Writing A Book
Limiting Belief #10: I don’t know how to sell my book on Facebook—or any social media.
See, here’s the thing, you don’t sell your book on social media. Don’t do it. People hate it. People don’t want you to get on there and start talking about your book and your business and trying to sell stuff. Just say no. You’re not going get anywhere selling your book on social media. What…
Read MoreLimiting Belief #9: I don’t how to use my book to grow my business or build my brand.
The first step is to sell your book, and there are two main ways to do that, two ways that I especially like. One is the free-plus-shipping model, and the other is the high-ticket model. The free-plus-shipping model is where you give your book away for free, and the reader just pays for shipping and…
Read MoreLimiting Belief #8: I don’t know how to sell my books.
Limiting Belief #7: It’s too complicated to learn how to write, design, and market my book.
And it is, if you try to do it all yourself. Here is everything that you need to learn how to do to write, design, and sell your book. You need to learn: Microsoft Word Adobe InDesign Jutoh Adobe Photoshop Amazons Ads ClickFunnels ActiveCampaign Longtail Pro Audio and video editing software. You also need to…
Read MoreLimiting Belief #6: Nobody will buy my book.
For most people that’s probably true because if all you do is put your book on Amazon, if all you do is tell your friends and family about your book, if all you do is go all over social media and tell people about your book—you’re probably not going to sell very many books. But…
Read MoreLimiting Belief #5: It cost too much, and I won’t make back the money that I spend.
Well, that can certainly be the case. Like I talked about before, there are so-called publishing companies, vanity presses that charge anywhere from $20,000 to $80,000 for a so-called publishing package. What do I mean by so-called publishing, so-called design, so-called marketing? Their design is shoddy at best and unprofessional and it makes you look unprofessional.…
Read MoreLimiting Belief #4: It takes too long to get my book designed.
Well, it certainly can. Traditional book designers take one and a half to two years to get your book done. Often, by that time, the information that you’ve put in your book is outdated and no longer applies, and then your book becomes pretty much useless. The so-called hybrid publishers can take months, as well…
Read MoreLimiting Belief #3: Finding a good book designer that I trust is like finding a good auto mechanic. It’s impossible.
It’s true that it is very difficult to find a good book designer and publisher that you can trust, somebody that’ll do a great job. A lot of people go through Fiverr or Upwork, and they find freelancers that’ll do the work for them very cheap. But they also get very cheap service. Most of…
Read MoreLimiting Belief #2: I’m not technical.
While that might be true, don’t let that limit you. I want you to change your mindset from “this is a limit” to “this is an opportunity,” because it is. Most entrepreneurs spend way too much time and too many years trying to do everything. They learn the lesson of delegating way too late. But…
Read MoreLimiting Belief #1: I don’t know what to write about.
Limiting beliefs are those beliefs that hold us back from accomplishing great things in our life. I’m going to talk to you about 10 limiting beliefs about writing and publishing a book, something that most of us don’t think we can do or that we think is too difficult. The first limiting belief is: I…
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