21 Ways to be a Kid Again & Get Adult Results by Kristen

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2 Creativity 21 Ways to Skyrocket Your Creativity by Tony Laidig (Paperback or Kindle Edition) DO YOU NEED A BREAKTHROUGH TO ALLOW YOUR CREATIVITY TO FLOW? Inside these pages, discover: How to eliminate blocks to plug yourself into all the creativity you desire The simple routine that allows the "still small voice" of creativity to speak The question I asked myself that netted me a new product and nearly $100,000 How to reduce stress, anxiety and open the flow to creativity and imagination What to eat to improve brain function 21 Ways to be a Kid Again & Get Adult Results by Kristen Eckstein (paperback) Are you ready to have pure unadulterated fun? This book is your expert guide to tap into the innovative, creative childlike part of you that as an adult seems hard to reach. Inside these pages, discover: How to make everyday chores fun and an activity to look forward to doing The secret to exercising without boredom How to make your analytical left brain shut up and give your right brain a chance to create A precise formula for successful brainstorming that will help you solve any problem. And tons more! Free Headline Generator - this online resource is also great for chapter and book titles. 2

3 Writing Communities: These groups are full of people who can give you immediate and ongoing support to sell more books and reach more people with your audience. Facebook Amazon BestSeller BookLaunch Group: Group of like-minded people who support each others book launches, ongoing marketing and getting and staying on Amazon s best seller lists Non-Fiction Writing Fan Page: Features tips, inspiration, free training and marketing for authors of nonfiction books Publishing Success Group: Private group run by Ultimate Book Coach Kristen Eckstein to join aspiring authors with publishing professionals to get their publishing questions answered and choose a publishing option that works best for them. Writing Fan Page: Features tips, inspiration, motivation and encouragement for writers of all types Writers of Non-Fiction Group: Private group run by marketing expert Denise Michaels and encourages anyone who writes non-fiction, including article marketers, bloggers and non-fiction book authors. 3

4 Other Online & Offline Writing Communities: Absolute Write: A forum-style website where writers can seek advice from each other and professional freelancers and editors. Backspace: 1/3 of the members on this site are published or agented writers. Helpful articles and videos are accessible by nonmembers. Critique Circle: This is an online writer s workshop for all genres. Meetup.com: There are many Meetup groups that center around writing. Search the site for a group in your area and join it for ongoing in-person support to getting your book done, published and marketed. My Writers Circle: Submit your material and receive helpful feedback from this group of pros. Preditors & Editors: One of the best communities of whistle blowers in the publishing industry. Look up editors and publishers on this site first before signing any contracts. Writing.com: A free site where you can share your work for feedback, enter contests and more. Writers Café: This is a free writing community where you can get reviews of your work. 4

5 Free Graphic Generators CoolText Generator: This generator creates cool text buttons and graphics for your website. Just be aware some of them can be made to look professional, while many are cheesy. Free GraphicCreator: This is Kristen Eckstein s favorite graphics generator. You can create great headlines, buy now buttons and guarantees fast and free. Screenshot Captor and Jing: These two types of screen capture software capture your screen and allow you to easily add arrows, text and other graphics to your screen captures. Social Ribbon Generator: This generator creates ribbon ads that invite your visitors to check out your social media networks. These are meant for low resolution web use only, not printing on book covers. Web 2.0 Badges: This site creates simple badges for use on websites. These are meant for low resolution web use only, not printing on book covers. Website Ribbon Generator: Like the Social Ribbon Generator above, this generator creates ribbons for your website. 5

