Bøker av Heidi Thorne

Author and podcast host, Heidi Thorne, shares observations and opinions from her journey with the art and craft of crochet that spans almost 50 years, including: How her dad launched her crochet journey when she was a baby.Being a closet crochet dork and anti-social crocheter.Why you feel sad when you finish a project.Crazy old crochet fads.Useless doilies.Checking gauge as maxim and metaphor.WIPs and frogs.Slow-chet and speed-chet.Couches that eat crochet hooks.Dirty crochet.Crochet o'clock."Good" yarn.Having a talk about your yarn hoard.When you could hate crochet.Crocheting in outer space (or not).What should happen to your yarn stash after you're gone?

In "Looking" Questions, author, business speaker and marketing expert Heidi Thorne shares questions that she used to gain greater insight and help reinvent her business. This book contains 31 thought provoking questions for a whole month of self discovery exercises for personal success.Heidi has over 25 years experience in sales, marketing and advertising and specializes in working with small to medium sized businesses and associations. Learn more about her at HeidiThorne.com.

Daylily fans, gardeners, and coloring book enthusiasts will all enjoy coloring these pages that showcase different varieties and scenes. The pictures are highly stylized, with sufficient detail to provide you with a relaxing and engaging pastime. It includes 2 sets of 36 different coloring pages so you can try different color combinations. Though you might want to stick to nature's colors when coloring, you don't have to. You might even want to display some of them when you're done. Use whatever coloring tools you wish. However, note that very liquid markers and pens, or watercolors, may bleed through the page, damaging other pages in the book. If you do use more liquid mediums, consider using a protective layer of cardboard or other barrier material underneath your coloring page to protect the other pages.Enjoy!

Green marketing is sometimes out of the reach of most small business' budgets. This book offers ideas and advice for choosing eco friendly promotional products. Eco friendly terms and concepts are also explained.

The T Shirt Printing and Promotional Clothing Buyers Guide explains the imprinting processes for custom T shirts and promotional apparel. It offers tips which help buyers save money and get orders on time. Additional information on Made in the USA, union and eco friendly items is also included.

Written expressly for solopreneurs and self-employed consultants, Dr. Heidi Thorne, MBA/DBA, discusses key behaviors and attitudes that can lead to small business failures in one-person operations. Topics include: * Identities that can negatively impact success such as being a Lemonade Stand, Superhero, One-Trick Pony, Unicorn or Accidental Charity. * Boundary issues such as sales territory expansion, time traps, bloated service menus, muddled income streams and doing business with friends.Dr. Heidi Thorne is an author, business speaker and consultant who specializes in working with solopreneurs, coaches and consultants on self publishing books and blogs. She has over 25 years experience in sales, marketing and advertising and taught at the college level for five years. Learn more about Heidi at HeidiThorne.com.

Printing QR codes on 3D promotional products is one of the most demanding print jobs you can imagine. It needs to do more than look good. It needs to work!Curves, colors, contrast and surfaces can affect the way a QR code prints. But how do you know what will work and what won't? In this book on how to print QR codes, we'll discuss the entire process of printing these checkboard looking barcodes including: * How to Create QR Codes for Printing* 4 Dos and Don'ts for QR Code Artwork* 4 Ways to Measure Effectiveness with QR Tracking* Success Tips for Color, Contrast and Curves* 12 Promotional Products that Should Never be Used with QR Codes* The QR Code Printing ChecklistNFC Tags versus QR Codes: Which is Better?* How to Print QR Codes on T Shirt

Have you ever said or asked: * Why don't people accept my creative work?* My creative path isn't going as I had hoped or planned.* Why am I struggling with my creativity?* My creative work is horrible. Just look at all these other talented people!* I'm getting no joy out of being creative anymore.* I feel like I'm working hard creatively, and getting nothing from it.* I just can't seem to get creative work done.* All the demands of my life, including the financial ones, are cramping my creativity.* Shouldn't I be getting paid more for my creative work?If you have, then this book is for you.We tend to think of creativity as a totally personal internal game. It's not. And we don't give enough credence to the external forces that influence our creative lives.You'll find this very different from other books on creativity that offer impractical or cliche creativity tips such as brainstorming, getting out in nature, or learning to meditate. Sure, those kinds of things are amazing activities, and if they work for improving your creativity, great. But I've always found if I have to force myself to do them to spur creativity, I feel awkward, anxious, and definitely not creative. Then I go back to being who I really am.I will not be talking about how to be creative or more creative. But I will be talking about change, culture, choices, comparison, and your capabilities. My hope in writing this book is that you will discover, accept, and manage the internal and external factors that affect your creativity so that you can fulfill your creative destiny

If you're an author who has written books as a private side hustle or hobby, you may be scared to go to networking events and publicly declare that you're an author. Even if you've been in business working for yourself or a company, networking for your author business is something completely different. Whichever situation describes you, understanding the networking game can help build your author fan base and your book sales.But where and how do you start building your author network? I'll answer this burning question for you by sharing what I've experienced and observed.Though all authors will benefit from the book, self published authors who are responsible for their book's marketing will find it especially helpful. Here's just some of what you'll discover: * Why both introvert and extrovert authors can struggle with networking.* Handling the challenges of networking when you use a pen name.* Types of networking groups to consider.* Creating a 15-second "elevator pitch" script for you and your book.* How to keep face-to-face introductions and conversations from getting weird and awkward.* When and how you should--and shouldn't!--sell your book while networking.* Basic author networking tools.* Evaluating public speaking opportunities.* Using social media for building your fan base.* The one group of potential fans that authors mistakenly ignore.Dr. Heidi Thorne, MBA/DBA, is a nonfiction book editor and author. Prior to pursuing her writing career, she was a trade newspaper editor for over 15 years, taught at the college level for five years, and had a long career in sales and advertising. In her books, blog, and online resources, she shares her publishing and marketing experience to help authors avoid embarrassing and expensive mistakes when self publishing.

Interested in blogging for money? Lots of writers are. So there's a ton of information (and misinformation) floating around on the Internet about writing a blog for profit. Ideas run the gamut from solid content strategies to outrageous income promises. Compounding the blog success mess are just plain old mistakes that so many bloggers make.Written for those who are starting a blog or those who are frustrated with blogging, Dr. Heidi Thorne, MBA/DBA, shares her insight on myths and mistakes she's observed and experienced from blogging for business since 2010. She discusses: * Top 9 Reasons to Start a Blog* Why No One Needs Your Blog* Hosted vs. Self Hosted Blog: Which is Better?* Blogging Green (or Gold!) in Evergreen Content* Guest Blogging Guidelines* Why Successful Bloggers Can Be the Worst Role Models* Measuring Blog Success* Why Closing Your Blog Could be the Best Thing You Could Do for It (and Yourself!)Click the Buy button now to get a realistic perspective on your blogging adventure

SWAG. Whether you know it as "Stuff We All Get," "Souvenirs, Wearables, And Gifts" or promotional products, it's any item imprinted with a logo or message, usually to advertise a business, event, association, team, person or cause. Swag is generally easy to buy. And, it's easy to make mistakes which can be costly in dollars, image and branding. This book shows marketers how to buy it right using the Promo With Purpose concept.

Are you starting a new business adventure as a solopreneur? Have you left the corporate world and joined the ranks of self-employed consultants? If either of these apply to you, you've no doubt heard that networking can help you build your business. But what does that really mean? Inside you'll find no-nonsense discussions about: * Types of Networking Opportunities to Consider* How to Give and Get Better Referrals* Using Business Cards* Measuring Your Networking Succes