I’m Antonia Chitty. You might know me from my website Family Friendly Working, my former PR business ACPR, or as part of the ACEInspire team. Or, maybe you know me because you have read one of my books. This is my story, of how I became an author, and how my life has transformed.
Back in 1997, I was walking home from work at RNIB with a friend. We were discussing dreams and ambitions, and I said ‘I’d love to write a book.’ I didn’t think anything more …

Yesterday we told you about our new eCourse, From Knowledge to Profit. The course will take a small group through the process of writing, publishing and selling an eBook over the next three months. If you’re thinking that sounds like it might be a lot of hard work, you’re right! So why bother?
We’re bringing you this course because we know from personal experience that becoming an author makes an enormous difference, to both your business and your life. That’s easy to say, so here is a fact:

Around …

What’s your business ambition right now? Do you want to raise your business profile? Do you want to attract more customers? Put your prices up? Or make more profit? Or have you simply always wanted to write a book?
If any of those goals are ringing true for you join the From Knowledge to Profit course.
In this new course we’re giving a small group of people the chance to work with us to write and publish an eBook over the course of 3 months.
It is an amazing opportunity …

If you are not getting paid what YOU think you are worth then I suspect that there are a number of possible reasons.
The top two most obvious reasons are:

1.        Customers don’t think you are worth it
2.       You are not asking for the right fee/price

If the answer is Customers don’t think you are worth it then this is because of one of the following reasons:
a)         They don’t know you’re worth it (the obvious answer)
b)         You’ve not proved that you are worth it
In either case, the …

Want to create an eBook in 2012? Watch this video, and sign up for further video training in a 25 minute interview with Antonia Chitty and Erica Douglas.

To get access to the video and take the first steps to creating and selling your own eBook, sign up here:

Name

Email

Here are the 10 advantage of being an eBook author:
1. once you have created your eBook, sales are unlimited.
2. your costs are small, whether you sell 100 eBooks or 1,000,000 eBooks.
3. your audience is global, bringing bigger sales potential.
4. eBooks can be just the length you need.
5. eBooks cost much less to publish that print books.
6. there are no storage costs, no need to insure stock, nor pay for warehousing.
7. eBooks can be distributed without packing and posting charges.
8. you can sell your eBook yourself and afford …

Why don’t people succeed in putting together the simple equation, ‘right decisions + right actions = right results’? The answer is in one simple word, accountability.
 
As owners of our own businesses we are rarely (if ever) accountable to anyone. We can make all kinds of promises and commitments and then we can turn our back on the great action plans as if we had never signed up to them in the first place. Most of the time there is no-one there to manage us and so we …

Have you been in the situation where you’ve been faced with a difficult task? Whether you’ve been challenged to abseil or to pass an exam, what was your first thought? Did you think, “If I work hard and practice I can do it” or did you think, “I don’t know how to do it now, I’m not a natural at passing exams” or “I can’t abseil and no amount of practice will change that!”
Acknowledging the way your mind works is critical to business success. Read this article …

What is the biggest challenge you and your business are facing at the moment? For many, the key challenge is finding more customers and making more sales. If this is your businesses biggest challenge then ACE Inspire’s Brand New ‘NO COST’ eCourse is just for you.
Business Promotion Basics is a no cost 8 day eCourse which is delivered to your inbox each day, bringing you some of their best ideas on how to market your business.
By reading and taking action from the lesson each day, you will find …

Professional advisers still need to learn that customer is king.
Accountants, lawyers, architects, bankers, financial advisers – let opportunities and profits slip through their fingers because they are incapable of understanding the basics of courtesy and customer care.
They see themselves as technicians and just don’t get the basics of running a business.
First, I want my adviser to understand me. I am a person and I have very specific issues. Show an interest in me.
Second, I want my adviser to understand business.
Third, I want my adviser to understand …