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Step 4: Profit
Step 4: Profit

Every author needs to cultivate additional profit opportunities

No matter how popular your book becomes, profits from sales are unlikely to become more than a small proportion of your income.

This section will help you leverage your book's credibility and visibility into increased profits from your primary business and on-going streams of income based on sales to readers of your book. You'll learn how to:

  • Explore new profit opportunities
  • Selling yourself to speaker's bureaus
  • Adapt and recycle content into new formats
  • Collect ideas for future books

Members can begin to plan their future profits by reading 12 Ways to Create Profits Based on Your Book, available here


Profit resources include

INTERVIEW: Brian Jud, Sales "Beyond the Bookstore"
INTERVIEW: Brian Jud, Sales "Beyond the Bookstore" Authors can learn how to boost their profits by exploring non-traditional sales opportunities, such as associations, corporations, and affinity groups. . . . Keep Reading
Back-end Profit Planning Map
Back-end Profit Planning Map It's never too early to explore the pros and cons of additional profit opportunities based on your book. . . . Keep Reading
Future Title Planning Map
Future Title Planning Map Use this map to identify ways you can expand your title into a series. . . . Keep Reading
WORKSHEET: How to interview an expert in your field
WORKSHEET: How to interview an expert in your field Use this planner to prepare for interviews while writing your book, as well as when interviewing guests for promotion and profit opportunities. . . . Keep Reading
WORKSHEET: Planning a membership site
WORKSHEET: Planning a membership site Use this worksheet to plan a membership site that's both unique and indispensable to your target market. . . . Keep Reading
WORKSHEET: Webinar content and promotion planner
WORKSHEET: Webinar content and promotion planner Use this worksheet to plan your webinar's content and promotion. . . . Keep Reading
WORKSHEET: Teleseminar content and promotion planner
WORKSHEET: Teleseminar content and promotion planner Use this worksheet each time you schedule a teleseminar. Use it to identify your teleseminar's content and promotion. . . . Keep Reading
Getting Started, Part 4: Profit
Getting Started, Part 4: Profit The final step is to identify how you will profit from book sales and the visibility they generate. . . . Keep Reading
ASSESSMENT - Evaluate your new business proposal
ASSESSMENT - Evaluate your new business proposal How to evaluate a new business proposal before you submit it. . . . Keep Reading
12 biggest e-book design mistakes
Here are some mistakes to avoid when creating book excerpts, e-books, and downloadable website content. . . . Keep Reading
12 ways to create back-end profits based on your book
12 ways to create back-end profits based on your book Why you should plan your book's future back-end profits before you or your agent negotiate a publishing contract. . . . Keep Reading
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