How to Create a Book from Blog Posts

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I’ve been blogging for over 7 years now, and during that time I’ve written hundreds of blog posts on a variety of subjects. Many of my blogger friends have suggested that I compile a non-fiction book based on these varied posts and publish it. Taking their advice, I sat down the other day and took [...]

Develop an Online Presence, Build a Business Around It, and Make Money Doing it.

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Have you ever wanted to do what you are truly passionate about, build a business around it and make a good living doing it? That seems to be the outlook of many people in the new economy. If this is your goal, I have great news. It is possible to escape cubicle nation and get [...]

Creating an Interactive iPad Multi-Touch Book with iBooks Author: First Take

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The educational community was all abuzz over the last few weeks about the new interactive textbooks coming out from Apple. Instead of static pictures and text, these new books come alive with audio, video, and interactive diagrams and charts. These interactive texts are viewable on the iPad and other iOS devices. The creation software, iBooks [...]

Waterfalls and Book Proposals

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I had the pleasure of attending the Cre:ate Cruise, with Michael Hyatt, Randy Elrod, Pete Wilson, and Ken Davis, over the last week. During the first sea day of the cruise I had a chance to pitch a book proposal to Michael. It was an amazing experience, and Mike gave me a lot of great [...]

Keep This Secret To Yourself!

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In my last post, I talked about how to get a job promotion. It all comes down to “Making your boss look good.” The post listed books that will help you make your boss look good on paper, in numbers, and on the screen. While making your boss look good is important, you need to [...]

On Blogging Well

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One of my favorite books is “On Writing Well“, by William Zinsser. The big takeaway that I get from his book is that… Writing Is Hard. I couldn’t agree more. The longer that I am involved with this online writing thing called blogging the more I realize what Zinsser says is true. Putting words on [...]