Best Seller Authors

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Wanted: 7 Authors Who Want To Be Best Sellers

benmackenzie.pngA few years back, I helped an author become an instant best seller with his book Think Two Products Ahead. It topped the Amazon Best Seller List for non-fiction for a week and was #2 overall (beat only by the wizardy of Harry Potter)

Through that process, I got to know an extraordinary man named Ben Mack.

We’ve become friends and now mastermind together on projects large and small.

How You Can Join A Mastermind And Make Your Book A Best Seller

I’ve been working with legendary brand-marketing genius Ben Mack with his new weekly 7-Person mastermind groups and I see how this what we need to do, you and me.

Ben Mack is a guy who sold $250 MILLION worth of yo-yo’s and was a VP at Cingular where we had a $500 MILLION marketing budget.

WOWZERS!

So you know that his strategies work BIG and if you want to learn more about how I’m applying this to authors you will join us Saturday to learn the exact details about how a small 7-person mastermind with me can get you the success for your book you deserve.

This isn’t a coaching thing — this is you getting a chance to be in a peer-mastermind group with me.

This is especially for authors wanting to start writing a new book or have a book about to be published.

Ben & I will announce details on our teleseminar Saturday at 9am Pacific / Noon Eastern

You will want to get on this call — Click now for details

YOU KNOW getting this kind of hands-on coaching on making your book profitable from the start is what will ensure you are best prepared to get your book the best seller sales you deserve.

It’s time to get to getting your book done right,

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Does Your Book Have a Heartbeat?

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Authors ask me “What does it take to make a bestseller?”

As you bring your best seller to life, you need 3 things to turn your dream into a reality

  1. You need a realistic business plan
  2. You need outside perspectives
  3. You need a what I call a “book’s heartbeat”

On Saturday, I want to share all 3 with you

Getting Your Book Done Right

Saturday 1-hour workshop.
NOON Eastern / 9am Pacific
Dial-in Number: (616) 597-8000
Access Code: 218300#

A few minutes before the hour, dial the number listed and enter the access code. We’ll be on live to chat with you.

You will how easy it will be to make your book’s heart beat beat stronger, from the first page!

If you have a book to sell, working on publishing, writing, or just now getting started, this class is for you.

Print out this post, put it by your phone.. mark your calendar.. and be with Dr. Ben Mack and I this Saturday 10/31 for Free Author Training

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Connect Your Book With Real World

One of the few areas growing in publishing is the Blogoshpere. While others are shutting down, worried that e-books or the economy will kill sales.. the bloggers I know are talking about bigger advances, best sellers and respect from media and publishers.

How to connect with Bloggers.

There are millions of blogs and bloggers. The vast majority are splogs (blogs set up to spam) or static, underutilized locations with a few posts talking about themselves.

These are NOT the ones to talk to 🙂

Instead, meet the bloggers. They love to congregate. There is a blog meetup or seminar every week in some cities.

This is how Twitter Revolution got started. I wanted to connect with bloggers to promote books, found them online, at blogger conventions and on Twitter. I started using Twitter just to promote other’s books.

At a recent convention, I met Murry Newlands. He pulled out a camera and asked me about my book. You’ll see that I didn’t have one in hand.

Murray did not edit the interview.. put it up on YouTube and I just grabbed th code from them to embed here (a simple cut and paste).

Now I’ll add a link back to Murray to thank him and encourage him to talk about my book and this site.

Watch the video and see how easy this is:

http://www.murraynewlands.com/2009/10/warren-whitlock-an-interview/

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How to Write a Book and Build Your Business : GUEST POST

Are you one of the tens of thousands of people who lost their job this year? At first glance, losing your job might look like the worst thing that has ever happened to you.

By now you should have had time to assess the situation and realize that you probably didn’t really like your job anyway. You are now free to create your own business, centered around your passion. Working at what you love does not feel like work.

The question is, where do you start? How do you create a business from scratch and create income fairly quickly, with very little investment?

The first step is to start a website, and the second step is to write a book or ebook that you can sell on your website. You may say that you don’t know how to write a book. That’s no excuse! If you have a passion, you could talk for hours about that subject, right? You have enough information in your head to write a book.

How do you get all of that information out of your head? If you really feel that you cannot write the book, you can record your book and have it transcribed, or use a software like Dragon Speak.

This is an easy way to get the information out of your head and onto paper. The next step is to send the manuscript to an editor and let the editor make you look good. You do not have to be a good writer. You just have to know more than the average guy about your chosen subject.

Once the book is written, you can build your business around the book. Becoming an author gives you instant credibility.

The next step is to build your internet presence. The idea here is to get your name all over the web, so that when someone Googles your name, you come in at the top of the page. This is a way to get credibility and establish yourself as the author-ity in your niche.

From there the possibilities are unlimited. You can create a membership site, mastermind sessions, coaching programs, workshops, and other products and services. You can become a speaker and get paid big bucks for speaking at live events.

The more you promote and market yourself, the more money you will make. The possibilities are endless, and totally in your control.

That’s something you could never say about working for someone else

Visit http://www.VIPAuthorCoach.com for more tips and tools on how to write your first book, and download your free gift, Five Secrets to Start Writing Your First Book Tonight.

Jess Kennedy Williams offers personalized service as an Author Coach and Instant eBook Author Coach. Her no-nonsense style has given her a reputation for getting the job done in as little time as possible.

Through her Pyro-Writing System Personal Coaching, an aspiring author can be guided to finish the first draft of their book or ebook in six hours or less. To find out more, go to http://www.WriteYourBookin6Hours.com

 

GUEST ARTICLE: Want to Get FREE Publicity for Your Books? Try Pitch Rate

As an author you are considered an expert in the field in which your book is written.  The press is always looking for experts to interview, especially during a timely news release. For example, my book on Social Networking for Authors recently drummed up some good press as someone interviewed me about the popularity of Facebook.  The press called me because they noticed I was an expert in the field of Social Networking.  You can get the same exposure for free, by going to PitchRate.com.

Pitch Rate is a free service that connects journalists with subject experts for free media coverage.

Simply create an account at Pitch Rate and fill in your profile as completely as possible. Your profile is what members of the press read before they decide to contact you.  This is your chance to show the world what you are an expert at and why you should be considered an expert. 

You can set your account to receive daily emails from Pitch Rate to see who is looking for experts in your area.  Requests can be easily sorted by category or keywords by visiting the “Search Requests” tab once you’ve signed in.  Once you’ve found a request you’re interested in, simply make a pitch and all of your contact info contained in your profile will automatically be attached.  At this point, it’s just a matter of playing the waiting game to see if someone is interested in you and your book.

One of the constant struggles I see with authors is the need to be continually marketing your book to be successful.  A website like PitchRate.com is great for authors to be able to quickly set up an account and receive marketing opportunities for an extended period of time.  With just a few minutes of work, an author can expose him or herself to potentially hundreds of press opportunities.

For more tips and tricks on how to sell a ton of books, go to Michael Volkin’s new website SellaTonofBooks.com and purchase his new book Social Networking for Authors-Untapped Possibilities for Wealth.