marketing ebooksTag Archive for marketing-ebooks archive at Desperately Seeking Sanity

May 8th, 2008

I’ll break this up over the week, so if you haven’t already asked a question or you’d like me to elaborate on something, please let me know…. because I’m all about talking about myself. Really. I am.

So let’s begin, shall we?

Annabelle asks:

I read in the 100 things about me that you’ve written 3 ebooks…what are they about? What are their titles?

And so, I’ll let you know a little bit more about the business side of Heather. There’s multiple sides ya know. Some might call my Cybil, except I’m not crazy. Well, I am, but not like that. Then again, maybe I am… I’ve never seen the movie and the only Cybil I really know about is Cybil Shepard, you know from Moonlighting? Hey… did you know that’s coming back? But I don’t think Cybil’s going to be in it.

But back to your question…

I actually need to update my 100 things post, because the count is now up to four and they are all business related. But here’s what I’ve written or co-written.

Making Dollars Out of Cents: 101 Tips for the Frugal Marketer. This was my first book ever and through the grace of God and my business coach, I finally got it done. I wrote the majority of it while camping, yes camping… right in between playing in the volleyball tournament and watching my then boyfriend in the horseshoe tournament… and we both have tee-shirts that say, “I’m a winner at the KOA Wytheville… because we’re cool like that. Originally it was supposed to tie in with a site that I owned called Marketing Geeks. I sold this site a few months ago along with the majority of my sites. I love this book. It’s what jump started me into so many other things. I’m currently working on the 2nd edition and maybe, one day before my children have children of their own, it will be done. And I’m hoping, praying really, that the 2nd edition will be a book that you can hold in your hands and buy on Amazon.
25 Ways to Revolutionize Your Virtual Assistant Business. When my BFF and I launched our membership site, we wanted a way to promote our site with something free, yet informative. So we forced asked her husband (also my business coach) to help us write a book. After much laughing, brainstorming, and passing sections back and forth, in 3 weeks the book was done. If you knew the three of us you would know that to get this done in 3 weeks was a miracle. This one is actually free. And it’s by far my favorite.
The Everyday Guide to Writing and Marketing Your eBook Wisely. After I had a few eBooks under my belt, I partnered with a then-member of our group and wrote this book. She covered the writing of the book and I covered the marketing and setup to sell part of the book. Eventually, the 16 week eBook program stemmed from this, but it’s on hiatus. I need to rework it, revamp it, and make sure that it’s working for people. One day.
Expanding Your Business…One Subscriber at a Time. This was the last one that I wrote and it came together so easily. It’s all about starting and promoting an email newsletter list. And it’s part of my $7 Business Builders Line… well it’s the only part of the line right now. I have plans to expand it. One day. See a theme here?

And I just realized that you only asked me for the titles… well, I just worked hard to type and link all those, so I’m not going to delete it.

The reality of it is, I have more ideas than I have time for… and I have ADHD… which means I have LOTS of started eBooks that just need finished. One day.

Sister Honey Bunch asks:

What would your ideal Saturday be if you could spend it all alone?

::singing:: Sister Pie Honey Bunch… you know how I love you… I can’t help myself… I love you and no body else…

ahem. sorry about that. I can’t help it! Every.single.time. I see that, I sing. I even told her that one day and was afraid she would think that I was a freak, but she’s commented since then, so perhaps I’m in the clear.

Now about that Saturday…. I’m actually pretty fortunate because my kids go to their Dad’s every other weekend, so I can’t say I would spend it alone, because the majority of the time, I do. (Except this Saturday night… I have a date… at least I think I still do… )

However, those Saturdays, even though they are with their dad, there are softball games to attend, and youth group events to attend and the like. Or work. Sometimes there’s work to do for my job because I didn’t get it all done during the week.

