Business skills
Early bird discounts are bad for business
We’ve decided that we’re no longer offering an early bird discount for our upcoming events including our Planning and Writing mini-retreat in the UK and the Writing Retreat in Spain. That’s because we believe that early bird discounts can be bad for business!! If you’re not familiar with the term, an early bird discount is something that’s available at…
Read MoreBirthday sale!
Do you need a fast answer to your business book question? It’s my birthday today and I wanted to tell you about the brand new ‘Book Breakthrough Mentoring Call’ that launches today (read on for your special promo code to save 25%). In this 90 minute mentoring call, we can cover anything you want, such…
Read MoreWhat is the first stage in the book writing process?
I spent the weekend in Edinburgh with Sheryl Andrews, my client, mentor and friend. The purpose of the visit was to attend the book launch of Successful Business Minds by my client Helen Monaghan. Whilst we were there, Sheryl and I found ourselves discussing the question “What is the first stage in the book writing…
Read MoreThe author's journey – Why four authors wrote their books
At my recent book launch party, I held an Author’s Journey Spotlight section. I asked four of my clients to showcase their books, tell us why they wrote them and I thought you’d like to hear their stories. The Author’s Journey – Let me introduce my four authors.
Read MoreHer Career Confidence interview
I’m delighted to announce that I was recently interviewed by Beverley Bramwell, host of Her Career Confidence, and one of my former clients. Beverley has set up this new podcast series for busy women with big ambitions. My interview goes live today, Tuesday 5 April. You can register here to receive the interview podcast where I discuss visibility and…
Read MoreThe link between writing and skiing
Did you miss me? Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been in Austria, although you probably didn’t realise I’d gone anywhere unless you’re connected with me on Facebook and have seen all my photos! This has been a regular trip for the last 4 years. I started skiing in 2012 as part of the ‘Year…
Read MoreHow writing a book will help you to get clear on your message
Over the last few months, I’ve been rebranding my business and I’ve just revealed the new me under the name of ‘Librotas’. I’ve explored what I do, why it’s important, and the values that I bring to my business. Although what I do hasn’t changed – helping business owners to write, publish and promote their…
Read MoreWhat does a book mentor do?
If I had a fiver for every time someone told me that they’d started but not finished writing their book, then I’d be on the way to becoming a millionaire! The aim of writing a book is to ultimately publish it, reach more people, and make money from writing it, and use it as a…
Read MoreHow to decide which book to write first
When I work with clients, I often find that they want to write more than one book, and this also came up with some of the people taking part in the summer challenge. So if you’ve got multiple books that you want to create, how do you decide which book to write first? The problem…
Read MoreWhy do you write?
My PR person recently asked me to create a blog about why I write for a magazine article, and I’d love to ask you the same. Whether it’s for a blog, book or a newsletter, I’d like to know your motivation and why you write. Which of these 7 reasons is why you write? Through talking with…
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