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Top Ten Reasons Why Blogging is Hot

Category: Blogging Seminar

Published: Monday, February 08, 2010

Lean why blogging is an imperative for small business owners. Blogging is an easy path to success.

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Hey, What Are You Known For?

Category: Marketing

Published: Tuesday, February 02, 2010

As authors it's important we establish our niche'. What will your's be? What are you an expert on? Your marketing should always reflect what you are know for.

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A New Approach to Goals

Category: what I learned this week

Published: Sunday, January 24, 2010

Karen Hobson is taking a new approach to life, no resolutions that fail. A new method for reaching goals.

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2010 The Year of the Blog

Category: Blogging Seminar

Published: Wednesday, January 13, 2010

If you want to grow your business this year a blog is the imperative you must have. Don't be left out, blogs are more powerful than a standard website.

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Let's Recapture Our Creativity

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Friday, November 06, 2009

A simple exercise to stimulate your imagination. Why not use this to improve your creative writing skills?

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Free Blogging You Way to $$$ Webinar Nov 17th

Category: Blogging Seminar

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Free Blogging You Way to $$$ Webinar Nov 17th

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Branding Be Remarkable

Category: Marketing

Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009

Authors today are very fortunate they have unlimited opportunities to sell their writing.

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Branding: Be Remarkable! Create a Purple Cow

Category: Marketing

Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009

When marketing your book or blog you need it to be remarkable.

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Branding: Be Remarkable! Create a Purple Cow

Category: Marketing

Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009

When marketing your book or blog you need it to be remarkable.

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Want Blog Success? Here's 5 Tips

Category: Blogging Seminar

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009

Blogging is like the race between the tortoise and the hare. Slow and steady, consistent and persistent will generate a successful blog.

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The Keys to Google, A Blog's View

Category: Blogging Seminar

Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009

Four simple tips to reach page one of Google. Page one of Google is the nirvana for every blogger we can show you how to get there.

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Marketing Success Equals Networking

Category: Marketing

Published: Tuesday, October 06, 2009

The number one step on the road to marketing success is easy to take. All you need is the key attitude to network your way to the top.

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So You Want'a Blog?

Category: Blogging Seminar

Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009

What the heck is a blog? Are you serious can I really make money from a blog? Answers to these guestions.

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Writers! Sound Off with a Clear Voice

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Friday, September 04, 2009

We all have a story to tell. It's important to sound off with a clear voice when you write.

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Facebook and I have Issues!

Category: Marketing

Published: Saturday, August 15, 2009

Facebook and I have issues, no kidding! Is it me, is it them? Hard to tell. Try as I might Facebook and I just can't seem to reach the status of BFF.

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Refusing, almost, to Feel Blue

Category: what I learned this week

Published: Sunday, August 09, 2009

Abe Lincoln or George Washington said, You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time. Ain't it the truth?

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The Clothes Make the Man/Woman

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009

We all SEE someone before we know them. As a writer it's important to paint a vivid picture of your main characters for your reader. Let the clothes make the man/woman.

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You Got'a Step Up and Step Out

Category: Marketing

Published: Thursday, May 21, 2009

Do you network? Do you like to network? Are you successful with your networking efforts? Karen Hobson director of Start 2 Finish Writers workshop offers these suggestions.

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How the Picture Creates the Story!

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Monday, May 18, 2009

Karen Hobson shows you how to take a photo graph and turn it into a story. Write from the pictures you have. Lack a story idea, here's the answer.

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Writing Your Aha Moments

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Monday, May 11, 2009

Looking for a story idea? Why not choose an Aha moment from your life. Here's one of mine, I sure you have many.

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Phase One Marketing, The Name Game

Category: Marketing

Published: Saturday, May 09, 2009

What's in a name? If it's your business, your book, your blog it's every thing. Start your branding by choosing the right name for your endeavors.

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You Got'a Have Style

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Friday, May 08, 2009

The words an author chooses to write with are like the clothes we select to wear, they tell the world who we are, they represent our style.

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Tips to Smash Through Writers Block

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Karen Hobson director of Start 2 Finish Writers Workshop offers ideas to smash through your writers block. Five simple tips you can uitilze for creative story writing ideas.

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Blogging Your Way to a Best Seller

Category: Blogging Seminar

Published: Thursday, March 12, 2009

The results are in two major blogging success stories. Turning your blog into a best selling book.

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Did You Hear That?

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Monday, March 09, 2009

Over coming writers block is easy with this creative writing idea. Get up and get out, listen in to converstations.

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Use Your Senses, Create Remarkable Writing

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Monday, March 02, 2009

Authors can engage their readers by utilizing their senses. Smell is the most evocitive of the five sences.

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Hey! How do I Start a Blog?

Category: Blogging Seminar

Published: Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Creative ideas for new bloggers. When Karen Hobson director of Start 2 Finish Writers Workshop developed her blogging plans she utilized the suggestions she outs forth in this blog.

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Write Like the Masters

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Karen Hobson director of Start 2 Finish Writers Workshop gives three steps preparing you to write like the masters. If it was good enough for John Steinbeck it will work for you.

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Defining Your Marketing Strengths

Category: Marketing

Published: Friday, January 16, 2009

Authors as a group feel that marketing is hard, not what their strength is. Learn to strenghten what your good at. Don't waste time strenghting your weakness.

