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Maintain your marketing focus….Oooh, look! Shiny!

If you want to succeed in marketing online you need to focus on your objectives. That being said, I’m one of the biggest offenders of succumbing to BSO (Bright Shiny Objects) syndrome. I’m always chasing down rabbit holes, all in the name of research. I do learn a lot of good stuff, but it sometimes [...]

March 15, 2010 · Mary · No Comments
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Why I lurk on social networking sites

It’s been estimated that over 93% of people lurk on social networking sites; not participating, just listening to the 7% who are actually taking part in the conversation. I confess to occasionally lurking myself. I’m really a social person. But sometimes when I’m on Facebook or Twitter I just don’t feel like chatting. So, I lurk. [...]

December 8, 2009 · Mary · No Comments
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5 ways to research your book idea

How do you know if your brilliant book idea is really brilliant? I’ve met a lot of authors who had what they thought was a great idea for a book, wrote and published the book, and were stunned to find out that nobody was interested. Or not enough people were interested to sell many copies of [...]

November 2, 2009 · Mary · No Comments
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