"I'm Hajni Blasko, the creator of Substance Books.
I work as an Online Book Publicist and Search Engine Marketing Specialist
offering my services to authors and publishers.
Visit her design and makeover portfolio!
Hajni has conducted workshops at BookExpo America, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009 on Search Engine Optimization and Online Book Publicity. She wrote a number of articles for various newsletters, blogs and publications. Online articles: SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and Usability Tips for Authors Looking to Sell How Social Networking Can Hurt your Book Sales Book Trade Show Tips Graphic Design Tips for your Website Articles in print: Webrings - Book Beyond the Bookstores Custom-Designed Websites vs. Websites Created on Social Networking Platforms - Writer Watchdog, 2009. Interviews with Hajni: Book publicity's digital decade: Interview with Hajni Blasko, online book publicist, on the 10th anniversary of Substance Books Interview with Hajni Blasko If you would like to meet Hajni in person, please refer to her Event Schedule. If you are an authors or small press publisher looking for online exposure, don't hesitate to email her or to fill out the form on the right.
"I'm a freelance magazine writer, editor and translator. My work has appeared in the UC Observer magazine,
the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph and La Scena Musicale. I also freelance for Reader's Digest magazine as
an editorial fact checker and researcher. My university degrees are in journalism, world religions and Icelandic literature.
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| DAN KIRK Editor, Writer & Marketing Assistant |
"When you grow up on a scrubby island at the bottom of the globe, the rest of the world sometimes seems so distant. All those other lives, in those faraway places, that can be lived out in books. It was a hunger for my own experiences and taller than true-life stories that led me for years through Asia, Europe and now, finally, to settle here in North America.
Even while collecting outlandish tales of my own, my love of the written word never once faltered. In fact, it paved the way, as a professional writer, a journalist, a broadcaster, a marketing and PR copywriter, and still does as a localization editor.
Each position is an important chapter in my overall story, because each setting pushes beyond geography, onto the razor's edge of journalistic ethics, into the frigid wilderness of business writing, adding to the overall experience.
In each I learned a thing or two about what works when it comes to communicating in changing cultural, business and even political environments. That means knowing that no two stories are the same, and having the skills to meet the needs of each.
And over the last decade I'm proud to say I've earned my editor's stripes and now as a member of the Substance Books team, I'm really getting my teeth into the business of literary publishing, publicity and marketing.
As you can see, it's always been a personal business for me, just as it is for you. I have a profound personal need for what we do here to be nothing short of excellent.
You've heard my story – now let's talk about your story and your specific requirements. Send me an email at publicist@substancebooks.com."
