How to become a successful author: sell books I know it’s a bit concise, but that’s pretty much it. Ask any best selling author the key to their success. They’ll tell you, “I sold a lot of books.” Need a little more detail? No problem. Here it is. The top-secret...
Your book or manuscript can be your most valuable source of Social Media content. Your book or manuscript represents your message, idea or story in its best, most thought-through, most polished form. And because it was created to be “a book,” your potential...
Increase my Facebook reach 6,000 percent? Sounds pretty impressive doesn’t it? I was impressed, and it wasn’t that difficult. It just took a bit of effort and thought on my side. First a little background: We publishing the One New Man Bible. This unique...
Your existing readers and fans are your key to finding new readers and fans. Don’t ignore, them, enlist them! The biggest challenge authors face is getting the attention of potential new readers. According to market research firm SJ Insights, the average American is...
I spoke with a self-published author last week. A friend in the industry recommended us because he was frustrated by some of the natural limits of self-publishing. Being self-published, the author lacked “trade distribution.” His perception was that having a...
Pastors, ministers, teachers, and evangelists should also be authors. It’s a natural (and profitable) fit. Whether you consider yourself a pastor, preacher, teacher, evangelist or simply a public speaker, your primary mode of communication your message is...
New authors (and some not so new) can be under the impression that once their book has been published it will somehow find its way to it’s ‘audience,’ or that the ‘audience’ will find its way to the book, and the book will sell to ‘everyone’....
Whether you’re a pastor, evangelist, teacher or any other category of public speaker, being an author will boost your income, your performance, your audience and the effectiveness of your message. Here are six reasons why: Being a published author can make you a...
I communicate with a lot of authors and soon-to-be authors each week. We talk through strategies and ideas on how best to share their work with readers, we talk about the state of the publishing industry, Christian publishing in particular, and how technology has...
