DIY PR for Authors: What we learned from 20-year PR pro Tristra Newyear Yeager A recap from Beyond the Margins' last power hour for all authors

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to absorb the best, simplest DIY PR advice for authors I've seen. Includes 6 steps you can take this week to start your own campaign.
#authorpr #bookpromotion #bookmarketing #authorpromotion #authormarketing #authorbusiness #authorstratey #authorgoals

An Authorpreneur Creed An evolving pledge for authors building holistic, enterprising careers and businesses

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Does this pledge work for you, your authorship, and your emerging author business?
#authorbusiness #authormindset #authorcoaching #authorgoals #authorstrategy

You’re Measuring Your Author Business Against the Wrong Thing “The Gap and the Gain” proves a coaching tool I’ve been teaching for years: You’re right, right now

Are you measuring your author business against bestsellers, six-figure deals, and other people's platforms? Sharon Woodhouse argues you are measuring against the wrong thing entirely. A worthwhile read for any writer.
#WritingLife #AuthorBusiness #Publishing

What I Learned from Running My Business Through a 2-Year Concussion Recovery And how that can help you grow your author business

Author's Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to consider that it takes less than you think to run an income-generating, sustainable author business...
#authorbusiness #authorincome #authorcoaching #authormindset #authorgoals #authorstrategy #profitableauthor

Authors, About Your Willingness to Learn Business… You have the capacity and the ability to learn entrepreneurship, now choose it

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to consider that learning business is easier than writing a book...and you don't have to learn it all at once. Start with imperfect knowledge.
#authorbusiness #authorcoaching #authormindset #authorstrategy #authorgoals #authorincome #profitableauthor

Authors, Ask Your Body for Answers and Sleep or Meditate on It For every 11,000,000 sensory inputs to our body, we’re aware of about 40

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Because you absorb way more information than you can consciously process at any given moment...
#authorcoaching #authormindset #authorstrategy #authorbusiness

Book Marketing Lessons of “The Fuck Around Old Fashioned” Why I paid $4 extra for a cocktail that wasn’t better—twice

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Four quick book marketing lessons from an overpriced, transgressive cocktail.
#bookmarketing #authorbusiness #authorgoals #authorcoaching #authorstrategy

You Contain Multitudes: For Authors, Entreprenuers, Solopreneurs, Multipreneurs A new interpretation reveals a solid business strategy and endless options to cultivate

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Your author business contains multitudes (even if you don't yet know it)...
#authorgoals #authorstrategy #authorbusiness #authorincome #profitableauthor #multipreneur #multipreneurship

7 Streams of Author Income from Your Local Knowledge You can start today from where you’re at

Author Business Coaching Minute.

How can your local knowledge support your current book marketing and author business growth efforts?
#bookmarketing #authorgoals #authorstrategy #authorincome #authorbusiness #profitableauthor #authorcoaching #authormindset #localknowledge

Authors, Do You Also Squirm at the Idea of a Being a Brand or Having a Brand for Your Books? Here’s a perspective that changed my thinking on branding

Author Business Coaching Minute.

What promise/s can your readeres and customers count on you to keep?
#authorgoals #authorstrategy #authorbusiness #branding #authorbranding #bookmarketing

Authors, Determine What Business You’re in to Guide Your Business Model What you’re really selling determines how you build your business

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Once you know the value/s of the content you're creating and selling, you can begin shaping your author business model accordingly.
#authorgoals #authorstrategy #authorbusiness #authorincome #profitableauthor

Authors, 28 Big Ideas from the World of Coaching Engage the power of your own wisdom, creativity, and choices to support your book marketing, business activities, and author life

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to find the next big idea for supporting your author business.
#authorcoaching #authormindset #authorbusiness #coachyourself #authorgoals #authorstrategy #profitableauthor

When You Know Better, Authors, Serve Others with a Re-Direct “I can do that, but I shouldn’t”

Author Business Coaching Minute.

When you know better, how can you serve others with a re-direct?
#authorcoaching #authorgoals #authorstrategy #authormindset #authorbusiness

Cultivating a Network of Support: Step 7 of 7, Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love The final puzzle piece — number seven of the Profitable Author Life You Love framework — that you can not overlook or underplay: Cultivate a network of support.

Author Business Coaching Minute.

