Ok. I need your help. I’m a first time, relatively unknown, author. Getting a book published is a minor miracle in itself. But about 50,000 books get published every year, and very few of them stay on the shelves for long. If you’re interested in me, the book, or the future books you imagine me writing, I need a favor – I need your help to make the book sucessful.

Here’s what you can do:

1. Buy the book.
2. Write a review of the book on amazon, or your own blog/website.
3. Talk to other people about the book and show it to them. Show ’em the blurbs and sample chapter.
4. Know any college professors? Professional group leaders? Managers? These are all folks that might be interested in a good book to give to their teams/students/groups.
5. Go to your local bookstores and ask if they have the book. Simply asking about it, even if you don’t buy it, draws it additional attention from booksellers. It helps.
6. Know someone that works at a public radio station? writes a business or technology column for a paper or magazine? Or a event/conference that needs a public speaker? I’m glad to be interviewed or talk about topics from the book.
7. Post some questions or comments in one of my forums or join the pm-clinic.

Thanks for your support – I can use all the help I can get.