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Amazing Correlation Between Google +1s and Higher Search Rankings

6 Beginner Tips for Google Plus Marketing

5 Tools to Grow Your Presence on Google Plus

Grow Your Google Plus Business Page with the Power of Sharing

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Published on September 01, 2013 21:34

15 Top Reasons for Writers to Be on Google+

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Let your book’s success take off

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Once more about Google+ : Google is by far the most popular search engine on the planet, and Google+ should be at the top of your list when it comes to digital marketing. ”How to Make Use of Google+ as an Author” was the title of yesterday’s blog post, with several links to other posts about Google+ advantages and displaying an info-graphic with 56!!! REASONS why it makes sense to be on the 2nd largest network in the world why it is worth to be on Google+ and get top Google search engine rankings. And still, I found a comment:

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“Is Google+ worth it?”

This question made me wonder … as I had the impression, the comment-er had only read the headline, and not the 56 reasons, nor the links I provided in my post. The question could also have been: “Is is worth to promote my book?” So here, once more, a short version of some of the Google+ benefits:

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Short answer: YES, it is worth to be on Google+

IF you find your book worth promoting …
IF you want to be high on Google’s ranking in the search engines (SEO) and get more readers.
IF you want to be on the 2nd largest network in the world.
IF you want to post your events, such as a book launch, for FREE.
IF you want to show your books cover & description several times a day to an unlimited number of readers.
IF you use your book’s keywords in short descriptions at your Google+ posts to get much better search engine rankings.
IF you want to post your book on dozens of Google+ reader’s communities.
IF you want to get higher rankings on Google for your WordPress blog or website.
IF you want to have an extra site on Google for each of your books – up to 50!
IF you want to introduce your book trailer to a huge audience.
IF you do NOT want to have restrictions, such as on Facebook (only have “friends you know”).
IF you are inviting thousands of people to your Google+ sites (can be done with only a couple of clicks. How? Just read the FREE book, mentioned below.
IF you want your message to go to an unlimited amount of people – on Facebook it goes only to fewer than 200 people – unless you pay!
IF you want to use a Google+ social sharing button, to invite readers to circulate your post.
IF you share other peoples articles on Google+, it creates a link back to your site. And being Google, sharing on their social network will get YOUR content indexed almost immediately, and pushes you up the rankings on Google’s search listing.
IF you value this: a Google+ account allows you to claim authorship of your original post. This keeps your content accredited to you, in case content thieves scrape your work.

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OK, enough said … happy PLUS googling … Here are more professional marketing tips to help you gaining more success with your books.

Take Advantage of FREE PDF copies of What the Plus! Courtesy of Google. Please, share this post with as many people as possible. Get a copy http://goo.gl/eRy6z Read also a short description: How to Get More Followers on Your Google+ Page

Don’t miss to learn about the 10 top mistakes on Google+

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If you would like to get help in all things publishing, have your book intensively promoted and learn how to navigate social media sites: We offer all this and more for only $ 159 for 3 months. Learn more about this individual book marketing help: http://www.111Publishing.com/ Once you are on this website, click on Seminar to register.

Please check out all previous posts of this blog (there are 880+ of them : ) if you haven’t already. Why not sign up to receive them regularly by email? Just click on “Follow” in the upper line on each page – and then on “LIKE” next to it. There is also the “SHARE” button underneath each article where you can submit the article to Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, Chime.in, Facebook, Tumblr and to StumpleUpon.

Thanks a lot for following:

@111publishing

http://bit.ly/VmtVAS 111Publishing @ Google+

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Tagged: Google Events, Google+, Google+ author page, Google+ errors, Google+ hangouts, Google+ profile, Google+ tips

Amazing Correlation Between Google +1s and Higher Search Rankings

6 Beginner Tips for Google Plus Marketing

5 Tools to Grow Your Presence on Google Plus

Grow Your Google Plus Business Page with the Power of Sharing

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Published on September 01, 2013 05:49

15 Reasons for Writers to Be on Google+

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Let your book’s success take off

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Once more about Google+ : Google is by far the most popular search engine on the planet, and Google+ should be at the top of your list when it comes to digital marketing. ”How to Make Use of Google+ as an Author” was the title of yesterday’s blog post, with several links to other posts about Google+ advantages and displaying an info-graphic with 56!!! REASONS why it makes sense to be on the 2nd largest network in the world why it is worth to be on Google+ and get top Google search engine rankings. And still, I found a comment:

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“Is Google+ worth it?”

