To the public speaker who wants to build his career without using the Internet – good luck. The World Wide Web is here and it”s here to stay. To ignore its presence is tantamount to embracing an unrecognized and slow-growing career, with much time spent watching the phone not ring and sorting through the daily…
DetailsAt least as much as any other industry and perhaps more than most, publishing in the future, like tomorrow, should take a completely different path, thanks to the revolutionary changes wrought by the Internet. We see a day-by-day slippage in the grasp traditional publishing houses in New York formerly enjoyed over the control of printed…
DetailsWhile the words might trip lightly from your tongue in an ceaseless flow of fascinating verbiage, chances are that any speaker, consultant, or publisher is going to have to do some writing one day and, when they do, wouldn't it be nice to avoid some of the writing errors that brand us as amateurs? Here…
DetailsWhile developing the fine art and skill of negotiation is a necessary skill for success in life in general, as a consultant there’s a good chance your negotiation training skills could be the difference maker in your career. After all, what is negotiation except the ability to for two parties to find mutually agreeable terms…
DetailsThe most difficult part about a writing career is the necessity of actually applying your rear end to a chair, putting your fingers on the keyboard, and doing the deed of creating sentences from scratch working with a mere 26 letters. While it sounds ever so cool and nifty to claim you’re a writer, unless…
DetailsPublic speaking is consistently rated as one of the most stress-inducing activities on the planet, if one is to believe various sources. At Speaking of Wealth, we’d like to think that the process of preparing and delivering remarks to a group of people doesn’t have to be stressful, even though there is no denying it…
DetailsCompanies want to hire the most adept, technically competent consultant their industry has ever seen. True statement? While technical competence is always welcomed, it seems to us at Speaking of Wealth that sometimes delivering a superior warm, fuzzy feeling trumps everything else. The cold, hard reality of life is that behind every company is a…
DetailsWe can’t hide the fact that we’re still enamored with the possibilities inherent in the publishing model slowly unfolding in the world today. Or perhaps slowly isn’t the word. The rapid assimilation of devices like the Amazon’s ebook reader Kindle and Apple’s wunderkind iPad are finally proving out what techno-pundits have pondered for years –…
DetailsSubscription websites are all the rage today with publishers of all sizes tossing their hat into the ring but what’s the use of building it if nobody comes? A subscription website is a simple concept and simply an online version of the real world magazine, newspaper, or newsletter publishing model – subscribers pay a recurring…
DetailsMaybe a publishing coach can do absolutely nothing in the world for you. Or maybe they could be the difference between dreaming about a book and actually writing it for the rest of the world to read. In general, a publishing coach helps prospective authors write, publish, and promote their books. Allegedly they have some…
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