I'm always amazed when I hear people say things like, "I can't spell" or "I'm a terrible writer" — especially when they seem to say it with so much pride! Of course, we can't all be professional writers, but writing skills count in most careers. The folks at Grammarly (one of my favorite websites and [...]
A young entrepreneur doing some major hotel renovations in Orlando recently got caught with some inaccurate information in the bio on his company website. He says it was a mistake and it’s apparently been corrected, but the fact that it happened is casting an unnecessary shadow on his reputation and credibility. If you put yourself [...]
Generating quality leads is often one of the biggest challenges in marketing. But what if your prospective customers were willing to pay you to receive your basic message and then contact you to tell you they want to know more? That’s what happens when ebooks are part of your marketing strategy. Here’s how it works: [...]
Do you need an editor or a writer? It’s not uncommon for me to get inquiries from prospective clients who tell me they’ve already written their book (or blog, article or whatever) and they just need someone to edit it. If that’s the case, they don’t need a writer (or ghostwriter) – they need an [...]
Among all the new, jazzy content marketing tools that are available, blogs remain the foundation, the workhorse, the launchpad for everything else you do. Important reasons to blog include: Search engine optimization (SEO) Reputation management Thought leadership Education Building lists All good reasons that will result in increased sales. But the biggest challenge for bloggers [...]
Inner Voice: Unlock Your Purpose and Passion by Russ Whitney (Hay House, 2013) will be available Sept. 23 The night before he left for the retreat in Hawaii, Russ Whitney called me. He told me he wouldn’t be available for a while because he was going to have a heart transplant. He’d been drinking and [...]
Recently I met with a prospective client who was looking for a ghostwriter to help him write a book about his life experiences. By the time our meeting was over, he decided he didn’t want to write a book after all. Over the years, I’ve helped far more people realize that they shouldn’t even try [...]
Have you ever heard television or radio show host ask really stupid questions? Or have you been interviewed and had the interviewer ask you about things totally unrelated to what you really wanted to talk about? If you’re promoting a book, or just promoting yourself as an expert, you have more opportunities than ever for [...]
The short answer to how much ghostwriters charge is: It depends. Before you and a writer can determine an appropriate fee, you need to figure out exactly what the project is going to entail, including who is responsible for doing the research, how you and the writer will work together, and what the final product [...]
If you want your book to be a commercial success, it needs a great title – but a great title isn’t enough. It’s barely a start. If all you’ve got is a title, you’ve got a lot of work to do. A couple of years ago, I received a call from a prospective client [...]
