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title: "Business"
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description: "Business posts from the Blossoms Writing blog by Samita Sarkar."
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# Business

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- Feb 2, 2018 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/) · [Publishing](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/publishing/)[How to Create a PR Plan for Your Self-Published Book](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/pr-plan/)Book Publicists Spill Their Secrets Many self-published authors have found out only too late that having a PR plan in place before you release your book dramatically increases its chance of success. So how can...
- Dec 13, 2017 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/) · [Publishing](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/publishing/)[Creative Book Marketing Tips from 11 Self-Published Authors](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/11-creative-marketing-tips/)Self-publishing is a rewarding, empowering experience, and a great way to get your message out there to a (potentially) limitless audience. When done correctly, self-publishing can be a way to grow your...
- Feb 1, 2017 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/)[The Language Exchange Community: An Ode to Livemocha](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/livemocha/)What is one thing that unites the human species — aside from the internet? It’s language. As human beings, we use words to express thoughts and evoke emotion. And when you have a language learning platform...
- Oct 1, 2016 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/) · [Publishing](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/publishing/)[On Vanity Presses, True Self-Publishing, and One Author’s Tenacity](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/one-authors-tenacity/)In the article “Meet Douglas Gardham, the hardest-working Canadian novelist you’ve never heard of,” Globe and Mail Books Editor Mark Medley features a Canadian author who has travelled every weekend for the...
- Sep 1, 2016 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/) · [Publishing](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/publishing/) · [Writing Tips](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/writing-tips/)[Avoid These Publishing Rip-Offs](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/avoid-vanity-press-sharks/)Publishing is a risky business. Whether you opt for self-publishing or score a deal with a Big Five publisher, there is no guarantee that you will win lots of sales in the end. In an industry where going it...
- Jul 26, 2016 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/) · [Featured Authors](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/featured-authors/) · [Publishing](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/publishing/)[Author April Klasen: How Thinking Like A Reader Transformed My Marketing](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/author-april-klasen-thinking-like-a-reader-marketing/)Today’s post features self-published author (and savvy book marketer) April Klasen . Over to you, April! Marketing when you self-publish is a bitch. You have a good story wearing a nice cover and it’s...
- Nov 14, 2015 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/)[Why I Don’t Work for “Exposure” as a Copywriter](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/modern-slavery/)A few days ago, I received a call from a prospective client asking me what I would charge to write some short, industry-related posts for his blog. When I gave him a quote, he balked and said he couldn’t...
- Nov 9, 2015 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/) · [Writing Tips](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/writing-tips/)[5 Counterintuitive Tips to Improve Your Writing in Business and Beyond](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/5-counterintuitive-tips-improve-writing-business-beyond/)In my writing career, I’ve learned that sometimes drafting a good piece involves disregarding everything you thought you knew about writing. Writers’ clichés such as “write what you know,” and “it isn’t what...
- Aug 24, 2015 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/)[Cover Letters: A Necessary Evil?](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/girlboss/)Last weekend, I read #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso, founder of the popular retailer Nasty Gal, which sells clothing, swimwear, shoes, and vintage. #GIRLBOSS is Sophia’s rags-to-riches memoir/manifesto on female...
- Jun 1, 2015 · Samita Sarkar · [Business](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/category/business/)[The Impact of an Editor: Maxim Example](https://blossomswriting.com/blog/maxim-editor/)Because we work behind the scenes, a lot of people don’t realize exactly how much of a difference an editor can make. Last year, Maxim switched editors, hiring their very first female editor-in-chief, Kate...