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How to Publish Your Own Children’s Book: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply Children’s books are a very special medium that have introduced millions of young people to the joys of reading. Everyone from single moms to top celebrities have penned bestsellers promoting the virtues and values that children need to learn at a young age to lead happy, healthy lives. There are many different ways that a children’s book can be written, from the simplest rhyming picture books to more involved novella stories. Whatever your story may be, publishing it is well within your grasp. This book provides a complete overview of everything a prospective children’s writer needs to complete and publish their own children’s book. You will start by learning how to recognize the market and style of the book you have written and adjust your book if necessary to fit a specific market where it will be easier to publish. You will learn the basics of the children’s book publishing industry and how it is fundamentally different from that of the regular publishing industry. You will learn how to choose the right publisher or print on demand option for your book and how to start preparing the package, with special consideration for illustrations and other aspects of your book that might change the overall presentation. Top publishers and writers in the children’s book industry were interviewed and have lent their expertise to this book to provide an overview of everything that is needed in the process. You will learn what morals and values publishers and readers look for in good children’s books and what you should expect in a publication deal. You will learn how to handle your editor, what to expect in revisions, and how to go about the process of selling your book. You will learn how to gain publicity on your own and what you can do to build your book into a long term career. For anyone that has ever written or is considering writing their own children’s book, this book will provide the information and resources you need to get it published. #9781601384072 $24.95
How to Use the Internet to Get Your Next Job There are millions of jobs posted on job boards, corporate Web sites, and online newspapers every day, and it has been estimated that between 40 and 80 percent of employers conduct searches for job candidates online. People have been using the Internet to search for jobs for years, but only recently has it exploded into a phenomenon. Find out how you can use the Internet to your advantage in your next job search by reading this book. In this new, exhaustively researched book, you will explore the world of online job searching and consider career alternatives and options that previously were not available to you. You will learn how to conduct an effective job search by determining keywords and phrases, creating and formatting an online résumé, and performing successful online communications. You will also learn how to manage the time you spend online, how to research potential employers, and how to employ the effective strategies found within these pages. Perhaps most important is the collection of job search sites we have compiled to aid you in your job hunt. Included are the major sites, such as Monster, Yahoo! Hot Jobs, and CareerBuilder, as well as niche sites for every industry, from healthcare to administrative, from accounting to public relations. This book also lists résumé banks and online newspapers that may be helpful in your search. However, How to Use the Internet to Get Your Next Job does not stop there. You are also provided with reviews and overviews of popular job listing and recruitment sites. With this book you will learn how to harness the powerful search capabilities of the Internet to find your dream job, no matter what industry and no matter what level. The strategies presented in this book will help you conduct a timesaving, low cost, and high-impact job search that will ultimately land you a great job. Whether you are a first time online job searcher or a veteran, you will find useful tips and valuable information in this book. Item #9781601382399 $21.95
Amazon Income: How Anyone of Any Age, Location, and/or Background Can Build a Highly Profitable Online Business with Amazon The Internet affiliate program industry is one of the largest and fastest growing digital revenue generators in the world, with more than $65 billion in total income brought in during the 2006 fiscal year. It is because of programs like Amazon's Associate program, which has been around for more than a decade, and allows casual, every day users of the Internet to install widgets and links on their Web sites that link back to Amazon products. Users like you can earn commissions of up to 15% on products that your Web site visitors purchase when they visit Amazon. With the world's largest online retailer as a potential source of income, you can make generate endless streams of income as a result. No matter where you are from, how old you are, and what your background is, you can build and run a highly profitable business with Amazon. This comprehensive book is written to show you exactly how to do so. You will learn every detail necessary to complete the transformation from casual Internet user to Amazon guru in just a matter of weeks, making unfathomable amounts of money by selling Amazon products, your own products, starting a store, promoting