This question made me wonder … as I had the impression, the comment-er had only read the headline, and not the 56 reasons, nor the links I provided in my post. The question could also have been: “Is is worth to promote my book?” So here, once more, a short version of some of the Google+ benefits:

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Short answer: YES, it is worth to be on Google+

IF you find your book worth promoting …
IF you want to be high on Google’s ranking in the search engines (SEO) and get more readers.
IF you want to be on the 2nd largest network in the world.
IF you want to post your events, such as a book launch, for FREE.
IF you want to show your books cover & description several times a day to an unlimited number of readers.
IF you use your book’s keywords in short descriptions at your Google+ posts to get much better search engine rankings.
IF you want to post your book on dozens of Google+ reader’s communities.
IF you want to get higher rankings on Google for your WordPress blog or website.
IF you want to have an extra site on Google for each of your books – up to 50!
IF you want to introduce your book trailer to a huge audience.
IF you do NOT want to have restrictions, such as on Facebook (only have “friends you know”).
IF you are inviting thousands of people to your Google+ sites (can be done with only a couple of clicks. How? Just read the FREE book, mentioned below.
IF you want your message to go to an unlimited amount of people – on Facebook it goes only to fewer than 200 people – unless you pay!
IF you want to use a Google+ social sharing button, to invite readers to circulate your post.
IF you share other peoples articles on Google+, it creates a link back to your site. And being Google, sharing on their social network will get YOUR content indexed almost immediately, and pushes you up the rankings on Google’s search listing.
IF you value this: a Google+ account allows you to claim authorship of your original post. This keeps your content accredited to you, in case content thieves scrape your work.

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OK, enough said … happy PLUS googling … Here are more professional marketing tips to help you gaining more success with your books.

Take Advantage of FREE PDF copies of What the Plus! Courtesy of Google. Please, share this post with as many people as possible. Get a copy http://goo.gl/eRy6z Read also a short description: How to Get More Followers on Your Google+ Page

Don’t miss to learn about the 10 top mistakes on Google+

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If you would like to get help in all things publishing, have your book intensively promoted and learn how to navigate social media sites: We offer all this and more for only $ 159 for 3 months. Learn more about this individual book marketing help: http://www.111Publishing.com/ Once you are on this website, click on Seminar to register.

Please check out all previous posts of this blog (there are 880+ of them : ) if you haven’t already. Why not sign up to receive them regularly by email? Just click on “Follow” in the upper line on each page – and then on “LIKE” next to it. There is also the “SHARE” button underneath each article where you can submit the article to Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, Chime.in, Facebook, Tumblr and to StumpleUpon.

Thanks a lot for following:

@111publishing

http://bit.ly/VmtVAS 111Publishing @ Google+

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Published on September 01, 2013 05:49

How to Make Use of Google+ as an Author

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Everyone wants to be listed high on Google’s search engine results. You write a blog post, tweet, update your website or add otherwise content to the web. Google bots, crawling the web, are coming across your post. The page is indexed within seconds. Google estimates the domain and pages’ overall authority, based on links.

Page rank depends on a few factors, such as the number of Web pages that link to your site, the frequency of keywords within your site and how long your site exists on the internet. However, with Google+ it’s completely different: your presence at Google+ means you are high-ranked from the moment you post something on your Google+ timeline or your Google+ pages.

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Use hashtags on Google+ too

Just like Twitter, Google+ offers #hashtag benefits to make searching for topics easy. It’s a great way to get found, not only inside Google+, but in the larger world of Google search. If you create a separate page for each of your books and post frequently there, using keywords and #hashtags, your books will appear prominently on Google’s Search Engine – making it easy for potential readers to find you.

