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| 6/14/2013 Editors: Rebecca Morgan & Ken Braly See “About SpeakerNet News” at the end for information on how to submit tips and use this newsletter. Remember, your “dues” for this free ezine are submitting two tips a quarter. Send your best tips to editor@SpeakerNetNews.com. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/SpeakerNetNews SpeakerNet News Sponsors SpeakerNet News Sponsor  Teleseminar Info Monday, June 24 Put Persuasive Power in Your Promo Prose: Fix Writing Mistakes That Are Costing You with Barbara McNichol
Whether or not you’re a book author, you do a lot of writing every day to support and promote your business. Does your writing hold you back from being as successful as you could be? Do you know? This short session with leading editor Barbara McNichol will help you tune up your writing so you always make the impression, and get the results, you want. Read the details of this session below, then register or order the MP3 recording. Note: Everyone who registers for the teleseminar will get the MP3 recording of the session for free. Audience Involvement Equals More Bookings You’ve been in the audience with speakers who drone on for hours. You shift in your chair, trying to keep alert and focused, but finally succumb to boredom. Your phone, tablet, or laptop comes out and you entertain yourself by responding to emails, texting your friends, and/or catching up on Facebook. You never want to be a speaker who causes people to mentally escape. You want to engage people, and that requires getting them involved. Would you like to enlarge your portfolio of options to add to every presentation, whether a keynote or workshop? Do you know which techniques work well and which will backfire? Would you like some sure-fire processes that will work even with cynical audiences? These three recordings will give you some ideas to add to your repertoire, as well as tips on how to use them successfully.
All SNN single-focused packages are detailed here. From the Editors Mentions of SNN Thanks to Meggin McIntosh (@MegginMcIntosh) for tweeting: “From the other side of the world, Jacksonville man finds travel insurance really pays off bit.ly/ZXa7Zu via @SpeakerNetNews.”  Miscellaneous Tips “How to Crush Your Next Conference” — Bob Wendover Here’s a Fast Company article on how to make the most of attending conventions. We all know this stuff, but how much do we practice it? Create unique thank-you notes — Barbara Morris You can create fabulous thank-you notes with Microsoft Publisher. The 2010 version is powerful but it’s easy to learn to create professional-looking projects. I use Publisher not just to create personal notes but for creating my e-magazine. For two minutes of time and a 46-cent stamp you can create a note that leaves a lasting impression. Tip for writing books — Lynda McDaniel Don’t make your book perfect. Aspiring authors can confuse perfectionism with excellence — and then beat themselves up for not being perfect. And that stops them cold. Next thing they know, their unfinished manuscript is moldering in a drawer (or a computer file). It’s a wicked trap. Of course you want your book to be perfect, but that’s not attainable. Drop perfection and go for excellent, exciting, creative, informative, world-changing — but not perfect. There’s a big difference between excellence and perfectionism. Excellence is the natural striving for the best you can deliver; perfectionism is an obsessive, not to mention impossible, quest that can lead only to overwork and disappointment. (Editors’ note: If you want more ideas on how to get your book written, get the recording of the SNN teleseminar, “The Ten Most Important Things to Do to Finish Writing Your First Book” with Mary Marcdante.) Get better PayPal rates — Randy Gage Hopefully you offer the PayPal option for products on your website. If you sell more than $3,000 a month with Paypal, they’ll give you better rates. Login and go here to get the better rate. (Editors’ note: Randy offered lots of interesting information — and opinions — in his SNN teleseminars: “Growing Your Business in the Digital World,” “Transforming from Speaker to Information Entrepreneur,” and “Booking More Business in Difficult Times.”) Interesting article on what irritates speakers about event planners — Peggy Duncan Julius Solaris wrote an interesting article in Event Manager Blog, “Dear Event Planner, I Hate You. Sincerely, Your Speaker.” He’s a planner who speaks and knows both sides. Excellent points that I know we can all relate to (and add more). (Editors’ note: If you’d like to understand the planner’s perspective on speakers, get the recording of the SNN teleseminar "Become Invaluable to Meeting Planners: Tips from an Uber-Planner" with Joan Eisenstodt.) Technology Tips Check outgoing