Published on May 19th, 2013 | by Derek Murphy
One of the most powerful ways to promote your book is to offer it for free for a limited time. Why? You need to remove all resistance separating your book from your readers – including a ... Read More →
Published on May 19th, 2013 | by Derek Murphy
I’m in Paphos, Cyprus, sitting in the bar downstairs of my hotel drinking a Mojito and listening to a trance remix of “Ain’t no mountain high enough.” I had a Greek Gyro for dinner, a welcome ... Read More →
Published on April 25th, 2013 | by Derek Murphy
Recently a lot of my creative friends have been raving about “The War of Art” – a little manifesto about art, creativity and creative production by Steven Pressfield. It’s an inspirational book that’s popularity is ... Read More →
Published on March 13th, 2013 | by Derek Murphy
I spent today making new business cards for Creativindie. I love making business cards. I’ve made dozens of sets of business cards for all my little projects, websites and books. Business cards are handy to give ... Read More →
Published on March 2nd, 2013 | by Derek Murphy
This week is our last week of a month and a half tour of Mexico. Although I’ve traveled extensively since I was young, and have made money online for several years, I’m only beginning to make ... Read More →
Published on February 27th, 2013 | by Derek Murphy
I’ve danced around Etsy for several years. As a fine artist, I’m not quite ready to sell my paintings for as low as I think I would need to in order to make a lot of ... Read More →
Published on February 27th, 2013 | by Derek Murphy
I just read a post from Chris G. about his success with blogging and online business, where he says it’s mostly a matter of relationships, not specific technologies, tricks, etc. Then I got an email from ... Read More →
Published on February 4th, 2013 | by Derek Murphy
After I started doing book cover designs, I knew I needed to learn to make ebooks. All of my author clients needed to have their books formatted for Kindle, iBooks and all the other ebook stores. ... Read More →
Published on January 13th, 2013 | by Derek Murphy
As a Capricorn, I’ve always been a goal setter. I don’t spend enough of my time visualizing and meditating on my goals, but I’m still pretty good at making them happen. However, I’m a little guilty ... Read More →
Published on January 13th, 2013 | by Derek Murphy
Most people want to save money on their vacations – but actually spend much more than they usually would. Me, I’m going on vacation to save money. Even though I’ve been living with family in Oregon ... Read More →
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