Boost your book sales
September 3, 2008
Have you heard the buzz? The Amazon Bestseller Plan is available free and contains tons of tips to help you sell more books on Amazon. Compiled by the publisher who sold £30,000 of books in one day, you’d be mad to miss out. Check it out here.
More than 100 great workshops in the Hague
September 3, 2008
In need of an inspiration injection? Then check out the American School Fall brochure. Workshops range from learning to massage, do Reiki or become more spiritual, to golf, bellydance, language, cookery, arts and crafts and even day trips of Dutch cities.
Download the brochure, here. You’ll find it just below the PTA Services headline. Oh, and by the way, deadline for registrations is 10th September - so hurry.
YOu will also find details of my workshops there too:
Break into Writing 23rd SEpt
Write from Life 30th Sept
Release the book within 7th Oct
Definite Articles 28th Oct
Career in Your Suitcase 6th Nov
How to get your book published 13 Nov
How to make the perfect pitch 20th Nov
Growing Global Networks 27th Nov
Powertools for Publicity 4th Dec
Speak on cruise ships and you go for free!
September 2, 2008
A few months back I connected with Daniel Hall and read his superb ebook on how to speak for just one hour a day, max, and get a free cruise in exchange. It seems too good to be true, but last month, Daniel was in Holland, with his son Jamie, fresh off a European cruise and I met him. Daniel is passionate about this and takes several cruises a year - taking a family member with him, also free, every time. His book is packed with relevant info and practical advice, from how to pitch your ideas, how to pick topics and what to put in your promotional pack. I plan to do this myself in the near future. I’m impressed and am pretty sure you will be too.
Take a look at Daniel’s site here. Watch out - it starts with loud music!
TCK experts and webinars
September 2, 2008
I’ve long been a fan of Paulette Bethel’s work and was delighted to find that she is the brains behind a site called TCK Academy. Here you can take part in webinars with some of the industry’s biggest experts. Listen to past webinars with those such as Ruth van Reken on the 7 Things you should know about TCKs and Robin Pascoe on raising global nomads. Do not miss out.
Permits Foundation survey online now
September 2, 2008
I’ve long been a fan of this organisation and its director, Kathleen van der Wilk-Carlton is a friend of mine. Permits Foundation does sterling work, lobbying for governments to give work permits to expat spouses and so I urge you to help the cause by completing their brand new survey here.
Interview with Jo Parfitt in new magazine
September 2, 2008
A few months ago I was interviewed by Inga at Bare Essentials magazine. This is an online publication, produced by Yudu, which I blogged about the moment I heard about it. This magazine is about women who do things, many dangerous or active (ahem that does not sound like me!). Women in Action is its tagline. And if you would like to read Inga’s interview with me, simply click on the image below. You’ll find my double page article on pages 8 and 9. Simply click on the bottom right hand corner to turn the pages.
Easyexpat posts results of HSBC expat explorer survey
August 7, 2008
I’ve just had a look at the HSBC survey, downloading the results from the “>Easy Expat blog. I had a bit of a mooch around the site and it looks pretty good, though I was fed up to see neither my books nor Robin Pascoe’s in their list - but maybe I did not look hard enough.
The survey interviewed over 2000 expats and it seems Singapore is, the UAE and the US are the best places to live. So that’s why my best mates are all off to Singapore! The Netherlands, where I live, came 7th in the poll, so I guess I’m not doing so badly.
But the survey is all about lifestyle, luxury, saving, accommodation and length of stay - nothing about how the kids adjusted, if the spouses found work, or if they found ways to feed their soul. No surprise there. I guess if I was doing a survey funded by a major international bank I’d not be interested in those questions either. Thank goodness Robin Pascoe has done a survey on what matters to the family. I can’t wait to see the results of that one.
Slightly cynical, moi?
Article on expat networking
August 5, 2008
My google alerts just informed of this super little article on expat networking from the Shelter Offshore site. I thought I should share it with you. As you know, I am a big fan of networking and neither my sanity nor my business would have survived without it. Read on here.
