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Jun
10
Tue
June Tech Toolbox: PicMonkey and Canva
Jun 10 @ 9:00 pm – Jun 11 @ 12:00 am

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All Tech Tool Boxes are for Author U paid up members only and limited to 8 participants to allow for in-depth work with each and are led by Kelly Johnson and Judith Briles. AND … a limited number of participants can attend via remote.

 Turn Your Ideas into Eye-Catching Designs: PicMonkey and Canva

How would you like to turn your tips, quotes from your book or show your creative side by designing your own images? With PicMonkey and Canva, we’ll show you how you can use these free tools to develop your own ideas into fun, stunning designs!

Learn about PicMonkey and Canva through our demos and then you’ll have time to start creating your own designs!

Time: June 10th, 3 to 6 pm

Location: Judith Briles’ Office in Aurora (you will get directions the day before and what to bring for each session). If you are attending remote, you need to contact Judith directly to set it up. Please put in subject line: Remote Tech Tool Box and email her at Judith@Briles.com.

Cost: $60 each or 3 for $150

For ALL THREE Toolbox Workshops June 10th, July 15h, August 12th at $150:

Jul
15
Tue
July Tech Toolbox: How to Use Pinterest to Promote Your Blog, Services & Products
Jul 15 @ 9:00 pm – Jul 16 @ 12:00 am

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All Tech Tool Boxes are for Author U paid up members only and limited to 8 participants
to allow for in-depth work with each and are led by Kelly Johnson and Judith Briles. AND … a limited number of participants can attend via remote.

More Than Just Images: How to Use Pinterest to Promote Your Blog, Services & Products

With Pinterest having such a focus on images, we tend to forget that is just one aspect of how to utilize Pinterest.

This workshop will review various methods of using Pinterest for your book and business including:

  • How you can drive traffic to your blog through Pinterest.
  • Conduct a contest through Pinterest.
  • How you can add your Audioboo recordings to your Pinterest and not only grow your followers but offer “snippets” from your book.
  • How to monetize your book and other products with a Pinterest boost.

… and more!

This workshop will help you set up your Pinterest account (if needed) and then walk through examples and demos to learn methods for using Pinterest.

Time: July 15th, 3 to 6 pm

Location: Judith Briles’ Office in Aurora (you will get directions the day before and what to bring for each session). If you are attending Remote, you need to contact Judith directly to set it up. Please put in subject line: Remote Tech Tool Box and email her at Judith@Briles.com.

Cost: $60 each or 2 for $100

For TWO Toolbox Workshops July 15h, August 12th at $100:

Aug
12
Tue
August Tech Toolbox: Instagram and Infographics
Aug 12 @ 9:00 pm – Aug 13 @ 12:00 am

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All Tech Tool Boxes are for Author U paid up members only and limited to 8 participants to allow for in-depth work with each and are led by Kelly Johnson and Judith Briles. AND … a limited number of participants can attend via remote.

Capture a Moment: Instagram and Infographics—Share Knowledge or Tell a Story Through Images and Instant info to all things Cyberland and Beyond!

Instagram is a quick and fun way to share your life and stories using pictures and video.  Come learn about Instagram, and after a tutorial in setting up Instagram, we’ll start capturing those moments for you to share!

Information Graphics or Infographics is a method to share knowledge or tell a story about a topic through a graphic image. Since “a picture is worth a thousand words,” Infographics allow you to present details and content in a compact, easy-to-understand way. Demos of programs to create your own infographics will be covered in the workshop. Instagram is fast and fun. You will laugh and learn this afternoon!

Time: August 12th, 3 to 6 pm

Location: Judith Briles’ Office in Aurora (you will get directions the day before and what to bring for each session). If you are attending Remote, you need to contact Judith directly to set it up. Please put in subject line: Remote Tech

Cost: $60

Feb
19
Fri
WebinarGOLD: Fiction Factors – Bring it ALIVE with all FIVE: Stimulating all Five Senses in Your Fiction
Feb 19 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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Multiple-award-winning, best-selling fiction author Mara Purl walks you through her five-art seminar designed to have you put your reader IN the room with your characters. This webinar is filled with examples, both good and bad. And this is an active program, requiring your participation to complete exercises throughout the 90-minute session.

 

 

Your takeaways include:
1 – Most authors focus primarily on the visual—and it’s of primary importance. But have you done basic description? Or have you enriched your visual with metaphor? Have you anchored your visuals with time, date, place, and personal history?
2– Can your readers “hear” your book? Sound has multi-levels: immediate, ambient, and remembered. Are you using all three? Mara will show you how.
3 – One of the most powerful memory-triggers is the sense of smell. Are you using aroma to anchor your reader in the moment? How can you make your book more memorable?
4 – Find it almost impossible to describe how something tastes? Refocus on the experience of tasting something for the first time, then actively connect it. This takes some practice but it’s highly effective.
5 – Think your genre has no room for the “touchy-feely” stuff? Mara will show you how to make it work for you and further engage your readers.

