Using LinkedIn to Build Your Connections and Get Customers LinkedIn is a pretty cool place for us self-publishing indie authors because the people on LinkedIn are professionals who actually have some money. They’re not teeny bobs chewing gum, with a lot to say, but nothing to back it up. LinkedIn is different from other [...]
Rapid-Fire Book Production Times have changed my self-publishing indie authors. We authorpreneurs know that the old days of putting out one book every two years in no longer a good business model for our authorpreneurship business. Hey, I get it. It used to take me two years to write a book, too, when I [...]
Meeting Big-Time People Smile and say, “Hi,” my self-publishing indie authors. Yup. Smiling and saying “Hi” will open up many doors or at least help start a lot of conversations. And if you think your path might have just crossed with a big-time influencer, do what you always do; smile and say “Hi.” If [...]
Finding a Mentor All professional athletes have coaches and mentors. Most movers and shakers have had coaches and mentors, too. Just because we're all grown up now, my self-publishing indie authors, it doesn't mean we're too old for some expert guidance. So be wise, and seek some. What is the difference between a coach [...]
Increasing Your Income and Exposure with Audiobooks Is audiobook production complicated? Hmm… maybe. If you’re going it alone, it can be a complicated and tricky road. First, you have to have a good voice, my self-publishing indie authors. And to tell you the truth, my voice is raspy like Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. [...]
Improving Your Book Listing Too often our books don’t sell as well as we’d like them to sell. Or perhaps, my self-publishing indie authors, we had a book that was selling pretty well, but eventually, the sales slowed to a trickle. We all hate these two scenarios above, but guess what, my authorpreneurs? All [...]
Make Even More Money This Month More work done means more possibilities of income streams, right my self-publishing indie authors? Every book, informational product, and service we provide has a chance to become a constant and steady drip of money into our bank accounts. None of these income streams have to be gushing streams [...]
Making Some Money this Month I know making money through our authoring business can be very frustrating for all of us self-publishing indie authors. We try and try, and so little seems to come from it. From time to time, we wonder if we’re really just hobbyists instead of authorpreneurs. Sometimes, the money is [...]
The Benefits of Good Networking Okay, quick story. And I’m sure some of you can relate to this story. A long time ago, I saw a fellow co-worker unfairly targeted by his supervisor because he wouldn’t keep his mouth shut in meetings. This co-worker was a high-quality guy, and when he saw something that [...]
Retargeting to Increase Sales Did you know that the big boys and girls in this business love cookies? That's right, my self-publishing indie authors. Every time we do a search, the big boys like Amazon and Facebook, to mention a few, try to use their cookies. Their cookies are little bits of code that [...]