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Anne Janzer is a writer, author, and business writing coach with a background in business and marketing.

She loves talking with writers about the process of writing, and is fascinated by cognitive science.

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Anne H. Janzer The book The Writer's Process has an entire chapter dedicated to writer's block! I try to find ways to invite my inner Muse (the associative and subco…moreThe book The Writer's Process has an entire chapter dedicated to writer's block! I try to find ways to invite my inner Muse (the associative and subconscious parts of my mind) to the writing process by thinking about a problem or situation and then doing something else that does not require focused attention. Great alternatives include taking a walk or using the rowing machine. Ideas tend to start flowing when I step away from the desk for a while.(less)
Anne H. Janzer "What about marketing?" That was the question I kept asking myself as I noted, and wrote about, business models shifting to subscriptions. In technolo…more"What about marketing?" That was the question I kept asking myself as I noted, and wrote about, business models shifting to subscriptions. In technology companies, more business revenues now come from recurring sources (renewals, subscriptions). Cloud software is a case in point. But marketing practices remain focused primarily on lead generation and lead nurturing. But not everywhere. Creative businesses find ways to extend marketing to existing customers. So I wrote the book I felt was missing - how marketing remains relevant and strategic when more revenues come from existing customers.(less)
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The beautiful mess before you draft

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I’ve always been jealous of creative types who wake up with a complete song, poem, or plot in their heads. For most mere mortals, the creative process is much less linear. Creative works often emerge slowly, from a swirling mass of ideas, dreams, and possibilities—like one of those “star nursery” nebulas the Hubble Space Telescope has shown us. 

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If you’re someone who gets a knot in the stomach when talking about pricing, or who has an aversion to self-promotion, this book is like a balm. Sue Heilbronner aims to shift the way you think about selling. You may not approach it with the sheer joy ...more
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Power shows up differently for women than men, and the advice given men often fits about as well as suits tailored for men—which is to say, not well in most cases.

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The Curious Reader's Field Guide to Nonfiction by Anne Janzer
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“Attention and focus are essential skills for writers in a noise-filled world.”
Anne H. Janzer, The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear

“Other benefits: As a company Adobe struggled for many years with people using pirated copies of its software, particularly for costly Creative Cloud applications like Photoshop. The subscription model automatically reduces piracy, since the company no longer ships packaged software that can be copied. Further, organizations on tight budgets with single projects can pay to use the service for only a month or two.”
Anne H. Janzer, Subscription Marketing: Strategies for Nurturing Customers in a World of Churn

“Guy Kawasaki sums up this dichotomy nicely: “There are two kinds of people: eaters and bakers. Eaters think the world is a zero-sum game: what someone else eats, they cannot eat. Bakers do not believe that the world is a zero-sum game because they can bake more and bigger pies. Everyone can eat more. People trust bakers and not eaters.”
Anne H. Janzer, The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear

“We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.”
Jeff Bezos

“Attention and focus are essential skills for writers in a noise-filled world.”
Anne H. Janzer, The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear

“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
André Gide

“But seriously, isn’t it enough to have just one, maybe two superpowers, and then just be okay with being okay at everything else?”
Laura Huang, Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage

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