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.
This month we will focus on showcasing you!
- Are you ready to sell more books?
- Do you know how to create a brand that shows off your best side, on and off camera?
- Are you aware of how to consistently influence, market and pitch yourself to get noticed?
- Are you ready when a publicist or event planner calls for a TV or radio spot?
All of you know that walking your talk is an integral part of personal and professional branding. As an author, you need to look and sound your best. When you pitch your books, you’re pitching yourself! When you get that long awaited call, you want to be ready. Too often when you get the call, you focus on scripting what you’ll say and forget to plan on how to look. Remember, over 80% of what people hear is what they see!
This morning will provide a practical approach that can save you, both men and women, from wishing for a do-over! Today’s speakers will help us look our best in person and sound our best on paper! They will share their secrets of how to become successful. When you leave, you will be ready to fine-tune your brand and ready to win the pitch.
Success is knocking! Are you ready to sell more books?
Speakers:
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Rhoda Johnson, Hollywood Secrets to Showcasing You (Brag: Image Consultant and
Columnist, former Hollywood makeup artist)
Want to increase book sales? How you look in front of the camera and on speaking engagements tells a bigger story. Learn how to improve your personal brand to optimize your social media presence and attract potential readers. Discover the Hollywood secrets of maximizing your image to engage your audience. Note: authors Ronald Beach and Connie Pshigoda have graciously agreed to be models!
- Your personal brand should help you, not hurt you
- Simple techniques that will attract people to you
- Be prepared to look your best on camera
- Current trends to use and ones to avoid
- Looking your best sells more books
Rhoda Johnson received a Fashion Merchandising Degree from Brooks College in Long Beach, California and has studied makeup artistry at Cinema Secrets in Burbank California. She received a license to teach Personal Development from John Robert Powers in Cerritos, California and JF Images Talent Agency in Denver, Colorado. Rhoda has over 35 years’ experience collectively as an Image Consultant, Makeup Artist, Jewelry Designer, and Motivational Public Speaker. She also writes a monthly beauty and fashion column for 50 Plus Marketplace News.
Jill Christensen, How to Become a Noted Influencer (Brag: Recognized by Engagement101 as one of the Top 100 Employee Engagement Global Influencers of 2017, alongside Richard Branson and others.) Featured Author of the Month.
Book sales, speaking engagements, and your reputation will soar if you can position yourself as a thought-leader and noted influencer on the topic of your book.
How to Become a Noted Influencer
1. Pick a Lane
2. Determine Your Target Audience and Research Where They Are Online
3. Develop a Strategic Plan to Position Yourself as a Thought-Leader in Your Space
4. Gauge Your Progress and Course-Correct if Necessary
5. Be Open to Building on Your Success – Do Not Rest on Your Laurels
Jill Christensen has three decades of consulting, speaking, and most importantly, real-life, in-the-trenches global Fortune 500 executive-level experience. She has served as the head of global Internal Communications at both Avaya and Western Union, has a Six Sigma Green Belt, authored the best-selling book, If Not You, Who? Cracking the Code of Employee Disengagement, and was recently named one of the Top 100 Global Employee Engagement Influencers of 2017.
Marilyn Heywood Paige, Leveraging Media to Sell More Books (Brag: Former event planner 
with B&N!)
Earned media is one of the most powerful marketing tools because it’s not you telling people how great your book is, it’s a trusted media outlet telling them. Earned media opens new audiences to you and gives you more credibility.
Today you will:
- Learn the do’s and don ts of pitching to the media
- Discover how and when to approach journalists and bloggers
- The elements of a good pitch
- How best to leverage a media placement once you’ve earned it
Marilyn Heywood Paige is the Vice President of FiG Advertising and Marketing in Denver, a full-service marketing agency that moves the needle for small businesses. She was the marketing and public relations manager for Barnes & Noble for ten years where she worked with over 600 authors, helping them market their books more effectively.
Date: Saturday, May 6
Time: 8.15 Networking
8.45 Intros and Announcements
9.00 Program begins
Location: 290 E Speer Blvd., Denver CO
(remote registration available for video)
Cost: $40 Gold Members starting May 1; $55 Nonmembers
Gold members need to login to Member site to register.
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
