Marketing hooks are key to connecting with your readers. This is the first part of a chapter for Don’t Sell Your Book. It may end up as a standalone, but probably not. What are Marketing Hooks? The “hook” of a song is a short piece of it, a riff or phrase, that catches the listener’s…
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This section might stand on its own or it might be part of Chapter 1. Or… I want to do a little bit of myth-busting here. First of all, a book will not automatically make you rich, famous or good looking. So sorry, Oprah is probably not going to call and that’s one of the…
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I’ll start with the clarification that I am talking about business books here. You may have a burning desire to write the Great American Novel. That’s great. I cannot help you with that. But a business book? You’re in the right place. Most business authors are either self-employed or have risen through the ranks of…
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Today I invite you to follow along as I write my next book. So, yes, you’re getting my book free… in pieces… I have a couple of goals with doing this. The first is to see how blogging a book can be used to bring in more readers, both to the book and to the…
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I had been texting back and forth with my friend, Michael, discussing a webinar we both bailed out of (separately) last week. The webinar was on low-content books and the person doing the webinar made some pretty big claims and then, when it came to the big sell, some pretty big promises. Maybe they were…
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I wrote that title and then I wondered how many people still know what a divining rod is. Then I figured, you’re smart people: if you don’t know, you’ll pretend you know and go Google it, just like I do when I see some hip new phrase and go scurrying for the Urban Dictionary. (Is…
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A former prospect got back in touch after a six year absence. We had met back in 2013 to discuss writing his book. He had a lot of things going on in his life and he never got back to me, though I would hear from him from time to time—an email or social media…
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The launch of your book is one of the best times to get back in touch with people who are in your network: Your list Your social media connections People who have had you on their radio/TV/podcast shows Meetup organizers and Event Planners Look to the people who know you to be your first supporters;…
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This week I’m kicking off a new blog category (I know, the excitement is freaking palpable) to more closely align with what I do for my clients. I’ll be writing a series of posts on how to leverage your book to market your business. (The category will simply be Leverage Your Book.) So many entrepreneurs…
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I’m an introvert; I get it. You wrote a book because you don’t actually have time or want to deal with people face to face. You wrote the book to promote your business and now I’m telling you that you still have to promote your book? How does that help? A book is a marketing…
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