outside projects, and making referrals. In this book, you will learn how the Amazon business model works and how much money they will pay you in multiple different ways. You will learn how to build a traffic funneling Web site with dozens of free tools such as blogs, podcasts, videos, and social networks that will allow you to increase the number of visitors you can send to Amazon in no time for minimal investment. You will learn how to take advantage of the brand new Amazon Kindle program and its revolutionary take on digital distribution of books and newspapers. You will learn what you can do to start your own store in the Amazon Marketplace, selling products at set prices to anyone in the world in much the same way you could on eBay with substantially more freedom. Learn how to publish your own books on Amazon with little to no investment and use the features Amazon provides such as Search Inside and digital distribution to reach more people faster than you could anywhere else. In addition, learn how you can take advantage of multimedia services on Amazon such as Advantage that allow you to publish your own music, videos, and professional titles around the globe. Learn how to use Amazon Connect effectively to promote your products and reach potential customers and how Amazon provides dozens of additional methods by which you can advertise your products without outside investments. You will learn how to choose a niche to market towards and what you need to create in your Web site to make your visitors more willing to click your links and purchase the products you are promoting or selling on Amazon. Hours of extensive research and interviews with the top Amazon associates and independent authors has given us countless pieces of advice that will ensure your marketing and promotion methods allow you to generate traffic, promote products, and convert sales at a rate that will help you build a successful business in no time. If you have been looking for the resource that will undoubtedly help you break free of the shackles of your job and start working from home, this guide is that resource and Amazon is your ideal income source. Item#9781601382993 $24.95
The Complete Guide to IRAs & IRA Investing: Wealth Building Strategies Revealed As more and more baby boomers prepare to retire and as people seem to be retiring at an earlier age, the importance of saving for retirement has become increasingly apparent. Many people find themselves worrying that they will not be able to maintain their current life style once they retire. However, the strategies provided in this book will help you turn your IRA into a wealth-building tool. The Complete Guide to IRAs and IRA Investing will show you how to take control of your investment future and make sure your investments are performing for you. You will learn about Roth IRAs, traditional IRAs, SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, and self-directed IRAs, and you will learn how to choose the right plan for you. You will learn about the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, rules regarding distribution, rollovers, transfers, conversions between accounts, valid adjustments, adjusted gross income, annual contribution limits, the advantages and disadvantages of the various IRAs, potential penalties, tax deductible contributions, myths and truths about IRA investing, and IRS guidelines. In addition, we will show you how to open an IRA; how to choose the right financial advisor for you; how to manage vital information and deadlines; how to set up your account with a custodian or IRA administrator to deal with the day-to-day activities, such as depositing contributions and executing and settling transactions; and how to use your IRA to invest in mutual funds and stocks. You will also read about the specific rules relating to life insurance, collectibles, foreign investments, and real estate and find the answers to common questions, such as "How do rate returns affect my retirement income?" "When should I begin saving?" "What IRA am I eligible for?" This new book will provide you with all the information you need to know about IRAs and IRA investing. The Complete Guide to IRAs and IRA Investing combines essentials, insight, and insider secrets to help you secure financial victory after retirement. Item# 9781601382023 $21.95
How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Landscaping, Nursery, or Lawn Service Business: With Companion CD-ROM If you enjoy working outdoors and want to incorporate your creativity into your work, operating a small nursery, landscaping, or lawn service may be the perfect business for you. In fact, many operators combine all three of these elements to make an ideal year-round business. This is an ideal home-based business and can be started with just a few thousand dollars. This guide provides readers with an understanding of the basic concepts of starting their own service business. This new book is a comprehensive and detailed study of the business side of the nursery and landscape business. You will learn everything from the initial startup decisions to working with clients. If you are investigating opportunities in this type of business, you should begin by reading this book. If you enjoy working with people and working outdoors, this may be the perfect business for you. Keep in mind that this business looks easy but, as with any business, looks can be deceiving. This complete manual