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Huge Ebook sales from 23% - 39% off retail price!!! Don't forget... In appreciation for all the amazing people who've supported us, read our work, came to Dave's gigs, befriended and networked with us...  ALL of our Ebooks on SALE!!!...until June 30th You can now buy any of these Ebooks at heavy discount prices through our publisher. Click on any of the Ebooks below, (full retail price posted on the image corners), and use the coupon code upon checkout... the store should automatically apply your coupon code (coupon codes in brackets are  not  case sensitive): Purple Snowflake Marketing , now 23% off! (VP73P) Rhythm and Rhyme , now 25% off! (HG76T) Trash Talk 1  - now 29% off! (AL39W) Trash Talk 2  - now 29% off!! (UN73E) Towards Understanding  - now 39% off!! (RQ47R) Jump Start for Writers  is now available for  FREE  !!!

 -- Quote of the Day --  “Negativity is a waste of energy.” ~ unknown   Mass Text Messaging: Perfect for After the Holidays!   * Written by : Andrew Lisa - a freelance marketing writer. He covers SEO and mobile marketing. Even though it's nearly 25 years old, text messaging remains the most direct, most effective and most intimate medium for marketers. Unlike emails, users view 98 percent of texts within just a few minutes. The start of the new year – after the roar of holidays sales have died down – seem to have been built with text marketing in mind. Here are some ways to take advantage of mass text messaging when the holidays have passed. Offer A Discount As discussed in the article " 4 Great Ways to Use Bulk Text Messaging for the Holidays ," shoppers, of course, are looking for deals after they've racked up huge credit card bills over the holidays. The redemption rate of text messa...

-- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144     Best of ConsciousDiscussions series offers highlights from some of the best discussions we've had in the past. Today is our 45th episode in this series – Featuring 2 experts offering advice on: Sales and Marketing Advice Our first guest :  --> Author and lecturer Winton Churchill is runs an international sales and marketing consulting firm that helps clients improve their sales and marketing processes. Our second guest :  Mark Tew...

** There's still plenty of time to enter this week's draw - scroll through previous posts for more info... -- Quote of the Day -- Mark Tewart joined us in December, 2008 to discuss his views on today's marketing opportunities: “I think it is tremendous, even more so in today’s economy, because people are thinking they don’t have a budget, that there is too much out there and that people are not going to listen right now. …The first thing is to acknowledge that there is a vast market out there for your product. Business people are bombarded by news of the economy and are wanting to cut, cut, cut – but the reality is that if you want to grow you cant cut your way there. Especially now - and you have to think of terms of growth and that involves marketing in a effective, responsible manor. …They are practicing “one stage marketing” – meaning radio commercial, display ad that says: ‘Come buy from me’. What we like to do is to do is 2-5 stage marketing… I might run a much smalle...

National Family Literacy Week !! -- Authors Read -- Authors Read - a 15 minute radio program - offers authors, storytellers and poets a chance to read from their published work. This radio program stemmed from my work as a book reviewer; as a reviewer and a voracious reader I have been enabled to donate more than a thousand books into our community in less than 6 years through various charitable organizations including: Grand Forks and West Boundary Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy - Women's Resource Center - Whispers of Hope Org. - Grand Forks Public Library - Community Futures Resource Center Authors Read is just another way that Dave and I can support literacy on a global scale. There is nothing like hearing a story told the way the writer intended it to be read… straight from the writer's lips is even better! Today’s Authors Read Radio guest: Penny Pearlman - Reading From: Pretty Smart; Lessons from Miss Americas To access this archived episode simply click on the h...

-- Announcement -- Dave & Lillian's book Trash Talk (reuse/environment & saving money) is being reviewed by a wonderful youth-run book review site. This is a new & exciting experience for the Brummets to have their work evaluated by the youth. An interview with the Lillian was recently posted; the book review article will follow soon. To Find Amanda's wonderful review site & the book review article on Trash Talk visit: http://reviewabook123.blogspot.com -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio Show -- Our guest of the day on the Conscious Discussions talk radio show was Mark Tewart, a professional speaker, consultant and author of How to be a Sales Superstar. Our discussion covered dealing with sales, people and marketing in an ethical, responsible and effective manner. As a business owner, employee or anyone involved in the world of writing – you know the importance of marketing yourself effectively and with a strong message. Mark will show us how to explode sales...