February 26, 2010

From Moment To Moment and The Anvil Of Life

Hi People,
I would like to promote my books which may be purchased at www.publishamerica.com
Authors Name: Martin Shane
ISBN 97814489-9332-1

I have posted a few of my pieces on SWI

Thanks,
Martin

January 30, 2010

Night Reading - Day 1 report

With huge thanks to Bob Grant of SWI for publicising our new venture to help writers find their audiences, and vice-versa, here is our report on the first day.

Bruce Essar and I (both SWI contributors) took the concept of Night Reading from conception to execution in a few hours, and the first day has proven [...]

December 4, 2009

Please support Bob Ellal

I don’t know if you know Authonomy. If you are a writer you should. It is an excellent place for showcasing whole or part books in the same way that SWI is a superb place for blogging.

The trick with Authonomy (which is HarperCollins) is to load at least 10,000 words of your book onto their system. [...]

November 29, 2009

You

You saw me as a baby helpless in my mother’s womb

You watched as she murdered me, my life was quickly doomed

You saw me as a child helplessly shaken by my father

You walked away, how could you? You were my mother

You watched as my father abused me

You didn’t do anything, [...]

November 12, 2009

Electronic publishing

—-(This is a re-post of my column today.  Thought you guys might like to see it.  the actual blog post is here)—-

I just got an email from the New York Times; along with my weekly subscription, I get a “free” electronic edition. Even though I only get the Sunday paper (which comes on Sunday [...]

November 4, 2009

How Not To Make Online Marketing Blunders

Have you been wondering how not to make marketing blunders when it comes to your website and [...]

October 28, 2009

One Powerful Strategy on How to Market Yourself

Have you been wondering how to market yourself? How about how to market a business? I discovered there’s a way to help market yourself that many people seem to [...]

October 14, 2009

Can Customer Feedback Increase Your Sales?

What are your customers saying about your products or services? Are you sharing your customer testimonials with your future customers and [...]

October 7, 2009

Curing Depression

Carl Jung

Now here is another brain teaser for your therapist, or should I say mind teaser, the notion of curing someone with depression. Sadly, this is one of the most common causes of problems in marriages, and while we look for help from the professionals they take advantage of that vulnerability with a platform [...]

September 23, 2009

How To Create An Internet Presence In 10 Minutes

Today any and everyone can create a web presence online overnight. Yes! You can
have a web presence overnight. However the key is this, doing it [...]

September 18, 2009

Curing Alcoholism

Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage

If you would like to get your therapist’s head spinning ask him or her what it means to be cured and watch as your therapist struggles to answer that question.  The unfortunate reality is the psychology industry, with its biological foundation, has not yet defined what it means [...]

September 3, 2009

How Many Books to Order Up

When you are ready to publish your book, how many copies should you order? The numbers may surprise [...]

August 25, 2009

Radio Interview(Arizona)

I’m just letting parent with children as young as five to listen to my radio interview on the Author Show. Will be posted for the time Monday Aug. 31st.

http://www.theauthorsshow.com/

Also set up a story telling event on Sept/22nd for third and forth graders.

I was wondering on just how people would read this? Have a great year [...]

August 21, 2009

He Was A Humble Man–true Health Care Reform

By the time she arrived he had seen, diagnosed, and treated at least ten patients sometimes forgetting to charge them. Francie arrived to find her work cut out for her for the day. They worked all day sometimes without a break until dark, or until the last patient was seen whichever came [...]

August 19, 2009

11 Ways You’re Shooting Yourself and Your Business in the Foot

Today, I’m sharing with you symptoms that are harming to many entrepreneurs, authors and small [...]

July 16, 2009

5 Ways To Increase Your Website Traffic

Have you screamed, “I need traffic to my website!”? With over 500 million Google searches taking place daily: How do you get traffic to your [...]

July 5, 2009

Should I Write My Life Story?

Nearly 81 percent of people say they have a book inside them. It’s in their hearts, minds, and soul; but unfortunately, it never seems to develop in pen. Most of these people feel their life story or an event in their life is worthy of becoming a book—and they may [...]

July 1, 2009

5 Ways To Improve Sales Through Your Website

Almost everyone who has been marketing online knows that the lifeblood of book marketing and internet marketing is the traffic of a site. More visitors equal more [...]

June 10, 2009

How A Free eBook Can Be Your Viral Book Marketing Salesman

E-books are the future and the future is now. Have you been wondering how to write an ebook or how to make an [...]

May 29, 2009

Book Excerpt: Do We Develop or Not?

 

 

Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage

We know from Darwin’s theory of evolution that the notion of development elicits controversy from many intellectual corners.  If we think about the notion of development through to its conclusion then many established organizations lose their grip on us as individuals.  This question becomes extremely important in relationships. [...]

