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Resources for press and media professionals

This is where authors find the tools they need to efficiently plan, write, promote, and profit from nonfiction books.


Mission

Published & Profitable offers articles, assessments, checklists, interviews, templates, worksheets, and videos, to help authors make significant progress as quickly as possible.


Background

Published & Profitable reflects Roger C. Parker's desire to share the lessons he's learned writing 38 books that have sold over 1.6 million copies throughout the world. It also include lessons learned interviewing hundreds of successful authors.

Roger's books include: Details

  • Looking Good in Print: A Guide to Basic Design for Desktop Publishing launched hundreds of thousands of design careers.
  • Microsoft Office for Windows for Dummies which introduced Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, to a new generation of office workers.
  • The Streetwise Guide to Relationship Marketing on the Internet. How to apply the principles of permission-based marketing, with Foreword by Seth Godin.
  • Design to Sell: How to Plan, Write, and Create Great Marketing, Microsoft Press.


Story ideas

  • How Recent Trends in Book Publishing Effect Authors.
  • Getting Started on Writing Your Book
  • How to Choose the Best Publishing Alternative
  • Myths and Realities of Getting Published
  • How to Choose Right Title for Your Book


Questions

  1. What's the right way to choose a title for a book?
  2. What advice do you have for first-time authors?
  3. What are the most common mistakes of first-time authors?
  4. What are the questions that authors should ask publishers?
  5. How should authors go about selecting an agent to represent them?
  6. How can authors avoid and cure writer's block?
  7. What do publishers want to see in a book proposal/
  8. What do publishers want to know about authors?
  9. How can authors decide whether or not to self-publish their book?


Resources

Write Your Way to Success: A Step-by-step Guide to Getting Published. 16-page guide describes the steps authors should take before, and after, they write their book. See blue panel at upper right, or contact Roger C. Parker.


Media

In addition to over 300 speeches, presentations, and workshops, Roger C. Parker has traveled throughout the United States on press tours representing Microsoft Corporation and Software Publishing Corporation.


Other Roger C. Parker websites

  • Membership Site Planner. Resources to help membership site owners make the right content and design decisions.
  • Design to Sell Online. Based on his latest book for Microsoft Press, with tips for planning, writing, and creating great marketing with Microsoft Publisher.
  • Upcoming Events blog. Several years of weekly events and interviews.
  • New Entrepreneur. The companion site for Roger's Streetwise Guide for Relationship Marketing on the Internet.


Contact

  • Roger C. Parker
  • 603-742-9673
  • Roger@publishedandprofitable.com


Press Releases and articles


Monday, Mar 01, 2010 02:41
Roger C. Parker's New Book Offers 140 Bite-Sized Ideas for Compelling and Powerful Article, Book, Blog, and Event Titles
This ingenious new book by best-selling author Roger C. Parker can help any business owner or marketer choose book titles and headlines that gets their reader's attention…quickly and easily.

Dover, NH March 1, 2010 -- Roger C. Parker, "The 32 Million Dollar Author", has recently written a new book titled BOOKTITLEtweet Book01.

If you are an author, an entrepreneur, or an information marketer, you will find that this gem of a book sparks your creativity and provides new directions for effective writing.

BOOKTITLEtweet Book01 stimulates a new way of thinking about titles and outlines a process for choosing perfect titles and subject lines. Great titles are often the difference between a book or sales message that's a complete failure, and a book or sales message that's a smashing success.

Concise and to the point, this book helps business professionals reap maximum value for the time and money they invest in creating and distributing their message. Its tested process for effective title selection is invaluable for business professionals who know that writing can build their brand and position them as thought leaders.

Merrill Clark of Crestview Marketing Services says this about it: "As a direct response copywriter, I can tell you firsthand how crucial headlines are to the success of every business owner's marketing materials. And since a title is basically a headline for a book, article, or blog post, it too, must be powerful and engaging enough to generate immediate interest from the reader."

He goes on to say "This book includes so many ways to come up with a powerful title that's clear and concise, it's a "must read" for any business owner or marketer who needs engaging titles and content, and is also a perfect complement to Rogers's Content Catalyst book for generating content ideas."

BOOKTITLEtweet Book01 provides 140 unique and easy ways for entrepreneurs, internet marketers, and business owners to create attention getting headlines that work, and can be ordered by going to http://www.happyabout.com/thinkaha/booktitletweet01.php.

