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Time for Change (and how to make sure your goals are right for you)

September 25, 2015 By Heather Hart 6 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Over the past several years, I have often talked about setting goals and pursuing your dreams. However, deep down, I hate change. This is a lifelong thing for me, with really bad side effects. Most notably, that I often get stuck in a rut instead of making much needed changes. Especially when it comes to […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: authors, book marketing tips, goal setting, productivity tips

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

Mind Mapping Your Book

January 8, 2015 By Heather Hart 2 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

One of my favorite tools for authors is mind mapping. Why? Mind maps are a great way to organize your thoughts, but they can also be condensed so they aren’t overwhelming. No other outlining system offers the visual representation you can get from a mind map, and they have become an essential part of outlining […]

Filed Under: Writing, Writing Tips Tagged With: mind mapping, productivity tips, tools for authors, Writing Tips

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: General Tagged With: live events, networking tips, productivity tips, self publishing

How to Schedule Facebook Posts on Your Author Page for Maximum Exposure

October 28, 2014 By Heather Hart 1 Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Scheduling Posts on Facebook

As authors, social media can take up quite a bit of our time that might be better spent doing other marketing or writing activities. One way I have found to combat the time I spend on social media is by taking one day a week to pre-schedule some of my facebook posts. In this tutorial, […]

Filed Under: Social Media, Facebook Tagged With: authors, Book Marketing, book marketing tips, facebook, get exposure, marketing, productivity tips, social media marketing, tools for authors

How to Win the Spam Battle

July 14, 2014 By Heather Hart Leave a Comment Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

After spamming 102 out of 104 comments on my author website one morning last week, I thought it was time to write up a post on minimizing spam on your website to share with you. I know I am not the only author plagued with spam. Spam seems like a common problem to all new […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: author websites, productivity tips, websites, Wordpress Plugins

Take Back Your Dreams

June 24, 2014 By Heather Hart 4 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

Writing, publishing, and marketing books takes a lot of work. It doesn’t matter how much we love doing what we do as authors, there will always be work involved if we want to be successful. So how can we keep our dream job from turning into a regular daily grind? That’s the question I asked […]

Filed Under: Inspirational Tagged With: authors, Productivity, productivity tips

5 Simple Steps to Speed Up Your Computer – Productivity Tips for Authors

December 20, 2013 By Shelley Hitz 5 Comments Click here for FREE training for Christian writers

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Lately my computer has been running very SLOW.  It drives me crazy.  And it sucks valuable productive time from my work day. This morning I decided, “enough is enough.” I did a Google search and applied 5 simple steps to speed up my computer.  My computer is running faster and therefore I am able to […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: productivity tips, speed up computer

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