For The Holiday Season - Santa's Birthday Gift





Santa’s Birthday Gift is an attempt to include Santa in the meaning of Christmas. (After I read a story of the nativity to my young granddaughter, she looked at me and asked “But where’s Santa?”) The editor who critiqued this book wrote: “What a cute story! I know there are many stories about how Santa came into the picture, but this is a delightful idea behind the gifts at Christmas.” The story is best for ages 3-10, to be read to children who still believe in Santa! This book received a 2011 National Indie Excellence Finalist Award, and is a 2011 Readers Favorite Finalist. ~ Sherrill Cannon

Other books by Sherrill S. Cannon include:

Peter and the Whimper-Whineys (2010) is designed to help parents cope with whining and complaining children. The book is a 2011 Readers Favorite Finalist.

Sherrill's third book was released in February of 2011, The Magic Word. The book has received a NABE Pinnacle Achievement Award for summer 2011, a Global eBook Finalist Award, and is also a 2011 Readers Favorite Finalist.

Visit Sherrill Cannon at Sherrill S. Cannon's Website and Blog or at Sherrill Cannon's Amazon page

Frugal and Focused Tweeting for Small Businesses Everywhere

Frugal and Focused Tweeting for Retailers:
Tweaking Your Tweets and Other Tips for Integrating Your Social Media
By Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Paperback: 130 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (April 1, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1451546149
ISBN-13: 978-1451546149
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
Available as paperback, e-book, and for Kindle

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Blurb: "It's entirely possible that three or four years from now, we'll have moved on [to something new on the Web]. But the key elements of the Twitter platform will persevere. Every major channel of information will be Twitterfied." ~ Time Magazine

Reviewed by Joyce White originally for Amazon and Sculpting the Heart Reviews--Five Stars


“When business is slow,” says Carolyn, “the last budget one should trim is advertising.” Up until now Tweeting cost us nothing unless we become addicted. In that case, I suggest you stop tweeting if it hurts.Carolyn writes that tweeting helps us connect with our target audience in a way that delights them, builds relationships, and creates a sense of community with people of like interest.

Since I am a new author myself, and Yes, I tweet; but, after reading this book, I realize I haven‘t been appreciating what an exciting and versatile tool Twitter can be in promoting my books and myself over the internet. Carolyn reinforces the ideas that tweeting will help you not only drive new traffic to your site, but it will also help you create a loyal following of repeat clients . . .even help you make
new friends. I like this idea.

There are several books out there on tweeting but Carolyn Howard-Johnson's "Frugal and Focused Tweeting for Retailers" should be the one considered mandatory reading.For all who want to successfully compete in the marketplace regardless of the services or products being offered to a consuming public, her books are like a congenial roadmap with all the shortcuts and detours to your future prosperity.

Twitter is about making new connections, says Carolyn. For retailers that means, it’s a customer-building process. We aren’t fussy about who comes into our store as long as they are reasonably well behaved. It’s the same with Twitter.


FIVE STARS FOR AMAZON

~Reviewer Joyce White writes Sculpting the Heart Book Reviews at www.wingedforhealing.com.

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