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Link to your blog posts

As the main search engine Google indexes and ranks its own site much higher than any other content. Google+ posts are easily indexed by Google search, and unlike tweets or Facebook posts, are treated much like regular web pages. Whenever you have a new blog post, link to it from Google+, and make that post public. By doing this, you have made your post publicly available both inside Google+ and in Google search results worldwide.

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Want engagement? Write resource-type articles

Google+ posts that receive the most comments are resource-type articles with a lot of links. Those covering Google+ how-to information are heavily shared, along with any tutorials. Write a killer post and link back to your own blog for additional resources. Use #hashtags with relevant topics so it’s easily found, and you have created an outstanding resource that will get you noticed, and will increase traffic to your blog.

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Connect your profile with your blog’s homepage

The first step in getting results from Google+ is connecting your profile with your blog’s home page. This is the gateway step to claiming your content in the eyes of Google. It will also go far in generating incredible results, including displaying your photo next to your blog post links and a Wikipedia-style profile listing in Google search results whenever anyone searches for your name. For WordPress blog publishers, there’s a very easy way to accomplish this. Google+ shows you how to use Google+ “Direct Connect“.

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Display your photo in Google search results

All you need is a Google+ page, and to connect it to the home page of your blog. See how important that #1 step was? Your photo will eventually appear next to your blog posts in Google search results.

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What the Plus?

Take the time to learn Google+ (e.g. with Guy Kawasaki’s book What the Plus?) and engage with your community there. You’ll see results far beyond what any other social network can offer: both social engagement within Google+, and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in Google.

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Free copies of What the Plus!

Courtesy of Google. Please share this post so as many people as possible can get a copy. http://goo.gl/eRy6z Read also a short description: How to Get More Followers on Your Google+ Page

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If you would like to get help in all things publishing, have your book intensively promoted and learn how to navigate social media sites: We offer all this and more for only $ 159 for 3 months. Learn more about this individual book marketing help: http://www.111Publishing.com/ Once you are on this website, click on Seminar to register.

Please check out all previous posts of this blog (there are 880+ of them : ) if you haven’t already. Why not sign up to receive them regularly by email? Just click on “Follow” in the upper line on each page – and then on “LIKE” next to it. There is also the “SHARE” button underneath each article where you can submit the article to Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, Chime.in, Facebook, Tumblr and to StumpleUpon.

Thanks a lot for following:

@111publishing

http://bit.ly/VmtVAS 111Publishing @ Google+

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Tagged: Facebook posts, Google indexes, Google search results, Google+ posts, Google’s Search Engine, resource-type articles, Use hashtags, what the plus

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Published on August 30, 2013 20:17

Write for Listserve.com

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Ever heard of Listverse.com? You might have read these list-articles on Yahoo.com. They are looking constantly for new stories from freelancers. You don’t need to be an expert—you just need to have great English, a sense of humor, and a love for things unusual or interesting.

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It works like this:

Listserve.com says: You write your list (1,000 words/10 list-items minimum), you send it in, we reply and say “Great, we’ll publish it” and send you $100 by Paypal (don’t have an account? just make one—it’s easy and free), or we reply and say “Sorry, it isn’t the sort of thing our readers will love, give it another shot.”

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Get ideas

Do you know of anything, that has several benefits, worth to make a list of? Comb through you book’s manuscript, is there a place or an occurrence that is so unusual, it could be the basis for a list of … Have you been or read about a place that has many facts to be listed? Can you list awesome features of anything in science, technology or travel? Maybe unusual benefits of a certain plant or a list of awesome hidden travel gems in a country. The possibilities to write about are endless! If your article is accepted you will earn $100 for it. Well it’s not much, but compiling lists is not that hard too. So much easier than to write thousand words of a fiction novel. To make $100 you would have to sell at least 50 books first – minus the production cost.

