Services offered:
Just a note for those of you who need editing. I currently charge $25/hour for editing, with a minimum $25 charge for the job. I’ve been an English teacher for 20 years and also edit for the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) journal. Just send me an email if you are interested: [...]
Tags: edit, editing, Sue Vaughn
Suggestion:
I have come upon another web site for on line publishing and marketing of books. The link is http://authorsden.com. You can just explore the site or set up a free account with limited features.
I have had a free account for a couple weeks and then received a special upgrade offer, probably due to the end [...]
Idea from Meggin:
Billy, this one is specifically for you, but I’m posting it because others may be spurred on to additional thinking with this…
I was reading a recent IRA (International Reading Association) publication and I was thinking about bullying–and there are many books on bullying related to kids (and I know you know that, but [...]
Tags: booklet, booklet sponsor, booklets, writing sponsor
Question:
I’m going to send out several marketing postcards, and I’m wondering where I might get good prices on runs of about 200 cards in full color?
Posted by Sue Vaughn | 12/22/07
Answer:
Great question and I’ll be interested to see what other MEMc members post on this…
I went back to a SpeakerNetNews compilation on business cards and [...]
Suggestion:
A question came up the other day on a Tier 2 call about fax numbers, machines, etc. Here are a few suggestions:
Have a dedicated line for your fax. That’s what I have now but only went to this about 3 years ago.
Have a dedicated line for your fax & your business phone. I did this [...]
Tags: eFax.com, Efaxing, fax, fax options
Resource:
On Saturday’s Tier 2 call, the question came up about recording teleseminars. The resource that I use (and that so many others use) is AudioAcrobat. I believe they have a free 30 day trial and then it’s only $19.95/month (unless you are storing A LOT of recordings; with as many as I’m storing, I’m still [...]
Tags: AudioAcrobat, recording, teleseminar
Question:
Meggin and MEMc Bloggers,
Has anyone used http://www.teleclass.info? And, any ideas of how to approach the following topic?
I am setting up a free weekly tip where I take a favorite good piece of literature and have some question prompts parents can use to get the most out of books, with one of the underlying goals of [...]
Tags: class, teleclass, teleseminar, teleseminars
Question:
I know that you have been sending letters to principals promoting your tips booklets. When you send these letters, are you sending them a copy of the entire booklet as a gift or are you sending them sample contents? I know that we will have to give some of the booklets away. However, the idea [...]
Tags: booklet promotion, ebooklet, Marketing
Question:
We had a discussion the other day about booklets on one of the Tier 2 calls and I was telling them about elance for editing. For your booklet, did you go through them or was that part of the package with Paulette?
Asked of Billy Simms by Meggin | 12/2/07
Response (from Billy):
I didn’t use elance for editing my [...]
Tags: editing, editing costs, editing fees, editors, elance
Question:
Karen Ash and I have started meeting on Wednesday afternoons to read and give feedback to each other on our writings. We’ve only met twice, but it is going well. With her input on the article about the distributive property, we decided there is so much information, that I will need to break it into [...]
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