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The Start of a Reading Revolution: Harry Potter Comes To Life
It was 1990. J.K. Rowling was working as a bilingual secretary for Amnesty International in London. She used her off time at work to write her own stories. Though she was not a published author as of yet, she longed to be.

Lesson #3: Every Spare Second Counts For Success
“Where the idea for Harry Potter actually came from, I really couldn’t tell you,” says Rowling. “I was traveling on a train between Manchester and London and it just popped into my head. I spent four hours thinking about what Hogwarts would be like – the most interesting train journey I've ever taken. By the time I got off at King's Cross, many of the characters in the books had already been invented.”

Lesson #4: Do What You Know and Love
“I am an extraordinarily lucky person, doing what I love best in the world,” says Rowling. “I'm sure that I will always be a writer.”

Unleashing the Magic: How Potter Wrote Her Way To Billions
“The height of my ambition for these books was, well frankly, to get reviewed,” Rowling admits. “A lot of children's books don't even get reviewed – forget good review, bad review.”

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The New York Times Bestseller List
Cumulative advantage is a powerful side effect of story telling. Get out front, even a little, and you sell more because many people like to invest in a winner. We like to read what other people are reading.
Starting the day
I wanted to write a quick note on what may ask me about how to organize my day. Now, I don't want to give you another colorful graph to prioritize your coffee break and go to the store time.

6 Great Newsletter Article Ideas--When You're Out of Ideas!
Newsletters are a great way to build your list, establish yourself as an expert, and connect with your audience. But what do you do when you run out of ideas?
Business Success - How to Create the Twilight Series Success in Your Business
So what can you learn from the runaway success of the Twilight series that can also make your business successful? Read on and discover 2 things you can integrate into your business.

How to be more creative in business
As I am in marketing, being creative every single day is very important. In firm's success depends on it. Here are my top 5 ways for staying creative and coming up with innovative ideas on a daily basis...
ADD VALUE TO LIFE
We can just as easily choose to add value to life as we can to devalue life.
Smart Women Are Like Harry Potter
This article is about women in small to mid-size businesses and how they should reflect on their products and services periodically. When we begin our journey as entrepreneurs, we may start our business with just a few products or services. In the beginning, you create your core product or service---your brand. As the business grows, it’s essential that you begin to dewant tosign or create other products and services that compliment your brand and that your valued customers would benefit from. J.K. Rowling has done an amazing job at creating a series with her core brand (Harry Potter) and then adding more characters and storylines that readers every where want to follow. The same applies to any successful business.

Not Getting Enough Profitable Business?
As a Sales and Marketing Coach it’s my job be able to recognise, treat and cure sales and marketing pains. So let’s split out: Not Getting a) Enough Business and b) Profitable Business and help you with a couple of simple tips…
Content for Africa by Africans
About 3 months ago I attended the ICTExpo organized by ICTVillage, the event was quite interesting with a wide range of presentations including one from Google. It was during that event that the permanent secretary in the ministry of information and communication, Dr.Bitange Ndemo made a very important point concerning content, he said “the biggest challenge we have right now is the issue of locally produced content..we need content providers..”, once he finished a lady from South Africa informed him that they had a large amount of content from the space observatory which they were willing to offer for free, her offer was eagerly accepted. I left the event racking my brain over the need for quality local content and how I could play a major part of that process.

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Marketing Genius Author Harry Beckwith Interviewed
"I love all of your work Harry!" Harry Beckwith, author of "Selling The Invisible", "The Invisible Touch", and the forthcoming book, "What Clients Love: A Field Guide To Growing Your Business" was a joy to interview because he's extremely rich in character and wisdom.
The Billion-Dollar Author: Harry Potter’s J. K. Rowling Is Born
“I was very low and I had to achieve something,” recalls Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling. “Without the challenge, I would have gone stark raving mad.”

Lesson #1: Slay the Dragons Standing In Your Way
Today, there are hundreds of millions of Harry Potter books in print around the world. Each book in Rowling’s series has also been on The New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. But when Rowling first began to seriously pursue her writing career, the story was a much different one than that.

Lesson #3: Every Spare Second Counts For Success
“Where the idea for Harry Potter actually came from, I really couldn’t tell you,” says Rowling. “I was traveling on a train between Manchester and London and it just popped into my head. I spent four hours thinking about what Hogwarts would be like – the most interesting train journey I've ever taken. By the time I got off at King's Cross, many of the characters in the books had already been invented.”

Lesson #5: Do Not Lose the Core Essence of Your Product
Harry Potter is no longer just a character who comes to life in Rowling’s seven-book series. Instead, it has become a merchandising and marketing machine all on its own, pushing ahead at full throttle. And while Rowling remains in awe of the success that has been spawned by her stories, so too does she remain wary of the many attempts to capitalize on and commercialize her story of a young wizard.

Sorting out
Gavin Potter says, “The 20th century was about sorting out supply, the 21st is going to be about sorting out demand.”
Smart Women Are Like Harry Potter
This article is about women in small to mid-size businesses and how they should reflect on their products and services periodically. When we begin our journey as entrepreneurs, we may start our business with just a few products or services. In the beginning, you create your core product or service---your brand. As the business grows, it’s essential that you begin to dewant tosign or create other products and services that compliment your brand and that your valued customers would benefit from. J.K. Rowling has done an amazing job at creating a series with her core brand (Harry Potter) and then adding more characters and storylines that readers every where want to follow. The same applies to any successful business.

Act on the Present
In tough times Harry needed to focus on being present -not lamenting the past
The Magic of Measuring
When you hear the word magic, what's the 1st thing you think of? Peter Pan? Harry Potter? For me, magic immediately evokes something so powerful that even I can't screw it up. And that's exactly how magic numbers and measuring work. My goal with this article is to help you get a perspective quite different and apart from what your accountant or financial adviser may suggest. And it's probably the best thing you could ever do for your business - making it fool-proof. Even better, it's MAGIC!
The Power of Recognition, Appreciation, and Celebration
Arden planted a 50-acre field of wheat that was now golden brown and very full for harvest. It was a sight to touch the heart of any farmer. Uncle Harry came to visit. Arden proudly took him out to look at the field of wheat. Harry looked around, put his hand over his eyes to peer into the distance, and asked "Is that a stone on the hill?" pointing to a boulder too large to move in the middle of the field. He said nothing about the field of wheat. Arden was crushed by his lack of enthusiasm.
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