June Tech Tool Box —SOLD OUT
Create or Enhance Your YouTube Channel on Tuesday, June 18th
Do you know YouTube is the second most popular search engine after Google? People search YouTube for trainings, tutorials and educational purposes as well as for some entertainment. Join us for this intensive workshop to learn how to optimize your YouTube account, tips for uploading videos and strategies for posting your videos on your websites and blogs. We will start with instruction and have work time for you to start implementing what you learned.
It’s YouTube, starring you and your book!
Time: 3 – 6 pm
Cost: $60 or both June and July Tech Tool Boxes for $100
Location: Judith’s Offices
Register for June Only at $60: CLICK HERE
for BOTH Toolbox Workshops June 18th and July 23rd at $100: CLICK HERE
Create Your Own Blog Talk Radio on Tuesday, July 23rd
Having your own radio show is within your reach from free to a small fee, depending on what bells and whistles you want!
Showcase your expertise through your own radio show on Blog Talk Radio. This will also give you an opportunity to invite guest speakers to your show to reinforce your niche area. Don’t miss this intensive workshop on setting up an account on Blog Talk Radio, features in your radio show account, and strategies for scheduling and planning your show and show topics.
Time: 3 – 6 pm
Cost: $60 or both June and July Tech Tool Boxes for $100
Location: Judith’s Offices
Register for July Only at $60: CLICK HERE
for BOTH Toolbox Workshops June 18th and July 23rd at $100: CLICK HERE
November 16th BookCamp …It’s TechFest Time!
What Every Author Needs To Know Today about
Social Media Promotion, Klout & Marketing Your Books
The world is not the same as it was before for authors. Today, the major publishing houses are confronting problems as never before. The world of social media has changed the landscape and flipped in upside down and inside out. What worked five years has changed dramatically and you, as an author, need to know what to do.
Klout and your Klout Score will play a big role in your success today. Knowing what it is and how to best use it in your social media work, can make the difference between success and failure today. Strong influence translates to more business. Period.
Terry Brock and Gina Carr from Orlando, Florida, are making a special appearance for this program here in Denver just for Author U. You’ll learn principles from their new book from McGraw-Hill, Klout Matters: How to Engage Customers, Build Your Digital Influence—and Raise Your Klout Score for Success!
BONUS ALERT: ALL attendees will receive a copy of just off the press, Klout Matters with their registration.
Terry and Gina are recognized at top influencers amongst the who’s who in the social media world. And, you get them—both—for a solid day of deep diving and learning new technologies that can help you as an author and thought leader.
Register Today!
| Members $109 Early, Early Bird  |
Non-Members $159 Early, Early Bird |
Topics To Be Covered Include:
- How authors can use Social Media to get more business right now.
- What the heck is this Klout and Kred thing and what do you need to know about it to sell more books?
- How Klout matters today for writers and authors and what you need to know about it.
- What specific actions can you take to enhance your Klout score?
- What are you doing now, that could be done in a slightly different way, which can enhance not only your Klout score, but your influence and your bottom line?
- Key steps to take on Facebook to enhance your Klout Score and generate more influence.
- What you need to know about Twitter and how it is tied into Klout.
- Effective steps you can take on LinkedIn to connect with others more, generate more business and sales—and raise your Klout Score.
- Key tools and technologies which can help you as an author in 2014.
This is a program you can’t afford to miss
Cancel your other engagements and be here for this one. You’ll be glad you did. Prepare yourself to have “more fun than the law will allow” … (of course, laws are different in Florida where the Terry and Gina are from!)
Cost: Early, Early Bird until October 31st $109; after November 1st, $149 for members. Non-members, add $50.
Date: November 16th
Time: 8.30 to 4.30 Where: Doubletree Southeast, 13696 E Iliff Pl Aurora, CO 80014
Register Today!
| Members $109 Early, Early Bird |
Non-Members $159 Early, Early Bird |
Meet Gina Carr, MBA
Gina is an Entrepreneur, Speaker and Marketing Consultant who works with Thought Leaders—speakers. authors, and CEOs—to leverage social media marketing for more publicity, profits and success. Combining her street-smarts learned as a small business owner with her book-smarts learned at the Harvard Business School and Georgia Tech, Gina helps business owners turn great ideas into profitable money-making machines. Best known as “The Tribe Builder”, Gina is a pro when it comes to helping passionate people build powerful tribes of raving fans for their business or non-profit.
Meet Terry Brock, MBA, CSP, CPAE
Terry is known internationally as a marketing and technology expert. He knows how to take technology, social media and marketing ideas to help speakers, authors and coaches achieve bottom-line results—and have fun! He’s the former Chief Enterprise Blogger for Skype and former Editor-in-Chief for AT&T’s huge business blog (over 100 authors). Come to this entertaining and informative presentation to get the information you need to sell more books in today’s “never like this before” world. Here’s Terry’s webpage … http://terrybrock.com/meetingplanners/ check out his energy … The BookCamp will rock with Gina and Terry’s know how in social media … guaranteed, the day will deliver beyond your expectations.
People are talking about Klout Matters …
“How much clout do you have through your social media presence? Terry Brock and Gina Carr score big when it comes to showing you how to engage with customers in this fast-paced, ever-changing field. Use their proven principles to make your Klout Score rise to the top.”
