Guest: NAIWE’s Editorial Expert Barbara McNichol Writers desire to have a nearly perfect manuscript when it becomes ready for publication. However, they have some mistakes in common with one another. Learning what these mistakes are and fixing them even before you hire the editor can make the editing process smoother, faster, and cheaper!

Guest: NAIWE’s Editorial Expert Barbara McNichol Do you need to hire an editor but can't afford the one you really want? Learn ways to save both time and money in the editing process by making some of the corrections to your manuscript. Explore how to turn five words into one word, change two weak sentences into one strong sentence, identify and remove lazy words, write in parallel paths with rhythm, and more!

Guests: NAIWE’s Editorial Expert Barbara McNichol and colleague Andrea Beaulieu As an author, put yourself in your book through story. Both authors and speakers can open with a story; it adds interest from the start as to why you wrote the book or presentation. Your story is the emotion behind your book or presentation; it touches your audience and is the connection to making a point that you want to be remembered.

Guest: NAIWE’s Marketing Expert Brian Feinblum Marketing and public relations fit well within the path of writers. But what are the differences between marketing and public relations? Publicity speaks to where we are at through the avenues of news media, newspaper, and radio. Whereas marketing focuses on such things as book signings. And marketing takes the diverse approach -- don’t put all your eggs in one basket!

Guest: NAIWE’s Kindle Expert Brian Schwartz Having a book in print and e-book provides different marketing opportunities. In this webinar, you will come to realize that the e-book format lends itself to more marketing options, including keeping the book in print. Brian will share pricing and marketing tips for your e-book and the top three places to publish it.

Guest: NAIWE’s Blogging Expert Carol Tice Keywords in headlines need to explain the post because there are no subheads to help. And to take it a step further, the first two lines of the post are also used for search engine optimization. Learn how to be mindful of your keyword drivers to attract the readers that you want. Every NAIWE member has a blog to practice the many takeaways that you will find helpful!

Guest: NAIWE’s Tax Expert Carol Tice A blog is more than an avenue for putting your personal thoughts out there; it is a marketing tool that when set up correctly will catch the eye of big name companies looking for a freelance blogger whose numbers show reader engagement. In this webinar, Carol shares her experiences to guide and aid you to becoming more than a blogger . . . a content strategist!

Guest: NAIWE’s Tax Expert Carol Topp The publishing industry is filled with technology. While some may be well known, there are always more techniques the users of technology can learn. Blog writers may write as if new readers have not seen the rest of their site. Web writers know that their readers read differently than the readers of books. But the best educated are the most successful in any field!

Guest: NAIWE’s Tax Expert Carol Topp This is from 2011, but learning the terminology, and the questions to have in mind remain the same. Here’s what you can expect to learn in this class: Explore self-employment tax ideas Uncover possible business expenses Learn about s corps and if it is right for you

Running a business effectively takes time and know-how, and Carol knows how to streamline efforts to retain your earnings for your business! In this webinar, Carol shares how to prepare for taxes and keep good records. She discusses recordkeeping for mileage, home-office deductions, and equipment expenses. She shares her awareness to details such as suggesting types of documents to save while providing peace of mind.

Guest: NAIWE’s Ghostwriting Expert Claudia Suzanne A lot more ghostwriters exist now than when Claudia Suzanne began working in this industry several decades ago. Ghostwriting, which is when another person writes your book for you, combines certain writing and editing skills. In this session, Claudia shares her knowledge of the industry, giving away tips of the trade and excellent takeaway information!

Guest: NAIWE’s Ghostwriting Expert Claudia Suzanne A person’s mindset is powerful, and it is the difference between a freelancer and a businessperson. How you perceive yourself and present yourself determines your position in the professional world. In turn, your position dictates what you can charge for your services. This webinar will assist you in determining your ideal clients and how to associate with them.

Guest: NAIWE’s Ghostwriting Expert Claudia Suzanne Ghostwriting has become a booming field with many people wanting to tell a story. Twenty years ago there were less than 50 certified ghostwriters in the entire industry; today it has grown into an admired and well-paying profession with sought-after learned skills and techniques. Ghostwriters have a different perspective than editors when they look at a manuscript.

Guest: NAIWE’s Marketing Expert Diana Ennen Diana will share how to get the most out of each article you write by using bits of it on your website and on each social media platform and by inserting keywords in your article and even in the title. Having a plan helps a pro reach goals. She will share how to create a plan, what should be in it, and also how to build your following and establish trust and credibility.