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Samples of “List-Articles”

10 Incredible Cutting-Edge Technologies In Development

10 Quirky Ways People Make Money

Why not Apply for a Writers Grant?

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Dreaming of writing full time, but just don’t have the money to make the writer’s life a reality? Grants for aspiring writers might offer the aid to supplement your income until you will be established as a writer. Many organizations offer grants for writers to help them to complete their projects or help even during emergencies, such as Stephen Kings foundation. See what’s offered in the USA and Canada:

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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT for the Arts Literature Fellowships

Through Literature Fellowships to published creative writers and translators of exceptional talent in the areas of prose and poetry, the Arts Endowment advances its goal of encouraging and supporting artistic creativity and preserving our diverse cultural heritage.

Creative Writing Fellowships enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Non-matching grants are for $25,000.

Translation Projects enable recipients to translate work from other languages into English. Non-matching grants are for $12,500 or $25,000, depending upon the artistic excellence and merit of the project.

http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/lit.html

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STEPHEN KING’s “The Haven Foundation”

He writes: “I was struck by a careless driver and nearly killed while taking my daily walk. It was ten months before I was able to work productively again. My friend Frank Muller, suffered terrible head injuries as a result of a motorcycle accident. My response to this has been the creation of The Haven Foundation.”

Applications and all supporting documentation for the current round of grants must be received no later than November 23rd, 2012. All applications received after that date will be held for the next round of grants.

http://www.thehavenfdn.org/

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LOUISIANA GRANDS

The Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation Economic Opportunity Fund (EOF) is designed to increase the entrepreneurial capacity and economic health of cultural economy producers. These funds are targeted to unique opportunities to earn income that are not a part of the applicant’s regular work or programming. It includes: visual arts and crafts, performing arts, film, digital media, music, culinary arts, design, traditional culture bearers, entertainment, LITERARY ARTS and humanities, architecture and historic preservation.

http://culturaleconomy.org/category/resources/opportunities/funding-grants/

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LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA

The Carole Weinstein Prize in Poetry, founded in 2005, is given each year to a poet with strong connections to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The $10,000 annual prize recognizes significant recent contributions to the art of poetry and is awarded on the basis of a range of achievements in the field of poetry. Also awarded at the Celebration are the Annual People’s Choice Awards for the best works of fiction and nonfiction by a Virginia author and the Whitney and Scott Cardozo Award for Children’s Literature. Voting for this year’s People’s Choice Awards has closed. Finalists for the 2012 Library of Virginia Literary Awards have been announced. The winner in each category will be announced at the Awards Celebration on October 20, 2012. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 awards.

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/litawards/nominate.asp

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CREATIVE CAPITAL

Every three years, Creative Capital will begin accepting online Letters of Inquiry for grants in Emerging Fields, Literature and Performing Arts.

To be eligible to apply, an artist must be:

a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident,
at least 25 years old,
a working artist with at least five
years of professional experience, and
not a full-time student.

Selected grantees receive up to $50,000 in direct support and a suite of services valued at more than $40,000.

http://creative-capital.org/apply

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BERTON HOUSE Writers’ Retreat, Dawson City, Yukon Territory

Professional Canadian writers who have one published book and are established in any creative literary discipline(s) — fiction, non-fiction, poetry, play-writing, journalism — are all encouraged to apply for Canada’s most northern Writers’ Retreat. The Writer’s Retreat offers writers time, and a remote location to pursue their professional projects. The writer will be housed in the Berton House at no cost in rent or utilities. Travel costs to and from Dawson will also be covered! The writer is responsible for a public reading in Whitehorse and Dawson City and a summary of their stay at Berton House.

http://www.bertonhouse.ca/retreat.html

A monthly honorarium is provided to help cover food and other living expenses. The competition to be a writer-in-residency during the 2014-15 season is now open. An online application form is available. The deadline for submissions is October 4, 2013.

