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7 Writing Tips for Half-Written Brand-Building Books

If you’re wondering what to do with a half-written brand-building book on your computer, you’re not alone!

No matter how frustrated and sad you may feel, it’s important to remember that you’re not alone!

Experienced authors, as well as emerging authors writing their first brand-building book, often find themselves forced to deal with incomplete books. …

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Save Time Turning Ideas Into Profitable, Brand-Building Books

The faster you can turn your book ideas into an organized table of contents, the faster you can write and self-publish a profitable, brand-building book.

Self-employed professionals writing books to build their brand, enhance their credibility, and increase their search engine visibility often focus exclusively on the writing…when they should be focusing on planning and …

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The 7 Essentials of a Strong Author Platform

Many authors have blogs, many others have well-designed websites, but relatively few have a strong author platform.

A strong author platform goes far beyond the typical blog or website. Platform success requires more than just content and design.

Here are the 7 essential characteristics needed to create a strong author platform, that will help you …

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Tips For Building Your Personal Brand by Writing Less

Build your personal brand by improving your ability to write concise, compelling, and informative content.

Conciseness is the biggest challenge many face when writing to build their personal brand. There’s more written about choosing topics, organizing information, and online delivery systems than there is about writing as concisely as possible.

What has been written about …

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Assessments Can Sell More Books & Build Your Brand

Many authors and self-employed professionals are unaware of the many ways they can use online assessments as marketing tools to sell more books and build strong personal brands.

Assessments differ from surveys in that they generate information about specific clients, prospects, or readers. Surveys, on the other hand, typically provide composite views of the goals …

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Simple One-Sheet Sells More Books & Builds Brands

All authors need one-sheets, formatted single-page PDFs that can sell more books & contribute to building the author’s personal brand.

One of the best investments authors can make is to hire a graphic designer to create a one-sheet template, similar to the one at right. A one-sheet template establishes a format that you can use …

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How to Tell the Story of Your Personal Brand

Jack Hart’s recently published Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction can take your ability to tell the story of your personal brand to a whole new level.

Less than a week after it’s publication, Storycraft is already an Amazon Top 100 book in its category!

Must-read for brand-building success

 

Storycraft is must read …

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Book Marketing Is Also Personal Brand Building

Each time you engage in book marketing and promotion, you’re also marketing and promoting your personal brand.

How you present your book’s marketing and promoting message is as important to your personal brand building as your website’s home and About Us pages.

Book titles are just the first step

For years, I’ve talked about power …

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Write Your Brand-Building Book In Spite Of Yourself

Steven Pressfield’s Do the Work is for you if you’re finding it difficult to finish–or, even, to just start–to write your brand-building book.

Don’t blame yourself if you’re having trouble writing your brand-building book; blame the Resistance, the uncompromising force inside you that fights change–even when the change is in your best interest.

In the …