The pros and cons of automatic renewals Recently a colleague of mine recommended a grammar-checking product that she said she liked better than Grammarly. She said this product was more expensive to purchase, but the price includes lifetime access, unlike Grammarly, which charges an annual subscription. I’ve been using Grammarly for years. I like it [...]
Our goal for our Shareable Saturday emails is to end your week and start your weekend on a positive note. When we select the quotes, we choose messages that we think are profound yet simple. And we love it when our subscribers see something more complex than we did. Recently our Shareable Saturday message was this: [...]
Do you teach classes? A book based on what you teach will: Serve as a marketing tool that promotes your training and other products and services Increase your professional credibility Help you connect with a broader audience Provide an additional revenue stream Many of my ghostwriting clients over the years have been in the information [...]
Recently I had the opportunity to hear John Rivers, founder of 4 Rivers Smokehouse, speak at a CLC event. CLC is a Christian men’s group, and I’ll explain why I was there at the end of this article. But, first … Though I hadn’t met John Rivers before, I was familiar with his amazing entrepreneurial [...]
We’ve probably all been ghosted. Ghosting is quietly and abruptly disappearing from someone’s life, essentially becoming invisible. The person doing the ghosting simply stops communicating with no explanation, leaving the person being ghosted to wonder what happened. When we’ve been ghosted, we feel rejected—and it hurts. We typically hear about ghosting in the context of [...]
Take quick, quality photos of small objects When I need a picture of something, I usually just ask Jerry Clement to do it for me. He’ll take care of setting up the lights and backdrop, shooting the photo, and editing it. But sometimes I need a picture of a small item and I don’t have [...]
Radio personality and book marketing expert Suzanne Lynn shares creative ways to make you and your book stand out from the crowd You’ve written a book and you think the hard part is done, right? Wrong. Now it’s time to let the world know about your book—and many authors find marketing a far bigger challenge [...]
Critique your performance so you can improve A pastor I know is quite comfortable getting up in front of his congregation, but he’s a mediocre preacher. When I asked him if he watched the videos of his weekly sermons, he said, “No. I don’t like to see myself on video.” These days, more and more [...]
And why are you listening to that person? I don’t keep score of my successes and failures, but when I look back at my life, I know I’ve had far more wins than losses. The main reason for my track record is simple: I don’t listen to people who tell me what I want to [...]
Sometimes God whispers. Sometimes He speaks loud and clear. And sometimes we don’t want to hear what He has to say. But when we listen and are obedient, amazing things happen. Kim M. Clark is a perfect example of this test of faith. Here’s an edited transcript of our recent interview: Jacquelyn Lynn: How did [...]
