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Bestseller Blog!Why I Decided to do a Book Challenge
I hit rock bottom in 2018. My list had stalled out, I was working too hard. I was exhausted and at my wits end, after 14 years online. Part of the problem is that I am stubborn, so I would give up but nothing was working, and I knew something had to change and change...
16 Years Ago I Almost Quit Before I Finished My First Book
I remember getting so excited when I found (ebooks), because I love the idea that you could self-publish and nobody could tell you, “No, you can’t.” And I remember running through the house, ecstatic. At that moment, I knew I wanted to write an ebook, but then the...
How to Write a Book People Want to Read
Engage your readers. How do you do that? By telling stories. And the first story you need to tell is your own- how you went on a journey, had a crisis, which you overcame, and how it transformed you. But, it’s not enough to tell your story. You also have to tell it in...
The Best Way To Market Your Books & Business for FREE!
This is an excerpt from The Books Business Abundance Podcast, Episode 74, my interview with marketing expert, Patty Farmer. Patty: You make money in two ways, revenue and opportunities, right? Those are the two ways we really make money. So, one of the things that I...
How to Write a Bio in 5 Easy Steps
From the Books Business Abundance Podcast with publicity expert, Nancy Juetten and author of Bye Bye Boring Bio (free gift) What advice would you give people to get started writing a great bio? Nancy: One is decide what you need right now, because sometimes, you need...
How to Write a Preface
Before you can write a preface, you have to understand what a preface is for. The preface is what introduced the book and the author to their audience. It tells your readers the genesis of the book-what is the book about? What was your motivation and your inspiration...
I wouldn’t be here without her…..
"People think the world is made up of haves and have not, but it isn't. It is made up of will and will nots."-Larry Winget, Take The Stage Virtual Event 2020 Around 2000, I became very ill. Everything I ate was turning toxic in my body, I stopped eating. I lost 30...
Seven Self-Publishing Mistakes Every Author Should Avoid
Whether you are a new author, or a multiple book author, there are several common avoidable mistakes that every author must know about to stop leaving money on the table with their book-writing efforts. They are: 1. Not doing Keyword research. To avoid writing a book...
How to Lose $10k Writing Your Book (Part 2)
To recap from Part 1 of this article, I shared that to prosper, you must connect with your ideal clients and solve the problem they want and need solved, but that is not all, your book must also: 1. be positioned in the marketplace so your audience knows that it is...
How to Lose $10k Writing Your Book (Part 1)
You’ve finished writing your book but now you don’t have a clue how to market it. So, you start looking for book-marketing ideas. But you could have already made a $10,000 marketing mistake. How is that possible? Many authors spend that much or more to produce a book,...
How To Reach a Bigger Audience & Make More Money With This Big Shift In Your Book Writing!
If you want to reach a bigger audience and sell more books, you must do the marketing research. My version of it is called The Crushing Kindle Marketing and Visibility Study and it has helped 100% of my clients become #1 bestselling authors. This process should be...
Want To Sell More Books From Speaking? Do This!
This is an excerpt from this week's Books Business Abundance Podcast: Speak Up, Sell More Books, Get More Clients with Arvee Robinson, master speaker trainer. If it’s a small group, you want to hand out a book to every person in there. So, let’s say it’s twenty...
5 Simple Ways to Scale Your Business for Success!
What does "Scale Your Business" mean? It means that you can take on an increased workload with overworking, overstretching, and burnout. Scaling is the ability to handle an increased workload, customers or users and then deliver what you promised. What usually happens...
Two Pitfalls Of Changing Your Title That Can Cost You Big Time!
You’ve decided to change your book title, but you’ve already got a cover, and you’re thinking you still want to use the cover because you like it. If the meaning of the new title is identical, it will work, but if not, this could be a big mistake. Let’s say your title...
10 Tips For Persevering When You Want to Quit
Eighty-one percent of people want to write a book less than 2% ever will. The top 1% leave the other 99% in the dust. Few people ever get a Grammy nomination let alone a Grammy. Why? Because for most people looking to achieve a goal, there is knowledge to be gained...
What Every Author Needs To Know About Writing Titles (Part 2)
To read Part 1 go to: https://booksopendoors.com/title-writing-advice Part 2: You also want to capture their attention by using words that are important to them in their search. Because 1. It lets them know your book is on the topic they are looking for and 2. It...
What Every Author Needs To Know About Writing Titles (Part 1)
They lied. They told me that they were interested in how people interacted in buildings, which is what made me, a sociology major, want to go to graduate school in architecture in the first place. (Now bear with me, there is a point to this for authors.) But, when it...
The Secret to Telling Stories That Sell
In the last blog post, I talked about why you should tell stories instead of trying to sell your book, product, programs, and/or services. But, it’s not enough to tell a story, you have to connect with your audience emotionally. They have to not only hear what you...
Instead of Selling, Do this!
Most authors I know hate to sell. I hate to sell. And luckily, none of us have to in order to have a thriving business. In fact, it’s the worst way to try to grow a business because people want to buy but they don’t want to be sold to. So, what’s the alternative?...
How I Dumped My Excuses and Rekindled a Decades Old Dream!
I was ecstatic! I had won Grand prize for pop lyrics in the Music City Song Festival and I won $1,000! It was my first 4-figure check in the "biz" and I was delighted and stunned, especially after I was told I had beat out 30,000 entries to win. So of course, I was...
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Articles
- What Should I Write About? Medium.com
- Why Writing a Great Title is More Important Than Writing a Great Book Medium.com
- How You Can Start Making Money with Your eBook in Kindle Before You Publish It! Medium.com
- The Hidden Benefits of Amazon Promotions Medium.com
- How to get sponsors to finance your book in 6 simple steps part 1 LinkedIn
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