My ideal Saturday, though, would consist of sleeping until noon and then lounging around all day and watching movies that no one else wants to watch with me and not having to lift a finger. The fridge would be stocked and the animals and I would lie on the couch and do nothing. NOTHING. And then? I’d get together with a cutie for coffee or dinner or a game of putt putt. Or maybe not. After lounging around all day, I’m not sure I would be motivated to leave the house…

unless he was REALLY cute. and funny. and read my blog.

Julie asks:

If I were ever to find myself 9 months pregnant and stuck in a dumpster, what would be the best way for me to get out?

Oh Julie! You slay me. But, based on experience, it’s a difficult process to get out of the dumpster when you’re stuck and 9 months pregnant.

I can tell you that you have to swing your legs over the edge of the dumpster. The first leg will swing easily, but the second one is a little more difficult. But don’t panic when you realize that the second leg just isn’t going to swing as easily as one of a gymnast… or that of a non pregnant woman.

So here’s what you do…

put your left leg in
take your left leg out
put your left leg in
shake it all about
forget the hokey pokey
scream to your best friend that you’re stuck
when she’s done laughing adjust your belly in such a manner that you can swing the other one over
blog about it

Are you wondering what in the world she is talking about? Or have you actually read the story linked at my 100 things page?

If you’re unfamiliar, it’s here. On a blog that I had such grand visions for and will one day be the home for my book Confessions of a Very Intelligent Woman: A Direct Descendant of Murphy. It’s halfway done. It will be done. One day.

And remember… you heard that advice here first!

Jean asks:

This one maybe kind of random..and maybe I missed the post on it. Did your mom ever come up with a name for her new dog?

Oh my goodness… I can’t believe I didn’t follow up with this. Well, yes I can. That was in the middle of the blog party and it got crazy and I forgot. It happens.

But mom went with Gracie. I like Gracie. She said that she responds to Gracie, which is good, because we all know how frustrating it is to call someone by name and them not answer. I know from experience. I call to Matthew and Samara all the time, and they just don’t answer… but I try not to take it personally, or just tell the witnesses that they have some strange disease in which they can’t hear anyone who gave birth to them.

Chels asks:

in 100 things.. you said that you don’t buy soda anymore…what do you drink instead?

First Chels, you need a blog so I can link to you! I was on a role… type the person’s name, copy the question, paste the question here, go back and copy the link location, come over here and past the link location, but I didn’t have to do that here. But I wanted to… so people could come to your blog.

And as I stated earlier, I need to update my 100 things. Now, I have gone back through periods where I was buying soda and then I would realize how much I was consuming and stop again. I’m currently in a “there’s no soda in the house” phase and I drink Propel. Except it’s not in a bottle, because that’s too expensive, and it’s not really Propel, it’s the Kroger brand that I can whip up all myself with my own non-filtered water and in my own pitcher.

When Propel first came out, I was in love but bummed because it was so expensive and I hate regular water. Hate it. Like I won’t drink it unless I am DYING of thirst. And I knew that it was made by the Gatorade people and I knew that you could buy Gatorade that you could mix up by yourself and I prayed, oh how I prayed, that one day they would make a version of Propel that you could make yourself. And then?

They did and it was still expensive. So I prayed and prayed that they would make a knock off brand… and they did, but not before they made those little drop in packs.

But now? I make our Lemon Fitness Drink every day. And I drink alot of it. And I feel better because I’m drinking water and not all that soda.

But when I do buy soda? I buy Caffiene Free Diet Dr. Pepper because on Weight Watchers it has no points. (I’m not doing WW right now, by the way, but I probably should be) And if that’s not on sale then I buy Diet Dr. K. Which would be the Kroger brand of Diet Dr. Pepper. I’m cheap like that.

And so there’s today’s installment…

I’ll have more. Really, I will. But I have to work and install blogs and entertain my kids and twitter. I have such a busy life.

Next time you’ll learn about sharing my faith, my hair, and college…it will be fun… and maybe, just maybe, i’ll have a video to share…