Hi Everyone, I hope your week has started with some nice surprises! Here are some expat links I have tweeted recently, that might interest you...
Top 10 Best Value Destinations for 2012 (Lonely Planet)
ow.ly/7iCkn
iPad2s Up For Grabs! Simply Vote For Your Favourite British Place Abroad (Telegraph Expat)
bit.ly/p54uCE
Expat in the Netherlands? Win 2 @CRAVEcompany The Hague copies - Featuring Women Entrepreneurs
bit.ly/shkpcs
Experts Discount Expat Fears About Recent Landmark Ruling On UK Tax Affairs
tgr.ph/tyS8Tc
20 Most Recent Blogs In Our Expat Women Blog Directory
bit.ly/igeWXc
Strategies For A UN Job Search (Part 3): Review Recruitment Options
bit.ly/s51nJA
Shanghai Launches Expat Recruitment Drive
tgr.ph/rrU1yX
Should Travel And Living Abroad Be All About You? What About Helping Others?"
bit.ly/sanuu5
Expat Josephine McDermott Tells The Story Of Her Unforgettable 4 years in China (Telegraph Expat)
tgr.ph/sf0ZzX
Locations Are Like Lovers... New Blog Post by Expat @shamozal
bit.ly/tnpbFs
New "Gutsy Living" Interview With Karen Van Der Zee - About Life Abroad & Her Gutsy Decision To Go Marry A Foreigner In Africa
bit.ly/sJIbwK
...ps. If You Missed Our Expat Women Interview With Karen About Her Success As A Writer Abroad, With 35 Novels Published by Harlequin, Here It Is Again...
bit.ly/rBfYk5
My Favourite Quote This Week:
"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle." - Erin Majors
(found via @GreatestQuotes)
And Finally, A Warning...
80% of Burglars Use Social Networks To Find Their Next Target [Infographic]
bit.ly/tBxxUQ
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Missed Some Great Expat Twitter Links? (November 8-9 edition)
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Writers: Missed Some Great Writers' Links on Twitter?
Hi Everyone, If you are an aspiring, or a professional, writer, here are some of my recent writer-related tweets that might interest you, as you write your expat stories and/or you write for business or pleasure:
Highly Recommended: 52 Great Blogs For Self-Publishers http://bit.ly/i4keQx
5 Strategies for Success as a Freelance Writer http://bit.ly/g6QpM5
Inspiring: Interview with self published, single dad, whose income went from poverty level to US$25k this quarter http://bit.ly/hOENKz
Just Discovered: 50 Things Under $50 To Help Promote Your Book (2009, but still great tips) http://huff.to/gaua80
Tips to help you overcome writer's block, by one of world's leading thinkers http://bit.ly/czJxKr
Inspiring: Interview with self published, single dad, whose income went from poverty level to US$25k this quarter http://bit.ly/hOENKz
Just Discovered: 50 Things Under $50 To Help Promote Your Book (2009, but still great tips) http://huff.to/gaua80
Tips to help you overcome writer's block, by one of world's leading thinkers http://bit.ly/czJxKr
23 Websites (http://bit.ly/aM56LE) and 23 More Websites (http://bit.ly/d8ClJj) To Help Make Your Writing Stronger
Some good answers to the "How do you prevent a PDF/e-book from being shared?" question: http://su.pr/1otRLj
3 Ways To Capture/Visualize Your Literary Goals http://bit.ly/g58Sff
Thinking of Getting Bloggers to Help Promote Your Book? Advice: http://bit.ly/g80qxh
Writers: How to Find Paying Magazines with Keyword Research http://bit.ly/etmQH4
Writers: Tips For Checking Your Book Proofs From The Printer http://bit.ly/gpvn9e
How to Sell More Books on Amazon http://bit.ly/hcMNsL
Next Big Market For eBooks? South Korea http://goo.gl/uhBn8
Writers: Seen Duotrope's Digest? Free resource site listing publications that might take your articles... http://www.duotrope.com/
Recommended: 7 Secrets for Amazing Author Websites http://bit.ly/dXZ42f
Writers: 12 Ways To Create A Mailing List That Will Sell Books http://huff.to/gjACcX
Writers: Book Designer, Book Shepherd, Book Doctor or Book Producer: Which One Do You Need? http://bit.ly/ewpOx4
Writers: Tips for Setting Financial Goals for Your Book http://bit.ly/fD3vDN
Authors: Thinking of Using a Pseudonym? http://bit.ly/eYMrIh
6 things wannabe expat writers must know featuring Jo Parfitt http://nblo.gs/bGuhp
Is This The Biggest Book Promotion You Have Ever Seen? http://bit.ly/fSyxTg
Want To Get Published? Watch interview with John Wiley and Sons rep at Blog World 2010 http://bit.ly/fNiYSJ
Do You Make These Press Release Mistakes? http://bit.ly/hIhSCq
Writers: Success Story: Karen van der Zee: 35 Romance Novels Published! http://bit.ly/g3NTQm
How do you get Google to notice your eBook? http://oreil.ly/e4HoYJ
Influencers 2010: On Writing, Publishing, Blogging, Marketing and Entrepreneurship http://bit.ly/gI4R85
If you would like to follow me in 'real time' on Twitter, my Twitter ID is @andreaexpat, or you can just click here. Twitter is surprisingly easy, once you take a look.
Best wishes, enjoy your day/evening! Andrea :-)
ps. My apologies if this text/font comes through too large. I'm still adjusting to a Mac and my Mac doesn't talk well to Blogger, apparently. Thanks for your understanding. Andrea.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Expat Women December Newsletter Highlights
Hi Everyone, For those of you who missed our Expat Women December 2010 members' newsletter last week, or did not get time to read the new features, please find below the highlights and we encourage you to click on a few for a great read!
(If you are a member and did not receive your newsletter, please email us here, thanks)
Success Story: Karen van der Zee, Romance Novelist;
Business Idea: Janet Dorey, emBoxed;
Expat Needs: The Pyramid of Expat Needs, by Elizabeth Abbot;
Student Campus Visits: 10 Most Important Things to Look for in the Campus Visit, by Rebecca Grappo;
Expat Confession: Local Poverty, by our Expat Women Girlfriend;
BlogWorld2010: 12 Insights from the World's Largest Social Media Convention, by Andrea Martins;
Currency Exchange: 4 Key Ways to Protect Yourself When Using A Currency Exchange Service, by Deborah Benn;
Winning Story: Black and White for Thanksgiving - The Mourning After; and
Winning Member: The name of our Explorer Publishing mini-guide pack winner.
If you are not a member of our main site, ExpatWomen.com, please join today to support us (and receive a link to download our free Expat Women e-book "Winning Stories"). This will also mean that next month your newsletter will be delivered directly to your inbox.
Thanks Everyone! And look out for our "Best of 2010" newsletter later this week...
Andrea
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Expat Women December 2010 Home Page
Success Story
In October, I was privileged to attend BlogWorld 2010 in Las Vegas with more than 3,000 other attendees... Many big social media names were there, such as Scott Stratten, Darren Rowse, Michael Stelzner, Mari Smith, Brian Solis, Yaro Starak, Jay Bear, Steve Garfield, Chris Garrett, Scott Monty - and even The Apprentice and Survivor creator Mark Burnett...
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