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Wednesday Tips May 17
Garden City, NY
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
In This Issue: ================================== v Author101U is this Sunday v Quote of the Week v Quiz of the Week v Show Me About Book Publishing v 7 must-know strategies for EVERY MONTH of your marketing v Rick Recommends v Internet Resources v New Rules of Marketing v Interesting Facts v If you can't make it to New York- watch on line! =============== Happy Wednesday =============== Well you never know! Arnold... how could you do this to us? Every day there is interesting news you can react to and get great publicity! The comedians are having fun with this. Jay Leno last night said: "It took us longer to find Arnold's love child than it did for us to get Bin Laden." If I can't come to New York this weekend- I hope to meet you "on line" You can ask questions live. It will be a lot of fun. Have a great Wednesday! ======================================================= TIP # 1 AUTHOR101UNIVERSITY only a few seats left ====================================================== We only have a few seats left. Let me know if you would like to come. I will Introduce you to the literary agents and publishers who will be speaking. You will also learn how to market your business and get tons of publicity for little or no money. Tom Antion, Craig Duswalt, Scott Hoffman, Dave Magrogan, Carol McManus, Marilyn Horowitz, David Riklan, Peter Hoppenfeld, and others will be there the entire time to help YOU! Remember we have a 100% money back guarantee and you can bring a friend for free. http://www.author101university.com Note: If you can't come to New York you can watch on line and get the video download. http://broadcastontheinternet.net/author101university/index.html ================================= QUOTE OF THE WEEK ================================== "The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do." John Holt ===================== Quiz of the Week- ===================== Who played Pippin in the original broadway show Pippin? The answer is somewhere in this newsletter... ========================================== TIP # 2 SHOW ME ABOUT BOOK PUBLISHING ========================================== Show Me About Book Publishing by Judith Briles, Rick Frishman and John Kremer will celebrate its official book launch TODAY Here?s where to start: http://showmeaboutbookpublishing.com/ For less than $20, get your copy on Amazon.com or BN.com ? in return you get a great book PLUS Judith, Rick and John have put together a package of ?gifts? that are designed specifically for the author valued at $1500+: ? A free cartoon illustration by Shannon Parish of Illustrating You?value $100 ? A free copy of How to Make Real Money Selling Books by Brian Jud plus a half hour consult?value $150 ? A free copy of Dan Poynter?s Secret List of Promotion Contacts?value priceless ? A free copy of Literary, Subsidiary Rights, and Foreign Rights Agents, a mini-guide includes more than 1,425 literary agents, including 325+ agents that sell foreign rights, 400 that have sold a first novel, and another 50 or so that handle subsidiary rights sales from John Kremer? ? A free listen to Peggy McColl interviewing Elle Newmark on how she Secured a 7-Figure Book Deal?priceless ? A free copy of Alex Carroll?s Radio Publicity Manual eBook?value $49 ? Dan Janal and PR Leads are offering a two for one?his service delivers specific media requests that have been customized for the Author throughout the day. Much more higher-profile media than other services. Buy one month, get the second month free. Value $99. ? PLUS ? Judith, Rick and John will draw three lucky winners ? to win one of the three prizes: ? A Book Marketing Magic: How to Sell Your Book Like a Pro multi-media program from John?value $127 ? Book Shepherding consult with Judith?value $500 ? Registration for Author 101 University in New York May 22-23 from Rick?value $497 All you need to do is follow these two steps: 1) Buy your copy at Amazon.com or BN.com at our website line and 2) claim your prizes! Remember?you MUST BUY between May 17th and the 19th http://showmeaboutbookpublishing.com/ ===================================================================== TIP # 3 Seven must-know strategies for EVERY MONTH of your marketing ===================================================================== These are GREAT strategies for creating and marketing your products and programs that you can implement TODAY: https://burchardgroup.infusionsoft.com/go/tpb3/frishmr I've heard a staggering number of people say this is some of the best online training they've ever seen given away. It's from Brendon Burchard's Total Product Blueprint series and it covers STRATEGY: -- 5 secrets for creating HIGH-VALUE content and products -- 7 must-know strategies for EACH MONTH of your marketing -- 10 common online marketing questions answered so you can move ahead NOW If you've ever wondered how to create high-value and lucrative products, then this is a great roadmap at no cost. Be sure to watch it before