I’m happy to post this mini interview with Glenda Watson Hyatt who is an author with cerebral palsy. Her autobiography’s terrific (I got it for Christmas) and her story’s just as good. Read and enjoy….

Why is it important to you that others benefit from what you have experienced in your life?

By sharing my experiences [...]

I’m inspired! My good buddy, marketing to women expert Yvonne Divita, has turned me on to Blogher – a conference all about blogging, social networking and the latest in marketing to women on this front. It’s in NYC from March 22-23 and I’m going! As these things go, it’s affordable (around $600 if your register [...]

On February 13, 1PM Eastern, I’ll be speaking on ‘What You Need to Attract Publicity & Publishers – The Inside Scoop’ for the National Association of Women Writers (NAWW)’s 2007 Writer’s Telesummit. If you’ve got a book up your sleeve … or even if it’s a faint glimmer in your eye … I think this [...]

Want some sobering news if you’re a life coach? Here are the grim facts about the coaching business, courtesy of a survey conducted by Milana Leshinsky …
Take any hundred coaches at the start of their businesses,follow them for 2 years, and here’s what you’ll find:
- Only 9 will be making six figures- 11 will be [...]

You know, I’ve seen this coming for a long time. There’s something about platform building and creating a successful online business that begs support. For some years now, I’ve been selling an ‘ultimate’ guide to platform-building (which is creating a following and a place to stand in the market.) And somehow, somewhere ang the line, [...]

Here’s what the pundits recommend when it comes to online calendars. Marketing VA, Carol Deckert recommends the calendar in MS Outlook (Office 2003/Business Contact Manager). She notes: ‘You cannot share a calendar without an add-on, however, my client and I are using ShareO (a $34.95 per site program) and are able to update and share [...]

The Brazen Careerist, aka Boston Globe columnist Penelope Trunk, has fine advice for how to get your blog and yourself mentioned in print. Thought I’d summarize here … but do read the full post. It’s much more complete and legitimately great stuff.
Reminder: A Columbia Journalism School study found that a full 79% of all mainstream [...]

Book marketing expert John Kremer is publishing a daily “Kremer 100 PR” newsletter featuring key media contacts—editors, book reviewers, radio and TV producers, magazines, newspapers, syndicated columnists, etc.
These valuable contacts come packaged in a newsletter direct to your desktop for a mere $30 a year – it goes up to $52 on January 16. [...]

In keeping with the ‘Tag, You’re It!’ game Sherman Hu invited me to play over at his excellent blog, here are 5 things you probably don’t know about me. (Man, I hated games like this as a kid … see below.) BUT, this is a good idea. Thanks, Sherman.
1. I was the class cry-baby in [...]

Joan Stewart, the Publicity Hound, ran an interesting piece in her blog over the holidays about how reporters glean story ideas from Craigslist, the classified ad site. She sites the story of Katy Leakey, an artist who lives in Africa.
Joan writes: “Katy is the designer of the Leakey Collection, a colorful and versatile line [...]