Writers On The Move: Creating, Promoting, and Selling in the Writing World:
I recently attended a teleconference presented by David Riklan, a well-known marketing expert and the founder of SelfGrowth.com. The focus of the topic was creating a successful online business from scratch.
According to Riklan, the first two ‘core’ ways to establish a successful online business, one that generates income is to:
1.Create your own product to sell.
2.Create a service to sell.
Please understand that when you create a product or service, it should be a quality product or service. It needs to address the potential customer’s problem, need, or want.
Read more at http://www.writersonthemove.com/2011/10/creating-promoting-and-selling-in.html
Martha Graham, a famous dancer and choreographer in the early 20th century, wrote in a letter to one of her students: "There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open." Graham's words ring true. There is only one of you in the world: The way you think, the way you see things, the way you respond, the way you nurture yourself and other people, the way you go about doing mundane things. The way you love, the way you express, the way you tell a story, the way you write. The world will know of and witness only one you . The totality of you -- talents, nuances, thought proc...