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It can’t be stressed enough how important it is to let as many people know about your book via word of mouth. You just never know how its influence can affect your work immensely. Let your family and friends know all about it via a well written email! They have contacts that they can send the email to and a snowball effect can happen.

Business Contacts and Professional Groups

It’s a good idea to converse with your professional associates and co-workers when it’s fitting to do so; a great idea is to throw a festival to rejoice in the introduction of your Kindle work. Invite workers to the party who have a matching interest to your work’s topic. Think about visiting conferences with your work’s industry alliances.

Take a couple of tangible copies of your book or a paper ad for your Kindle version to give out to people. Keep in mind that you should be very cautious about how you approach this kind of advertising while conversing with people. You should NOT be very pushy and force your work on anyone; it’s considered unprofessional and this act could backfire and give you a horrible reputation—think of it like a website being designated as spam.

The key is to time when and how to act, i.e. if you trade contact information with an editor or publisher, be sure to contact them again in a suitable amount of time and write a sophisticated kind of letter that reminds them of your meeting so you can make sure they remember the correct person. Visit a few conferences if possible. Be vigilant in your networking and learning more data.

You may also get more involved by volunteering in some conferences; you can assist in planning one or put on your creative thinking caps and participate in some other form for a professional society. By doing this, you will get “brownie points” and not be ignored for your efforts, thus helping your reputation.

If you’re timid, you are going to have to realize that you have to put yourself out there. Think of it like acting. Practice acting to help ease into the process. It may help you out first to start assisting with things that need it at first to ease yourself into it. Speak to people and trade business cards when the chance happens.

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There's always the possibility that after a quake, you may be separated from your family members. For this reason, you need a communication plan so that everyone knows where everyone else is and that they are safe.

Don’t expect to be able to use phones or internet service after an earthquake. There is a possibility that all systems may be down. Stress to your family members the importance of being at your designated meeting point. Tell them not to assume they can just call you.

Choose one relative or family friend outside of the area for everyone to contact. Once you are in an area with phone service you need to contact this person. If you become separated, everyone knows to call them and check in. They can then relay the information to each member that calls or contacts them. It's good to choose someone outside the area in case the entire area has no phone service.

Keep conversations with your out-of-area contacts short and sweet. Tell them everyone's condition and anything else they need to know, and say goodbye. The phone system can go out at any time and someone else may be trying to contact them.

In your cell phone address book, write 'ICE' next to phone numbers of emergency contacts. This stands for In Case of Emergency and rescue workers recognize it. If they find your cell phone, they can contact these numbers.

Everyone in your family should know all emergency numbers. This should include local emergency services, area hospitals and the American Red Cross. Make sure they know how to dial these numbers and get help.

Teach your kids and elderly family members how to use text messaging. Often after an earthquake the phone lines are jammed but text messages can go through.