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All posts are for employment with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) located at their central offices based at Friends House in Euston, London unless described otherwise.
Job opportunities at Friends House, Euston
- Turning the Tide Communications Developer - closing: Thursday 23 April 2015
- 1-year Peaceworker in Britain - closing: 9 am, Monday 27 April 2015
Opportunities at Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva
- Programme Assistant, Human Rights and Refugees - closing: Monday 30 March 2015
- Programme Assistant, Food & Sustainability and Climate Change - closing: Monday 30 March 2015
Volunteer opportunities in Israel and Palestine;
- Ecumenical Accompaniers - closing: Friday 24 April 2015
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Turning the Tide Communications Developer
Quaker Peace and Social Witness
Salary - £30,797 per annum pro rata
Contract - 9 months fixed term
Hours - full time 35 hours
Location - Friends House, Euston, London NW1
Join a small and dynamic team that is passionate about the power of nonviolence to make big changes. We work with campaigners and activists, people who are actively working for change in the world.
Turning the Tide is the nonviolence training and education programme of Quaker Peace & Social Witness and we're seeking a talented, enthusiastic communicator to help us excite, inform and involve more people in our work.
Our major vehicle is the website www.turning-the-tide.org which is in need of renewal, as are printed versions of our trainers' handbook, publicity leaflets and journal. Understanding of nonviolence and experiential training will be an advantage.
• Can you demonstrate your sympathy with the values of Quakers?
• Do you have experience in communicating simply and clearly with a diverse audience including activists, trainers, NGOs and the general public?
• Do you have knowledge and understanding of grassroots social change activism?
• Are you a teamworker, self-organised and able to work alone?
This job requires flexibility and ability to prioritise and manage diverse tasks. We are willing to discuss a flexible full or part time working arrangement for the successful candidate.
CLOSING DATE – Thursday 23rd April 2015
INTERVIEWS – Tuesday 5th May 2015
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1-year Peaceworker in Britain
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Salary - £20,520 per annum
Contract - Fixed Term, September 2015 to August 2016
Hours - 35 hours per week
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We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic people in sympathy with the values of Quakers who wish to develop their strong commitment to peace and conflict transformation through placement with a national organisation in Britain. The aim is to match the interests and skills of the worker with the receiving organisation, which recently has included War Resisters International, Forces Watch, Campaign Against Arms Trade and Oxford Research Group. The work will be varied and include involvement in a specific project. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their passion and commitment to peace and justice work, adaptability, ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team. Transferable skills, such as administration and IT, will be an advantage.
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However, we are always open to bold, confident and radical new projects.
This placement includes a pre-preparation period of 2-weeks which will be paid. We regret that we are unable to accept applications from candidates without the right to work in the UK.
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Programme Assistant, Human Rights and Refugees
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Renumeration - 1460 Swiss Francs per month + accommodation
Contract - Fixed Term Contract, Sept 2015 to Aug 2016
Hours - Full time, 40 hours per week
Location - QUNO, Geneva
An opportunity for a person in sympathy with Quaker approaches and with an interest in international affairs and in international organizations. You would experience a range of international work, while working primarily as an assistant to QUNO's Representative for Human Rights and Refugees in her work, which focusses on children of incarcerated parents (including children of parents sentenced to death), conscientious objection to military service and refugee protection.
Closing date - Monday 30 March 2015
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Programme Assistant, Food & Sustainability and Climate Change
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Renumeration - 1460 Swiss Francs per month + accommodation
Contract - Fixed Term Contrac, Sept 2015 to Aug 2016
Hours - Full time, 40 hours per week
Location - QUNO, Geneva
An opportunity for a person in sympathy with Quaker approaches and with an interest in international affairs and in international organizations. You would experience a range of international work, while working primarily as an assistant to QUNO's Representative for Food & Sustainability in her work relating to agricultural trade, intellectual property of plants and innovation by small-scale farmers. The work also includes a support role to QUNO's Bonn-based Representative for Climate Change, maintaining strong linkages between QUNO's work in Geneva and in Bonn, contributing to programme outreach and acting as a Geneva-based presence in meetings.
Closing date - Monday 30 March 2015
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Ecumenical Accompanier (EA)
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Location - West Bank and/or Israel
Remuneration - Expenses and living allowance are covered
Duration - Before travel to the field: 2 weeks' residential assessment and training in the UK and substantial time commitment for reading and preparation for advocacy.
In the field: 3 months (18 EAs) or 4.5 months (2 EAs)
After return: 2/3 weeks' rest, 5 residential days for advocacy preparation with an element of debriefing and evaluation, plus availability for a minimum of 10 public speaking engagements.
Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine & Israel (EAPPI) provides protection by presence, monitors human rights abuses, supports Israeli and Palestinian peace activists and advocates for an end to the occupation. Please note that we recruit EAs for the Britain and Ireland part of EAPPI only. One of the essential requirements of our posts is that candidates must be able to demonstrate their "involvement with church/ecumenical and/or peace networks in the UK or Eire".
Closing date - Friday 24 April 2015
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What kind of role involves listening and responding to Quakers and other visitors from around the country and abroad, some seeking work or a home or a place to share their burdens? What role might also include eldering a meeting, arranging flowers, clearing tables, taking deliveries, shelving, sorting, replenishing leaflet displays, counting, packing, stock control, making up book orders, pricing, or mailing out large numbers of Quaker periodicals and newsletters to Friends? Where, sometimes, might you be expected simply to sit and wait?
Being a Quaker centre volunteer at Friends House involves all this.
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House Tour Guides
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Swarthmoor Hall is a historic house known as the 'cradle of Quakerism'. The house is open to the public four afternoons a week throughout the year and for group tours at other times by appointment. We are looking for Friends who live within travelling distance of the Hall who are interested in acting as a tour guide. We do not necessarily need a regular commitment of hours. We do hope to develop a pool of volunteers who we will train as tour guides for our visitors both adults and children.
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A Sacramento Asian-language television station has landed a deal to expand distribution of its programming into three additional Comcast Corp. markets.
Crossings TV will expand in April into Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco through Comcast Xfinity, said Frank Washington, the TV station's CEO. The expansion is huge for Crossings TV, which currently is available on cable only to Comcast customers in the Central Valley and to Time Warner Cable customers in New York City. In this region, it also runs a low-power station KBTV-CD that's available to viewers without cable.
By expanding to those new markets, Crossings TV adds three to four million viewers to its existing 1.25 million, Washington told the Business Journal. He projects the company will triple its revenue this year.
Crossings TV, which went on the air in 2005, finished 2012 with its first very small cash-flow profit.
Getting this deal with Comcast for those three additional markets — which are among the nation's largest Asian markets — "took a couple years," Washington said.
Now, he said, "we have a critical mass and we have momentum." He hopes that Crossings TV, by further establishing credibility, will be able to speed up the process of distributing its programming into more markets.
He's now targeting Los Angeles, Houston and Washington, D.C.
Crossings TV and Comcast didn't disclose terms of the deal, which was signed in December.
"Crossings TV provides one-of-a-kind programming directly tailored to a multicultural audience in the communities they serve," David Jensen, Comcast Cable vice president of international content acquisition, said in a news release. "We're very pleased to expand our carriage of Crossings TV in these three markets, connecting our customers to content pertaining to their home countries and cultures."
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Just a couple of suggestions if possible:
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2) Having the ability to have a password copied to the paste buffer on firing up a certain application or specific associated file. i.e. I have 5 different excel spreadsheets, all password protected with different passwords - on firing up one of these spreadsheets, keepass would detect this and copy the password for that spreadsheet to the paste buffer ready for me to paste it into the password prompt.
Just my two cents - thanks.
This would require a database format change as the settings would need to be stored in the database. I use the KPEnhancedEntryView plug-in as it shows all custom fields on the main screen.
This is what Global Auto-Type is for. It reads the window title and can type the correct password. If you have multiple spreadsheet entries KeePass will list them for you to select. http://keepass.info/help/base/autotype.html
cheers, Paul
Thanks Paul for your response - was helpful.
Since Excel (version 2007+2010 that I have tested this on) do not display the name of the document you are opening until you have got past the password screen, the only screen that KeePass can really watch for is the actual password prompt entitled "Password". So for a spreadsheet where I have two password, one for read and the other modify, I had KeePass watch for the exact same "Password" window for both, and when firing up the doc, and being requested for the first password and hitting CTRL-ALT-A - keepass then prompts me as to which one to use as you rightly said - and I've got one labelled 'Read Only' and the other 'Read/Write', so it works a treat. Cheers.
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Book Marketing Blogsby Penny Sansevieri
December 30, 2014
Welcome to Tip #36 of our 52 Ways to Market Your Book! I hope you're enjoying these tips and they are helping you sell more books. So, ready? Here we go!
Your Rockin' Red Hot Media Room
Did you know that second only to your blog the media room should be the most updated page on your web site? When was the last time you updated your media room? For most of us it's probably been a while. We tend to put up media rooms and then forget about them. But more and more a good, informative media room should be consistently updated. We've found through research, reading, and our own experiences that often it's not just the media that visits this page, that's why the term "media room" is a bit misleading. It's actually a great place to inform, entertain, and educate your reader on you, your books, your message or product, and the things you've been up to and often it's the first place a prospective buyer will go to to get more information on your and your work.
In order to compete in the digital age, more and more authors are turning to their media rooms to attract readers to their book. Why? Well it's a great one-stop-shop place to get all the latest data on your books, new editions, new products and new speaking events (should you decide to list them).
