Friday, July 10th, 2009 at
4:01 am
Whoo hoo! This is a position I’m very excited about. If you don’t know it yet, you’re in for a very pleasant surprise – because Phenomenal Magazine lives up to its name!
Our Publisher, Gina McGowan Cade is someone to watch – she’s got a big vision for Phenomenal that I’m thrilled to be a part of.
This means that I’ll be looking for a stable of travel writers coming up soon. (If you’re a member of the Writer’s Business Academy, the announcement will be posted in the student’s center.
I’m working on the editorial calendar for the travel section, and we’ve got some really exciting things coming up! Stay tuned for more!
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at
5:20 pm
I spent about an hour on the phone this morning, talking to a woman who’s launching her new book at the end of the month. A friend of mine asked me if I could do a little consulting, to help give her some ideas for promoting her book.
This is one of those things I love doing, partly because I love the way the energy and excitement starts flowing during the brainstorming process.
But the other reason I love it is because I’m good at it.
I’m not sure if it comes from the days when I worked for a variety of nonprofit organizations and we had to design special events – and the publicity campaigns that went along with them – on little or no budget, or if figuring out ways to get positive publicity is just one of my strengths, but either way, helping clients get the publicity they need, want and deserve is a whole lot of fun!
Take today’s session for example… We came up with a solid strategy for her to sell several thousand books – very quickly and with little effort… Read the rest of this entry
