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  • 3:10 To Yumi - A Presidential Perspective on Good Writing  By : Carol Palmatier
    Looking to improve your writing? Look no further than the current political landscape. This article takes a close look at the words used by the three leading candidates. A little math reveals some striking information that you can incorporate into your own writing.
  • 6 Tips for Writing Highly Effective Business Letters  By : Staci Benedict
    Business communication skills are crucial when trying to build a quality professional image. Perfecting your ability to properly compose professional business letters will help improve every aspect of your written communication so that your readers clearly comprehend the topic you're trying to communicate.
  • A Writing Career: Newspaper Vs Magazine Work  By : Victor Epand
    This article talks about the difference between a newspaper writing career and a magazine writing career.
  • Bestsellers and Book Sales Expectations  By : Gail Richards
    Most new authors have no idea how book sales happen or what numbers to expect. A typical successful book from a major publisher sells between 20,000 and 40,000 copies. Healthy book sales from a smaller publisher may number at least 5,000 copies, whereas a self-published book may be considered promising if it sells as few as 1,000 copies to a wide audience.
  • Book Proposals – Strategies to Get Yours to the Top of the Stack  By : Gail Richards
    If you decide a traditional publisher is right for you, then you will need to create a world-class book proposal. The book proposal is a business plan for your book. You are attempting to convince a publisher of two things: that this is an idea on a topic that will sell and that you have the credibility and marketing connections to make the sales happen.
  • Chairman of the Bored...It's Your Choice  By : Ricky Nowak
    If you’ve noticed people not only looking at their watches but shaking them during one of your meetings it’s time to consider the following strategies to wake up and engage the hearts and minds of your staff and family members! There is no compromise on professionalism when delivering information in a meeting these days. Expectations of content, accuracy and accountability are high and people demand to be enlightened and informed – rightly so.
  • Drama Gets Attention  By : Giles Patrickson
    This article shows the importance of drama to any type of advertising.
  • How to Break In and Succeed as a Screenwriter  By : Brian Konradt
    Screenwriting is a competitive trade. To distinguish yourself as a prize-winning writer you need to master organizational skills, take creative risks, and learn how best to present your final product.
  • How to Hire Ghost Writers and Succeed in Keyword Ranking  By : Darren Dunner
    Recently there has been a major change taking place not only in Google but in all the search engines. The search engines have 2 goals for their users. To filter out junk web sites from natural search results, and to make money on paid advertisements which are also know as sponsored links.
  • How Well Will You Score In This Short Grammar Quiz?  By : Helen Wilkie
    Grammatical errors can do terrible things to your professional credibility. See how many of these common mistakes you can correct.
  • Ideas On Starting A Magazine  By : Victor Epand
    This article gives you some idea of how to start and magazine and what you are going to need.
  • Internet Authors are Market Traders  By : Mike Scantlebury
    Internet Authors set up scruffy and unprofessional web sites to display their wares. What does that remind you of? Why - the market stalls that clutter the pavements of downtown areas in cities all over the world. Maybe this 'new wave' doesn't need the plush offices of Traditional Publishers. Maybe they scorn the fripperies of clubs, lunches and award ceremonies. The question is - are the books any good?
  • Keep It Simple and Keep It Brief. You Will Reach Your Audience  By : Bob Carper
    Effective writing and speaking are essential for you to succeed in today's market If you write like a stupid fool, your customers will surely believe you, and will go elsewhere. Publish or perish!
  • Learn to Effectively Proofread  By : Jerry Cahill
    Proofreading is too often taken for granted. Proofreading is one of the most important professional skills needed by many professions.
  • Making a Living by Writing Stories  By : Brian Stewart
    Simply write. It's really the only way to begin. Start with your morning routine. Did you get out of bed and run for the bathroom, then get dressed and eat? What happened after that? Did you see anyone? What did you discuss with them? Think about how things happened and describe that in your writing.