The old way of doing media rooms was to have a list of your press releases, maybe a link or two to media and that was that. Now media rooms are almost the nerve center of your entire web site. Here's a quick run down of what should (and shouldn't) be in your media room. Keep in mind that components of a media room will vary depending on your topic, genre and focus so if you can't include all of these that's ok. Better to have only those components related to your book/product/topic than ones that don't make any sense at all:
1. Downloadable picture of your book cover or covers, your photo and any other related artwork you want to offer.
2. About You: People want to know who you are, so tell them! Make sure your bio is on the media room and ready to download. It's especially helpful if a media person is trying to gather information for an article and wants some background on you.
3. Press releases with live links: A few issues back we wrote that live links in a press release are a great way to get traffic back to your site but guess what? It works well in reverse too. News posted to your site gets spidered very quickly so including links and keywords will greatly enhance the visibility of both the media room and your press release. In fact another quick tip is this: instead of placing ads, issue a press release. No kidding. Press releases are a far better alternative than an ad on the Internet. You'll get spidered, you'll get ranking and best of all, you'll get traffic. In a future issue we'll take another look at optimizing a press release so if this is confusing, sit tight – we'll go more into this in detail later!
4. New book/product information: This is the perfect place for sharing past, current, and future information on your book. Be boastful! This is your chance!
5. Tip sheets: We all know that the media loves tip sheets but guess what? Your readers/consumers do too. Fill your press room with any that you've created.
6. Where you've been featured: Be very generous with this. Don't assume that if you have only been featured online that you should not list that. List everything! The more you can populate this room with links that make you look like the busy marketing person you are, the more attractive you'll be to your buyer and to the media.
7. Ideas for stories: If a reporter is perusing your site looking for story ideas, why not give it to them? Creating a pop up box that says "Here's how (insert your name) can help you with your story" is a great way to generate ideas for the media and get yourself a mention in an upcoming story or feature.
8. Bragging rights! If you have testimonials or reviews, place them here too. While it's always good to sprinkle testimonials/reviews throughout your site this is another great place to list them. Regardless of whether the visitor to your media room is the media or a reader, people like what other people like!
9. No hunting allowed! Don't make people hunt for information. The other day I was on a site looking for book pricing. I had to send an email to get a list of pricing, and why? Because it was confidential? Doubtful. But most people don't think to remove the extra steps. Shorten the staircase. Meaning: remove needless steps to the close. Put pricing, information sheets, whatever you have up on your media room so folks don't have to go on a hunting expedition for it.
10. Events: I took events off of my web site a long time ago. Why? Because I do so much pop up stuff that I had a hard time keeping up with it. There's nothing worse than an outdated events page but if you can keep yours up, great! Keep it current; the activity will look great on your media room.
A few final tips: Don't even consider cramming all of this information onto your site if you're not going to deliver this in pop up form. Check out http://www.amarketingexpert.com/media.html for an example of this. (depending when you click on this you might see different information, our media room is being updated *again* as you read this). Also, deliver your text content in both PDF format as well as in text format so the search engines can spider it.
Don't limit yourself to the items mentioned above, experiment with other media room ideas that might not be listed here. Book videos for example might be another great addition to your media room. The key is, start thinking of your media room as a place to present yourself not just to the media, but to the world! This will change how you view this very important page on your site and help turn a ho-hum page into a rockin' red hot media room!
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December 22, 2014
Welcome to Author Marketing Experts' Blog Carnival. This week features posts on writing, self-publishing, and book marketing. Thank you to all of the contributors, and Happy Holidays!
Michelle Lowery submitted Pushing Past the Fear and Publishing a Book posted at Michelle Lowery, saying, "It's about putting fear aside to pursue my dream of being a published author, and how with self-publishing opportunities, there are no more excuses for not doing it. I wrote it about my own experience, but I hope it's motivational and encouraging to others as well. Thanks for checking it out!"
Z Zoccolante submitted 6 Ways to Resuscitate Your Novel posted at Marketing Tips for Authors, saying, "6 Ways to Resuscitate Your Novel, shows an important lesson I learned from my literary agent and a few tips all writers must know before and during writing."
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Sarah Bolme submitted Connectivity posted at Marketing Christian Books, saying, "Connectivity can be used in promoting books. The goal is to get people to connect with your message, your book's cover image, or the book's story. Once someone has connected with one of these things, they are more likely to purchase your book."
That concludes this week's carnival. Our weekly roundup offers the best book marketing, self-publishing, writing, and general publishing industry tips to guide authors, would-be authors, publishers and others on their book journey. Submit a post to our weekly carnival by using this link: http://www.amarketingexpert.com/submit-ame-blog-carnival/
December 20, 2014
It's getting close to Christmas and I don't know if you've noticed but people are getting testy. We all have too much to do and time seems to be shrinking. Will we get our cards out in time? And what the heck will you get Aunt Ethel this year, for the gal who has everything?
