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A New Blog: From the Publisher’s Desk

This blog, the “Musings of Peter DeHaan,” is about nothing, but covers everything. It is essentially a sharing of my stream of conscience. While this blog will continue unabated, I have started another blog, one with a stated purpose and goal.

It is a business blog, called “From the Publishers Desk,” and shares my tips and commentary about advertising and marketing. If this topic is of interest, I encourage you to check it out. Just like this blog, you can sign up to be notified via email of new posts or subscribe to a list feed.

[In 2013, the name of the blog changed to “The Book Blog,” and the focus became book publishing. All old posts were saved in the archive section.]

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Peter DeHaan Publishing Inc Launches TAStrader e-Publication

Peter DeHaan Publishing Inc Launches TAStrader e-Publication”

This headline has been four years in the making — seriously.

In 2005, I hatched an idea for an e-publication for telephone answering services.  I did some online research, eventually landing on a name with matching website that were available.  Taking a proactive step forward, I registered the domain name TAStrader.com on May 13, 2005.

In my spare time over the following months, I would plan and strategize how the publication would be laid out, promoted, and supported.  Sometimes I would go for months without working on it, but the idea had been birthed and was not going to go away.  Two years ago, I began in earnest, putting my many musings to paper and working out the details.  I added “TAStrader” on my “to do” list, but there always seemed to be another project that was more worthy, more demanding, or more promising of providing immediate gratification.

Approaching the project’s four-year mark, I decided that I needed to bring it to fruition or be content to forever lay it aside.  Fortunately, my planning notes were sufficiently sound and adequately detailed, so there was little left to do — except execute the plan.  It was merely a matter of prioritizing my time and enlisting the support of the Connections Magazine team to make this a reality.

Last Saturday the supporting website, www.TAStrader.com, went online and the bugs worked out on Monday.  The final version of the premier issue was also completed and approved that day.

Although the scheduled distribution is April 9, I pulled the trigger this morning with an announcement launching TAStrader.  Emailing the subscribers and potential subscribers will still happen as scheduled, but the word is out and people are providing pleasingly positive feedback.

I would hope so — I’ve been working on it for four years!

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My Top Blog Entries 2008

I’ve been blogging for six months now, posting 120 entries.  It’s been a learning experience and an enjoyable endeavor.  I’m still not writing as quickly as I would like or as accurately — seemingly every post requires an edit or two.

Weekly readership has grown to about 700, which should prove to my incredulous wife that people — aside from family — are actually reading my blog.  I receive about one posted comment per three entries — and about twice as many email responses.  Doing a bit of interpolation on the stats, there have been about 13,000 times that posts have been read so far.

My top entries are an interesting collection:

I assumed after a post had been online for a while, that interest would die off, but that is not the case.  Older entries continue to be read, well past the date they were posted.

I’m also getting a feel for what isn’t read as much.  I ponder if I should steer towards topics that have the potential for greater appeal or stick with the eclectic topics that spark my interest.

In any regard, blogging is one way of extending publishing to the Internet.  Yes, my magazines have websites, but blogging takes it to the next level.  So whether it is in print or online, I am a dedicated publisher.

Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD, is an author, blogger, and publisher with over 30 years of writing and publishing experience. Check out his book The Successful Author for insider tips and insights.

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Peter DeHaan Launches Blog

“The Musings of Peter DeHaan” to Expand Peter’s Online Articles and Commentary

Author Peter Lyle DeHaan, PhD

Mattawan, Michigan – Peter DeHaan, publisher and editor-in-chief of AnswerStat magazine, Connections Magazine, and the website, ArticleWeekly.com, launched a blog on January 1, simply entitled, “The Musings of Peter DeHaan.”

“I had been considering a blog for a couple of years,” DeHaan stated. “The feedback that I receive on my articles and editorials is both affirming and encouraging. My main concern was wondering if I would have enough worthwhile topics to write about in a blog. Eventually, I concluded that this was not an issue – and the blog was launched!”

The blog will be similar in scope and tone to Peter’s “From the Publisher” in Connections Magazine and “Vital Signs” in AnswerStat magazine. As such, it will serve as a general purpose repository of his thoughts and observations, covering an array of subjects from the personal to the public and everywhere in between.

More info visit Peter’s website.

[Posted by Peter DeHaan, president of Peter DeHaan Publishing Inc.]

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Article Website Launched

Article Submissions Posted Online for Greater Distribution and Republishing Opportunites

Mattawan, Michigan – Peter DeHaan Publishing, Inc, publisher of AnswerStat magazine and Connections Magazine, launched a new website, “https://www.peterdehaanpublishing.com/peter-lyle-dehaan-articles/,” featuring articles of a more general business and individual nature that have widespread application and appeal. “Each month we receive many excellent articles that we can’t fit into our print magazines,” stated the website’s creator, Peter DeHaan. “Sometimes, we just don’t have enough room and other times the content, which is valuable and well-written, is broader than the specific focus of our magazines. Developing a website to showcase this work seemed to be an excellent solution.”

The article website already contains over 1,000 articles, with new articles being added weekly. Topics include: Business, Communications, Customer Service, Humor, Leadership, Legal, Internet, Management, Marketing, Sales, and Self-Improvement. Several of the articles have been written by authors whose work has appeared in AnswerStat magazine and Connections Magazine.

[Posted by Peter DeHaan, president of Peter DeHaan Publishing Inc.]

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