Alice Sullivan,
Editor and Ghost Writer
(Worked on nearly 1,200 titles
including 11 New York Times best-sellers)
Dr. Glenn Livingston
www.GlennLivingston.com
Chris Garrett
Chief Digital Officer at
Copyblogger Media
(Co-Author of ProBlogger:
Secrets for Blogging
Your Way to a Six-Figure Income)
Professor Dan Breznitz
Munk Chair of Innovation
Studies,University of
Toronto (Dan is the
author or coauthor of
several books on
innovation-based growth.)
Glenn, My friend and coaching student, wrote a very unusual book about weight loss. He teaches an extremely effective weight loss technique. But… It’s ‘tough’ – It’s not a ‘love yourself thin’ kind of technique. Which means that some readers HATE it. And when readers HATE something they write 1-star...
A while back, I was working with one of my private coaching students on what is arguably the most boring and frustrating –but, at the same time, most profitable – marketing activity an author can perform… Keyword optimization! We were analyzing book after book in her category’s best seller list:...
Sharon, one of my coaching students, has implemented the audience building technique I teach. And this is what she had to say… “When we started the audience building campaign, I wasn’t sure. I had never done this before and because I was starting at ground zero anything could have happened....
In yesterday’s email we talked about using giveaways to get readers in your genre to sign up to your mailing list. We also discussed how to select a prize that will attract only readers in your genre – those who will be valuable additions to your list. Now, the second...
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It was the great Tony Robbins who said, ‘Success Leaves Clues’. And in the digital age, success leaves clues that you can easily find with a bit of wit and access to Google. The technique is very simple… Put on your detective cap. Light a pipe. Then… find a bestseller...
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Yesterday I received this email from Dharlene, one of my readers… “Dearest Yoav, I do have to say that I get a whole lotta emails from internet marketing “gurus” — mostly because I am studying their methods — as I am studying yours. I do have to say that I...