is a website for getting the muse warmed up. Each day you get one word and sixty seconds in which to write what it inspires.This is my entry for today's One Word. What's yours? For more of my past One Word entries, check out my One Word Profile EliseV.
Your turn, 60 seconds. Go!
LOCAL Instead of staking out the local chop shop he could be out with Gina, or Lola. Oh yeah Lola. He popped the lid off his coffee and tossed it onto the dash with the rest of the n...

Keeping up with your social media marketing platform

Out of the hundreds of ways an author can market their books, some of the most effective come from social media. A strong social media platform can mean sales through positive interaction with fans and getting discovered by other readers. The downside, it can eat valuable time out of the author’s writing schedule.
There are ways, to flip that and make social media do the hard work for us. So authors can get back to creating and less time selling.
Link it up. Yes, it can be that simple to grab...

Jewelry and books from the heart

Cly's Oceans Apart Clay Creations Necklace Mr. Young has always been a creative. He works with wood designing and building everything from cabinets to delicate scrollwork. He found another love in crafting one of a kind jewelry creations for JLB Creatives Fairy Tales and Jewelry shop.
Mr. Young’s creativity rubbed off on his daught...

Images: Why every blogger should use them

Every blogger should use at least one image in their blog post. Why? Well, the answer is simple. Images are powerful tools all by themselves.
A picture is worth 1000 words. The right image can grab a reader’s attention faster or sometimes more effectively than words when they’re scrolling through posts on Facebook, G+ or other social media site. Images can be bold and dramatic or even just silly. Whatever the impact you need to make the right photo can reel them in.
Shareablility!Yeah, I made...

Half : A to Z Challenge letter H

HALFGuarding CEO Alex Blazen during a charity gala was an easy job for Valeska Gorstef...until all hell breaks loose...literally. Forced to face her own darkness, Valeska may lose her only chance to live a human life. Two sides of her soul will be at war. Which HALF will win?Purchase links:Amazon  Smashwords
EXCERPTValeska stood within the darkness of the room and felt it breathe. The dark was a living creature part of what she was. Her darkness, her vampire, and she hated it. A bit...

Getting caught up and making new goals ROW80 and G for A to Z challenge

The last week was busy and thanks to being anemic my energy level has been pretty low so that didn’t help things. Yet even though my Blogging from A to Z is behind (very as you can see lol) I still feel like this week was a success.
Here’s the update, goals for last week were: 1. Work on scheduling things better: Yes, there was improvement here. Even with low energy levels. We were able to make a schedule for the week and stick to most of it. 2. Write at least 3,000 words:  Almost, I mad...

Forgotten : Blogging from A to Z Letter F

photo: Old Shed by Elise VanCise 

The old shed stood amongst the wild growth. The paint is worn, siding rusted with time, telling the world it’s been forgotten. What secrets are inside these simple four walls? Old tools, holiday decorations, toys now outgrown or boxes of memories. Or perhaps secrets better left forgotten.