May 20, 2009

4 Reasons Why Writing Articles Is An Affordable Book Marketing Method

Content is king. You can say that again. That is why writing articles is one of the most utilized Internet marketing medium today. Internet surfers just can’t get enough of information on various topics and subjects. Providing information through these articles is a surefire way to drive traffic to almost any [...]

May 11, 2009

Non-Fiction Writing—Avoiding the I, Oh and You

When new authors write non-fiction, they will often base their subject matter on personal experiences. One mistake commonly made, is the over use of the word “I” in the beginning of sentences. “I know this because I’ve been there, done that.” Or, “I did it this, or that way.” Over [...]

May 9, 2009

Between Enthusiasm and Money–Interview with Rex Pickett Author of Sideways

In a time when Kirstie Alley is on the cover of People Magazine for gaining eighty seven pounds. Elizabeth Edwards rules the airwaves with a book that promises to dish dirt on her husbands affair and possible love child–do we care about the novelist who puts it all on the line?We better. It’s our only [...]

May 8, 2009

Relationships Advice: Transference Causes Divorce

 

 

 

Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage

Here is the most significant point made in the entire book, transference causes divorce.  This one single point can probably do more than any other to motivate couples to learn how to move their relationships in the right direction.  And for the first time ever on a public [...]

April 29, 2009

Book Excerpt: Are We Biological Beasts or Psychological Beings?

 

 

 

Tim Kellis, Author of "Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage"

I want to pose to you one of the most significant questions needed to understand before we are going to solve our marriage problem.  Are we biological beasts or psychological beings?  Unfortunately the belief within the mainstream teachings of the psychology industry is that [...]

April 21, 2009

Book Marketing in Social Networks, Right!

Book marketing in social networks can help or damage your results. It’s about providing value rather than selfishly book marketing and book [...]

April 1, 2009

Blog Tour on Relationships with Relationship Expert Tim Kellis

 

 

Tim Kellis, author of "Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage"

Hello

The month of April is upon us and I would like to invite you for a Blog Tour I will be doing this month, and next. The focus on the tour will be relationships, and the discussion is sure to be lively. 

I want to [...]

March 28, 2009

Interview at gunpoint with J.A. Konrath aka Jack Kilborn: be AFRAID

JA Konrath & Jack Kilborn Cornered By Rob Walker (an interview and a reunion)

Today I want to welcome to Speak Without Interruption the indomitable JA Konrath, author of the bestselling Jackie Daniels series begun with Whiskey Sour and Bloody Mary and Rusty Nail and Fuzzy Navel. We discuss pen names here at this our humble [...]

March 25, 2009

8 Free Book Marketing Website Promotion Techniques

Can you use free book marketing website promotion? Is that even [...]

March 23, 2009

Book Review by Bettie Corbin Tucker from Independent Book Reviewers

Hello.  
I wanted to share with you a recent book review by Bettie Corbin Tucker from Independent Book Reviewers.  To view the review online please visit the following link:

“Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage” Book Review

 

If you would like to pick up a copy of the book you can get it for a 20% [...]

March 20, 2009

Preflight

  

                                                         Preflight

My father is a traveling salesman, that peculiar brand of Willy Loman
that actually loves the natural flight of American selling. When I was
a boy, I thought of him as a man who appeared on Fridays when we
had a steak and ice cream for dessert. After dinner, my father would
watch whatever football game was [...]

March 11, 2009

(Part II) Three Steps On How To Sell Fiction Online With Keywords

When it comes to learning how to market your book online, you want to find people who are ready to act or make a purchase, and this requires subtle tinkering of your keywords until your find the most specific and directly targeted phrases to bring the most motivated traffic to your [...]

March 5, 2009

My Inspiration for Writing “Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage”

 

 

Tim Kellis, author of "Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage"

My biggest influence, and the reason I have taken on the challenge of saving marriages, were my parents, who again just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.  And their influence wasn’t because of anything they ever said to me, but what they did, [...]

March 4, 2009

(Part I) Three Steps On How To Sell Fiction Online With Keywords

Your keywords serve as the foundation of your online book marketing strategy. If they are not chosen with great precision, no matter how aggressive your book marketing campaign may be, the right people may never get the chance to find out about [...]

February 26, 2009

Viral Book Marketing Online, What Works & What Doesn’t

A true viral book marketing campaign gets forwarded because consumers are compelled to do so by the glory of the content, not because you bribed them with a free gift or something [...]

February 22, 2009

Should I Copyright My Work?

One of the most commonly asked questions of new authors is “Should I copyright my work?” Authors are concerned their work might be stolen by some smuck (sorry, couldn’t think of a better descriptive word) who reprints their work and claims authorship for it. Well, the truth is, it could be. But whether filing a legal copyright will make a difference; that’s [...]

February 10, 2009

How To Sell Your Own Self-Published Books

How is it possible to sell your own self-published book with 692.3 million books reported by Nielson BookScan as being sold in 2007? This is a 5% increase from the previous [...]