| New authors will find their time stretched to the | | | | who schedule appointments. Craft an email, a letter |
| breaking point, many have a regular job, a family and | | | | and a phone pitch. For the most part all your going to |
| their also trying to build a career as a writer who | | | | do is ask if they use speakers, if they say yes than |
| uses speaking to sell their books. As new writers | | | | share your script. |
| your probably still doing some sort of daily typing as | | | | 4. Create Introduction Materials - create a sample of |
| well as trying to set appointments to give | | | | yourself giving a presentation, create a FAQ list and a |
| presentations, therefore its a constant and daily time | | | | Bio. All of your materials should have your blog |
| crunch. | | | | address on it, that's where they can view your |
| Here are 5 specific strategies you can use to | | | | articles, pod-casts, and short videos. |
| leverage your time and schedule engagements at the | | | | 5. Set Up A Schedule - set up a schedule to make |
| same time; | | | | contact and follow up emails and messages. This is |
| 1. Create a Blog - by using a blog will you have an | | | | one of the most important steps there is, its making |
| online multi-media hub where you can easily post | | | | yourself available for questions that will guarantee |
| valuable examples of your presentations. Videos, | | | | your success. No one will hire you from a Bio alone, |
| Audios and some typical topics with contact info. | | | | instead they will want to talk to someone and ask |
| 2. Organization Directory - go online to Yahoo.com | | | | them a few questions, and get a sense of who they |
| Directory for an online list of organizations. You | | | | are. |
| should also go to for a directory of local businesses | | | | Now one of the most important steps to succeeding |
| and organizations that you can contact. One last item | | | | relies on being consistent, create a schedule for |
| to collect is a list of colleges and church's. | | | | sending out emails, letters and making calls. Have |
| 3. Craft a Contact Script - next craft a simple but | | | | your script handy and be prepared to set |
| compelling script that you can easily share with those | | | | appointments. |