Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors
One of the easiest incentives you can add to your website or blog is a glossary defining terms in your book, or in your field, that newcomers and first-time readers may not understand. Offer this glossary as an extra incentive to encourage blog readers and website visitors to sign-up for your [...]

Tuesday’s writing tip for authors
Yesterday, I counseled a friend to delay completion of a book he’s been talking about for several decades. His book has a good chance of success; his book has a strong premise, it describes a process, and is based on an easily understood and remembered metaphor. He had vowed to begin [...]

Monday’s planning tip for authors
One of the most important planning steps involves analyzing the content structures of existing books in your field. The more you know about existing and competing books, the easier it will be for you to create a unique position for your own book. Mind maps, such as those created with Mindjet’s [...]

Friday’s upcoming event for authors Learn how to leverage your book’s contents into a strong and compelling back cover sales copy by attending an exclusive Published & Profitable interview with book coaches and marketing consultants Graham Van Dixhorn and Susan Kendrick, author of the Book Cover Coaching Blog and their special report, From Back Cover [...]

Thursday’s profit tip for authors
No matter how busy you are planning, writing, or promoting your book, put aside a little time each week to create a fresh list of the ways you can help your readers achieve change by solving their problems or achieving their goals. Readers of your book are your most pre-qualified prospects; [...]

Wednesday’s promoting tip for authors
One of the ways you can begin promoting your book as you write it is to submit an article to a publication that appears on your book’s publication date. Article excerpts sell books–especially when they appear the week your book goes on sale in bookstores. Article excerpts are far more important [...]