will arm you with everything you need, including sample business forms; contracts; worksheets and checklists for planning, opening, and running day-to-day operations; setting up your office; plans and layouts; and dozens of other valuable, timesaving tools of the trade that no business should be without. While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads you through every detail that will bring success. You will learn how to draw up a winning business plan (the companion CD-ROM has the actual business plan you can use in Microsoft Word™) and about choosing a name, equipment, equipment maintenance, selling your other services to your present customers, how to attract and bid on residential and commercial accounts, contracts and billing procedures, advertising, insurance, legal matters, basic cost control systems, market research, getting new clients, tax laws, pricing, leads, sales and marketing techniques, and pricing formulas. You will learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money, how to hire and keep a qualified professional staff, how to meet IRS requirements, how to manage and train employees, how to generate high profile public relations and publicity, and how to implement low cost internal marketing ideas. You will learn how to build your business by using low and no cost ways to satisfy customers, as well as ways to increase sales and have customers refer others to you. You will learn about basic accounting and bookkeeping procedures, auditing, successful budgeting, and profit planning development, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines. This manual delivers innovative ways to streamline your business. Learn new ways to make your operation run smoother and increase performance. Successful entrepreneurs will appreciate this valuable resource and reference it in their daily activities as a source of ready-to-use forms, Web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can easily be applied to their operations. The companion CD-ROM contains all the forms found in the book, as well as a sample business plan you can adapt for your own use. Item# 9781601382283 $39.95
Light, Shadow & Skin Tone: The Complete Guide to Shooting Black & White Glamour Photography Both Digitally and on Film In this groundbreaking new book, Bill Lemon explores the art of shooting black and white glamour photography. The book details the similarities and differences between digital photography and traditional film and provides numerous artistic, visual examples of each. Also covered is the post-production process for digital photography, with complete step-by-step instructions for effectively converting color images to black and white while maintaining depth, detail, and clarity to create a captivating image. Featuring both studio and outdoor settings, Light, Shadow, and Skin Tone explains, image by image, how each photo was created. Lemon discusses the equipment used, the type of light, fill flash, exposures, as well as the time of day that produces the best image and how to use the light to your advantage. Also included are hints on posing and working with models. The step-by-step, image-by-image information contained in this book is highly enjoyable, whether you are interested in learning the process or simply want to gaze at breathtaking, tasteful artwork. #9781601383907 $39.95
In Search of a Family: A Story of an International Adoption In Search of a Family: The Story of an International Adoption takes the reader inside the personal journey through the unknowns of an international adoption. It could be anywhere in the world, but this true story takes place in the post Cold War, ex-Soviet bloc country of Ukraine. As they travel through this young, independent republic, Kevin and Ginger Carlisle encounter virtually every obstacle that could derail their hopes of achieving their dream - creating their new family. Braving Ukrainian election tensions and protestors, heartbreaking events, financial concerns, and changing adoption policies, they navigate the emotional and psychological maze of bureaucracy and physical logistics. The book takes the reader through an account of their travel, highlighting the little known beauty of Ukraine and its people, while enduring the hardships of the language and infrastructure, all while placing their life and professions in American on hold. An eleventh hour attempt by a family member almost changes the history of this wonderful journey. As destiny patiently awaits, they keep reciting the mantra of all those who had come before them: Keep your focus on the goal of bringing home your children. Item# 9781601385116 $19.95