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The Ultimate Cure for Writers Block

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Monday, January 12, 2009

Karen Hobson presents the Idea Journal a sure cure for writers block. The Idea Journal is a right brain only handy tool for all writers.

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The Universal Quid Pro Quo

Category: what I learned this week

Published: Saturday, January 10, 2009

Karen Hobson learns much Showing Up at networking and community events. She discovers the universal Quid Pro Quo of networking and the philosophy of Givers Gain.

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Racing Heart Book Marketing

Category: Marketing

Published: Thursday, January 08, 2009

Marketing is communication. Your heart willing race when you successfully market your book. Steps to take for success. Karen Hobson Director of Start 2 Finish Writers Workshop commits to these goals.

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A Dynamite Story Compels a Reader!

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Tuesday, January 06, 2009

The key element to become a dynamite writer is practice. No soloist ever made it to Carnegie Hall without practice. A writer must practice his craft.

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A Positive Attitude

Category: what I learned this week

Published: Sunday, January 04, 2009

The pleasure of taking on a positive attitude. Approaching 2009 with an upbeat outlook. Not allowing Karen Hobson to fall victum to a bad attitude. I got a new attitude.

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I Think I Can, I Know I Can

Category: Marketing

Published: Friday, January 02, 2009

If you think you can, you can. I you think you can't , you won't. A positive attitude serves you well in your marketing plans. Tips from Free Prize Inside by Seth Godin

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Increased Writing Productivity Plan

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Monday, December 29, 2008

Karen Hobon's 2009 Increased Writing Productivity Plan. Learn to celebrate the progress you've made with your writing. Commit to establish firm and efficient completion dates for your writing projects.

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Author Income Building

Category: Marketing

Published: Friday, December 26, 2008

Income building ideas for the New Year. Tips for authors to increase their income from book sales. Marketing and selling more books.

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Dialogue Says It All- Part 2

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Monday, December 22, 2008

Dialogue is the most effective writing tool for your reader. Dialogue is a two fold sensory experience for readers. characters come to life with well written dialogue.

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Networking, All About Showing Up

Category: what I learned this week

Published: Saturday, December 20, 2008

Networking is all about showing up. Out and about in the Inland Valley networking. Setting 2009 goals, tips to generate referrals.

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Creating A Best Seller

Category: Marketing

Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2008

If you want your book to be a best seller there are three steps involved, write, publish and market. The author makes a book sell. Develop a mind set for success.

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Dialog Says It All- Part 1

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Karen Hobson, director of Start 2 Finish Writers Workshop offers a method to add pizzazz to your stories by adding dialog to your writing. Tips for dialog.

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The Murrieta Holiday Turkey

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Saturday, December 13, 2008

A humorous tale of holiday cooking. A how to on the perfectly cooked turkey from Karen Hobson director of Start 2 Finish Writers Workshop in sunny Southern California.

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Entrepreneur for FREE

Category: what I learned this week

Published: Friday, December 12, 2008

Entrepreneur magazine presented Growth 2.0 a quailty business conference for FREE. It was well worth attending. Business tips from Barry Farber and keynote speaker Robert Kiyosaki.

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Finding Your Big WHO

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Thursday, December 11, 2008

A list of ideas for authors to define their audience. Who will read your book? Where to start a marketing plan to succeed in todays world. It's no longer who you know but who knows you.

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Utilizing Symbolism in Your Writing

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Monday, December 08, 2008

Symbols from your life will add impacted to your writing. Fiction or non fiction this technique will created a vivid picture for your readers.

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Positioning Yourself For Success

Category: Marketing

Published: Friday, November 28, 2008

Author's spend their time on writing. Positioning your book for retail success takes planning. Six steps that will position you for marketing success in 2009.

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I love Monday's, Karen Hobson blogs on creative writing

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Sunday, November 23, 2008

Karen Hobson from Start 2 Finish Writers Workshop blogs on stimulating ideas for authors offered to increase their creative writing techniques. Interview questions to use during Thanksgiving with family and friends.

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Busy, Busy Networking

Category: what I learned this week

Published: Saturday, November 22, 2008

I picked up a number of business operating tips this week. Networking is a key to building your business here in Murrieta. The Murrieta Chamber of Commerce and the City of Murrieta put together excellent city business people for the SOS Forum.

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Blogging Your Way to $$$

Category: Newsblog

Published: Friday, November 21, 2008

Infinity Arts and Start 2 Finish Writers Workshop have combined their expertise to offer a seminar on blogging to grow business.

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There Has Never Been A Better Time to Market Your Book

Category: Marketing

Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Learn to speak about your book, every author needs to prepare for public speaking, generating sales through public speaking, networking is a key to finanical success

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It's Monday, Creative Writing Tips

Category: Creative Writing

Published: Monday, November 17, 2008

Riverside County writing workshops Temecula, Murrieta concepts for creative writing Tips for authors

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Let The Blogging Begin

Category: Newsblog

Published: Friday, November 14, 2008

Article on furture plans for the Start 2 Finish Blog on Creative Writing, Book marketing tips, and what I learned that was new and interesting.

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What I learned this week.

Category: what I learned this week

Published: Friday, November 14, 2008

Busy networking creative writing Heart Link The Temecula Connnection BNI

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Karen's opinion on the Red Hot Internet Publicity

Category: Newsblog

Published: Thursday, October 30, 2008

Breathtaking new book that Karen Hobson loves.

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