Though it seems like a very stressful time, we're so fortunate to have these things to worry about. We're lucky that we can plan a Christmas dinner or a fun holiday get-together. Long lines at the department store? That's great, too. Because you know what? Things could be a whole lot worse. All you have to do is turn on the news to see what I mean.
Last week I was stressed, trying to get work done, my shopping finished, the cards sent. There were a million things going on and then I got this voicemail from Afghanistan from someone I'd never met and will likely never meet. From that moment on, everything slammed into perspective. Have a listen and see if you don't agree.
Here's a bit of back story on how I ended up getting this call:
Every year we send care packages to a group of military overseas. These care packages often go to smallish bases with less than 100 guys. We are able to do this with the help of a team member who has a husband in the Army. This year we stuffed Christmas stockings with chocolate, beef jerky, warm socks, books, DVD's and all sorts of things we thought they may like.
I believe in doing this because well, it's important to remember that regardless of how we may each feel about the war, these men and women go there to do their job. They are in harm's way every single day and they do so without complaining. They simply go where they are told.
During WWII my mom and her family were all in Belgium, I have heard the stories, it was horrible. I remember when she told me about the first time she saw an American tanker and the US flag come around the corner. They were being liberated, they were free. The men who went there fought a horrible battle and did so without complaining. They showed up and did the job. Many did not come home. I'm grateful to the ones who fought then and saved my family and that gratitude extends itself to the troops who find themselves in a very different place, fighting a very different battle. So my own personal reasons for doing this go back to that time but whatever your reasons, just do it.
So share your gratitude. Send a box or a letter or a card. Remember them not just around Christmas but all year round. You have no idea what a small gift like that can mean to someone who is thousands of miles away, fighting a battle we thought was long over.
How to Send a Care Package to the Troops!
Inspired to do this on your own? It's very easy. There are national orgs that will ship packages like AnySoldier.com and OperationGratitude.com but you can also take a different route if you want to do something more direct and personal. Here is who we did it:
The Army Sargent who helped us had a direct link, obviously but if you don't know someone like that I bet someone in your community does. Start first with local churches, they can often connect you with base chaplains who can introduce a unit or someone stateside who can help organize a similar thing to what we did. Also, Rotary Clubs are good, too. Additionally our Army contact said: "ask around, because a lot of people know someone in the service and the service people who have been deployed know what it's like to spend Christmas in the middle of a desert or wherever overseas and will be more than willing to help"
Note that there's really no organization on the part of the service person, you just need an address and a name. The addresses are all APO/FPO so you don't know where they wind up. You get a # of guys so you know who to buy for and the address, it's actually VERY easy.
The list of things you may want to send varies but much like getting in touch, it's also a lot simpler than you may think. Here is what we found they really love:
- American candy like Snickers (we got huge boxes of it at Costco)
- Beef jerky (again, Costco)
- Socks, heavy socks because the desert can be really cold at night
- Razors, toothpaste, toothbrushes and even toothpicks.
- Books: we ordered books off of Amazon and also went to local bookstores to support the stores in our area. We got a mix of mystery books, thrillers, war books (WWI and WWII), war history books. etc.
- DVD's – these are great because when they're done watching them they can leave them there for the next rotation. Again anything war-related, action packed, that kind of a thing.
- We got other stocking stuffers at The Dollar Store, we got all the stockings there that we stuffed. We also got other things from there like candy canes, etc.
These are just some ideas, if you get to chat with the base chaplain ask him if he has any ideas, too.
We often include a letter or cards to the service people as well.
December 19, 2014
Prepare for the New Year with insights from these top book marketing tweets to guide you, courtesy of bloggers, marketers, authors and others. The topics include creating a marketing plan, pitching to book reviewers, strengthening your social media marketing, and more. Happy marketing!
* 26 Tips to Strengthen Your Social Media Marketing
Change is good, and with a new year around the corner, it's time to examine your social media marketing and make improvements:
* 6 Ways to Resuscitate Your Novel
Writers have to learn how to remove elements that don't move their stories forward:
* Four Tips on What NOT to Say (or Pitch or Do) to Get Your Book Reviewed
Authors always want book reviews, but many shoot themselves in the foot when it comes time to pitch. Learn what to do – and what to avoid:
* 3 Ways Authors Can Stand Out and Market Themselves
It takes planning, work, and creativity – but here are some examples to provide some inspiration:
* How to Reach Readers via Your Library
Play the local card, by pitching yourself as a local author with a new book out:
* How Your Self-Published Book Can Create Multiple Streams of Revenue
You can't achieve much if readers don't know about your books. Get some ideas for pre-launch, launch, and post-launch efforts to get your book noticed:
* 7 Ways to Beat Writer's Block
Get some practical suggestions – from an author – on how to get the writing groove back:
* Why and How to Set Book Marketing Goals for 2015
Authors should set book marketing goals. These steps will help you create a strong plan to guide you in the coming year:
* 16 Important Publishing Tips I Picked Up at a Writers Conference
You always learn something at a conference, and one writer shares her top 16 tips:
December 17, 2014
Welcome to Tip #35 of our 52 Ways to Market Your Book! I hope you're enjoying these tips and they are helping you sell more books. So, ready? Here we go!
