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Books, Beer, and Bettering a Manuscript: How Ooligan Press Brews a Bestseller

By Kelly Hogan

December 24, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Books, Beer, and Bettering a Manuscript: How Ooligan Press Brews a Bestseller

Ooligan Press, local author Jeff Alworth, and the Craft Brew Alliance have teamed up to bring you Ooligan’s next title: The Widmer Way: How Two Brothers Led Portland’s Craft Beer Revolution. The book, out March 26, explores the rise of Portland’s own beer titans: Kurt and Rob Widmer.

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Tips for Making a Successful Event

By Monica Hay @monicathewriter

August 31, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Tips for Making a Successful Event

There’s a lot that goes into making an event, whether you’re hosting a one-day event like a conference, a simple one hour event, or an entire week’s worth of activities. What makes a event successful? These are three simple tips that will help.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: books, Business, communication, conferences, event ideas, event planning, event tips, Marketing, Ooligan at large, publishing, publishing house, successful events, Willamette Writers, Write to Publish

The Business of Bookstagram

By Jessica DeBolt

August 6, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Business of Bookstagram

It’s not just bibliophiles who are making the most of the bookstagram side of Instagram, publishers and other publishing professions have seen the potential of a few great books pictures and are now using them to promote their own brands. But are the Instragrams of publishers as artistic and effective as those of bookstagrammers, or are they doing something different?

Filed Under: Design Tagged With: books, bookstagram, Business, carly watters, Design, harpercollins, instagram, literary agent, penguin, penguinteen, photo, pictures, press, publishing, publishing house, shelfie, Social Media

Nine Ways Business Cards Can Save Your Life

By Vi La Bianca

January 6, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Nine Ways Business Cards Can Save Your Life

If you are a young professional and are serious about networking in your field, you probably have your own business cards. Just kidding. You probably don’t, because who carries business cards under the age of thirty? Isn’t that for stodgy old lawyers and bankers? Definitely not for the artistic among us, free spirits full of […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: artists, Business, business cards, humor, life saving, lifehacks, lists, Networking

The Dollars and Cents of Ooligan Press

By Melina Hughes

November 13, 2015 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Dollars and Cents of Ooligan Press

After four years spent studying economics, preparing myself to enter the business world, it came as a surprise to many that I chose to pursue my masters in book publishing here at Portland State University. With the common misconception flying about that the publishing industry is dying, how could this decision possibly make economic sense? […]

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: books, Business, Economics, ooligan press, profit, publishing, sales

Tracking Time for Freelancers

By M.F. Corwin

August 13, 2014 by Ooligan Staff Leave a Comment

Tracking Time for Freelancers

As students of publishing, everyone who works at Ooligan is very busy. There are papers to write, portfolios to put together, sales kits to assemble, ebooks to craft, as well as the day-to-day operations of a trade publisher. On top of all that, many of us also have day jobs, which means our days are […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: Business, career planning, freelancing, professional development, RescueTime, self employment, time management, time tracking

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