The Writer’s Nook

Question:

Hi Cindy

You mention that Elisabeth likes web designing.  Did she use Steve’s DVD’s to teach her web design?  I would like to learn how to make a website, however I have no idea how.  I wanted to find out how comprehensive is Steve’s DVD’s - will I know everything I need to know from just using them.

I would so appreciate your advise of this.

Regards
Susan

Cindy’s Answer:

Hi!

 

Thanks for your email. I am happy to help.

 

Yes, Elisabeth has used Steve’s DVD Set. She loved learning from it. We actually learned from them together. It was a fun course. Steve did a fabulous job on that course. It includes SO much! I am amazed at all he covered. It was very good for her.

 

Of course, Elisabeth was already designing sites before that course. She really has a great gifting with them. Most of what we build together uses Wordpress. It is very, very easy. We found a great course that walks you through each step. Many of the ladies in our classes have used it as well, with very little web experience. They have beautiful sites. We found a great program that they have all used. It is by my friend, Lynette Chandler. It is called the Blogging Starter Set, but don’t let the name fool you. You can use Wordpress to build a traditional looking website or a blog. Plus, the programming is so much better for getting your website to the top of search engines. Here is the link so you can check it out:

 

http://tinyurl.com/2sthhj

 

 

We recommend that you also look into GOT-Hosting. They have Fantastico installed that helps to make setting up and updating Wordpress much easier. You can use it alongside of Lynette’s set and have your site up over the weekend—probably in one evening. Here is a link to get to GOT-Hosting:

 

http://tinyurl.com/3295aj

 

I hope that this helps you. If not, just ask and we will help more!

 

Have a super day!

 

With much love,
Cindy

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Why not tune in today? Here are the details:

Let’s Talk about Blogging with Lynette Chandler

Part Two
http://www.cindysdesktop.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/LynetteInterview2.mp3

Chat Transcripts
http://www.cindysdesktop.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/LynetteText.rtf

Show Notes:

If you are interested in help beginning a blog, my friend Lynette
has the best resource available (and offers CONTINUAL help!). Here
is her link–Blogging Starter Pack:
http://tinyurl.com/2sthhj

I would recommend hosting yourself. I use GOT-Hosting. You can
easily set up a Wordpress Blog at GOT-HOSTING. Sign up here:
http://tinyurl.com/3295aj

Daily Use of our Conference Room:
http://tinyurl.com/yrarvg

Unlimited use of our Conference Room:
http://tinyurl.com/268ord

Lynette’s Blog (GREAT HELP!)
http://tinyurl.com/2c7gnc

Free Blogging Tips by Alice Seba
http://tinyurl.com/yuxz5z

Aweber…
http://tinyurl.com/3aq5me

–> Alice Seba’s Resources

Information Product Sweetie Course
http://tinyurl.com/2bbarb

Internet Marketing Sweetie
http://tinyurl.com/27zshw

Copywriting Sweetie Course
http://tinyurl.com/3ybdok

Affiliate Marketing Sweetie Course
http://tinyurl.com/2pv7cr

Press Release Profits
http://tinyurl.com/34f7cv

Free Email Marketing Tips
http://tinyurl.com/ywtchd

Free Blogging Tips
http://tinyurl.com/yuxz5z

Online Business Action Guide
http://tinyurl.com/36yeyf

Article Marketing Sweetie E-Course
http://tinyurl.com/2qvyko

–> Kelly McCausey’s Resources

Power of a Focused Business
http://tinyurl.com/2hv8b3

Hot Seminar Series
http://tinyurl.com/2mtfem

Easy Article Marketing
http://tinyurl.com/26thb7

Confidence to Act
http://tinyurl.com/23moto

Shoestring Radio by Kelly McCausey
http://tinyurl.com/29lnb6

Want an easy way to build YOUR website? Oh! I have found the fastest and easiest way to build the website of your dreams–this weekend! For real!

Build a website powered by Wordpress! Wordpress is a content management system. You can set it up with a click of a few buttons and get going ASAP! You can even choose from multitudes of great templates to personalize your site to your taste. Best of all, you can even blog right there on your website. Sold? But, have no idea where to begin? Well, I have the PERFECT interview for you! I have interviewed the queen of blogging, Lynette Chandler! Yep, the author of the Blogging Starter Pack (one of my most favorite resources ever!). You would LOVE it!