5 Steps for Crafting the Perfect Book Review Pitch
Every author wants book reviews – they help build buzz, inform potential readers and buyers about your book and when done well, give enough information about your book to intrigue without giving away all the pertinent details. Getting ready for the review process does take some pre-planning, as we've previously covered in 6 Things Your Website Should Tell Book Reviewers About You (and Your Book) http://www.amarketingexpert.com/6-things-your-website-should-tell-book-reviewers-about-you-and-your-book/ and 7 Simple Steps to Getting Your Book Reviewed http://blog.marketingtipsforauthors.com/2010/10/7-simple-steps-to-getting-your-book.html.
Once you've built a list of reviewers to go after, it's time to start pitching. While this may not be as difficult as achieving world peace, it's amazing how many authors make some big mistakes at this stage, in everything from poorly written subject lines to impersonal (unimpressive) pitches to not providing the appropriate book details.
Simplicity rules: Your email subject line should be brief, yet clear. "Review request: (Name of Book/genre)" is quite effective. You don't have room to write a novel on the subject line and you want the recipient to be clear what your email is about. This is helpful particularly if your email lands in the recipient's spam box – a good, concise subject header makes it clear that the email is legitimate. Then, onto the pitch itself.
It's important to realize that thousands of books are published each year so competition for reviews is fierce. The average new book, if it's not heavily promoted by one of the major New York publishing houses, is not likely to get much in the way of reviews from newspapers and magazines. That review space has been shrinking for years, anyway. Meanwhile, there has been considerable growth in book blogging and reviewing online; but even with that growth there are still far more books being published than bloggers available to review them. Understand that most reviewers do this as a labor of love and make little to no money. Their review blogs are not full-time endeavors, but something they work into their already busy lives. Learning how to make the best first impression possible when you send that pitch is vital.
Personalize: First of all, most bloggers identify themselves somewhere on their blogs – if they don't sign their posts with their name, the "about me" section typically lists their name or nickname. Use it! When you use a blogger's name one thing is instantly clear: you actually took the time to find out who you're pitching. That's a big plus. Introduce yourself (briefly), and then don't just ask them to review your book, give them a reason – have they reviewed other books similar to yours? Do they specialize in reviewing books in your genre?
If you're comfortable having a little fun with your pitch, by all means do so – I once saw a pitch for a frothy romance that asked potential reviewers if they'd like to sin with a duke. Very catchy and appropriate for the book! But – don't force it – if that's not your personality, then don't worry about it. It's far more important to explain who you are, what your book is about, WHY this reviewer should be interested in your book and provide links to your website so they can follow up, learn more about your book and decide whether they'd like to request a review copy. They will follow up by clicking through on links, so make sure your website has all the necessary information about you and your book.
If you did your homework during your research phase you may know some things about this blogger that might help you get a review request. For instance, if they love a particular author and your book is in a similar vein, that's something you can put in your pitch.
Basics count: Make sure you include all the basic book information in the email:
ISBN (the 13 digit ISBN of your preferred format, hardcover or paperback)
Publication Date (month, year)
And include your website link. (This should also be included on your PR, which you will send out with copies of your book).
Timeframe for replies: You may or may not hear back right away. Each blogger has a different schedule – some people check email daily, others may only check weekly. Be patient. It's fine to follow up in a couple of weeks if you really felt you matched up with a particular blog and didn't hear back. It's possible your original email ended up in a spam folder or was overlooked (the sheer volume of review requests that reviewers receive is pretty staggering). After that, if there's still no word, let it go. Seek reviews from other bloggers. If you do receive a "No thank you," move on, it's not an invitation to try to arm-twist the reviewer into taking on your book.
Additional pitching options: Fiction and nonfiction authors may take a different approach when pitching. For fiction, it may make sense to seek bloggers who review books in your genre; but if your fictional book covers topics that you are an expert in, you may have some other options. For instance, if you heavily researched the history of a city or a historical figure you may find bloggers who are history buffs who might be open to reviewing your book. Sometimes it helps to brainstorm a list of topics from your book, fact or fiction, in order to generate ideas of what type of publications or bloggers or reviewers you should target.
