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| Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 12:32 |
| What should you do when your request for a quote doesn't get a response? |
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| It's important to remember that a lack of response to a request for a quote from an individual in your field isn't the same as a "No" response.
A lack of response can mean many things, such as: - Your e-mail arrived while the recipient was traveling, on vacation, ill, or immersed in the middle of a project.
- The recipient may need additional time to study what you sent so they can respond appropriately.
- The recipient may need a little more information about what you were looking forward to receiving.
- Your e-mail may have been caught in the recipient's spam filter, especially if you don't frequently contact the individual.
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Often, a simple follow-up e-mail is enough to rescue a client or pre-publication quote or testimonial.
After a few days, short, simple follow-up e-mail message is appropriate, confirming that the recipient received the original e-mail. At this point, you could ask them if they needed any more information or background.
Obviously, no one likes to be pestered or made to feel guilty for not immediately responding, but--in this age of information overload--an occasional, discrete, follow-up can spell the difference between a great quote or a lost opportunity. |
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| Thursday, Mar 04, 2010 11:30 |
| Tips for soliciting pre-publication quotes from readers and experts |
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| Avoid information overload when soliciting pre-publication quotes from readers and experts.
Instead of sending your entire book manuscript as sample materials, consider a brief statement of purpose, your book's table of contents, and your two best chapters.
In your covering e-mail, however, offer to send the entire manuscript--or as much as is available--if the recipient wants to see more. Some individuals will take you up on your offer, but many others will be pleased to receive fewer sample chapters.
Two chapters that the recipient immediately reads and comments on is vastly preferable to 10 or 12 chapters that are put aside until "later." |
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| Thursday, Feb 25, 2010 11:35 |
| Create a way to track and display your writing progress |
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| One of the best ways you can maintain your enthusiasm for writing your book is to create a way to track and display your progress.
Each time you complete a chapter, or a section of a chapter, and you cross it off your list, you'll enjoy a great feeling of satisfaction. Your feeling of satisfaction will motivate you to repeat the progress the next day.
Options for tracking and displaying your progress include creating a weekly task list for the topics you want to complete, printing out the list, and hanging it on the wall behind your computer where you can frequently glance at it.
If you're using a mind mapping software program like Mindjet, you can add a Task Icon indicating completion to the topic or you can change the background color of the topic to indicate completion.
Another popular way of tracking and displaying your writing progress on your book involves printing your daily output on 3-hole paper, and storing them in a 3-ring binder. The thicker the binder gets, the more satisfaction you'll get as you review your work. What's your favorite way to track and display your writing progress? |
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| Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 06:43 |
| Take a "big picture" view of articles & blog posts |
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| Adopt a "series" approach when planning articles and blog posts. This allows you to take maximum advantage of everything you write.
Instead of thinking of each article or blog post as a self-contained project, for example, choose topics that you can develop as part of an on-going series of articles or blog posts.
Right now, for example, I'm writing a series of guest blog posts entitled the 7 Pillars of Blog Content.
Each week I discuss a different "pillar," or topic. Once I finish the original 7-week blog post series, I can combine the posts and use them as the foundation of a strong online sign-up incentive, e-book, or report.
In addition, having identified the 7 Pillars of Blog Content, I can increase my online presence and search engine visibility by creating a series of 7 podcasts or YouTube videos covering the same topics.
By taking a "big picture" view of your articles and blog posts, you won't have to reinvent the wheel each time you create content for keeping in touch with prospects and readers while increasing your online visibility to search engines. |
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