Got book? A lot of folks who read my newsletters have this big idea for a self help (or other) book that would seriously help them get their work, and name, out there.
But somehow that old book just doesn’t get written. Know what I mean?
To that end I’ve just launched not one, but two new [...]

So … have you got a book burning in your soul? Did you know there’s a right time and a wrong time to get busy writing it? And that your ability to publish that book TOTALLY depends on whether you have the right pieces in place?
I’d like to tell you all about it myself in [...]

Reader Angela Wills had this to contribute on her experience getting listed on Technorati.
“I just recently got my blogs listed on Technorati and it wasn’t nearly as complicated as it all sounded when anyone tried to explain it to me!
Here is what I did:
1. Go to http://www.technorati.com and sign up for an account.
2. Followed [...]

Question: How do you get more people to comment on your posts? Write more provocative posts, of course. Or … if you are like the folks at Click Comments … add more mechanical bells and whistles that may or may not prompt them to do so.
Since you’re reading this blog, you may notice a format [...]

In keeping with our current release of our Self Help Author’s Crash Course and my newest product, Platform in a Box … Here’s a continuation of the tips that will help you unstuck your book and get moving again.
I find these to be common reasons why we don’t get on with that darned book!
(FYI, I’ve [...]

In the ten years that I’ve taught people how to get on with their books and get known in the world, I’ve noticed a phenomenon that I’ll call “Author’s Block.” Would-be writers can, indeed, sit down and work when pressed to it. The problem is that they’re not so sure they want the pressure of [...]

And yet … another blog promo-networking site that shares content across the blogosphere. This one, called Postreach, invites you to join topic specific groups based on the personal invitation of a member. I personally like that filter, myself. That’s the one thing lacking, of course, in much automated blog-sharing.
Postreach’s auto-email to you, unpon invitation, [...]

Check out this contribution from reader Andrew Olson, about his new business, BusinessGears.com –
“… Basically the idea is that it allows bloggers from around the business blogosphere to contribute content from their blog, have that content edited & approved by our team and then be featured on the site. My company has used the [...]

Heads up to any life coaches or therapists out there who might be attending the International Coach Federation’s annual International Conference. I’ll be doing a four hour workshop on platform building at the Pre-Conference day on October 31. Title: CNN Called: How to Create Your Business So the Media and Major Publishers Call YOU. ICF [...]

As my next session of the Extraordinary Business Builder’s Club approaches, I’m busy building my stable of blog designers to refer folks to.
Pam Slim – my star pupil and sometimes partner in this endeavor – has kindly provided Typepad’s list of preferred blog designers in the US
http://thehughpage.com/Blog_Designers#USA
Anybody have a blog designer or coder to share [...]