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HAIG BROWN RESIDENCY

Published authors are being invited to apply for the 2013-2014 Haig-Brown House Writer in Residence position. The residency entails spending the winter months (or a portion thereof) living in the Haig-Brown Heritage House, which is under the management of the Museum at Campbell River on Vancouver Island (BC).

The modest four bedroom house reflects the character of writer Roderick Haig-Brown and his wife Ann. Located in a peaceful setting on the banks of the Campbell River on Vancouver Island, it contains a Heritage library and is surrounded by two acres of garden and 17 acres of public parkland. The writer’s time will be divided between pursuing personal writing projects and providing literary advice and support to the local community, and participate in Museum winter programming. A stipend of up to $2000 per month, depending on available funding, will be provided.

Please include a resume (maximum two pages), a list of publications, a one-page proposal of anticipated community activities, and a sample of work in progress (20 pages); with reasons why the residency would further your work. Forward your application package to Sandra Parrish, Museum at Campbell River, Box 70 Stn A, Campbell River, BC V9W 4Z9. Deadline is January 31, 2014. For further information contact sandra.parrish@crmuseum.ca

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CANADIAN SHORT STORY PRIZE 2013

Canada Writes, with partners CBC, Canada Council for the Arts, Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and “The Banff Centre”, are pleased to announce the Grand Prize winner will receive $6,000, courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts, and will have his/her story published in Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and on the Canada Writes website. She or he will also be awarded a two-week residency at The Banff Centre’s Leighton Artists’ Colony, and will be interviewed on CBC Radio. The 4 runners-up will each receive $1,000, courtesy of the Canada Council for the Arts, and their stories will be published on the Canada Writes website.

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in average one in three proposals typically receives a grant! It is a myth that you have to be famous in order to get a grant. Truth is, most people who are awarded grants are on their way up, not already there. Fear of being rejected prevents a lot of people from applying for opportunities that are out there. If you have never written a grant proposal before, do some research on the topic before you begin. Numerous how-to listings and guidelines offer insights to novice grant writers, and even those with experience. Understand the meanings of the vocabulary being used in grant guidelines or to access a glossary of common terms. Some sponsor guidelines will even provide just such a glossary unique to the particular sponsor.

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If you would like to get help in all things publishing, have your book intensively promoted and learn how to navigate social media sites: We offer all this and more for only $ 159 for 3 months. Learn more about this individual book marketing help: http://www.111Publishing.com/ Once you are on this website, click on Seminar to register.

Please check out all previous posts of this blog (there are 880+ of them : ) if you haven’t already. Why not sign up to receive them regularly by email? Just click on “Follow” in the upper line on each page – and then on “LIKE” next to it. There is also the “SHARE” button underneath each article where you can submit the article to Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, Chime.in, Facebook, Tumblr and to StumpleUpon.

Thanks a lot for following:

@111publishing

http://bit.ly/VmtVAS 111Publishing @ Google+

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Tagged: California Writers Award, cultural grants, emergency grants, grants for workshops, Poetry Grants, Scholarship, Stephen King's "The Haven Foundation", Stipend, Writers Grants

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Published on August 28, 2013 21:09

Amazon Trivia since 1994

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Forbes.com wrote recently: “A few months ago Amazon reached what its founder and CEO Jeff Bezos demurely tells me was “an interesting milestone.” The retailing giant, so ubiquitously associated with books, then music and video, now has tens of millions of products in stock -and a majority are non-media goods: drills, dress shoes, tennis rackets and almost anything else that a human can ship. That turning point might be Bezos’ greatest accomplishment.

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How Far Amazon Has Come

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Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.

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Amazon Prime

After Kindle3, Amazon introduced the Prime Membership, a brilliant move. The average member makes $1,224 in Amazon purchases each year, compared with $505 for non-Prime customers. The TIME wrote: “Membership in Amazon Prime, which offers unlimited free two-day shipping, has doubled in less than two years. Analysts predict it’ll double again by 2017.

