November 5, 2009
You Can Be an Author
Author 101 University
You Can Be an Author!
This past weekend, my wife Barrie and I attended Author 101 University in Las Vegas. Rick Frishman and David Hancock ran the show and did a terrific job.
David Hancock is my publisher, owner of Morgan James Publishing, “The Entrepreneurial Publisher.” They published my book, Guerrilla Business Secrets, a few months ago. Morgan James has done an excellent job of distribution through Amazon.com as well as major book store chains like Barnes & Noble and Borders.
Morgan James has just published my latest book, Savage Sales Secrets, hot off the press. The book is already on sale on Amazon.com. It will hit the bookstores in January. You can order it now by going to
www.SavageSalesSecrets.com.
I want to share with you one powerful idea that hit me at the conference. You can be an author! That’s right. You have a story to tell that is special and unique.
You can start by writing your own blog. Rick Frishman, who ran Author 101 University last week, has one of the best deals around. You can get your own website through Rick at the bargain rate of only $8.95 per year. Go to http://www.rickscheapdomains.com.
You can design your own blog using Word Press. www.wordpress.com. Or you can have Marcus Yong do it for you. Marcus is the fastest, most efficient and most economical person I know. You write the blog. Marcus will put it into the right format – and you are in business. He is in Malaysia, but you will think he is next door. www.Webmaster4Hire.biz.
You can also be an author by getting on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Plaxo. See if you can condense your thoughts into 140 characters on Twitter. And, please, don’t tell me what you had for breakfast!
Give me something of value. Tell me what is working for you today, in your line of work.
As you continue to add comments on your blog and on your social networking sites, you begin to build a body of work – your own intellectual property. Before you know it, you have an article. Publish it on
www.ezinearticles.com. Then submit it to your local newsmagazines and newspapers.
As you accumulate your thoughts and wisdom, you will see a book begin to emerge. Once you are ready to write a book, you need to submit a book proposal. Don’t wait until your book is complete. Chapter One is enough to give the publisher an idea of what you are doing. Buy How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larson and follow his formula exactly.
That’s it. Start now with 140 characters on Twitter. You are now an author. Welcome to the club!
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