Should You Write a Book Proposal?

What is a book proposal and do you need one? A book proposal is only necessary if you plan to pitch your book to a traditional publisher. However, the exercise of creating a book proposal is valuable, even for authors who self-publish. Creating a book proposal will help you: 👉 Refine the structure of your
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Self Publish or Traditional Book Deal?

You want to write a book. Should you self publish or try to get a book deal? It’s not quite that simple. There are four different paths to publishing your book: 1. Self publish You keep all the rewards but you also do all the work (or find contractors to do parts of the work
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Use White-Label Public Relations To Grow Your PR Firm

Here’s a drop-dead easy business idea…if you have the right connections and/or aptitude—use white-label PR services to grow your own PR firm. This is ideal for: Existing PR firms Freelance PR professionals Someone who wants to start a PR agency Individuals and companies that already help companies with their marketing, thought leadership, and personal branding
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Affirmations For Entrepreneurs

Do positive affirmations work? Yes, if you actually do them. And if they’re good affirmations (a lot of them are silly and I had to do a lot of curation and creation to come up with a smaller number of affirmations I think are worth repeating). Positive affirmations have been shown through studies to improve
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How I Got Verified On Instagram

Want to know how to get verified on Instagram? I can’t guarantee my formula will work for you, but it worked for me. The crazy thing is that I tried for years to get verified and couldn’t make it happen, and then I changed ONE THING and within days I had the coveted blue badge
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Now Hiring: Email List Building & Marketing

Building an engaged email list is important. I know. You don’t have to tell me. I’m the guy who tells everyone else that not building an email list back in 2002, when I started blogging, is one of my greatest regrets (not buying tons of Bitcoin at $1 apiece is another). Today, I have an
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20 Reasons to Invest in Thought Leadership

Because you want to call yourself a “thought leader” is NOT one of them. Here are 20 reasons to invest in thought leadership: You want to publish a book. You’re an entrepreneur. You’re an executive. You want to do public speaking. To up your game on social media. To attract top talent. You have a
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I was wrong—every author needs a roadmap

I was going to send this out solely to my Published Author Masterclass, but then thought, there’s an important lesson here, why not share it with everyone? To provide context for those of you who aren’t (yet) members of the masterclass, it’s a program to help entrepreneurs write and publish a book, as well as create
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Telling your story to find your “why” and write a better book

Today in the private group for my Published Author Masterclass, one of our members was asking for feedback on his “why,” ala Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why, and when I started to think about my own “why” I realized it sounded kind of boring. I’m interested in influence and running this masterclass is because I believe
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