Even more interesting than the growing Prime ranks is what Prime seems to do to subscribers. A 2010 Businessweek story stated that Amazon Prime broke even within three months of launching, not the two years predicted by its creators. That’s because customers spent as much as 150% more at Amazon after they became Prime members. Subscribers not only ordered more often, but after paying the $79 fee, they started buying things at Amazon that they probably wouldn’t have in the past. Since shipping was always speedy and free, members saved themselves a trip to the store for things like batteries and coffee beans.” “In all my years here, I don’t remember anything that has been as successful at getting customers to shop in new product lines,” Robbie Schwietzer, vice president of Amazon Prime, told Businessweek .

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See also: The Hidden Empire, Update 2013, a Slide-Share
http://www.slideshare.net/faberNovel/amazoncom-the-hidden-empire Why Amazon Prime Could Soon Cost You Next to Nothing

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Former executives all have stories about Bezos’ obsessive focus on the customer – and a perfect delivery system. Read the Amazon e-Commerce Success Story by CBS - or hear it directly from Jeff Bezos’ speech. And here is his advice for entrepreneurs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZAIss-A-Y. And who has contributed to Amazon’s success as well? You and me! By uploading our books to Amazon. Let’s pad us on the shoulder too!

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If you would like to get help in all things publishing, have your book intensively promoted and learn how to navigate social media sites: We offer all this and more for only $ 159 for 3 months. Learn more about this individual book marketing help: http://www.111Publishing.com/ Once you are on this website, click on Seminar to register.

Please feel free to check out all previous posts of this blog (there are 840+ of them : ) if you haven’t already. Why not sign up to receive them regularly by email? Just click on “Follow” in the upper line on each page – and then on “LIKE” next to it. There is also the “SHARE” button underneath each article where you can submit the article to Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, Chime.in, Facebook, Tumblr and to StumpleUpon.

Thanks a lot for following:

@111publishing

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Tagged: Amazon, Amazon Facts and Figures, Amazon headquarter, Amazon Trivia, e-books, Jeff Bezos, Kindle e-Reader

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Published on August 27, 2013 20:34

How to Get Back into Writing after Your Vacation

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The Stale Writer

Guest post by Patricia PacJac Carroll

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You have taken an extended break from writing, a long vacation, or summer with the kids. It’s time to get back to the keyboard. You glance at the monitor. Nagging questions rip away your confidence. Do you still have it? Did your creativity expire?

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It’s been a while since I have had any kind of disciplined writing schedule, but I have a plan:

TV is not your writing friend.
Social Networking is not your writing friend.
Games are not your writing friend.
Eating is not your writing friend – not even ice cream.
Naps are not your writing friend.

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So, what is a stale writer to do?

How can you breathe life into that smoldering ember of imagination and finish that book you have been working on for over a year? There must be a better and faster way of writing.

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Prepare
Is your work location neat? Clean up the clutter. Add an inspirational photo or an item that sparks your creativity. Set a date to start writing.

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Anticipate
Do not let yourself write on the novel until the set date. Think about what you’re going to write. Taste it. Smell it. Feel it. But do not begin writing on that book.

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Set Boundaries
Look at your day and pick out the times that you’re least likely to be interrupted. Determine if you’re an early morning writer or a late nighter and make plans accordingly. Have a timer handy. Most phones have one.

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Be Wise
Before you go back to your writing, plan on turning off the Internet unless you need it for research. Keep FB, Twitter, games and whatever else you waste time with turned off. (Pinterest, ebay, Amazon, Stock Market, etc) Place your smart phone out of reach. Trust me; the free world is not dependent on your Tweet. If you are in Word and hit the space bar twice thinking a period will appear, you have become a fb and text message addict. Before you start your writing, set your rules.

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Food and Exercise
You don’t need food to write while exercise will feed your brain with fresh blood and oxygen. Set your timer to ring every hour or two, get up, and move. If you must, walk into the kitchen and reward yourself with a quick treat – like a carrot, piece of celery, or apple. Yeah, I know those are not exactly in the treat category. Just don’t eat anything loaded with sugar or fats so your eyes will stay open. Good things to do – walk the dog, jump on a rebounder, use weights, stretch. Then go back into your work area, set the alarm for another break, and continue writing.