links — Robert McEntee Periodically check links to other sites/businesses you have placed on your website. I hadn’t checked the six I had on my site in a long while. I found that two of them had removed their reciprocal links to me, one no longer worked (out of business), and one site was apparently hijacked — to my horror, the domain now pointed to a porn site; definitely not good for Google! Since reciprocal links are not supposed to help SEO much these days, I replaced the removed links with relevant affiliate links, something that may actually help my bottom line. Organize your tech accessories — Anna Conrad “Grid It” is a great tool for organizing cords and other tech (or non-tech) accessories. I keep all of my cords, including computer power cord, plus Mac LCD projector dongle, flash drives, projector remote all in a neat, convenient Grid It. There is even a zipper on the back for spare batteries. Multiple sizes for various other uses. SNN Offer SNN’s “Book Marketing Report—What Really Works” features success tactics of those who’ve recently published a book, covering which marketing techniques work in today’s market and which don’t. This brief e-report shares proven tools for increasing books sales in our profession and in today’s challenging market.  Travel Tips Save your old phone for travel abroad — Rebecca Morgan If your old phone allows you to swap SIM cards when unlocked, don’t turn it in when you upgrade. (Maybe you have one sitting around your house now.) When you go abroad, get your old phone unlocked (I did this for $39), then you can put any carrier’s SIM card in your old phone. Buy a local SIM when you’re abroad and you can then send and receive voice calls and texts from local pals and clients or tour guides you’ve engaged. (This works better than Skype as you don’t have to be connected to the Internet.) I buy a $5 card and rarely have to replenish it, but it makes life much easier when locals are trying to reach me. Delta devalues program/alliance — Sharon Adcock Effective September 1 Delta is reducing elite status mileage-earning on many of their partners, and with one partner you can no longer earn Delta elite status miles at all. In addition, beginning in 2014 flights on partners where the tickets were issued by those partners would not have their price count towards the minimum spend that would be required towards status. Delta’s Skyteam Alliance is turning into more of a marketing alliance than a true alliance. Travel insurance — Lucas Zarlengo I’d like to recommend TravelGuard through this link. They are very helpful for all types of travelers and when I’ve compared coverage to other groups, they are much better. The link provides support from both TravelGuard and another group. SNN Offer
SNN Offer Get industry leaders’ wisdom delivered every two weeks. Special $4.95 introductory offer. Get each new SNN teleseminar recording with our SNN MP3 subscription service. speakernetnews.com Requests for Info / Advice Mobile application developers recommendations — Bob Treadway I’m interested in recommendations for mobile application developers that can adapt intellectual property to smartphones and tablets. I’ll compile responses for SNN.
 SpeakerNet News Teleseminar Info Monday, June 24 Put Persuasive Power in Your Promo Prose: Fix Writing Mistakes That Are Costing You with Barbara McNichol
Because your business results tie closely to the marketing copy you write, how you learned to write in school just won’t cut it today. In this teleseminar, Barbara shares common mistakes that often scuttle your attempts to convert words into action — mistakes you might not even know you’re making! Step one is being aware of those mistakes; step two involves discovering what you might do differently to:
Don’t miss this opportunity to “go deep” and strengthen everything you write — from emails to proposals to one-sheets, blog posts, and back-cover copy. No one will be persuaded to take action if there’s no persuasive power in your pen. Register or order the MP3 recording. Note: people who register for the teleseminar will get the MP3 recording of the session for free. Date: Monday, June 24 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern, 6 pm Central, 5 pm Mountain, 4 pm Pacific (Enter your location here to get your local time) Length: 60 minutes Cost: $25 Special Limited-Time Offer: If you want more information on ideas on how to write persuasively, we’re suggesting the MP3 recordings of several earlier programs to complement this program:
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If you’re in the speaking business, no doubt you’ve spent years in workshops and trainings, or working with coaches, to be a better speaker. But how much time have you spent working to be a better *writer*?
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