DATE:  February 19th 4 PT, 5MT, 6CT, 7ET
COST: FREE to Members only

REGISTER NOW: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1197172821411342593

 

Aug
11
Thu
AUG WEBINAR Create WorkBooks and Adult Coloring Books
Aug 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Get ready to create a variation of your book and expertise that Marvel Comics would be proud of! With the ability to tap into Amazon’s CreateSpace and IngramSpark, you too can join the crowd that had gotten the “how-tos” of creating workbooks, guidebooks, comics … even adult coloring books (not to mention kiddos). If you publish children’s books and adult coloring books or even if you publish nonfiction … OR, are thinking about doing it … you’ve got to see how this is done … and learn how quickly you can convert ANYTHING into a snappy and sassy new product.

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Register here (even if you can’t attend live, you will get the replay the next day): https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1767883132402882306

If you could do this quickly and easily, you can increase your monthly passive income with a snap of a finger (well kind of).

Here’s your question: Are you ready to catch a new wave of ideas and repurposing for you and your books? One that coattails to a top selling trend for adults?

There are a lot of sticky details when it comes to publishing physical books and physical color books that you will want to throw your laptop into the ocean because it could be so confusing! This webinar will be your lifeline … learn how and discover how you can add income to your cash water-way.

NEW! SPEEDBOAT Printing and Publishing Webinar on Thursday, August 11th—it’s another freebie. There’s so much you can do to create new products that are a variation of what you currently have. The time is 4 PT, 5 MT, 6 CT and 7 ET. Expect a fast hour.

Even if you can’t attend “live”, register to get the replay: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1767883132402882306

Are you aware that adult and kid coloring books are hot in book sales? Would you like to know how to convert what you have written and create them? How about spiffy newsletters, guides, and workbooks?

Get ready for a speedboat of a webinar. We are going to show you how to make a full-color book fast. It’s all in this week’s WebinarGold on Thursday, the 11th.

 

Nov
16
Wed
WebinarGold: Create a #1 International Amazon Best Seller in 10 Steps
Nov 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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Join us for a webinar on Nov 16, 2016, at 5:00 PM MST.

 

 

Register now! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6880751841293750785

Get Ready to Create the Amazon Launch of Your Dreams! Should you or shouldn’t you? The answer is: it depends.

-They take time.
-You need to put work into it.
-You need to build a wide network of supporters who will shout out for you on the day(s) you are doing your push.

Get ready to be taken step-by-step through the planning, the how-tos, and what you need to do in advance, during your push and post the launch in a detailed workshop that will produce awesome awareness and book sales. Your goal.

Start Thinking Amazon Bestseller Campaign … and Success!

Anne Randolph completed a very success marketing campaign on Amazon for a book that had been out for two years and she decided to revive it. She will reveal the nuts and bolts of what she did and how you can take her ahas, tips and strategies to use for yours.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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Nov
8
Wed
WebinarGold: Why you should have a Coloring Book around your Expertise, or Something New
Nov 8 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Are you ready to tap into an ADULT craze that doesn’t to appear to have an end in the short-term horizon?

Did you know that adult coloring books are rocking it in book sales?

But consider this…

Adult coloring books and other low content types of books are easy to create and profitably publish IF you know how to use complicated graphics like Photoshop or Gimp Shop. 

But what if you don’t? As you like the idea … but where is the Dummies version?

Get ready … this webinar has that solution for you.

On Wednesday, November 8th, we’re going to show you a brand-new way starting at NOON Mountain time—11AM Pacific and 2 PM Eastern.

Here’s the other great thing you can use this to create:

  • Adult coloring books
  • Children’s coloring books
  • Maze Books
  • Game Books
  • Action Guides
  • Journals
  • Diaries

and much, much more!

Get ready to create new products that compliment what you have now. Create something spanking new. And have fun.

Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8441475619286147586

 

Sep
5
Wed
WebinarGold: Get Ready to Rock You Book Sales with Pinterest and John Kremer’s TipGraphics
Sep 5 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Join us for a webinar on Sep 06, 2018 at 5:00 PM MDT.

Get ready to swoon when you discover TipGraphics and how to do them. Who else but Book Marketing Experts John Kremer would know everything you need to know about Pinterest and didn’t know what (or when) to ask to lead a session on soaring your book sales using this global platform? Really … who else! 

Along with Daniel Hall, they will reveal why: 

– Pinterest continues to be a great way to drive free traffic to any book listing or offer you have. 

– How marketing legend John Kremer uses Pinterest to consistently generate traffic for free. 

Definitely be here … The session will be recorded and you will be sent the replay–whether you attend live or can’t–we will send it out. And ALL your questions will be answered. 

As a registrant, you will be added to our preferred emailing list.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4525056989402411266