For the past ten days, I’ve been on vacation. (Thank you, Typepad, for having a delayed publication feature on your blog posts.) I’m sure I’ll have a lot to say about the value or rest and recovery when I get back.

For years, I’ve resisted the sort of vacation I’ve been on – cruising in the [...]

That funny, slightly irascible and very informed guru of
ebooks, Jim Edwards, had a lot to say at The Big Seminar on how to max your
profits when you create an ebook. His formula was one I hadn’t considered
before.
 
Basically, it’s simply an expansion of that tested recipe,
the product funnel. (Product funnels are your range of products on [...]

Google AdSense has been a vague pair of words in the back of my head for some time now … kind of like ‘lasic eye surgery’ and ‘bungee jumping’. Things I sort of know about but aren’t too likely to try.

Until now.

What happened was that I got my eyes opened by a few [...]

OK, I’m joining the chorus on this day of thanks. I do, indeed, have a lot to be grateful for. I won’t bore you with the long list – just the short will do:

My awesome family – Larry, Luke and Teal

The ability to earn a great living deep in the country, by magnificent Lake Champlain
The [...]

This post is coming courtesy of that Booth den-mother to all us, Sylva LeDuc, who taught me most of what I know about proper booth-maintenance. We call Sylva’s gift ‘Booth Fung Shui.’ And a nod to my booth-sister, Linda Puig of Claire Communications, who’s been there many times.

No matter how small the booth, invite people [...]

OK, so I’m someone who has to celebrate her birthday for at least a week. Seriously, I wouldn’t mind it at all if someone brought out a small marching band.
So I was perfectly delighted by all the following delights, surprises and tributes. First of all, I was literally moved to tears by Andrea Lee’s thoughtful [...]

So this year marked my fourth stab as a conference vendor. Mind you, I did this despite personally warning David Wood and anyone else who would listen NEVER to get a booth unless you’re speaking. (That’s the only time I ever made any real money as a vendor.)

At least, that’s what my experience had proven [...]

Here’s a networking move I don’t really recommend. Get yourself totally undone physically and emotionally by living in your booth 24-7, for three days straight at the ICF conference. Dash out in a low traffic moment for the ladies room.
Whirl into the men’s room by accident, instead.
Stop only when you realize you are not alone [...]

So when last I blogged about the Big Seminar, I found myself in the middle of the night contemplating Stephanie Frank’s pitch. That was only because I hadn’t yet found myself at the hands of the masters.
Alex Mandossian, Rich Schefren, Dave Lakhani … yikes! I was milquetoast in their hands. At any rate, I [...]

I’m back from California where I attended two conferences … and boy, am I swimming in ideas. So I thought I’d dedicate my blogging for the next week or so to many of the things I’ve learned – some curiously dark, others magnificently bright!

First of all, I just want to acknowledge how RIGHT it feels [...]