Are you having trouble with the nuts and bolts of digital self publishing? For those of you waiting for the phenomenon to go away, better pull up a chair. It’s going to be a while. Remember when digital rights were a throwaway in the traditional publishing contract? Not any more. We’re well on our way…
DetailsThere’s a good chance your public speaking presentation is going to contain a punch line or two. If not, you might want to consider revamping, because the device is critical. A perfectly delivered punch line serves a variety of functions. It helps you connect with the audience, emphasizes a point, and maybe, just maybe, provides…
DetailsHopefully your plan is to make enough of a splash with your speaking career that someone will eventually want to interview you. Best case scenario – a lot of someones’ will want to talk to you and spread the word of your existence far and wide. But there’s an art and science to giving a…
DetailsYou might be freelance speaker and publisher but that doesn’t mean you never have to send out a professional email, right? In fact, most of us can’t get through a day without firing off a missive or two to at least a few clients, potential clients, or professional acquaintances. But have you seen some of…
DetailsThere’s nothing at all wrong with taking a public speaking gig at a banquet or luncheon. In fact, you could turn this circuit into your bread and butter if you’ve got the chops, but keep in mind that your presentation is not likely to be the main course, at least to a certain percentage of…
DetailsExactly what does it mean to become a consultant and, even more importantly, how can you become filthy rich by doing it? The process of becoming a successful consultant comes down to how well you can leverage your reputation as an expert and leader in your industry into paying clients. Since the odds of success…
DetailsBritish author, J.K. Rowling, who has sold approximately seven kajillion books with her Harry Potter series, has turned the self publishing world on it’s ear by going completely solo with the publication of the ebook versions of these insanely popular young adult novels. Let’s step back and take a look at why she decided to…
DetailsSpeaking of Wealth has noticed that word-of-mouth ain’t what it used to be. In fact, it’s better. Telling your friend or neighbor about this great new book you found used to be a laborious process that involved seriously time consuming activities like writing a letter, using a rotary dial phone, or – heavens to Betsy…
DetailsAccording to a recent survey, the only thing that ranks above public speaking fear is having your foot stuck in a meat grinder. Just kidding, but it is true that the fear of speaking to a group always ranks inordinately high in the mind of the average American, driving them to incredible lengths to avoid…
DetailsSomewhere along the way traditional publishers got lazy. They realized it was a relatively easy matter to shove off the drudgery work of wading through piles of unsolicited manuscripts to literary agents. Make them the gatekeepers. Then, when an agent stumbled across a work of some merit, he would bring it to a publisher’s attention…
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