  • MS Powerpoint with guaranteed positive results  By : Vincent Stevenson
    How to get the best audience experience from your use of MS Powerpont. Incorrect use of Powerpoint gives public speaking and effective communication skills a bad name. How many times have you sat through an endless slide show?
  • New words = better web copy  By : Cicely K. Leblanc
    You have your keyword report that says which search phrases searchers are looking for when they search for your site and your product line, but you might want some stimulation to insert flavor and improve conversion. I have collected some words that I wish will inspire you.
  • Only So Much Time in the Day  By : Julie Gray
    Helpful hints for aspiring screenwriters.
  • Return On Investment of a Non-Fiction Book to the Author  By : Gail Richards
    A soft cover book, perhaps 6” x 9” or other industry standard size for a trade paperback would be priced retail anywhere from $12 to $30 for consumer distribution, up to $50 for a professional book, and even higher for a textbook. An add-on CD might be $20, and a book plus CD package might sell for $40 minimum.
  • Sell more with new expressions  By : Cicely K. Leblanc
    You have your keyword list that tells which search phrases searchers are searching for when they search for your web site and your product line, however you might need some stimulation to insert flavor and improve conversion. I have collected some words that I anticipate will inspire you.
  • Specialist versus Generalist: Which Writing Strategy Will Give Your Writing Career the Edge?  By : Jo Ann LeQuang
    Professional writers can specialize in a narrow field of expertise or they can be generalists, writing about anything and everything. While most writers like to be generalists and think it offers better opportunities, the fact is that it is the specialist writer who stands the better chance of succeeding as a professional writer.
  • Ten Things Rookie Authors Do To Mess Up Their Non-Fiction Book Success  By : Gail Richards
    First time authors just don’t know what they don’t know. Learn and be better prepared to maximize your potential for book sales and publishing success. Here are the top ten things we find that are most likely to sabotage that first book effort:
  • The 7 Levels of Publishing, Part One  By : Mike Scantlebury
    Why would any struggling author want to risk the ritual humiliation of submitting their works to Traditional Publishers when there is a new modern alternative? Mike Scantlebury starts to lay out the 7 Levels of achievement if publishing in a challenging and thought provoking way.
  • The Inner Workings of Magazine Publishing  By : Victor Epand
    This article talks about the protocol that is used for making a magazine.
  • The Secret “Why” For Writing  By : Gary Crow
    When to write? Where to write? What to write? How to write? These four simple questions hint at profound mysteries and hidden wisdom, secrets known only by the literary elite, the potential for sudden insight and heretofore elusive discoveries. This article opens the door to that secret place, invites you to share in the mystic wisdom. Okay, maybe not; but it does tell you a couple of things you really need to know.
  • Tips to Keep that Business Client for Your Freelance Writing Business  By : Jo Ann LeQuang
    Freelance writers who manage to land that elusive (but lucrative) business client often lose the work because of their own faux-pas. Business people and writers may live at different ends of the spectrum, but a smart writer can keep the gig by learning how to take good care of the business client.
  • Use Communication Techniques To Persuade People To Your Way Of Thinking  By : Fact Publisher
    Understand what you can do in your communication with others in order to get them to see your way of thinking and persuade them to see things your way.
  • Ways Of Breaking Into Publishing  By : Victor Epand
    This article talks about ways you might go about getting into publishing for a magazine.
  • What Do You Know About Copyrights?  By : lar
    Copyright laws are very important to understand whether you are a writer, a professional or a student. Anyone found violating copyright laws or infringing on another’s work is subject to penalty.
  • Writers With a Website Earn More Money  By : Kerry Finch
    Having their own websites provides writers with a greater number of opportunities to showcase their work - and to attract the attention of publishers.
  • Writing An Effective Press Release  By : Guna Seelan
    Press release writing requires a completely different approach from writing in other formats. Aside from the technical differences in formatting a press release, there are also stylistic matters to take into consideration before launching in to writing your release.

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