About Roger C. Parker

Roger C. Parker is a best-selling author of marketing and design books, with 38 published books under his belt, over 1.6 million books sold in over 37 countries. His Bestsellers include Looking Good in Print: A Guide To Basic Design For Desktop Publishing, Design To Sell, and the Microsoft Office For Dummies Series.

With an impressive client list including Microsoft, Apple, and Hewlett Packard, Roger provides specialized, high quality marketing, design, business coaching and consulting to businesses of all sizes. His services help clients identify their unique messages and communicate them more effectively to the rest of the world.

Another valuable service he provides is that of helping new and seasoned writers to unlock their hidden potential so they can write, promote, and publish their own books. Roger recently said "Anyone can write a book, all you need to do is follow the simple steps. After it's written, you become a 'trusted expert' having gained almost instant credibility."

Associated with the Guerilla Marketing Association, Roger also hosts weekly teleseminars with industry giants in the marketing, business, and book publishing industries. He has interviewed over 150 high-profile authors, publishing executives, and marketers to date including the founder of the Guerilla Marketing Association , Jay Conrad Levinson, expert copywriter and author, Bob Bly, Internet marketing genius, Yanik Silver, and Ivan Misner, the founder of BNI.

To order The Content Catalyst or get more detailed information about this unparalleled method of generating non-stop content right now, visit Roger's website at www.designtosellonline.com/content-catalyst.cfm.

If you would like to learn more about Roger C. Parker and his other valuable coaching and consulting services and get a boatload of free information, visit his websites at www.designtosellonline.com and www.publishedandprofitable.com.

Contact Information

Roger C. Parker P.O. Box 697 Dover, NH 03820 Tel: 603-742-9673 www.publishedandprofitable.com www.designtosellonline.com

Friday, Feb 12, 2010 07:08
Best-selling author shows business owners and authors a simple and effective strategy to keep track of and recycle digital content
On February 16th at 4:00 PM EST, Roger C. Parker of Published & Profitable shares with business owners and authors how he tracks and recycles hundreds of articles and blog posts he's written over the years in order to maximize their exposure. Dover NH, January 29, 2010 -- Best-selling author and consultant Roger C. Parker will host this special Published & Profitable call for authors and business owners who want to learn how to manage new and existing content, as well as re-purpose or recycle their valuable content into other ways.

Let's face it. After writing only 20 or 25 blog posts or articles, it gets difficult and time consuming to keep track of them and know exactly what you've already written. The purpose of this upcoming call is to show listeners a simple way to organize this content, and the different ways to take advantage of them.

Here are some of the topics that will be discussed during this call:

- Why it's important to organize digital content - Gain more marketing exposure by re-purposing posts and articles - Save time writing new content - And much, much more…

Join in on February 16th at 4:00 PM EST as Roger C. Parker tells his listeners a simple and important content organization strategy for authors and business professionals alike.

About Roger C. Parker

Roger C. Parker is a best-selling author of marketing and design books, with 38 published books under his belt, over 1.6 million books sold in over 37 countries. His Bestsellers include Looking Good in Print: A Guide To Basic Design For Desktop Publishing, Design To Sell, and the Microsoft Office For Dummies Series.

With an impressive client list including Microsoft, Apple, and Hewlett Packard, Roger provides specialized, high quality marketing, design, business coaching and consulting to businesses of all sizes. His services help clients identify their unique messages and communicate them more effectively to the rest of the world.

Another valuable service he provides is that of helping new and seasoned writers to unlock their hidden potential so they can write, promote, and publish their own books. Roger recently said "Anyone can write a book, all you need to do is follow the simple steps. After it's written, you become a 'trusted expert' having gained almost instant credibility."

Associated with the Guerilla Marketing Association, Roger also hosts weekly teleseminars with industry giants in the marketing, business, and book publishing industries. He has interviewed over 150 high-profile authors, publishing executives, and marketers to date including the founder of the Guerilla Marketing Association , Jay Conrad Levinson, expert copywriter and author, Bob Bly, Internet marketing genius, Yanik Silver, and Ivan Misner, the founder of BNI.

To order The Content Catalyst or get more detailed information about this unparalleled method of generating non-stop content right now, visit Roger's website at www.designtosellonline.com/content-catalyst.cfm.

