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Non-Disclosure Agreements – Three Great Reasons You Should Use One

April 8, 2015 By Shelley Hitz 2 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Have you heard of an NDA form? NDA stands for non-disclosure agreement and is a contract between two parties to ensure that sensitive information is not shared. You may never need to use this kind of form as an author. However, in this post, I want to share three reasons authors should consider using an NDA form when hiring […]

Filed Under: Business, Entrepreneur, Publishing Tips, Self-Publishing, Writing, Writing Non-Fiction, Writing Tips Tagged With: authors, publishing, tools for authors, Writing Advice

Be More of YOU!

March 30, 2015 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Do you need to be more of you? Many times we get focused on what we want to be that we don’t focus on who we already are. The gifts and abilities God has given us. I was recently talking to my college Brian G. Johnson about my speaking engagements I’ve had recently and I […]

Filed Under: Business

9 Ways Authors Can Use IFTTT Recipes To Be More Productive

March 25, 2015 By Shelley Hitz 1 Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

I love productivity tools and finding ways to accomplish more with less time. A tool I recently started using is IFTTT which stands for If This Then That. I have to admit when I first found out about IFTTT, I was confused. It didn’t make sense to me how it would be useful to me. Now, I know […]

Filed Under: Business, Entrepreneur, Marketing Tips, Productivity, Social Media, Writing Tips Tagged With: authors, book marketing tips, productivity tips

Plan But Be Willing to Change and Adapt

January 29, 2015 By Shelley Hitz Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

One thing that’s important in our business is to plan. So….how do we plan, but be willing to change and adapt as needed?  I have typically been a “fly by the seat of your pants” type planner. It can be both good and bad. It allows for flexibility and to focus on what’s most important at […]

Filed Under: Business

2015 – A Fresh Start

January 16, 2015 By Training Authors Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

I love new beginnings. I recently got a whiteboard, well I actually made it, and have been using it to help organize my thoughts. I will do a brain dump on my whiteboard and then either take a picture of it to keep it or type the most important information into a file on my […]

Filed Under: Business

2014 Year in Review

December 31, 2014 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

2014 2015

The end of the year is the perfect time to reflect back on all you have accomplished. Shelley and I have been doing that. So in this post, I wanted to share some of our successes with you. Things we have accomplished in 2014 Shelley established Body and Soul Publishing LLC You can read more […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Business, Entrepreneur, General Tagged With: live events, networking tips, productivity tips, self publishing

Do You Need a Distributor for Your Books?

August 11, 2014 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Writing a book takes a lot of work, so making sure it’s available for readers to buy is pretty important. So how do you make your book available? Do you need to hire a distribution company? That’s the question that Polly asked us before our last Q&A session. You can watch the video clip where we […]

Filed Under: Book Marketing, Business Tagged With: book distribution, Book Marketing, get exposure, marketing, tools for authors

The Power of NAMS… Networking

August 5, 2014 By Shelley Hitz 4 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Many of you know my story and that I first started an online business a decade ago.  Over the years, it transitioned to working more online until I was able to resign my job as a Physical Therapist 3 years ago.  Since that time I have been self-employed working full-time as an author, speaker, and […]

Filed Under: Business, Entrepreneur, Marketing Workshop, Networking Tagged With: authors, Conferences, Euntrepreneur tips, live events, networking tips, tools for authors, writing as a buisness

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