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
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
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
