What Is A Book Coach?

This is the first in a series of posts about hiring and working with a book coach. See Should I Hire a Book Coach? and How to Hire a Book Coach to learn more or, if you’re ready to hire one right now, check out my book coaching options. This post focuses on just one…

Should You Hire A Book Coach?

If you just read my post What is a Book Coach? you might be saying to yourself, “Now I know what a book coach is, but how do I know if I need one or not?” You’ve come to the right place for the answer, but if you’re already thinking you need a book coach,…

How To Hire A Book Coach

I’ll assume you’ve read my posts What is a Book Coach? and Should You Hire a Book Coach? or that you feel you already know enough to move on to the meaty question—how do I actually go about hiring a book coach? And not just any book coach, but the right book coach for me?…

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…

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…

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…

What Time of Day Should You Write Your Book?

Problem: You’re working on a book, but you never seem to actually work on it. Solution: Work on it at the right time of day. According to Ron Friedman, Ph.D., author of The Best Place to Work, the first three hours of your day are when you’re most productive. “Typically, we have a window of about…

My Top 15 Business Book Writing Hacks

These are the top fifteen things I wish I would have known when I began to write my first book. This list is continually updated as I continue to learn new things about how to write, publish, and leverage nonfiction books to grow my own businesses. Download this post as a PDF 1. WRITE A…

How To Become A $100,000 Ghostwriter

I charge six figures to ghostwrite a book. If you want to become a $100K ghostwriter, please steal my formula. The method I use to maximize my ghostwriting income is to follow The 7 Systems of Influence, a framework I developed to help people get what they want. You can learn more about it at…

Josh Steimle