Month: January 2013

Attitudes, Entrepreneurship, There Is Always A Better WayLeave a comment

Just identify your CORE talents and Double Your Productivity

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I really think that productivity is a subject which can and should be more developed for most of us. And sometimes – I am guilty for this one of the biggest block is our own set of emotions. “From an energy perspective, negative emotions are costly and inefficient. Much like a gas-guzzling car, they draw down our energy stores at a rapid rate. For leaders and managers, negative emotions are doubly insidious, because they are so infectious. If we are prompting fear, anger and defensiveness in others, we progressively undermine their ability to perform.” – Tony Schwartz, The Power Of … Continue reading Just identify your CORE talents and Double Your Productivity

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9 Daily Habits That Will Make You Happier

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I just opened another newsletter from the series Laptop Millionaire by Mark Anastasi and I found an interesting article worth sharing. Its content is an ingredient for daily growth. Thank you, Mark!   9 Daily Habits That Will Make You Happier By Geoffrey James “These minor changes in your daily routine will make a major difference in your life and career: 1. Start each day with expectation. Make your first thought: “something wonderful is going to happen today.” 2. Take time to plan and prioritize. Pick one thing that, if you get it done today, will move you closer to … Continue reading 9 Daily Habits That Will Make You Happier

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How to get more clicks from your links in the Youtube video description boxes below your videos

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  Youtube is the world’s 2nd search engine and video marketing is one of the most important marketing medium. The generations X nd Y need more photo and video content than text and they are used to learn new things this way. The tips are provided by Rick Hodge, online marketer and one of my JV partners:   #1. It’s important to remember that people have a short attention span. So it’s important to keep videos short if your intention is to get the link below clicked. #2. Point out your link below with annotations, watermark, arrows in the video, … Continue reading How to get more clicks from your links in the Youtube video description boxes below your videos

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The 10 Truths About Book Publishing You Have To Know Before Writing a New Book

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As 2013 started I’ve planned to create and publish more ebooks, courses, other digital stuff and also to enter the music producing scene with one project. Today I’ve discovered in one of the newsletters I follow – The Laptop Millionaire a great to share article about
“The 10 Awful Truths About Book Publishing” written by Steven Piersanti, President of Berrett-Koehler Publishers. I’ve found it inspirational to know the state of market which of course doesn’t mean to stop in any way the creative flow:

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1. The number of books being published in the U.S. has exploded.

“Bowker reports that over one million (1,052,803) books were published in
the U.S. in 2009, which is more than triple the number of books published
four years earlier (2005) in the U.S.

More than two thirds of these books are self-published books, reprints
of public domain works, and other print-on-demand books, which is where
most of the growth in recent years has taken place. In addition, hundreds
of thousands of English-language books are published each year in other
countries.

2. Book industry sales are declining, despite the explosion of books published.

Book sales in the U.S. peaked in 2007 and then fell by nearly five percent
between 2007 and 2009, according to the Association of American
Publishers. Similarly, bookstore sales peaked in 2007 and have fallen since,
according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The major bookstore chains have
been especially hard hit, with a 12 percent sales decline between 2007
and 2009.

3. Average book sales are shockingly small, and falling fast.

Combine the explosion of books published with the declining total sales and
you get shrinking sales of each new title. According to Nielsen BookScan
– which tracks most bookstore, online, and other retail sales of books
(including Amazon.com) – only 282 million books were sold in 2009 in the
U.S. in all adult nonfiction categories combined. The average U.S. nonfiction
book is now selling less than 250 copies per year and less than 3,000 copies
over its lifetime. Continue reading “The 10 Truths About Book Publishing You Have To Know Before Writing a New Book”