February 25, 2017 4:39 pm / 2 Comments on 3 Payment Tools That Will Help You Manage Your Freelance Business
Fahim Ahsan
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Have you ever lost payment information from a client or contractor? Did it ever happen that the process of payments received or sent took days or weeks instead of hours?
You’re not the only one. The US freelance union UU. Reports that 50% of freelancers have had difficulty receiving payments, so it follows that this is a frequent phenomenon. Regardless of the possibility of losing the payment details of one of your clients, you may also have received late payments, which is truly frustrating.
http://www.onlinelivingblog.com/2017/02/3-payment-tools-to-help-your-freelance-business.html
February 24, 2017 9:49 am / 2 Comments on 17 MORE Things Indie Authors can Share on Social Media in 2017
4 Author Marketing Experts, Inc. / by Penny Sansevieri
/ 2 days ago
Last week, we shared 17 things indie authors can share on social media in 2017. And, as you can guess, we brainstormed way more than just 17 things you can share to kick off your 2017 book marketing with a bang
https://www.amarketingexpert.com/indie-authors-social-media-2017/
February 23, 2017 4:50 am / 1 Comment on .@Wattpad Launches Chat-Style Reading App #Tap
Wattpad is jumping on the short-short fiction wagon with the launch of a new app, Tap.
Tap is a reading app in the style of Amazon Rapids or Hooked. It serves up chat-style stories which are the current fad in digital publishing.
According to TechCrunch:
With Tap, Wattpad is stepping away from the traditional storytelling format to experiment with a unique style of entertainment
http://the-digital-reader.com/2017/02/22/wattpad-launches-chat-style-reading-app-tap/
February 22, 2017 12:05 pm / 1 Comment on Guest blogging audiences novelists don’t know about #h2e
Guest blogging is one of my favorite book promotion tactics because it lets authors reach more of the right readers.
Problem is, many novelists don’t write guest posts. What’s more, those who are guest bloggers usually write only for their friends’ blogs or for bloggers who write about books in the author’s genre.
And that’s all good.
But you know what’s even better?
Adding topic specific blogs to your list of potential guest blog sites
https://buildbookbuzz.com/guest-blogging-audience-novelists/
February 19, 2017 3:19 pm / 2 Comments on APA Launches 3rd Annual Audiobook Blogger of the Year Contest
The Audio Publishers Association is holding a new contest to find and promote the best audiobook bloggers.
The APA says that this contest, which has been a resounding success for two consecutive years, has not only helped to expand engaging discussions about audiobooks online, it has also welcomed new reviewers to join in the conversation.
“Book bloggers sit beside librarians on the list of my favorite people on Earth,” says this year’s celebrity judge, Scott Brick. “I love their passion and their originality—there are so many unique approaches they bring to their love of books, and I find reading their posts endlessly fascinating
http://the-digital-reader.com/2017/02/16/apa-launches-3rd-annual-audiobook-blogger-year-contest/
February 15, 2017 11:17 am / 3 Comments on Instagram and Facebook Blog Marketing: Make People Love Your Brand #h2e
1 Blogelina / by Tanya
/ 4 days ago
Facebook and Instagram– the big-shots of social media. Market and schmooze for your blog through these platforms and you’re all set. Instagram is Facebook-owned. The two giants share data to effectively reach the right audiences.
The demographics are huge and the engagement is high. If you play your cards right, you could even rake in organic traffic from Facebook and Instagram without actually paying for the highly targeted ads
http://blogelina.com/instagram-and-facebook-blog-marketing-make-people-love-your-brand/
February 12, 2017 9:25 am / 4 Comments on Good news on library borrowing for authors #h2e
Library borrowing of digital books and audiobooks continues to grow, up 21% in 2016
by TNM Staff / 5 days ago /
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OverDrive report says the most popular eBook title last year was ‘A Murder in Time’ by Julie McElwain, while ‘The Girl on the Train’ by Paula Hawkins was most loaned audiobook
CLEVELAND, Ohio — January 10, 2017 — The trend in digital reading continued its uninterrupted growth in 2016 as a record number of readers turned to their local library and school to enjoy eBooks and audiobooks. According to OverDrive, the leading digital reading platform for libraries and schools, readers borrowed 196 million digital books, an increase of 21 percent over 2015. Of the 678 million visits to library and school websites, readers borrowed more eBooks (+16%) and audiobooks (+34%) from their local and school libraries digital catalog compared to last year.
Read more…
http://www.talkingnewmedia.com/2017/01/10/library-borrowing-of-digital-books-and-audiobooks-continues-to-grow-up-21-in-2016/
February 10, 2017 11:53 am / 1 Comment on 10 Tips To Help You Write More Effective Emails via @Writers_Write #h2e
I write about
emails frequently because business is mostly conducted via email. Telephone calls, meetings, and text messaging are part of the way we communicate, but the bulk of what we say and what we ask happens via our inboxes.
So, it seems like a good idea to write an email etiquette refresher for my first business writing post of 2017.
We write emails to:
- Provide information
- Answer queries
- Ask for information
- Build relationships
- Deliver reports
- Submit proposals
- Make offers
If we communicate clearly and simply, we have a better chance of getting the response we want.
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