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Sell Your Book: Complete List of Links for Authors

Below you will find a complete list of all of the links mentioned in the Sell Your Book title. I recommend you bookmark this page so that you can easily reference any of the materials mentioned.

 

The Most Important Links

The only website platform & all-in-one tool I recommend for authors: Free 28-Day Trial of Kajabi

Watch for the most up-to-date tutorials and author advice: My YouTube Channel

Download The Author Upgrade Plan: https://bit.ly/3a3SE6D  

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How to Get a Book on First Page Amazon (Keywords 101 for Authors)

Below is an excerpt from my new book releasing Summer 2020. If you would like to watch a live video I streamed on this same subject, click here.

 

If you are familiar with online marketing, then you might already know what keywords are and why they matter.

But since many of the authors I work with are experts in their fields, and not necessarily in digital marketing, I like to review this topic so that you can get a better understanding of the landscape you are entering.

By the end...

Social Media 101 for Authors

Social media has become a non-negotiable element of every successful online business. It is doubly important for those of us who make our living creating.

Creative entrepreneurs like writers, YouTubers, photographers, and more need to be regularly sharing their work if they want to turn their passion into a profession. I firmly believe that you can create your way out of any obstacle.

Which is why it can be so frustrating to see many authors feeling overwhelmed by social media or spinning...

Author Branding 101: A Guide for Beginners

Last week, I covered the topic of Author Branding in my live video on YouTube. You can watch the full video here: Video on Author Branding. If you haven’t subscribed to the channel yet, you can do that by clicking here. 

Every week, I stream videos geared towards helping authors turn their words into dollars and their passion into profit.

Recently, I spent a lot of time reviewing different author websites, which led me to evaluating their overall brands.

What image are they...

10 Books Inspired by the Slow Food Movement

In 2014, I woke up covered in my own blood.

I was one year into my master’s program, juggling two part-time jobs, planning a proposal to my now wife, and trying to get a writing career off the ground.

To say that it was stressful is an understatement. Every minute of the day was accounted for. But I enjoyed it. I loved feeling like I was finally making headway in so many areas of my life. Progress can be addicting and I was hooked.

But my insane pace eventually caught up with me....

Experiments Are Your Only Hope

Those closest to Thomas described him as "an incurable show-off," "supremely self-confident," and a fanciful storyteller (if not an outright liar). He neglected his first marriage, and then his second. He gave his six children everything they could want, except for a moment of his time. He was a celebrated workaholic before the word existed.

I’m talking, of course, about the Thomas Edison. A titan of creativity and very much responsible for the rhythm of our 21st-century life.

But...

You Suck At Decisions, Here's How To Do Better

Jacob leaped out of bed a full 7 minutes before his alarm rang. Ever since he got the job offer from the local library, he couldn't wait to start working. Not only was he finally going to put his master's degree to good use, but he could also walk to the office – a goal that seemed increasingly unlikely in our modern transportation age.

He breezed through his structured morning routine, wrapped a solid prat knot with his tie, laced his captoe dress boots, and headed towards the start...

Easy Productivity: The Methods, Tools, And Questions You Need To Get More Done

During the last decade (2010 – 2020) I:

Graduated with my B.A. & M.A. degrees Completed a post-graduate certificate at Princeton Married my dream girl Moved to a new city twice Held one internship, 3 part-time jobs, and 2 full-time jobs Wrote for more than a dozen blogs and websites Self-published over 20 books Experimented with several online businesses (drop-shipping, funnel-building, course-creating, YouTube, etc.)

 

…all while managing to read at least a book a...

The "What You See Is All There Is" Bias & Your Career

In Daniel Kahneman’s book, Thinking Fast and Slow, he illustrates an idea we are all too familiar with – but one we ignore far too often.

The first part of Kahneman’s work focuses on the wide array of intuitional biases we possess as a side-effect of how our brains work. These include items such as the Halo Effect, Priming Effect, and the Law of Small Numbers.

The one I want to focus on in this article is as imperceptible as any named effect. It causes us to jump to...

The Truth About Self-Love You Need To Hear

Kamal Ravikant never intended to get noticed for his writing. His short, self-published book titled Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It came out of a season of intense pain. The death of a close friend, a life-threatening injury, and a failed company all flooded his life within a span of months, pushing him to the end of himself.

 

“I’d reached my breaking point. I remember it well. I couldn’t take it anymore. I was done. Done with all of this. This misery,...