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074: Use your pen and activism to massively impact lives, tell your story and avoid becoming a prisoner of state lies.

  1. 074: Use your pen and activism to massively impact lives, tell your story and avoid becoming a prisoner of state lies. Making Conversations Count - (Wendy "Conversations Queen" Harris) with best-selling author Dawn Bates 45:13

Use your pen and activism to massively impact lives, tell your story and avoid becoming a prisoner of state lies. We’re Making Conversations about activism by pen Count!

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“The thing is when they’ve got that book and it’s in paper and it’s in their hands, it’s almost like they open up a page and the words already start healing them. The fact that they choose to buy the book, it starts to heal them, they’ve taken that next step…”

Dawn Bates, Making Conversations Count – (March 2022)

Before the dream of being a published author is realised, many people find themselves in an unfortunate position. 

The system they invest so much time and energy into never sees any real results.

They’ve probably also spent Money on creating their book, using proof-readers and editors, and yet nobody has benefited from their work.

Self-publishing has become increasingly popular over recent years but there are still some things you should know before taking this route to get your book out into world.

Only after listening to this episode of “Making Conversations Count”, will you know how to tell the world how awesome your thoughts and words are!

Dawn Bates is a best-selling author and writing coach and an expert in helping people copy words from their brain and paste them down on a document.

You’ll learn:

  • What type of writer is eligible for that big front end display you see at Waterstones?
  • The very real impact writing has on your body, physically
  • The challenges of being vulnerable and putting your writing out there
  • Wendy’s own experience with writing and self-publishing a best-selling book
  • The importance of owning your writer voice
  • The even bigger important of Investing in your authorship
  • How Dawn helps her authors further stretch their impact from beyond the pages and into charities and foundations’ coffers!

Once you’ve listened, be sure to check out the exclusives that Dawn is offering to listeners of “Making Conversations Count” right here:

https://makingconversationscount.com/authors-assemble-pen-activist/

There are also a couple of shout-outs to previous guests, Rob Begg and Clara Wilcox.

Listen now to find out why!

“Making Conversations Count” is a podcast from WAG Associates founder and telemarketing trainer Wendy Harris.

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Wendy Harris Making Conversations Count Podcast

What can I tell you about me?! I'm very good at getting other people to talk about themselves. Having been in the sales arena for over 3 decades, my skillset has developed to enable others to introduce their services to other businesses. Talking about myself always feels odd.

But here goes. I've made over 2 million phone calls in my career, helped 1000's people pick up the phone and have better conversations which has leaked into life in general, I've created billions of £££'s in opportunities to do business.

I love nothing more than listening to other people's stories and gently guiding people to share their insights with others.

Whenever I'm in training it's always interactive and fun. I truly believe we learn by being involved.

It's why I started my podcast, to share these stories and be helpful to the business community. I also wrote a book with many of my training exercises in it for those starting out as the demands of your cash flow when you get going mean there's often a wheel not oiled as it should be.

For me, conversations is where it all happens.