Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Wednesday, April 17th 7-9 pm at The Gilded Grape Wine & Spirits, Taste, Sip & Draw: Focus on ARTchitecture with Liz Longo

Wednesday, April 17th 7-9 pm at The Gilded Grape Wine & Spirits, Taste, Sip & Draw:  Focus on ARTchitecture with Liz Longo

Friday, March 15, 2019

Papa Soob’s Formula For Success In every Job




Papa Soob’s Formula For Success In every Job 

“Success is the daily progression toward a pre-determined worthwhile goal.” Earl Nightingale



By, Arsen Marsoobian

1.Show up on time or ahead of time.
2.Dress for the work to be done.
3.Know how to do your job, be skilled.
4. Always do more than asked of you. ( Lose attitude of “That’s not my job”)
5. How can I make my bosses job easier?
6. Know what you believe in and stay true to yourself.
7.Have a positive attitude, smile and look the customer in the eye when talking to them.
     How to test your, Career Opportunities, Dreams, Goals.
1.What will it take to be ready for the opportunity,
Time:  (Days- Weeks -Months -Years )
Money: (How much? How  to get it? )
Sacrifices: (What willing to give up? Watching TV, Hanging with Friends, etc?
  2.Ask yourself, ( This is personal question between you and you.)
Am I willing to do all of these things?
      Is this what I really want to do or be?
    Is the reward greater than the cost?
 If your answer is YES. Then get started knowing it will happen. Work towards it a little every day.
If your answer is NO to any or all of them, change directions  because it will not happen.



Arsen S Marsoobian, Owner
S.O.O.B. Enterprises
PapaSoob@SoobEnt.com









Thursday, February 28, 2019

Bundles of Binding Time, by, Linda Ferrari (official press release)




For Immediate Release:

Bundles of Binding Time, by, Linda Ferrari


A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.Lao-tzu


You never get a second chance to make a first impression.


When asked how he conquered the world, Alexander the Great replied:  “By not delaying.”



Some time ago I read an article that introduced me to the concept of “binding time.” That’s the notion of the semanticist Alfred Korzybski about the importance of language in passing knowledge from one generation to the next, and how language literally gathers events and thoughts together in bundles that outlive their makers in the memories of those that follow.

I began collecting these quotations when I was a sophomore in high school, and I am now a retired teacher.  Over the years, I have collected quotations and shared them with my students when I wrote them on the board in my classroom.  My students always loved reading the quotations, and so many of them began their own book of quotations.  I hope you, too, will find pleasure and inspiration in these “bundles of binding time.”






Product details

Print Length: 44 pages
Publisher: Serendipity Media Group (August 5, 2010)
Language: English

To purchase for $9.99 please go to: Bundles of Binding Time, Eternal Quotations
Contact: Gina Meyers at Serendipitymediagroup@gmail.com
or call: (559) 449-1970

Sunday, February 10, 2019

Christian Writer's Seminar, Fresno Pacific University, Marketing on a budget, by Gina Meyers.


Christian Writer's Seminar, Fresno Pacific University, Marketing on a budget, by Gina Meyers.

In case you missed it, here are my notes from the Christian Writer's Seminar.
Serendipity Media Group, marketing, promotions, publishing

How to Promote your book on a tight budget.

-Create a social media presence

-Send a notification email to your readers/fans (or subscribe to mail chimp or constant contact)

-Collaborate with opinion leaders.

-Run a contest with your book as an award or prize.

-Create a website or connect with a company that can assist.
Contact a local publisher, promoter, such as myself.

Gina Meyers, book publicity

Contact me for a FREE Author Survival Guide. serendipitymediagroup@gmail.com

Monday, October 22, 2018

For Immediate Release 2018 Studio Tour & Art Walk, with artist Liz Longo, Saturday, October 27th & Sunday, October 28th, 2018 FREE Admission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2018 STUDIO TOUR & ART WALK
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27th and
SUNDAY OCTOBER 28th
11AM– 5PM Free Admission
PRESS CONTACTS: Liz Longo: publicity@flatbushartists.org, (917) 637-1104.
Kathy Levine: publicityfeature@flatbushartists.org 917-432-4712
Tour map visit https://www.flatbushartists.org/tourmap2018.html. Maps also available at the
shops and restaurants along Church Avenue, Cortelyou Road and Newkirk Avenue
in Ditmas Park.
This will be our eighth studio tour!