Guest: NAIWE’s Pricing Expert Laurie Lewis While many freelancers are very good at the services they offer, they may find it difficult to talk about money. Learn the type of information to collect from a potential client to turn the correct price into the best price. Also discussed are methods to price a job, benefits of understanding the going rate, and negotiation strategies to include money and job parameters.

Guest: NAIWE’s Faith-Based Writing Expert Mary DeMuth You’re excited about a topic, so excited that you’ve written a book about that topic, but how do you get that agent to sign on to your project? Writing a book proposal is very different than writing the manuscript of your book, and it can be intimidating. The writer needs to market the book, knowing the book in a different manner, within the publishing industry.

Guest: NAIWE’s Productivity Expert Meggin McIntosh With everything that needs to get done, overwhelm may overcome us at times and cause us not to do our best work. It will take a commitment to make change in our life to keep this feeling a bay. With 10 strategies revealed in this webinar, you will be encouraged to do only what you can do. And you will receive suggestions on how to handle the rest.

Guest: NAIWE’s Productivity Expert Meggin McIntosh Do you keep projects in your head instead of physically putting them on a to-do list? In this webinar, Meggin will discuss the benefits of having an actual list to work from and the costs of having unfinished projects. Her suggestions of tools will help guide and motivate change to where unfinished projects become accomplishments resulting in a feeling of freedom.

Guest: NAIWE’s Book-to-Blog Expert Nina Amir Writing an entire book can seem overwhelming, while writing a daily post for a blog may be manageable. Having a blog gives you a platform and a fanbase, and the opportunity to blog your ideas for a book among its potential readers. Learn how having a blog and regularly posting to it can increase your likelihood of being accepted by a publisher.

Guest: NAIWE’s Book-to-Blog Expert Nina Amir Writing a book is a creative process, but once the book has been published, a different type of creativity is needed to successfully market and sell the book. This webinar will help you develop a business plan to include defining your readers and your market. This business plan will aid you with creating a marketing plan and a promotion plan to ultimately build sales.

Guest: NAIWE’s Booklets Expert Paulette Ensign All writers can benefit from publishing tips booklets. Even speakers can benefit from having booklets! Listening to this teleconference, you will hear in Paulette’s voice her excitement for this subject matter as she explains how to select the best topic and the ideal word count for a tips booklet, and she will even share her sales and marketing considerations.

Guest: NAIWE’s Well-Fed Expert Peter Bowerman Commercial writing may sound intimidating, but it is simply freelance writing for companies. Because some companies are unwilling to hire full-time writers, they often have needs for freelance writers. Commercial writing allows freelance writers to offer a fresh perspective while letting them learn how to help others and set themselves apart as experts.

Guest: NAIWE’s Well-Fed Expert Peter Bowerman Self-publishing allows the author to retain control over the book, and this form of publishing is so much easier than it used to be. Even so, for the author who has never self-published before, this can seem like a daunting process. While writing is creative, publishing is a business and marketing is required to help the book succeed.

Guest: NAIWE’s Writing Goals Expert Rochelle Melander Life is busy, and even though writers have a passion for writing, many feel like they have no time to do so. Like other things in life, writing needs to be made a priority to become a habit for those with this passion. In this webinar, Rochelle Melander will discuss ways to fit in writing, even if it is only a few minutes each day—those few minutes can add up.

Guest: NAIWE’s Freelance Writing Expert Ruth Thaler-Carter Portfolios can take a variety of forms. At one time, it was popular for them to be in a physical format, like a scrapbook, to be able to present to potential clients at tradeshows and conferences. These were great to use as a table display of your work. However, like most things, writing portfolios have also gone digital.

Guest: NAIWE’s Green and Ethical Marketing Expert Shel Horowitz Twitter is a great way to market your books and services. Twitter updates can be laser focused to certain audiences. Through direct messaging, Twitter lets you reach people who are hard to reach by other avenues and even bypass gatekeepers. Using hashtags grows your presence and your credibility. And best of all, Twitter doesn’t have to be a time dump!

Guest: NAIWE’s Green and Ethical Marketing Expert Shel Horowitz Writers desire to be authors, but they rarely seek to be marketers. Shel Horowitz discusses how authors can market their products and be principled. You don’t have to sell your dignity with your book! It can be in your interest to be an ethical business owner. Learn how to have ethical commitments while being a successful author (and a self-marketer)!

Guest: NAIWE’s Journaling Expert Tina Games Journaling is a safe place to eliminate overwhelm and give order to your life. It allows you to become aware of patterns and focus your mind. Because you are continuing to write, journaling helps you become a better writer, and these thoughts may even turn into a book! Tina will share some benefits of journaling and even types of journals that are best suited for writers.