Pointers on Publishing - Time is not a-wasting!

Corine La Font, Contributor

Hold on, people. Do you realise we are in February already? Time is not a-wasting! I hope you didn't put away your Christmas tree.

I have been keeping myself so busy making plans to find ways to help educate and empower you as authors, coaches, and even businesses to reach out to the global market and just keep a pulse on what is going on that cloning myself seems to be looking like a good idea more and more each day. I can hear you laughing at me, but I enjoy what I do, even though I am stressed sometimes. It keeps my heart pumping and brain ticking, and that's a good thing, right?

There are a few things I want to share with you today, and one of them is to encourage you to subscribe to my newsletter, which helps me to really sustain and build my relationships with those who read my articles and who just want additional information to get going. I know it may be another thing coming in your inbox, but I can assure you, you wouldn't want to unsubscribe from my newsletter because the information I know and the network I am part of are just a few of the things that set me apart from the rest in this industry.

Another benefit to joining is that it is a fortnightly newsletter. It is very short and to-the-point and offers some quick tips and resources. Also, those who subscribe will be the first to know the latest updates on product and event launches, get special discounts on selected programmes and alerts to new articles, free tools and complementary tele-classes and online events, and even competitions to partake in for your own genre. Remember to whitelist my address, corine@helpdeskja.com, or else this juicy and valuable info will go into your spam or junk folder, and we don't want that ... do we? I think we are at issue No. 3 or 4 now, so try to subscribe to get access to the past issues.

The other thing I want to share with you is that I know you may be struggling to promote and market your book or even to get the book out of your head. I have created the Self-Publishing University that will take care of all the trainings, courses and programmes you will need to help you with that, and more. Coming up soon is the first of many webinars so don't miss it, and tell others about it. There is a bonus for those who help refer others to register for the free webinar at this link: http://webinar.theselfpublishinguniversity.com/

Small business book awards

Wait, did I mention that I was asked to be a media sponsor for a major event happening online? Yes, siree, the competition I was a winner of in 2013, the small Business Book Awards (USA), has offered me the opportunity and I grabbed it, of course. That means more exposure and awareness for my radio show and what I do. I encourage all of you who have a published book to enter this year's competition as it will build awareness for you. Nominations are open as of February 11, 2014. Here is the link to use when the time comes: http://bookawards.smallbiztrends.com/about/

You may think it is only for business but check the 11 categories. I am sure you can fit in somewhere. If not, then there are other competitions I will tell you about when you subscribe to my newsletter.

More details on these and more will be shared in the newsletter and the upcoming webinar. Give it a try. I am sure you won't regret it. See you on the inside!

Corine La Font is a self-publishing, online marketing and virtual events specialist and consultant. She is also an award-winning publishing resource in the 2013 Small Business Book Awards. Get a copy of her book at http://amzn.to/TFHQka and Tune in to her radio programme at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/helpdeskja. She can be reached at corine@helpdeskja.com.