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Free Writing
Pump your creative well. Before working on your book, write for five minutes, ten, or fifteen without your editor. Write nonstop about anything until the time is up. You might be surprised at what comes out. One of my friends draws a picture before she starts her day. Just do it. Feed the creative side of your brain.
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Speed Up
If you type with the speed of an arthritic ninety year old, work on your skills. Free writing on the computer will help. Keep track of how many words you write in a day. Set a goal. If you write a thousand words a day, you will have a 90,000 word novel in three months. You can do this! Get back on the keyboard and be productive!
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Author Bio:

Patricia PacJac Carroll is blessed beyond her imagination. She lives in the DFW area of Texas with her awesome husband, amazing grown son, and her wonder dog, Jacs. Currently she has one book available on Amazon, Liberty Belle. Her second book is soon to come out as she is furiously working on her plan. She is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers as well as North Texas Independent Christian Authors. Patricia Carroll’s blog: http://patriciapacjaccarroll.blogspot.com. More about her: http://about.me/patriciapacjaccarroll

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If you would like to get help in all things publishing, have your book intensively promoted and learn how to navigate social media sites: We offer all this and more for only $ 159 for 3 months. Learn more about this individual book marketing help: http://www.111Publishing.com/ Once you are on this website, click on Seminar to register.

Please feel free to check out all previous posts of this blog (there are 840+ of them : ) if you haven’t already. Why not sign up to receive them regularly by email? Just click on “Follow” in the upper line on each page – and then on “LIKE” next to it. There is also the “SHARE” button underneath each article where you can submit the article to Pinterest, Google+, Twitter, Chime.in, Facebook, Tumblr and to StumpleUpon.

Thanks a lot for following:

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Tagged: Get back on the keyboard!, http://patriciapacjaccarroll.blogspot.com/, Liberty Belle, Patricia PacJac Carroll, Set up time for writing, The Stale Writer

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Published on August 26, 2013 20:47

Interview with Anthony Alegrete

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Anthony Alegrete

A great pleasure to meet Anthony Alegrete, the author of Rabbit in the Jungle, today for an interview.

Anthony how would you describe your book to someone who has not yet read it?

It’s the story of my life. My ups and downs, trials and tribulations, good and bad, and how I survived prison, the streets, and turned my life around.

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Is there a message in your book that you want your readers to grasp?

That people make mistakes. We all come from different backgrounds and grew up differently. And that if you make an attempt to seriously change then it should be accepted by people.

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What inspired you to start writing?

I was getting to a point where i was becoming a public figure for the work I do in the community. I felt it was necessary to let the world know who i was.
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How did you get the idea for the novel?

I just started writing one day. it came to me.
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Does your book have any underlying theme, message, or moral?

Yes, that we are not all criminals. Yes, we might of did crime to survive and make money. But not all of us are still like that. And through this story I show the evolution of a changing man.
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Are your characters based on real people?
Oh yes, my characters are all real.
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Who is your favorite character and why?

Myself. because that is who the story is about.
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Are your plots based on your real-life experiences? Yes, sure!
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Give us an excerpted quote from your favorite review of this book:

“This book gave me a lot of game” from Brent Buffone on Amazon. What he meant by this was it gave him knowledge. “Game” is a slang word of knowledge.

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If Oprah invited you onto her show to talk about your book, what would the theme of the show be?

Overcoming adversity, interracial tensions, second chances, and changing your life around.
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What would/could a reader or reviewer say about this book that shows they “get” you as an author?

That the book inspired them and made them open their minds to new thoughts.

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Thinking way back to the beginning, what’s the most important thing you’ve learned as a writer from then to now?

To always edit and proof-read, then proof-read some more and then edit some more.

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Considering a book from the first word you write to the moment you see it on a bookstore shelf, what’s your favorite part of the process? What’s your least favorite?