Why not tune in today? Here are the details:

Let’s Talk about Blogging with Lynette Chandler

Part One
http://www.cindysdesktop.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/LynetteInterview1.mp3

Chat Transcripts
http://www.cindysdesktop.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/LynetteText.rtf

Show Notes:

If you are interested in help beginning a blog, my friend Lynette
has the best resource available (and offers CONTINUAL help!). Here
is her link–Blogging Starter Pack:
http://tinyurl.com/2sthhj

I would recommend hosting yourself. I use GOT-Hosting. You can
easily set up a Wordpress Blog at GOT-HOSTING. Sign up here:
http://tinyurl.com/3295aj

Daily Use of our Conference Room:
http://tinyurl.com/yrarvg

Unlimited use of our Conference Room:
http://tinyurl.com/268ord

Lynette’s Blog (GREAT HELP!)
http://tinyurl.com/2c7gnc

Free Blogging Tips by Alice Seba
http://tinyurl.com/yuxz5z

Aweber…
http://tinyurl.com/3aq5me

–> Alice Seba’s Resources

Information Product Sweetie Course
http://tinyurl.com/2bbarb

Internet Marketing Sweetie
http://tinyurl.com/27zshw

Copywriting Sweetie Course
http://tinyurl.com/3ybdok

Affiliate Marketing Sweetie Course
http://tinyurl.com/2pv7cr

Press Release Profits
http://tinyurl.com/34f7cv

Free Email Marketing Tips
http://tinyurl.com/ywtchd

Free Blogging Tips
http://tinyurl.com/yuxz5z

Online Business Action Guide
http://tinyurl.com/36yeyf

Article Marketing Sweetie E-Course
http://tinyurl.com/2qvyko

–> Kelly McCausey’s Resources

Power of a Focused Business
http://tinyurl.com/2hv8b3

Hot Seminar Series
http://tinyurl.com/2mtfem

Easy Article Marketing
http://tinyurl.com/26thb7

Confidence to Act
http://tinyurl.com/23moto

Shoestring Radio by Kelly McCausey
http://tinyurl.com/29lnb6

In Aesop’s fable of The Hare and the Tortoise, these two animals agree
to a race. Everyone knows that a hare is fast while a tortoise is slow.
However, during the race, the hare decides to take a rest part way
through and falls asleep. As a result the tortoise wins the race.
Aesop’s moral in this story is “slow and steady wins the race.” Aesop
could have written this fable for small publishers. Small publishers
should model their business plan after the tortoise in this tale; slow
and steady.

Large publishing houses publish multiple books each year. Then at the
end of the year, they retire the books that did not meet their sales
expectations and continue to keep the books that sold very well in
circulation. The next year they repeat this process again. The books
that sell well for the large publishing houses become their “backlist”
titles. These are the books that continue to sell year after year.
Many publishing houses make almost half of their profit off of their
backlist titles. Their remaining profits come from their new
“bestsellers.”

When small publishers follow this type of publishing plan, they
inevitably fail. Many small publishers attempt to compete with large
publishing houses and end up giving up too soon on new books when the do
not sell as well they hoped the first year. Large publishing houses
have the financial ability to place substantial marketing dollars behind
every title they produce and to continue to publish multiple titles each
year. Most small publishers do not have the financial wherewithal to
compete with the large publishers.

For most small publishers, time, not money, is on your side. Most of
the titles small publishers produce can be sold year after year as long
as the subject matter is still relevant. Research shows that it
generally takes a minimum of seven to twelve exposures to a new product
before consumers will purchase. As a small publisher, you can take
advantage of the time you have to continually market your titles to
build up this required exposure over time. You do not have to have it
accomplished in a year as the big publishers strive for. Your titles
may never reach bestseller status, but steady sales add up over time.

Aim for continual steady sales. Don’t give up if your new books don’t
sell as well as you expect the first year. Continue to market, market,
market. Believe that you published the book for a purpose and that
purpose is still being fulfilled. Hang in there like the tortoise.
Slow and steady will win you the race.

________________________________________________________________________

Sarah Bolme is the director of Christian Small Publishers Association
(CSPA) (www.christianpublishers.net) and the owner of Crest
Publications (www.crestpub.com). Sarah’s
newest title, Your Guide to Marketing Books in the Christian
Marketplace, can be ordered at www.marketingchristianbooks.com. C2006

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Want to reach for all that God has planned for you? Want to find purpose? Meaning? Direction?

All of the greatest men and women throughout history had a season of solitude. It defined them. It grounded them. It prepared them for their call.

Want greatness? Learn the secret to greatness–solitude. Seek solitude. Embrace solitude. You will never be the same again!

Today’s audio will help you do JUST THAT! Just download and dig in. Cindy Rushton will take you by the hand and show you the key to purpose, pruning, and becoming a vessel that God can use!

Download by Mp3

Show Notes:
Talk-a-Latte Online Studies (this seminar comes from Cindy’s study, Organization 911! Help for the Messy Mom. Learn more here.)

 Desperately Seeking Solitude--Part Two: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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I just finished emailing this post to our Writer’s Nook Mastermind group. I decided to set this up as a PDF. Want to peek? Here it is:

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