Whether you are a college student completing your thesis or dissertation or a professor conducting research, having your work published is one of the greatest personal achievements in the academic world. Unfortunately, the peer review process often keeps people from sharing their work, but thanks to self-publishing, it is now possible for scholars to share their work without going through an acceptance process.

Although there are still many who argue against academic self-publishing, there are also quite a few who believe it is a great outlet for scholars who are no longer interested in waiting for their work to be accepted by a small, selected group. To them, self-publishing is a way to automatically share their work with the public in a way that is believed to be more democratic and more open.

If you are new to the idea of academic self-publishing, the following online reads are great recommendations to learn more about what it means to self-publish and how to make it happen.

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Do you ever just have a really tough week? We all have them don’t we? Those weeks that just seem to drag a little, when it seems you’re not achieving as much as you wanted to and you just can’t wait for the weekend. Well that really bums me out, so I’m going to give you a gift this week – the precious gift of VALUABLE FREE STUFF to make your life easier! We all need a helping hand sometimes, and hopefully these great tools will make your week run that little bit more smoothly.

Without further ado (and in no particular order) here’s the lowdown on our handpicked top 10 FREE internet marketing tools we couldn’t do without:

This is a guest post by Jessica Sanders who is an avid small business writer touching on topics that range from social media to business management. She is a professional blogger and web content writer for ResourceNation.com.  

When you think of marketing, what comes to mind? Social media, email, and the online list keeps going. However, it’s critical that you not forget about another valuable marketing tool: promotional items. Not just any promotional item, a promotional tote bag.

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Marketers employ several techniques to motivate their target consumers to buy. One of the most effective of these is storytelling. Whatever be the key objective you wish to achieve – capturing consumer attention or convincing them to buy a product or a service from you – storytelling helps you achieve them all.

There is a finer point here, though: Storytelling does not mean “fabricating” plots; it more often than not involves presenting real customer stories that drive home the relevant human emotion. What you need are not just languid stories, but ones that can rouse the casual reader into taking positive action.