An effective way to get your employees on the same page is to start a company book club. It can introduce new ideas, help with skill development, and create a general culture of personal and professional growth. Develop some guidelines before you announce the club, including: A general theme How books will be chosen [...]
In the marketplace, we do a lot of planning. We have business plans, marketing plans, production plans, financial plans, and more. But none of those plans is as important as our own personal spiritual growth plan. Use these steps to develop your spiritual growth plan. Define spiritual growth. Understand what spiritual growth is beyond [...]
Sometimes I can’t do the work I’d like to do because my family comes first. I’m the primary caregiver for my 95-year-old father. The time it takes to do what I have to do for him is affecting my productivity. I’m not alone. I’m seeing an increasing number of people in my circle of [...]
Pretending you’re invisible can save your life At least two or three times a week, I see a local news story about a pedestrian getting hit by a car while crossing a street. They're either killed or seriously injured. Sometimes the driver stayed on the scene. Sometimes they left. But that’s not my [...]
What you need to know to set up and run a book launch Launch That Book Tammy Karasek The Writer’s Bookshelf | Bold Vision Books You’ve finally finished your book. It’s well-written, beautifully designed, has a great cover, and it’s ready to publish. So now you can sit back and relax, right? Wrong. Now [...]
Grammar checkers make suggestions, not commands Just because your grammar checker makes a suggestion doesn’t mean you have to follow it. The suggestion may not be correct and it may not improve your writing. I have the privilege of serving as the publication and content advisor for the U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce. In [...]
Do bestseller lists really matter? An announcement from Publishers Weekly about the Wall Street Journal dropping its bestseller lists should make authors reconsider their infatuation with claiming “bestseller” status for their books. According to the Nov. 7, 2023 online edition of Publishers Weekly: The Wall Street Journal has stopped running its weekly bestseller lists. [...]
You’ve been asking for it ... and here it is! For years, people have asked us how they can get ready-to-hang prints of Jerry Clement’s photographs. The system we’ve used up until now has been slow and cumbersome. Not anymore! We are pleased to announce our new interactive online gallery, where you can browse, [...]
The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger: The Inside Story of California’s First Drive-Thru and How it Became a Beloved Cultural Icon Lynsi Snyder Nelson Books The story of a company that put God in charge I’ve never been to an In-N-Out Burger, but after reading The Ins-N-Outs of In-N-Out Burger, I’m ready to make a [...]
There are a lot of reasons to publish on Medium.com. For authors, a big reason is to promote themselves and their books. Below is an edited transcript of a presentation I gave to Orlando Word Weavers on how to promote your book on Medium and get paid for it. Most of the attendees were [...]