With nonfiction, you're an expert on the topic(s) at hand and should look for your peers in those areas when seeking reviewers. It's much more competitive in this realm, but instead of deciding not to pitch someone who could be a competitor see if there are ways for you to help each other – and use that as part of your pitch. You never know what kind of partnership you can develop if you don't ask. Darren Rowse at ProBlogger covers this really well on his blog, and his blog is worth following. Two useful articles include:
* How to Pitch Bloggers – Make it a Win/Win/Win Situation http://www.problogger.net/archives/2010/05/28/how-to-pitch-bloggers-make-it-a-winwinwin-situation/
* How to Pitch to Bloggers – 21 Tips http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/10/30/how-to-pitch-to-bloggers-21-tips/
* From Journalistics blog – What's the Best Way to Pitch Bloggers? http://blog.journalistics.com/2009/whats_the_best_way_to_pitch_bloggers/
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While your PR piece is something you can send out to alert the world to your book and also post to various sites online, it is also a vital document that should be included with every review copy you send out. As a result you'll want to be sure your PR piece – which should be two pages MAXIMUM – has your contact information (phone and email), website url, book synopsis, brief author bio and the book information you used for your pitch (the listing that includes genre, ISBN, publication date, etc.) You are dealing with very busy people who are deluged with hundreds of books a year and you want to make it as easy as possible for them to write about your book – and what's better than having a PR piece handy with everything they could possibly need – from the book description to the about the author section, website link, book information and so forth? They'll love you for it!
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December 15, 2014
Welcome to Author Marketing Experts' Blog Carnival. This week features posts on writing and getting published. Thank you to all of the contributors!
Hazel Longuet submitted Gifts for Writers and Authors posted at A Novel Experience, saying, "Perfect Christmas Gifts For Writers and Authors. Trying to find the perfect present for people can be a trial and no-one wants to waste money on an unappreciated gift. Well luckily for you I've done all the heavy lifting and found a range of items to help you find the perfect present for the writer in your life. They will love them – and love you for buying them."
Chrys Fey submitted Writing Tips, Part One posted at Write with Fey, saying, "Today I am highlighting 25 of my best writing tips I've shared on my blog over the last three years. Enjoy!"
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Erica Verrillo submitted 22 Cookbook and Nonfiction Publishers Accepting Unagented Manuscripts posted at Publishing… And Other Forms of Insanity, saying, "Here are 22 cookbook publishers welcoming proposals from authors – no agent needed! And, as an added bonus, many of these publishers also accept nonfiction in other categories. (Remember, non-fiction publishers want proposals, not manuscripts.) Make sure to read the full submission guidelines before you submit."
That concludes this week's carnival. Our weekly roundup offers the best book marketing, self-publishing, writing, and general publishing industry tips to guide authors, would-be authors, publishers and others on their book journey. Submit a post to our weekly carnival by using this link: http://www.amarketingexpert.com/submit-ame-blog-carnival/
December 12, 2014
Here's a rundown of some top book marketing tweets to guide you, courtesy of bloggers, marketers, authors and others. The topics include why rushing kills good books, whether hiring help or going the DIY route makes more sense for authors, working with book bloggers, and more. Happy marketing!
* How Can Authors Stand Out on Social Media?
It may seem like social media consists of a lot of noise and little useful info. But you can use social media to find and grow an audience:
* How Hurry Kills Good Books
There are many reasons for you to take your time writing and publishing your books. Think quality over quantity:
* Self-Publishing: DIY or Hire Help?
Many writers hear that they need to hire professionals, but you can do a lot yourself – if you want to:
* 4 Tips for Working With Book Bloggers
Bloggers can be very helpful when it comes to getting exposure for your book. Here's how to find the right bloggers for your book:
* Why It's Good to Get Bad Reviews
Having a few not-so-great reviews for your book can give your book credibility:
* 12 Ways to Avoid Looking Clueless On Social Media
Get some great tips from social media expert Guy Kawasaki:
* Email Marketing for Writers: Build Your List!
If you collect more emails, you can improve your email marketing and sell more books:
* 11 Social Media Statistics You Should Have Known Yesterday
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December 5, 2014
Gain some great advice and ideas from these book marketing tweets to guide you, courtesy of bloggers, marketers, authors and others. The topics include 15 reading and writing communities to find readers, 6 ways to jump on holiday sales, a writer's guide to mental health, and more. Happy marketing!