The Complete Guide to Affiliate Marketing on the Web: How to Use and Profit from Affiliate Marketing Programs Affiliate marketing is a highly profitable online advertising method in which Web site merchants pay independent third parties to promote the products or services of an advertiser on their Web site. In other words, affiliate marketing involves posting a company's banner on your Web site or blog and attempting to send visitors to their Web site. If someone clicks on that banner or goes to that site and buys something, you will be paid a commission. While some affiliates pay only when a sale is made, some selling big ticket items like cars, credit cards, travel, and so forth have modified the model and pay for qualified leads. Affiliate marketing is now viewed as a key component of a company's online marketing strategy. Affiliate marketing is an advertising technique that originally was developed by Amazon.com. In this new book you will learn how to master the art and science behind affiliate marketing in a matter of hours. By investing a few dollars you can easily increase the number of visitors to your Web site and significantly increase sales. If you want to drive high quality, targeted traffic to your site, there is no better way than affiliate marketing. Since you only pay when a sale is made, your marketing dollars are being used more effectively and efficiently compared to any other advertising method. The keys to success in affiliate marketing are knowing what you are doing, devising a comprehensive and well-crafted advertising plan, and knowing the relationships between your Web site, search engines, PPC advertising, and campaign methodology. This groundbreaking and exhaustively researched new book will provide everything you need to know to get you started on generating high-volume, high quality leads. You will learn the six steps to a successful campaign: keyword research, software needed, copy editing, setup and implementation, performance analysis, return on investment, and reporting and avoiding PPC fraud. In addition, we spent thousands of hours interviewing hundreds of today's most successful affiliate marketing masters. This book is a compilation of their secrets and proven successful ideas. Additionally, we give you hundreds of tips and tricks to ensure your Web site is optimized for maximum search engine effectiveness, which will drive business to your Web site and increase sales and profits. You will find actual case studies from companies who have used our techniques and achieved unprecedented success. If you are interested in learning hundreds of hints, tricks, and secrets on how to implement affiliate marketing, optimizing your Web site for maximum search engine effectiveness, developing a cost-effective marketing campaign, and ultimately earning enormous profits, this book is for you. Item# 9781601381255 $24.95
Google Income How Anyone of Any Age, Location, and/or Background Can Build a Highly Profitable Online Business with Google Google is the largest internet company in the world. In the 2006 fiscal year, they managed to generate more than $6 billion in profit and more than 90% of that income is generated through the use of their advertising program AdWords, a program that paid out more than $3 billion in the same year to advertising partners. The opportunity to make money with Google is so great that entire companies have been built around working with the search and advertising giant and if you are properly situated, you can tap into that market and start generating your own massive profits. There are dozens of ways to start making money with Google and because of its digital nature, anyone can do it from anywhere in the world. This book leaves absolutely no stone unturned in cataloging for you every possible method through which you can generate and maintain steady income streams through the world's largest search engine. Starting with a fundamental discussion of why your online business is different from any form of business ever run in history, you will learn everything you need to know to use Google to create and run your business online. Google's ample supply of tools in the form of Google Base will allow you to list, promote, and sell products that will provide you the foundation of a solid business and this book will walk you through the process of utilizing that service. You will learn how to utilize Google Base to list a single item at a time, or to create an entire store front. You will learn how to tap into Google's API and create your own high quality, customized storefront that is unlike anything you have worked with before. Learn how to use your own XML and spreadsheet files for quick product descriptions and a streamlined interface while taking advantage of Google's dozens of different posting categories such as Housing, Vehicles, Services, Jobs, and Vacation Rentals. You will learn how craft a winning listing, utilizing the right balance of carefully selected information, well placed imagery, and the right target audience. You will learn how to optimize your postings to work in tandem with your websites and to rank highly in Google's most up to date search algorithm. You will also learn how to start implementing Google's swarm of services such as YouTube, Blogger, Orkut, and Gmail to promote and build your business across multiple social and interactive web platforms, drawing traffic and attention from every corner of the web. With the help of web and business experts and many in depth interviews, we have compiled chapter after chapter of advice that will guide you through the process of understanding the inner workings of Google's business and advertising opportunities, as well as how you can best market your business within those tools. A special chapter is included to guide you through the tricky labyrinth of mistakes that can actually hurt you when selling and marketing through Google, ensuring that you consistently make the most of your postings and marketing efforts. For any business, new or old, looking to the Internet as a tool, this book is an essential resource to help you make money, take advantage of Google's countless resources, and stay on top of the multibillion dollar Ecommerce industry. Item#9781601383006 $24.95