For all the DIY, indie, lone-wolf authors out there...if you don't yet have the income-generating, sustainable author life you want, consider the state of your network.
#authormindset #authorcoaching #authorgoals #authorstrategy #authorbusiness #authorhabits

Reframes for Keeping On When Your Author Life Feels Hard Quick mindset shifts can go a long way for playing the long games of book publishing and book marketing

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Pick your next mindset shift to stay energized for the author game.
#authorcoaching #authormindset #authorbusiness #authorgoals #authorstrategy #profitableauthor

Authors, Stop Wondering “Will They Sponsor Me?” and Do This Instead Find alignment before the ask

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to understand the alignment distinction.
#authorgoals #authorstrategy #authorcoaching #authorincome #authorbusiness #profitableauthor

Authors, Take This Quiz and Change Your Book Marketing Fortune Identify your biggest obstacle to building a sustainable, income-generating author business you love

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to take the quiz. What's your biggest obstacle to creating an income-generating, sustainable author business you love?
#authorcoaching #authorstrategy #authorgoals #authormindset #authorbusiness #profitableauthor

#writingtips #authorbusiness #author #writers #writerslife

When Hard Work Is Just the Beginning Finding Your Author Business Sweet Spot/s

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Are you already standing in YOUR sweet spot? Adding a level of strategy once you've found your commitment and consistency.
#authorstrategy #authorcoaching #authormindset #bookmarketing #bookselling #authorbusiness #profitableauthor

Authors, If Octavia Butler Could Write Down Her Audacious Goals, So Can You This was her life and vision…what’s yours?

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to grab inspiration from a sci-fi great.
#authorcoaching #authormindset #authorgoals #authorstrategy #authorbusiness

What Separates the Best from the Rest Authors, it’s simpler than you think if you choose and act accordingly

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Which of these 5 things are you already doing well?
#authorgoals #authorstrategy #authormindset #authorcoaching #authorbusiness

Authors, March Is National Reading Month We can, do, and should promote reading books as part of our normal activities

Author Business Coaching Minute.

How will you be promoting National Reading Month (March)?
#bookmarketing #bookpromotion #authorgoals #authorstrategu #authorbusiness #profitableauthor

Coming Soon — The Writing Biz Podcast with Host Laura Williams - The Writing Biz The Writing Biz Podcast, hosted by Laura Williams, is coming soon. Featuring guest experts and strategic insights for building sustainable writing careers.

Coming soon: The Writing Biz Podcast. Real business talk for writers. Guest experts! shorturl.at/hPgm7
#WritingBizPodcast #AuthorBusiness #IndieAuthor #WritingandPublishing #CreativeEntrepreneur #WritingCareer #SelfPublsihing #AuthorsandWriting #IndieAuthorDiscussion

Find the Path to Your Own Author Business by Copying Others Mimic to learn, succeed, and discover your originality

Author Business Coaching Minute.

On finding your own originality by copying others...
#authorcoaching #authormindset #authorstrategy #authorbusiness

Insert Yourself at Any Point and for Any Reason into the Author Game There’s no right time, no perfect entry point, and no such thing as doing it wrong

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to find today's entry point.
#authormindset #authorcoaching #authorgoals #authorstrategy #authorbusiness #profitableauthor

Authors, Prepare for Your Threshold Guardians They WILL be standing in the way of reaching your goals

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to recognize and prepare for your threshhold guardians. They're coming for you and your author plans.
#authorgoals #authorstrategy #authorcoaching #authormindset #bookmarketing #authorbusiness #profitableauthor

Authors, Throw Your Thermometer Away and Turn Pro Stop taking the temperature; start setting it

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Are you ready to throw away the thermometer and start setting the temperature for your author life?
#authorcoaching #authormindset #authorbusiness #authorgoals #authorstrategy

Build Your Business Savvy As You Go, From Where You're At: Step 5 of 7, Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love Build your business savvy as you go, from where you’re at. This is the core, calming mantra to return to. You are right, right now. You are enough. You know enough.

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Take a moment to consider that learning business at your own pace is much, much easier than writing a book. If you've done the latter, you can do the former.
#authorbusiness #authorincome #authorstrategy #profitableauthor #authorcoaching #authormindset

Ask These Questions Before Launching Your Author Platform The strategic thinking that prevents expensive website mistakes

Author Business Coaching Minute.

Does your author website address these strategic questions?
#authorwebsite #digitalmarketing #bookmarketing #authorbusiness #profitableauthor #authorgoals #authorstrategy

What Kinds of Things Count for 5 Daily Servings of Author/Book Promotion? Begin by working from this list of 50 things

Author Business Coaching Minute.

What 5 things are you doing today to promote your books, authorship, or author business? Can you choose the 25 things you'll be doing this week to stay on track?
#authorgoals #authorstrategy #bookmarketing #bookselling #authorcoaching #authorbusiness