* 6 Ways to Jump on Holiday Sales
You've still got a chance to get some sales for the holidays:
* What Authors Should Know About Amazon Book Categories
Did you know Amazon has a separate setup for print books and ebooks? You can select two categories per book, and here's how you should choose:
* Where the Readers Are: 15 Reading and Writing Communities that Can Boost Your Platform
You may not have heard of some of these sites – like Scriggler, WEBook, Critters – but they could be great places to find readers:
* Frazzled, Overwhelmed, Swamped? A Writer's Guide to Mental Health
It's easy to get caught in the trap of trying to do everything. Here's how you can talk yourself down:
* How to Optimize Your Pins for the Pinterest Smart Feed
If you want additional exposure on Pinterest, learn how to use the smart feed:
* How to Sell More Books to the Right Target Audience
Ask yourself these key questions so your book will be noticed by the right people:
* 10 Ways Authors Can Make Crowdfunding Work
You can use crowdfunding to raise money for your publishing project, and also collect pre-orders and market your book pre-publication. Here's how:
* Tips for Making Sure Editors Don't Skip Over Your Email Pitch
Research reveals that email is the best way to pitch editors; and your subject line is what really matters:
December 1, 2014
Welcome to Author Marketing Experts' Blog Carnival. This week features posts on self-publishing, and book marketing. Thank you to all of the contributors!
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Hazel Longuet submitted Book Promotion: Networking for Introverts posted at A Novel Experience, saying, "These days authors must self-market their books for any chance of success and that involves a huge amount of networking – for those introverts amongst us that is painful but it needn't be. With these simple steps even the most introverted can participate in the marketing field comfortably."
Erica Verrillo submitted How to Build Your Own Author Platform – From Scratch posted at Publishing… And Other Forms of Insanity, saying, "You must start building your platform well in advance of contacting an agent or publishing your book. Achieving a following takes several years, But even if your name is not a household word by the time you publish, you can set the stage for future fame."
Sarah Bolme submitted Indecision: A Success Killer posted at Marketing Christian Books, saying, "You can find articles on mistakes authors and publishers should not make all over the Internet. Here is one that is often not talked about."
That concludes this week's carnival. Our weekly roundup offers the best book marketing, self-publishing, writing, and general publishing industry tips to guide authors, would-be authors, publishers and others on their book journey. Submit a post to our weekly carnival by using this link: http://www.amarketingexpert.com/submit-ame-blog-carnival/
November 25, 2014
If there's one thing I've learned in my years of marketing, it's that no matter how much authors love what Amazon can do for them, they'd rather sell books on their own site than share a cut with the giant online e-tailer. Doing this, however, can be tricky.
It seems that every time we turn around, some big chain is admitting that they were hacked. If you were one of the millions who shopped there, your information could be in the hands of God-knows-who. With so much attention on shopper security, it's leaving a lot of shoppers even more hesitant to shop online.
Last year, Baymard Institute released a staggering statistic: 67.89% of shoppers abandon their carts before completing the purchase. That translates to around $1.79 trillion dollars in product or services purchased online. Why does this happen? Well, there are a lot of theories on this. According to Shopify and the image shown below, this is a list of the top reasons that people abandon their purchase with you:
Though I don't disagree with this per se, I would take this a step further, because not only are security concerns at an all-time high, there are a variety of additional reasons you may be losing people. Also, how to get shoppers and keep them varies by industry so let's look at the ones that will matter to authors and publishers:
1) Overall Look of Site: There's a high trust factor with a site that looks professional. I don't want to buy from a site that looks sketchy. Would you? If you want to sell from your site, you'll need to have one that's professionally designed. I would say that this goes even before we start the shopping cart discussion because you won't get anyone to even entertain buying off of your site if it doesn't look like a place they'd want to shop.
2) Checkout Process: I see a lot of authors (and even business owners) who make the shopping process difficult. I'm not sure why they do this or why their web designers recommend this. Every click you make someone do can cost you 5% of your traffic, meaning that if you require several clicks just to get an item into their shopping cart, you've now lost 20% of your traffic. Make the buying process easy. Put "Shop" or "Store" or (if you have one product) "Buy Now" on the home page so folks immediately know where to click. Visitors won't take the time to figure it out. If they can't find it on your site, they'll go elsewhere and in the age of Amazon they're likely to just default back there.
3) Site security: Showing shoppers that their purchase is secure is also very important. Buyers want to know you're taking care of their personal details so showing security messages – even things like "Secure checkout" make all the difference. In fact, according to a recent Entrepreneur Magazine article, adding security messages can increase a buy by 16%.
4) Sign in/Sign up: I don't know about you, but the minute someone wants me to create an account before buying an item, I'm usually gone. If you want folks to sign up on your site, have them do it after they've made a purchase. Studies show that conversion rates can increase by 45% if you allow buyers to shop as "guests" throughout their visit.
5) Unexpected Costs: We all know that Amazon has pretty much ruined us for shipping costs. Thanks to things like Amazon Prime, and other free shipping opportunities, most of us abhor these added costs. If you feel charging for shipping is something you have to do, consider offering free shipping as an incentive instead of a guarantee. Staples, for instance, offers free shipping when you buy a certain dollar amount. Other e-tailers have free shipping days, or, if you want to further incentivize site sign-up, you could offer free shipping to members only which would encourage them to join your site so you could remarket to them later.
