Internet Marketing School

Well, I haven't taken the time to update you on my book in awhile as I have put myself in internet marketing school and it has kept me very busy. I do already have a degree in Marketing Management - and believe it or not, many of the basics have stayed the same since I graduated 23 years ago, but so much has changed!

So, if I want to market my soon to be self published book "Only in Mexico, You Say? The humorous side of living in Mexico" to the best of my abilities I figure I better play some serious catch up in the field of internet marketing. We didn't even cover internet marketing when I was in University! However, one of my beliefs is: if we don't keep learning and growing, we end up dying slowly but surely. I want to live life to the max!

In my quest for knowledge I have: purchased some e-books, signed up for some marketing newsletters, and I am listening in on conference calls about marketing. Basically learning a ton. I feel strongly that the time and money invested is going to pay off easily.

By the way, I have discovered a man in my seaching whom I consider to be a marketing genius and his name is Joe Vitale. Check him out at www.mrfire.com. I find his information is invaluable.

My strategy of doing everything that is related to producing and marketing my book all at the same time is proving to be an interesting strategy as everything is still all half finished. But we are getting closer and I am feeling a new found power in that I feel I do have the abilty to self promote my book. I love the feeling of empowerment that gives me.

Let's not forget I am also actively participating in the "Scale the World" program (see previous blog) and it continues to be an incredible journey. I am making myself learn more and do more in order to reach a new level in my life and it actually feels good.

P.S. The e-book will be available very soon now.

Scale the World

I am on a path to abundance, health and mastery. That, I think, is a pretty good path to be on as you try to self publish and market your own book. Let me explain .....

I am taking a free, 32 day, e-mail course called "Scale the World." It is a program focused on empowerment, answers, strategies, and a fit healthy lifestyle. I am on day 8 of the course as of today and I am loving it and feeling so empowered! I am feeling so empowered and so good about my life and my power to design exactly what I want in it, that I have to share the program.

I receive nothing from sharing this but the knowledge that maybe it will help you achieve things in in your life as well. The way I see it, the more people in this world we have feeling good health, abundance and mastery of their own lives, the better our world becomes.

Check it out at www.scaletheworld.com. It is amazing how the right tools turn up when you commit to doing something that is important to you.

Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day!

How to self-publish a book

Ok, let's get to it, shall we? Considering my book is about the adventures of living in Mexico, I figure my blog should be on the adventures of self-publishing the book and ultimately (gulp) marketing this book. Marketing will obviously be one of the biggest factors, as I wont sell many if people don't know about it will I? More about marketing later.

I have decided that in my desire to finally publish this book, I do not need to know how everything will get done, or be done, or even who will do it; I just need to start. With this in mind, I have now started just about everything and am currently feeling a little crazed as I am the ultimate control freak and my world feels a lot like chaos.

So currently; my book is with an editor (yes, it will be better grammar and punctuation than this blog - thanks Adelle), I am interviewing cartoonists so that I can have humorous drawings inside, I am negotiating on getting the cover done (which also needs a cartoon), I am setting up a Paypal a/c, and I am applying for my ISBN. Because of all this, my website is all partially done because I can't supply my web designer with a book cover or even a book yet. But heh, I now have a website that is ready and waiting for me and I figure that will put me ahead in the marketing game later on.

I think I am actually getting to like this new living on the edge feeling. Nah, but then again, I figure life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all to write about!

Wait until I tell my family they have to pose for a picture for the book cover and my website. Oh yeah, and I still have to figure out how I'm going to market my book. The adventure continues ...........

Beach days are for good health

Yesterday, my husband and I ,went to the beach to just relax and look out at the ocean. We only looked at it because it was breezy and we knew after a dip in it, we would come out and surely freeze. Yep, we have lived long enough in Mexico now to feel cold at times.

Just putting my feet in the sand, feeling the sun warm my body, and gazing upon the ocean makes me feel centered. My world is suddenly right again. You should all head to a beach (if you can) and try this. There can be a lot of stress in life - how do you deal with yours? A good motto would be "don't take a pill, take to the beach." Maybe, we should challenge ourselves to figure out our best ways to de-stress and write our own motto and then post it; then hardest of all, remember to do it, and often.

By the way, my editor is fine, and my book is on track.....now, if I could only figure out how I want my website to look.....