6 File Storage & Remote Access Amazon S3: For bigger files such as videos for back-end coaching and courses and audios, this is an extremely affordable storage service. DropBox: an excellent tool for sharing large files or entire projects with your editor, designer, virtual assistant and more. Get 2GB of space free! GoToMyPC: For instant access to your home computer from anywhere in the world, use this inexpensive tool. Now if you forget your marketing materials or manuscript at home you have instant access to them from any other device, even ipads! & Social Media Management AWeber: Best delivery service for autoresponders or broadcasts to your list. Announce special appearances, speaking gigs and your book launch to a list of people ready to listen! HootSuite: This free social media management tool helps you pre-schedule posts to Facebook, Twitter and other top social media profiles and save time you can spend elsewhere. 6

7 Websites HostGator: The most reliable and affordable website hosting service. NameCheap: Domain names are virtual real estate and the best resource for getting domain names. Register your book s title, your publishing company name, your name and more. Optimize Press: This WordPress theme is excellent for opt-in pages where you can give away a free chapter of your book and build your list. Link it with AWeber and watch your list grow and book launches be more successful. Legal Resources EchoSign: If you re working with illustrators, graphic designers, ghostwriters, editors, publishers, rights dealers and more, you ll need to get everything they re doing for you in writing. The easiest system for signed contracts is the EchoSign system. LegalZoom: If you have questions about trademarking your book title, copyright or patents, LegalZoom is an inexpensive option for getting professional legal advice. 7

8 Book Marketing Anatomy of an Amazon Best-Seller Launch: This course is put together by Kristen Eckstein s personal friend, Marnie Pehrson. The strategies in this course can be used over and over again with the same or multiple books. Essential for your book launch! Market My Book! Created by Kristen Eckstein, this is the only course that teaches you how to create a 4-month book marketing plan in less than an hour. ebooks BookBaby: The leading company in ebook distribution, BookBaby gets your ebook file listed on dozens of retailers websites. Their ebook file conversion services lack quality control, so Kristen recommends using Kinstant or an ebook programmer. Calibre: This is a free ebook converter that creates both MOBI for Kindle and EPUB formats, but requires the use of XHTML code. Use the steps in Module 1 of the Self-Publish On Demand course to create properly converted ebook files. Kinstant Formatter: This is the only Kindle formatter Kristen Eckstein personally uses for her mini Kindle books (other than a professional ebook programmer). It s a secure web-based formatter that converts clean Kindle formats of simply designed MS Word documents. Programming: Professional ebook programmers are the only way to guarantee your Kindle book reads cleanly. Kristen Eckstein s team of professional programmers are on the cutting edge of ebook formatting. 8

9 For Better Writing Daily Writing Tips: Get a different writing tip and hint every day including grammar, punctuation, style and more. Merriam-Webster Word of the Day: Get a new word of the day from the Merriam-Webster online dictionary. 9

10 Kristen Eckstein Kristen Eckstein, the Ultimate Book Coach, is a sought-after independent publishing expert, two time best-selling author and awardwinning international speaker. Her reputation is to create books that build your business through Ghost Publishing, a term she coined to define her exclusive independent publishing programs. Kristen loves books reading them, writing them and helping other people publish them. She has been interested in all aspects of books ever since she was 5 when she read her first Nancy Drew book. In 2003, Kristen began her book career when she co-ran a vanity publishing company that featured a traditional publishing arm. During this time she learned the ins and outs of vanity, subsidy and traditional publishing what to look for, what to avoid and how to make sure authors don t get ripped off. Ultimately, Kristen left that publishing company behind and co-founded Imagine!Studios LLC, an art and media production company, with her husband Joe. They soon began publishing authors books again under their own label. Relocation caused them to hand that portion of their business off to another capable publisher and Kristen began her role as an independent publishing book coach. In 2011, Kristen founded the 21 Ways series of pocket guidebooks under the traditional publishing label of her company, Discover! Books. Now Kristen spends her time helping others get into print. To date she has started 44 publishing companies and published 122 books and ebooks, 13 of those her own. She has taken a complicated publishing process and broken it down step by step through her Ghost Publishing method which puts the author in control of the process. Do you have a book you ve been meaning to write? Let Kristen Eckstein help you publish the book that will bring you business! 10