How to Change Your Career and Do the Work You Really Love: A Step by Step Plan for Making It Happen According to a USA Today poll of more than 1,000 working Americans, less than 10 percent of all employees feel that they are prestigious in the jobs they perform. As many as 60 percent of all employees will freely admit they wish they had another job. Few people are happy with their lots in life and yet many of them do not know how to fix the problem. They do not know how to start searching for the perfect job or how to put themselves in the position they always dreamed of. There are many steps involved in quitting and finding a new job. You must know what you want from your career, be able to track it down, and have the resources to do so. This book will provide you with the information you need to do all three things. You will be shown the right mindset to start and succeed in discovering what it is that would make you truly happy in life. You will learn how to block out everything in your life and pinpoint what it is you have always wanted to do. A guide of popular careers and their related fields is provided to help you discern where you went wrong in your career, as well as pointed advice on how to methodically start thinking about the right career. Instead of quitting and being left in the cold, you will be shown how to start saving money and preparing the right resources to get a new job. Instead of toiling over your job, you will learn what to look for in a career and how to outline how much money you really need to make to survive. You will be provided the top jobhunting resources in the country, along with a complete list for how to weed out bad jobs, with code words and telltale signs revealed that will help you ignore bad job listings. A special chapter is included to help you create the winning resume package, including a topnotch resume, cover letter, and all the fresh information you need if it has been years since the last time you looked for a job. Finally, you will learn how you can start working toward turning your life's passions into a viable career. You will learn how to decide if what you love is viable as a business and how to start working for yourself. You will learn the most common mistakes people make when they try to strike out on their own and how you can avoid becoming just another sad story. With a plethora of interviews and conversations with real world professionals who have managed to chuck their job and start living and working the lives they have always wanted, you will learn the ins and outs of finding a career that will make you truly happy, while maintaining your current quality of life. If you feel trapped by your job or the press of your bills, this book will help you break free and finally start working towards a rewarding career in a field you love. Item#9781601382887 $24.95
Nonprofit Management: Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Organization Explained Simply-With Companion CD-ROM According to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, more than 1.4 million nonprofit organizations are in existence in the United States alone. These organizations vary in their fields of interest, ranging from charity and religion to health, science, literature, wildlife protection, and the arts. While the areas of focus may differ, one thing applies to each and every organization: The challenges of running a nonprofit are far reaching and incredibly unique. Nonprofit Management: Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Organization Explained Simply will help you understand these challenges and offer you ways to overcome them. In this new book you will learn how to create a plan, how to fund a mission, how to recruit and keep volunteers, how to create and stick to a budget, how to form effective community coalitions, how to set and achieve goals, how to perform SWOT analyses, and how to assess client needs. You will also learn about performance measurement tools, taxes, policies, management theories, accounting, public and government relations, insurance, meetings, fundraising, educational programs, sponsorship programs, record keeping and reporting requirements, legal requirements, consultants, lobbying, and ethics. Also included are strategies for dealing with the board of directors, committees, conflicts of interest, and hiring, firing, and other personnel management issues. This book will show you how to overcome common obstacles, such as founder's syndrome, poor meeting attendance, poor fundraising, and rapid staff turnover. You will also be provided with real world examples and case studies that demonstrate both effective and ineffective management strategies. The companion CD-ROM contains proven worksheets, checklists, and tables to aid in your nonprofit management strategy. Whether you are a charitable, advocacy, membership, social, recreational, or satellite organization, Nonprofit Management: Everything You Need to Know About Managing Your Organization Explained Simply will ultimately help you become more successful in fulfilling your mission. Item# 9781601382467 $24.95
A Darker Secret - By Tyler Stentiford A locket, a letter, and a secret. Jordan Lanters has discovered a secret that could change the course of history. With a dying breath, she is given the key which opens the door to something that she thought never existed. But is the secret so many have protected worth dying for? Item# 9781601383150 $9.99