Favorite part is creating the ideas, and plots, and stories. I got to reminisce. Least favorite part is dealing with the publishing process and getting your files converted properly.
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What scene or bit of dialogue in the book are you most proud of, and why?

ALL OF IT! But anywhere I talk about my kids. I love them so much.
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If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything about your book?

Only that I would add more stories.
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If your book would be made into a movie, who should play the main character?

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How did you get published? Please share your own personal journey.

CreateSpace. But I got published because of 111Publishing. Doris helped me out tremendously and made it so I didn’t get ripped off by the vanity publishers.

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What general advice do you have for other writers?

Just be you! Dont try so hard. Just let the pen write!
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What do you find is the best part of being an author?

The respect you get.
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What is ONE thing that you have done that brought you more readers?

Goodreads page!
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What’s one thing that your readers would be surprised to know about you?

Well this book is a memoir and describes it to the fullest, so there isn’t much

I left out of the story… .

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Meet Anthony Alegrete, author of “Rabbit in the Jungle” here too:

http://www.anthonyalegrete.com/rabbitinthejungle/

Amazon.com/Anthony-Alegrete/e/B00E7A6VGG

http://about.me/anthonyalegrete

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Anthony’s story “Rabbit in the Jungle” is available as e-book, paperback and audio-book:

http://www.rabbitinthejungle.com

Listen while you drive “Rabbit in the Jungle” AUDIO-BOOK

http://www.audible.com/pd?asin=B00EDRW1OE

Audiobook “Rabbit in the Jungle” now available at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EEAVS4E

Amazon e-book

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E368RD4

http://www.facebook.com/rabbitinthejungle

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Published on August 25, 2013 21:44

11 Websites to Find Freelance Writing Jobs

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Ever wondered how freelance writers find markets for their craft and talent?

Or where you could offer articles / blogs with a link to your book’s sales page – as described in a former blog post: Smart Authors Get Paid for Marketing Their Books!

Don’t look further than to these websites, which are regularly updated, either on a weekly, and sometimes even on a daily basis. Just click on these links to get the latest openings:

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http://www.absolutewrite.com

This site is chockfull of valuable content, including international market listings.

http://www.duotrope.com

Duotrope’s Digest is a free database of more than 2,300 markets for short fiction, poetry and novels/collections.

http://www.fundsforwriters.com

Editor C. Hope Clark delivers the inside scoop on freelance writing, writing jobs (full-time), grants, markets, contests and fellowships. Sign up for her free e-newsletter – you will be glad that you did.

http://www.fwointl.com

Freelance Writing Organization–International is a free online database with thousands of job listings and freelance opportunities.

http://www.journalismjobs.com

Daily job listings for journalists, editors, online media and more.

http://www.marketlist.com

This database of markets and contests that pay has been going strong for more than a decade.

http://www.mediabistro.com

Every freelancer should bookmark this site and frequent it often for the latest industry news and the great section dedicated to job listings.

http://www.mediajobsearchcanada.com

Job Search & Find site for Canadian writers, journalists, editors, marketing & PR-specialists and radio & TV personnel.

http://www.mediajobmarket.com

Media Job Market houses hundreds of job postings along with several must-read articles on job hunting in the writing industry.

http://www.writergazette.com

Be informed by Writer Gazette’s regularly weekly submission calls to paying markets.

http://jobs.problogger.net/

The ProBlogger Job Board is where bloggers looking for jobs and companies looking for bloggers to hire

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Update your portfolio regularly, and don’t forget: the decision makers can be found on social media sites, such as Google+ or Twitter as well. Keep in contact and post regularly links to the best of your writing there. Being familiar with you and your writing can for sure improve your chances of getting more assignments.

Do you know any other useful websites for writing jobs?

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If you would like to get help in all things publishing, have your book intensively promoted and learn how to navigate social media sites: We offer all this and more for only $ 159 for 3 months. Learn more about this individual book marketing help: http://www.111Publishing.com/ Once you are on this website, click on Seminar to register.

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