If you would like to learn more about Roger C. Parker and his other valuable coaching and consulting services and get a boatload of free information, visit his websites at www.designtosellonline.com and www.publishedandprofitable.com.

Contact Information

Roger C. Parker P.O. Box 697 Dover, NH 03820 Tel: 603-742-9673 www.publishedandprofitable.com www.designtosellonline.com

Friday, Oct 16, 2009 07:39
Blogging expert shares techniques proven to attract attention from the mainstream media
On October 21st at 7:00PM EST, Roger C. Parker of Published & Profitable will interview blogging expert Grant Griffiths. The information shared during this call will show authors, business owners, coaches, and consultants blogging techniques he's used to get noticed by newspapers, magazines and other media types.

Dover NH, October 16, 2009 -- Blogging expert and consultant Grant Griffiths will be the special guest speaker for Roger C. Parker's Guerilla Marketing Association teleseminar series for business owners and entrepreneurs who want to find practical ways to increase public awareness.

During this sixty minute call, Grant, founder of G2WebMedia, a well known blog design and consulting business for professional services companies, will divulge his secrets for showing businesses worldwide how to easily and cost-effectively increase their market share using blogs as the primary media. Jack will also talk about how anyone can get on a level playing field with the "big boys" by getting more attention from the local and national media.

He'll also discuss how to use blogging as the primary marketing tactic and get maximum results.

Here are some of the topics that will be discussed during this interview:

- How to get on a level playing field with the "big boys" - Get noticed by local and national newspapers, magazines and other media types - Increase your market share -- easily and cost-effectively - How to use a Wordpress blog as one of your primary marketing tactics - Find out what's new in the blogging world and how to take advantage of it. - Biggest blogging blunders that many people make - Content and design tips and resources

Join Roger C. Parker on Wednesday October 21st at 7:00 PM EST as guest Grant Griffiths shares his thoughts and secrets about how to use a Wordpress blog to increase market share and profits, quickly and easily, while avoiding the typical blunders most business professionals make.

To attend, contact host Roger C. Parker c/o Published & Profitable http://www.publishedandprofitable.com http://blog.publishedandprofitable.com roger@publishedandprofitable.com

About Grant Griffiths

Grant Griffiths is a lawyer and founder of G2WebMedia, a successful blog design and consulting business. His blogs include Blog For Profit, which helps business owners around the world profit from their blog. Grant is also on the faculty at Solo Practice University, a web-based community of lawyers and legal students looking for information on the practical aspects of running their own law practice. Visit his websites at http://www.g2webmedia.com/ and http://www.blogforprofit.com/.

Contact Information Grant Griffiths G2 Web Media 513 Prospect Street Clay Center, Kansas 67432 785-370-4338 grant@g2webmedia.com

Thursday, Sep 10, 2009 11:13
How authors can avoid Writer's Block
Writer's block is an often feared, but entirely preventable, obstacle to writing a book and getting published.

In a nutshell, prior preparation is the key to avoid writer's block.

Writer's block is an extreme form of stress, close to panic in its ability to interfere with an author's productivity.

The primary key to writer's block is to know what you want to write before you sit down and begin writing.

Authors who take the time to prepare a detailed table of contents, and who have a writing process based on the message they want to communicate, seldom are sidelined by writer's block. To prevent writer's block, prepare a detailed table of contents for your book, one that provides a roadmap for each chapter.

Likewise, authors who pace themselves, who avoid marathon, last-minute writing under deadline pressure, seldom experience writer's block. Instead, cultivate the habit of short, daily writing sessions. Short, daily writing sessions keep your mind constantly engaged and energized.

Another preparation technique that takes just a few minutes is to review your your goals for the next day before you go to sleep. A few minutes spent reviewing the ideas you want to develop the next day are often enough to jumpstart your progress when you start writing. While you're sleeping, your brain will be thinking about your project, organizing your ideas and making connections to facts and stories waiting to be included.

Finally, track your progress. Print out each day's writing and insert it in a 3-ring binder. As you complete topics, enjoy the pleasure of deleting the topics, or putting "finished" next to them. Progress builds on progress; the more you see progress, the more enthusiastic you'll be about your writing success as it takes place in short working sessions.

Writer's block doesn't have to happen. With a little preparation, it won't happen to you.

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