A weblog by Simon Kolz
3 11 2013
You’ve just been notified a review of your book has been posted. You’re all excited and can’t wait to see what has been written. You’re clicking onto your book’s page when…Oh no! They hated your book! This bad review is going to turn away customers from buying your book. Wait! This isn’t the end of […]
27 12 2012
Almost two years ago, before the release of my first book, “Short of a Picnic,” I began writing nonfiction Internet essays that, like the book itself, deal with mental health. I say “deal” with mental health instead of “dealt” with mental health because these essays, five or six of them altogether, continue to be read. […]
14 12 2012
1. Combine a product and service together in a package deal. It could increase your sales. If you’re selling a book, offer an hour of consulting with it.
19 11 2012
There are hundreds of books available to teach you how to write a good sales letter/advert. If you were to read them all it would be possible to distil all of the recommendations into a ‘What to do list’ similar to the one below. This list is not exhaustive. No two people would set it […]
4 09 2012
What to do when you get rejected.
1 09 2011
I recently had a reader send me this comment:
8 05 2011
Being a Life Strategy Coach doesn’t mean I’m always on top of my game, completely balanced and without my own challenges. Building a website, writing an e-book, getting a newsletter off the ground and securing clients required a great deal of work and commitment.
21 09 2010
You’ve probably bought a book or two at one of the major chain bookstores. When you’re checking out, you get asked if you have the “discount card.”