6) Cart abandonment: Window shopping happens, even online. SeeWhy did a study last year and found that 99% of people won't buy on their first visit to your website. This is why having an email newsletter, or some other benefit-driven giveaway, is not only important, but mandatory if you want to make the sale. Email newsletters allow you to remarket to your visitor. No, they may not buy on the first try, but a helpful, content-rich newsletter will remind them who you are and encourage a buy for later. It is a lot of work, yes, but so is building a store on your site that no one buys from. Alternatively, you could also consider pop-ups or sidebar messages that show up during the purchase process, offering customers 5% off.
7) eCommerce options: I know many folks who have extensive eCommerce options which are great but also costly. Being able to take credit cards, especially if you are small, is an added cost you may not want to incur but, you may not need to. When we switched from our extensive pay system to just offering PayPal, we found that our shopper conversion almost doubled. Also, PayPal no longer requires users to register with their system so you can give your shoppers the peace of mind of using a secure system, without having to register.
8) Love the Love: People like what other people like, which is why for most (if not all) retailers, you'll see reviews and customer feedback right on the page. Most authors don't have the bandwidth, time, or money to create a sales system that's quite that elaborate, so adding reviews to the sales pages is very helpful. Adding reviews with a picture adds even more credibility to the page. Remember that your customer can, with one click, meander over to Amazon and buy the book there so give them a reason to stay.
9) Pricing: If you're going to keep shoppers on your site, you'd better up the ante on your pricing. We already know you need to ship for free (at least on certain days or with minimum orders) now let's consider your "offer." Maybe you just wanted to offer the book. Sure, that's fine, albeit a tad boring. Sorry, but they can get the book on Amazon, too. If you really want to lure folks to your site and make the sale, you'll need to give them a slam-dunk deal they can't resist. As an example, when we changed the offer on our store page from 3 books for $20 to four, sales doubled. Keep in mind that there is only one print book that's mailed, the rest are digital and delivered as soon as payment is taken so there's nothing else for me to do. Digital product is easy to add on because there are no hard costs with it, beyond the initial creation of the product. So what else can you add onto your book to help entice shoppers? What about offering the eBook with the print book so they can have one for their Kindle and a print book in hand (something a lot of readers still enjoy)? Maybe you could pair your book with someone else's e-product. When you take some time to brainstorm, the possibilities are endless.
In the end, what you really need to do is think of your website as a brick and mortar store. If you created any of these roadblocks at Macy's, or a Barnes & Noble, you'd really hurt your sales process. Authors often assume that a website store is different. It's not. We want easy, we want fast, and we want the best price. If you can bring all of these elements into your website store, you'll increase sales considerably.
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Songs of Angels - Christmas Hymns and Carols / Robert Shaw
1 CD / Telarc / 2006-08-29Works: Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Angels we have heard on high; How Unto Bethlehem?; Boar's Head Carol; O Tannenbaum; Masters in this hall; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Good Christian m...
Performers: Baughman, Wayne; Burrichter, Ronald; Carter, Donna; Cock, Christopher; Ledbetter, Victor; Murray, Katherine; Stalter, Tim; Timmerman, Frank
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Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
All of these carols are heard in delightful arrangements by Alic Parker and Robert Shaw. The arrangements date from the early 1950s and the popular...continue...
Adams: Harmonium; Rachmaninoff: The Bells / Shaw, et al
1 CD / Telarc / 2006-07-09Works: John Adams: Harmonium; Sergey Rachmaninov: The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 35
Performers: Dent, Karl [Tenor Vocal]; Fleming, Renee; Ledbetter, Victor
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
"Shaw is never less than dependable, but here he is quite a bit more than that, particularly in John Adams's early Harmonium, which still is...continue...
Classics - Szymanowski, Poulenc: Stabat Maters / Shaw, et al
1 CD / Telarc / 2002-06-25Works: Gregorian Chant: Stabat Mater; Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater, Op. 53; Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 148
Performers: Goerke, Christine; Ledbetter, Victor; Simpson, Marietta
Conductors: Shaw, Robert


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Welcome to Sudima Hotel Christchurch Airport!
You will be spoilt for choice in terms of food at this 3-star Christchurch hotel as the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, so you are sure to find something tasty to tempt your palate. There is also a bar/lounge where guests can enjoy drinks after a long day.
Planning a meeting? This hotel has 6 meeting rooms. Knowledgeable staff are available at the front desk 24 hours-a-day and can provide tour/ticket assistance. Other amenities include a roundtrip airport shuttle.
The location is so close to the airport. The shuttle is great around the clock! Al...Venere Guest, Australia
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Sudima Hotel Christchurch Airport has 158 guest rooms. Televisions in each room offer entertainment at the end of a long day. Business travelers will have access to wireless high-speed Internet access (charges apply) during their Christchurch International Airport visit.
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