“I’ve spent a lot of money on my website, marketing, and PR campaigns, but my book sales aren’t budging,” the author complained during our consulting call. “I’ve won awards and gotten tons of positive reviews, but it’s not helping anything.”
We began with her reviews, especially those with 1, 2, or 3 stars. As painful as those can be to read or receive, the people who take the time to leave them are the ones telling the author what they need to hear and not what they want to hear...
I always say that you can make money as an author/publisher one book at a time or one big corporate contract at a time. Or even one big grant at a time.
Those who attended the 2018 and 2019 Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business conference were able to see just how important that was in 2020—when the pandemic hit, and grants and funding were being offered left and right.
When you click the above link to vote for me, you'll also learn exactly what I'm going to do with the $25,000 award money.
Thank you in advance for your support. Blessings!
Not only has my company been nominated as SBA Microenterprise of the Year 2025, but as the CEO of Path To Publishing, Co-founder of Path To Connections and Publisher at PTP Press, I'm in the running for Entrepreneur of Impact 2025. But I can't win the race without your vote.
Please put it in you calendar as a reminder to vote for me each day from now through January 30, 2025 by clicking the following link: https://t.co/gZtEAZSQcW
In my Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business annual conference Day 1 curriculum (Beyond the Basics of Publishing), I share why it's important to belong to a writers group—for accountability, critiques, etc.
Notice how in yesterday's newsletter I stated that all workshops and events I am instructing in partnership with The Neon Museum are free? They are. I get to serve my community doing something I love without money being a barrier between them and my professional expertise.
So, if there are resources and provisions that will allow me to get paid for some of the services I do within the community, then who am I to block my own blessings?
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