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Ellen Violette

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May 21, 1953

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Ellen Violette is a multiple #1 bestselling author, award-winning book and business coach. She's been named one of the Top 20 Book Coaches of 2022 by CoachFoundation.

She's also host of the Books Open Doors® Podcast, CEO of Create a Splash Marketing, and former regular contributor to Published Magazine, plus she's a Grammy-nominated songwriter.

She helps busy trainers, coaches, speakers and founders write, publish, and launch their books to #1 and leverage them to make a bigger impact in the world, open doors to unlimited opportunities, and make more money.

Her clients have shared the stage with luminaries including President Obama and Kevin Harrington of Shark Tank, and have appeared in magazines including Forbes Magazine, sold thousands of ...more

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Ellen Violette I honestly never get writer's block. I have so many ideas that I have more to write than I have time to write it. And I always use an outline or a pow…moreI honestly never get writer's block. I have so many ideas that I have more to write than I have time to write it. And I always use an outline or a powerpoint, so I know what I am going to write before I start. It makes it really easy. (less)
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Ellen Violette No one can stop me from doing it and I can do it anywhere.
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Publishing Deals vs. Self Publishing: Which is better in 2016?

Self-Publish Clipboard Write Promote Sell Writer Author BookWhile publishers have done well with books, they have been losing ebook share because they just don’t understand the market and they price their ebooks too high. They try to price them similarly to physical books and pricing them this way leads to fewer sales.


In addition, they don’t know how to market ebooks on Kindle. They don’t seem to understand  the importance of finding the right keywords and

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