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As far as officials go, we will not find another Ronald Reagan, a man who spoke his heart as much as his mind, and who spoke the facts of patriotism and the truths of connectivity to our homes. This is how he acquired the name The Great Communicator. It was not because he was once an actor who could deliver his passion, it was because, speechwriters or not, on teleprompter or off, he could communicate right brain, heartfelt meaningful truths as they relate to our hearts and homes.

We won’t see another Reagan to boldly state these and touch both logic and profound germane personal truths; we’re going to have to become this ourselves as an aggregate of hundreds if not thousands of liberty nut purists, each operating as a great communicator.

[From Page 157 . . .On Corporate Social Responsibility as a patriotic platform before you publish your book . . .]

When you speak or give seminars to corporate America in a CSR medium, you are not departing from your book, you are enunciating an extension of it. As I said above, you are summoned as a thought leader who accomplishes your results through a paradigm shift, you are summoned to do custom work. This is where and how branding yourself can profoundly affect the content of your book before you publish it, and thereby make it more successful all around in the market that wasn’t there before. You simply make sure to lock in specific concepts you’ve mastered from the feedback of your branding and image into your manuscript before you publish.

Not only do you teach, but you learn.

One example is, of course, what I am driving at: the more patriotic approach to so-called CSR, shifting away from intrusive ideas of how to dictate to Business how to treat their customers and employees, or how to make the company more Green over to how the company will boldly define itself from now on in terms of loyalty to country, especially in terms of gratitude and Independence and why it is so very important in our way of life. CSR need not only be Green, it may also be Red, White and Blue as the company’s own idea of social responsibility.

One of the secrets to your approach is that you will not be resentfully intruding on their company, but be invited. The key is not to chase prospects, but to motivate them to come to you. Platforming will help you do this. Be sure to mention that you are available for such contracts.

There are so many issues relating to how we self-govern that this one could really take off as a major movement in the United States.

There are so very many Liberty issues in bringing Liberty back that it will explode.

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Getting your book published is within your reach.

I frequently hear people say: “I will probably self-publish if I can’t get a publisher.” Yet, self-publishing is not settling for second best. It’s the right choice if your book won’t likely capture the attention of a large publisher and you don’t want to spend years waiting to see your book in print.

In fact, many self-published authors do attract a traditional publisher, once their book is a success, so you’re not closing any doors by publishing your own books. Authors such as Margaret Atwood, Steven King, Jack Canfield and Deepak Chopra chose self-publishing, even after a long successful career with traditional publishing companies.

We often hear why self-published books and POD are a bad idea: No agent to represent you, no bookstore distribution. We rarely hear why it’s a good idea. You control the production process, cover, pricing and marketing, you can still get agent representation, and your book need never go out of print.

Several mainstream publishers made news recently, promoting the self-publishing and POD concept.

+ Hyperion president Bob Miller said: “We try to keep a book in print as long as possible, and print-on-demand now makes that easier than ever before.”

+ The POD firm Xlibris is a strategic partner of Random House. Amazon owns BookSurge, and Barnes & Noble owns iUniverse.

There are two primary types of self-publishing. It can mean “the works,” where you design and typeset the book, pay out-of-pocket to have thousands of copies printed and delivered to your care. You personally fulfill and ship all orders, receive payment, and do all bookkeeping. Or self-publishing can mean print-on-demand, which is much easier.

If you choose true self-publishing, you can create your own entity, such as Sunny Street Publishing. You’re in charge of the entire production process, finding an editor, a cover designer, obtaining ISBNs (defined below), and getting the book printed to your specifications. You choose the binding, paper weight, cover layout, make page formatting decisions, and order a large enough print-run to be cost-effective. Since you may be ordering 3,000 books, you have to make sure all those details are perfect.

Print-on-demand is the second type of self-publishing, which we’ll explore shortly.

Copyright © 2008 Helen Gallagher. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author.

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Introduction

Congratulations!

If you are reading these words, you probably have a book to promote. Publishing a book is a huge accomplishment. So go ahead, take a moment to be proud of yourself.

Now come back to reality. How are you going to make sure that your book reaches its target audience? How will you get the book sales you are hoping for? I’m sure you are aware that today, you, the author, are responsible for most–if not all–of your book’s marketing and promotion efforts. But are you uncomfortable with the idea of marketing and promoting your own book?

Don’t worry. It’s not as difficult as you might think. There are many ways to reach your target audience and promote your book…even if you know little or nothing about book promotion!

How to Create Quizzes, Surveys & Polls to Power-Promote Your Book or Website! was created to offer you simple, easy and fun ways to reach potential readers and generate interest in your book (and your book’s website). Using the techniques in this book, you can create clever, fun, informative and compelling quizzes, surveys and polls that act as edu-marketing tools to educate your audience–about themselves, about a topic that interests them…and last, but certainly not least, about your book.

Quizzes, surveys and polls are more popular than ever today, especially on the internet. People love to learn about themselves through personality profiles and simple surveys. They like to see if they can answer quiz questions and see how their ideas and opinions compare to the ideas and opinions of others. Quizzes, surveys and polls give readers an opportunity to gain this information in a fun, interactive way.

The quizzes, surveys and polls in this book are super-simple to create. As a matter of fact, in this book you will find not only numerous samples and examples, you will also find complete, step-by-step instructions and fill-in-the blank templates for 3 kinds of quizzes 3 kinds of surveys and 2 kinds of polls.

How to Use This Book: This book is divided into 13 chapters. Chapters 1-3 introduce you to the world of quizzes, surveys and polls and why they are popular.

Chapter 4 shows you how you can use surveys to acquire status as an expert in your book’s topic area.

In Chapters 5-9 you are shown, step-by-step, the exact formats to use when creating your own quizzes, surveys and polls. Then you are given templates that make it even simpler for you.

Finally, in Chapters 10-13, you get a mini-tutorial, featuring easy, effective ways to use quizzes, surveys and polls to market and promote your book and website. You get a sample Book Marketing Plan that suggests a number of other marketing and promotion options plus insider secrets of successful sellers.

If you want to get more sales for your book, start by reading this book. But don’t stop there! Use this book. Highlight passages. Dog-ear the pages. Photocopy the templates. Do whatever you need to begin putting to use what you have learned.

If you need help, call on me. You’ll see at the end of many of the chapters, a short message that mentions FREE offers available to you at my website. Take advantage of these…they are priceless!

Then if you still need help, give me a holler. I’ll be happy to help you. You can find information about my Borrow-a-Brain brainstorming and other services for writers in the Book Promotion area of my website, http://www.ritamilios.com.

Here’s to your book’s phenomenal success!

Read more about How to Create Quizzes, Surveys & Polls to Power-Promote Your Book or Website!and Rita Milios HERE.

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