Debbie Weil

APRIL 27, 2012

Yes, if you start with a bunch of great content you can draw from: blog posts, articles, notes, lists, research. And are ruthlessly focused on shipping something in 8 weeks. But the fact is, it probably does take 10,000 hours to learn how to write well. If not 10,000, then a lot of time over a period of years.

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Debbie Weil

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Read on for the dirt on corporate blogging. Susan is best known for her blogging at GardenRant and award-winning Sustainable and Urban Gardening. She writes for corporate blogs Mahoney’s and Homestead. Anybody out there losing their blogging mojo, like me? Ever notice how many small-business blogs fail?

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Debbie Weil

JUNE 15, 2011

I sent Guy the manuscript galley of The Corporate Blogging Book. The only thing he really liked was my chapter on "Top 10 Tips to Write an Effective Business Blog." The Corporate Blogging Book was published five years ago… ! Guy ONLY speaks, write, thinks in Top Tens. But ya know what?

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Debbie Weil

JUNE 15, 2011

" *I sent Guy the manuscript galley of The Corporate Blogging Book. The only thing he really liked was my chapter on "Top 10 Tips to Write an Effective Business Blog." The Corporate Blogging Book was published five years ago… ! " Guy ONLY speaks, write, thinks in Top Tens.

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Debbie Weil

MAY 20, 2011

I know I’m in trouble when I haven’t posted to my blog in several weeks. My inner voice chatters away: "For godssakes , write a new blog post. " And I’m a "blogging expert." I can usually talk myself down off the cliff: "Not every blog post needs to be brilliant. Just be useful.

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Debbie Weil

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

It's a next-generation publishing company that helps up-and-coming business authors to write and publish SHORT eBooks and SHORT beautifully-designed print books. That means we will publish select titles under the Voxie Media imprint, just as Portfolio, the business imprint for Penguin, published the original edition of my book.

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Debbie Weil

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Please disregard earlier blog entry. The cool thing about publishing a book for Amazon Kindle is that you can think of yourself as a Beta Author. It’s easy to take the plunge and commit to publishing a digital book, knowing you can update your book later. And forget BOOK in all caps. The link was incorrect.

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Debbie Weil

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

But the fact is that in the DIY (Do It Yourself) world of nonfiction self-publishing, a successful author needs to be master of many trades: first, of course, the author needs to have a unique and provocative book idea and the writing and editing need to be excellent. It reminds me a bit of blogging. Now you're a blogger.

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Debbie Weil

JANUARY 11, 2011

Today’s was dubbed a practicum on the future of book publishing. It was great to reconnect with Pamela Redmond Satran (we hadn’t seen each other in over 30 years), Elizabeth Marshall of Author Teleseminars and John Moore of Brand Autopsy (he called The Corporate Blogging Book the Best Business Blogging Book ).

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Debbie Weil

MARCH 4, 2011

Be sure to visit the NGD site for teaching materials, 10 grammar myths, free e-cards, T-shirts, suggested blogs and more. And who can’t help but proofread anything (and I mean anything ) I’m reading, whether it’s the back of a soup can or a book. I can remember my 4th grade teacher drawing out the elegant diagrams.

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Debbie Weil

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

" My advice: tread lightly if you’re just getting started with a Facebook page or a blog. Deliver valuable content (an e-book filled with useful tips, a discount coupon). Note that producing an outcome using social media is several steps beyond "engagement." See what your fans and readers respond to.

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Debbie Weil

MARCH 17, 2011

The book has been out less than 30 days and you can already read close to 60 five-star reviews on Amazon. As of this writing, the book is #70 in the Top 100 Books on Amazon. The book has a simple message: start , initiate, don’t wait to be told what to do. Books were for scholars. I’m not surprised.

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Debbie Weil

JULY 7, 2011

So I was delighted to get a review copy of his new book Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition which lays out the secrets of Social Media Examiner’ s success. Full disclosure: he mentions me in the book. I spoke with Mike on the phone to get a few more details about his new book and the success of SME.

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Debbie Weil

JULY 7, 2011

So I was delighted to get a review copy of his new book Launch: How to Quickly Propel Your Business Beyond the Competition which lays out the secrets of Social Media Examiner’ s success. Full disclosure: he mentions me in the book. I spoke with Mike on the phone to get a few more details about his new book and the success of SME.

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Debbie Weil

MARCH 12, 2011

I’ve been searching for a catchy way to describe ( what may be ) the focus of my new book: baby boomers and social media. How cool that many of them are diving enthusiastically into friending, tweeting, blogging, texting and other social technologies, even as they face what will surely, inexorably, be their final chapter.

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