Brendon takes down the series. https://burchardgroup.infusionsoft.com/go/tpb3/frishmr ================================== TIP # 4 RICK RECOMMENDS ================================= 1- Reporter Connection Want more free publicity by being written-up in top magazines, newspapers and websites? Want to be interviewed on radio/TV shows? If so, this new free service makes it easy: http://www.reporterconnection.com/joinfree/?10065 #2 Don't pay more than $8.95 a yr for a domain name (a URL) Ours is the cheapest place to get URLs. Only $8.95 per year! This will host your web site too! http://www.rickscheapdomains.com #3 Don't spend $1,000's to get your book proposal written by a consultant, let Rick's Book Proposal Wiz web-based software help you for a fraction of the cost! Rick's Book Proposal Wiz is the first automatedweb-based book proposal software. Great for beginners as well as experienced book proposal writers. http://www.ricksbookproposalwiz.com =========================================================================== TIP # 4 "New Rules of Marketing: From the First Date to Happily Ever After" =========================================================================== To learn these strategies, join me and my friend Geoff Zimper from Infusionsoft for an exciting webinar: "New Rules of Marketing: From the First Date to Happily Ever After" Available Immediately Register now! https://crm.infusionsoft.com/go/rickfrishman/rickf/) During the webinar, you'll learn how to: . Make a great first impression (capture more leads) . Land a second date (increase your sales conversion) . Keep the spark alive (improve your customer retention) . And live happily ever after (deeper customer engagement) Register now! https://crm.infusionsoft.com/go/rickfrishman/rickf/) Get a live demo of how this stuff works at http://partners.infusionsoft.com/demolive/rickdemo ========================================= TIP # 5 IS THERE A BOOK IN YOU? ========================================== Think of publishing as the world?s largest shopping mall. The main anchor stores would include Random House, Simon & Schuster, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Harper (without the Collins) and Grand Central. Boutiques would be everywhere?large and small? Source Books, Adams Media, Scholastic and some are hybrids like Morgan James Publishing or small and plain vanilla such as Mile High Press and Open Horizons ... an unbelievable menu to select from. Different sections of the mall feature genres?romance, travel and cookbooks on the north wing; sci-fi, suspense, and fantasy on the east section; self-help and how-to, business, and psychology can be nestled in the west; and the south offers up a plethora of everything else you can imagine including a variety of stores that offer accessories and consulting services to all things publishing. Publishing generates over 25 billion in annual revenues. Why do people publish a book? Why do authors write them? The reasons are numerous. One of the ways to enhance your status as the expert is to write a book. For others, it?s their life?s work. You could have had an epiphany of some sort; experienced an amazing event or feat; you may be bubbling over with ideas for children?s books or the next murder mystery series. Who knows how you got here ... what you do know, is that you have heard the calling. Somewhere, in there, the Publishing Siren beckons to you. The Author. What book is in you? Show Me About: Book Publishing For Judith, it happened one night. After dinner with a well known national columnist and author, he used/took some of her ideas in a column that he published, and was paid for. She was not. Her take away ?aha?: if she didn?t start taking and using her own ideas, others would ... and publish them. Her first book, The Woman?s Guide to Financial Savvy was published by St. Martin?s Press in 1981. That has led to 26 additional books and counting. Her journey has taken her from publishing with the big New York houses, the big agents, to creating her own imprint. For Rick, it was an offshoot of his radio producing days with WOR in New York that led to the establishment of PTA?Planned Television Arts with Michael Levine. Rick became the creative brain behind the many best-selling media strategies for well-known authors like Wayne Dyer, Howard Stern, Arnold Palmer, the Duchess of York, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and The Notebook?s Nicholas Sparks. His first book, Guerrilla Marketing for Writers, was co-written with Jay Conrad Levinson, Michael Larsen and David Hancock. Rick is the first to admit that he?s not a great writer ... but he?s a great partner. His books are all co-written; Show Me About Book Publishing his 12th. For John, it was frustration that brought him to publishing his first book. He was desperately in search of a resource on book printers. There wasn?t one, so he created 101 Ways to Print Your Book in 1986. Today, his book, 1001 Ways to Market Your Book is considered a ?must have? by any author who is serious about selling books. Each of us came to the authoring party from a