Zane Treimanis CJ Segal-Isaccson Juan Carlos Pinto Alaiyo Bradshaw
Come see over 40 artists – our biggest show yet - in Ditmas Park, Flatbush and vicinity.
Visitors have the chance to view artwork, discuss art with the artists
and purchase the work of
established artists. Most studios will host several artists.
The range is diverse – acrylic and oil painting, wood sculpture, drawings,
mixed media, collage, polished abstract frescoes, photography, and sculptural jewelry.
The beautiful tree-lined streets of Flatbush will offer the opportunity for a wonderful fall
weekend stroll, studio to studio.
Participating artists: Diana Ardila, Gabriel Asoka, Alaiyo Bradshaw, Paul Catalanotto,
Pamela Cortez, Stephen Dix, Karen Friedland, Arturo Garcia, Elise Goldberg, Douglas Graham,
Tom Hagen, Julia Haw, Caitlin Hurd, Roberta Grobel Intrater, Gideon Kendall, Karen King,
Taylor Kuhn, Julie Lambert, Julie Landa, Iris Lavy, Kathy Levine, Liz Longo, Rick Midler,
Vanessa Morris, Madeline Nelson, Christine Newman, Jide Ojo, Julie Peppito, Eric Pesso,
Juan Carlos Pinto, Richard Resnick, Mark Rosenthal, Lindsay Schaeffer, Adam Segal-Isaacson,
CJ Segal-Isaacson, Mary Ann Sekely, Zane Treimanis, David Tumblety, Aura Shahaf Woelfle,
and Brian Zimbler.
Ditmas Park’s restaurant row is on Cortelyou Road and offers a variety of Zagat-rated restaurants.
LOCATION: Victorian Flatbush is located in the heart of Brooklyn, just south of Prospect Park.
Transportation is easy and direct:
SUBWAY: Q train to Beverley Rd., Cortelyou Rd. or Newkirk Plaza.
BUS: B68, B16, B35, and several other buses.

CAR: Parking is plentiful.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Christian Writer's Seminar, Good Lutheran Church, Fresno, Ca. Saturday, February 10th, my talk, by Gina Meyers (Publishing)



"When I grow up, I want to be an author." "When I grow up I want to be a publisher." Sound familar? Both of those dreams were on the career list and in the daiary back in the day. Actually college. I was recently reading over my journal/diary from back in the day at Fresno State and both of those dreams have been realized. The funny thing is both of those "professions" or "careers" have no actual road map. Each author as well as each publisher has kind of traveled their own road to success. I'm going to try to provide an easy road map to publishing success. Here are some tips to presenting your book to a publisher.

Tips on presenting your book to a publisher:

#1 Enjoy the process
#2 Take time to research, do your homework.
#3 Access your strengths and weaknesses. 
#4 Learn something of value from your favorite author, your dream publisher, your competition.
#5 Decide if you want to self-publish.
#6 Decide if you want to hire a literary agent.
#7 Learn publishing lingo, every industry and profession has a language.
#8 Do your market research. The Writer's Market is an excellent guide to publishers in the US.
#9 Once you've indentified your target market, work on niche marketing. (a limited area of demand for your book).
#10 Draft a proposal
#11 Get to the point.
#12 Send out your proposals.

When I taught my Publishing 101 Class in the Spring of 2014, I asked my students what they hoped to gain/goal from taking the class.

TM Gardea said, "I believe it would be fun to change people's lives for the better."
D. Yee said, "to initiate the process of writing my memoir of my life experiences growing up as an Asian-American in Arkansas." Another student took a more practical approach and said, "to acquire better knowledge of publishing and marketing a book, to learn something new." This individual also said, "to learn the difference between self-publishing and hiring an agent." The truth is the process of writing is quite different than the process of publishing, but according to Bookstat, the way we purchase books has changed.

1) Amazon sells nearly half the books sold in the US. Barnes & Noble is shrinking quickly as are other outlets.
2) E Books account for more than half of all books sold in the US.
3) self-published and small press books at low prices dominate unit sales.
4) As always, books are being purchased and read. The best-selling book of the year will be read by fewer than 1% of the people in the US. Bust as long as you have about 10,000 devoted readers, you can make a living.

What I mean is technology has changed and myself as a publisher, I have had to adapt to new and emerging technologies to stay on top of my game. People still have stories to tell, it's the way we communicate this that has changed. For instance, books and book stores have been around for 500 years.

For publishers and authors, we still need each other for moral and organizational support. It's hard work, writers need to write, and publishers have become promoters and still need to research permissions, etc. Shelf-space is no longer king, niche marketing is queen. We can't cater to bookstores, it must be our fans.

Serendipity Media Group