~Harvey Mackay
New York Times #1 best-selling author of Swim with The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive
“Everyone wants more impact, influence, branding, and recognition. On the Internet it’s known as Klout. For many, Klout scores have remained a mystery, UNTIL NOW. Terry Brock and Gina Carr have written the benchmark book, “Klout Matters,” and reveal the importance, the relevance, and the secrets behind this Internet imperative. As a Klout thought leader myself, I recommend that you buy this book, and implement the ideas and strategies, so that you go from Klout to significance.”
~Jeffrey Gitomer
New York Times Best Selling Author of The Little Red Book of Selling and 21.5 Unbreakable Laws of Selling
“I’ve had my doubts about systems that create “arbitrary” social media scores. What if someone has tremendous influence in the “offline” world yet isn’t that active on social sites? Well, the truth is we now live in an age of influence marketing and, in order for your business to really thrive, it’s critical to be strategically active on all the major social sites. In Klout Matters, Gina and Terry walk you through the exact steps needed to build a sizable platform, leverage key relationships, and create real influence for greater success. This book is a must read for anyone striving to become a respected thought leader.”
~Mari Smith
Forbes’ Top Ten Social Media Power Influencer 2011-2013+, Speaker, Author of The New Relationship Marketing and Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day
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.
Attention all authors – you need to set up a Google + Authorship account.
Why?
Authorship is establishing you (to Google) as the confirmed author of an item of content that gets published on a website.
Very important aspect to your online presence!
In this Tech Toolbox workshop, we will walk through the steps in setting up your Google + Authorship.
You will need to have a Google + account and Google + profile.
You will also need to bring:
- the log-in to your WordPress website dashboard or
- the FTP log-in to your server for your website files if you do not have a WordPress website.
*WordPress website dashboard log in consists of a username and password.
*FTP log in includes the host name, user name and password (this is only if you do NOT have a WordPress website).
Cost: $60 each or all 3 (Feb/Mar/April) for $150
Time: 3 to 6 pm
Location: Judith Briles’ Office in Aurora (you will get directions the day before and what to bring for each session)
Register for February Only at $60:
For ALL THREE Toolbox Workshops February 18th, March 18th, April 15th at $150:
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.
Audioboo is a tool to record, upload and share audio.
A boo consists of any clip of audio, a picture, a location, a title and a description.
The free account has a 3 minute limit, but you can upgrade for more.
Your audios can be shared on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms, you can embed playlists on your sites, and use the mobile apps and widgets as “listen again” players.
You can also submit your audios to iTunes as a podcast.
Join us for this Tech ToolBox workshop and start recording today!
Cost: $60 each or all 3 (Feb/Mar/April) for $150
Time: 3 to 6 pm
Location: Judith Briles’ Office in Aurora (you will get directions the day before and what to bring for each session)
Register for March Only at $60:
For ALL THREE Toolbox Workshops February 18th, March 18th, April 15th at $150:
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.
This workshop will take you through demos of programs that will teach you simple-to-use business tools, such as ShortKeys, Wufoo, and others – you’ll be clicking away and using new tech tools in no time!
Believe us … new tools are added; old tools morph often. The ones that were your old standbys may have undergone a total makeover as well.
Cost: $60
Time: 3 to 6 pm
Location: Judith Briles’ Office in Aurora (you will get directions the day before and what to bring for each session)
Register for April Only at $60:
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:
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:
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
Time: 6 to 7:30 Eastern on Wednesday, June 8
Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5859541930907013378
If you want to sell books, you need publicity. If you want the maximum publicity possible, you need a Media Kit for your fiction or nonfiction book.
Seven important audiences, including journalists, will expect one. And if you don’t have one, hope you never get a phone call from a journalist who hears about your book, wants to interview you and asks, “Can you send me your media kit?’
Publicity expert Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound and a former newspaper editor, will explain the 10 essential elements in every media kit, when she’s my guest during a special 90-minute webinar at 6 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 8. This is for authors who have written fiction or nonfiction, and for those who haven’t started their books yet.
You will learn:
- How to use a media kit and how not to use it.
- The seven important audiences for your media kit, and what they expect to see in it.
- The correct format for writing a press release for a fiction book and one for nonfiction.
- Why you should have more than one bio, and the exact word count of each one.
- Tips for using photos in your kit to make the media’s job easy.
- How to shave weeks off the tedious chore of creating a media kit from scratch.
As a special bonus, Joan will give away three 15-minute consultations, but you must join us on the call to be eligible.
- Get Ready to Create the Press Release Every Author Needs for Promo! Bring your questions … there is a live Q&A within the webinar.
- Many listened into the superb free webinar Joan Stewart on how to create an off-the-charts media kit. Are you ready to now listen in to learn the step-by-step process to create an off-the-charts press release?
- One of the most difficult tasks in a book launch is writing the press release for you book.
- It can’t sound like a free commercial that screams “Buy My Book!”
- It must be interesting.
- It must communicate clearly and concisely the target audience for your book and what they will learn, feel or experience when they read it.
Get ready to be the “piper” to lead buyers to you and your book!
Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound a former newspaper editor, will walk you step by step through two press releases–one for fiction and one for nonfiction. You’ll learn not only how to write it, but how to use it in your publicity campaign.Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd and book publishing expert, will be your moderator.
- Date and Time: Wednesday, July 20th at 5 PM Mountain (4 PT, 6 CT, 7 ET)
Location: Anywhere your computer is
REGISTER: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5528808833818352642
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.
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.
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
