December is the darkest time of the year in the northern hemisphere. If you’re in the southern hemisphere, go ahead and pour yourself another iced tea, relax in your lounge chair, and enjoy these long, sunny days. Whichever hemisphere you live in, the New Year
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In order to stand out and be heard in this unbelievably noisy world, sound bites can be your best friend. Authors ask me all the time how I manage to come up with them, so I thought this would be a good subject this week.
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Before we get into the meat of today’s Savvy Sunday News, I want to make sure you saw last week’s edition, New Rules for Interviews. It included a lot of actionable tips for doing interviews with television programs from your home or office. It generated
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Let’s talk media interviews and technology this week. There once was a day when almost all broadcast interviews had to be in-person and in-studio. With advances in technology, particularly regarding the improvement of audio and video reception, other options are available that are actually becoming
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When you’re ready to cook a fine dinner, you don’t just walk into the kitchen, throw a bunch of ingredients together and hope for the best. Or maybe you do at times (I certainly have), but let’s suppose in this case you have company coming
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In last week’s Savvy Sunday News, I mentioned Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, creators of the Chicken Soup for the Soul brand and series of books.I shared their formula, or mantra, about doing five things every day to publicize and market your book. It’s a good,
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Lots of people know about flow state, particularly after Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book called Flow was published in 1990. If you have ever felt completely immersed in an activity, you might have been experiencing a mental state that psychologists refer to as flow. It’s a wonderful feeling during which
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Some years ago as it became clear that as media platforms were transforming into multimedia platforms, authors had to transform as well. It isn’t enough for authors to pitch to media great ideas about a book or to share their tips and information with an
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As we discussed in an earlier post called Happy Book-Planning Strategy Season, starting your holiday book marketing and publicity plans early is essential. There is a reason HSN (Home Shopping Network) and QVC (Quality, Value and Convenience) begin the holiday onslaught right after Labor Day. It’s
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Last week we delved into camera etiquette and why it’s important to embrace it. If you missed that one, you can catch it here. Now, we’ll go beyond the camera to talk about presentations in general. More and more authors are giving virtual and on-the-ground presentations,
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