different route. We heard the Publishing Siren ... and we responded. You, the author?your savvy words, stories or illustrations, your fantasies, your successes in working with specific industries, types of clients?provide case studies that may not include names, but gives someone looking for help hope that there is someone out there that understands their industry, situation and concerns. You?ve heard the Siren. From "SHOW ME ABOUT BOOK PUBLISHING" http://showmeaboutbookpublishing.com/ ===================================== TIP # 6 Internet Resources ===================================== Do you need a book proposal? Don't spend thousands http://www.ricksbookproposalwiz.com Learn how authors get corporate sponsors: http://www.lifesgoldenticket.com/cmd.php?af=685350 Ricks Cheap Domains (and hosting) Web site domains for $8.95 a year. http://www.rickscheapdomains.com Shopping Cart and Mailing List System http://www.rickswebsolution.com Audio Generator http://members.audiogenerator.com/specialinfo.asp?x=551229 Instant Teleseminar http://instantTeleseminar.com/productInfo.asp?x=192140 PlanetLink Website design, Internet, hosting and promotion services. http://www.planetlink.com Publicity Resource- The Publicity Vault http://www.publicityvault.com Traffic Geyser System- Marketing System http://mainstreetmarketingmachines.com/cmd.php?af=697437 Replay of free teleseminar on publishing with Daniel Hall http://www.realfastbook.com/rickkindle.html Live Demo on Infusionsoft marketing software http://partners.infusionsoft.com/demolive/rickdemo Go to the Resource section at http://www.rickfrishman.com for more internet resources. ================== ANSWER TO THE QUIZ ================== John Rubinstein ====================================================== TIP # 7 Come to AUTHOR101U - Virtual Online Broadcast ======================================================= At Author 101 University we're committed to getting you the information that you need to becoming a prominent and successful Author. We also know that many of you are too busy to travel, or maybe you just hate those airplane scanners!So we've made it easy for you to gain the critical access to insider publishing and marketing experts via the exciting new technology of high quality "just like being there", Live Online Internet Broadcasting. We are excited to announce that we are bringing you a Live Virtual Online Video Broadcast of Author 101 University NYC. Participate Online with us, with your 2 DAY ALL ACCESS PASS to these "insider experts", and learn the critical steps,tools and techniques to becoming a recognized and profitable author. We hope to "see" you at this exciting new Live Online Virtual Broadcast of Author 101 University NYC on May 22 & 23, 2011. Get your Online Access here. http://broadcastontheinternet.net/author101university/index.html ================================== TIP # 8 Interesting stuff- ================================== American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower', because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters. The proper term for upper case letters is "majuscule" and for lower case it's "minuscule". The printing industry gives us other popular phrases, such as "mind your 'p's and 'q's." The moveable block type had the letters in reverse so they would read correctly when imprinted on paper. Apprentices had to remove the type from the pages and return the blocks to their upper and lower cases. Each drawer in the case held a different size of letters, and each drawer was divided into compartments (called sorts) for each letter. The letters 'p' and 'q' could easily be mistaken, so the master printer would advise their apprentices to mind their 'p's and 'q's. When the master printer was building a page and discovered that a particular sort was empty, he would get angry. Thus the term "out of sorts". The question mark came from a monk habit of writing the Latin word for question, quo, at the end of sentences. Over time, the letters were ---written vertically to save space and morphed into the ? we write today. Similarly, the exclamation point came from the Latin word "Lo", meaning something important that should be heeded. (Lo and behold...) ========================== PERMISSION TO REPRINT: ========================== You may reprint any items from "Rick's Wednesday's Tips" in your own print or electronic newsletter. But please include the following paragraph: Reprinted from "Rick Frishman's Wednesday Tips" Subscribe at http://www.rickfrishman.com and receive Rick's "Million Dollar Rolodex" If you like my newsletter, please pass it on to your friends, clients and colleagues. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: I'm a compensated affiliate for some of the programs I tell you about. I only tell you about people and programs I have checked out and believe in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let me know how I can help you. Feel free to e-mail me with comments and questions. Rick Rick Frishman
Morgan James Publishing
Garden City, NY
516-620-2528
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