Podcasts about self publishing success summit

Chandler Bolt is the founder and CEO at Self-Publishing School, where he and his team help people write, publish, and market their first best-selling book. He's a 5-time best-selling author himself, and in 2015, Chandler's company did 7 figures in revenue. Chandler also hosts the Self-Publishing Success Summit, where he hand picks A-listers like Gary Vee, Joanna Penn, Pat Flynn, Barbara Corcoran, Grant Cardone, and many more.

Join myself, Gary V, Barbara C, Pat Flynn, and 36 other STELLAR Entrepreneurs as we reveal our secrets to writing, marketing, and monetizing your book! EOFire.com/sps

Chandler is no ordinary guest. He's a young guy most of my guests are a long further along in their career Chandler is in his early 20s. He dropped out of college. And he doesn't have a long career. But I was introduced to him recently and I thought he had an interesting story to tell. While he was still in college, he decided to write and publish a book. I was busy chasing girls and going to parties he's writing a book. That book helped launch a six-figure business built of course not just on book sales, but by monetizing the book with other services and consulting. He then dropped out of college to focus full time on writing and today he helps other aspiring authors to become bestselling authors on the Amazon Kindle platform, and to create six-figure businesses behind those books. He even recently created the Self-Publishing Success Summit which he was kind enough to interview me for along with some really big names including Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, Michael Port, Jeff Goins – frankly I'm not sure how I squeaked in to that group but somehow I did.

We, authirs discuss a lot about whether we should stick exclusively to Amazon or our books should be sold on all platforms available out there. I decided to talk to Mark Coker, who is an author himself, but what is more important for this particular case he is the founder of Smashwords. Smashwords was founded in 2008. It is a free ebook publishing and distribution platform, which works with over 100k authors and publishers. In this interview we talk about: Preorders and their benefits Transitioning from Amamzon to other platforms Why Smashwords is the best choice Writing and marketing series  Food for Thought Every writer in the world has a right to publish a book. The most important piece of the puzzle is to write a super awesome book. If your book is only good - the good is not good enough anymore. The book has to take the readers to the emotionally satisfying extreme. Readers are reading either for an emotional experience or for an intellectual experience. (sometimes the combination of both) There has never been a better time to be a writer. Useful links Smashwords Smashwords Style Guide   Also - consider signing up for the Self-Publishing Success Summit, which is the best online summit on the topic with amazing line-up. On that summit 37 World-Changing Authors & Entrepreneurs Reveal How to Write, Market & Publish Your  First Book AND Use It To Get To 6 Figures You can get your FREE access to the Self-Publishing Success Summit here. Write 2B Read Closed Facebook Group Don't miss the opportunity to join me and other Write 2B Read podcast listeners at our Facebook group.

Today I decided to be completely honest and share my struggles with you. And the reason for this is not to ask for petty or anything. I simply thought that some of you might have been going through the same thing and we could possibly figure out how to overcome some of those struggles. So, periodically I am getting writer’s doubts and I start questioning myself if I can really write? If what I write is good enough? If I have any potential at all? And if my writing is worth anything. These doubts became really strong recently. The reason is - I have enrolled in Writer’s Bootcamp and starting from the 1st of this month we are writing up different exercises… Then we read,  provide feedback, critique… The ultimate goal of the course - or at least how I see it -  is to learn writing well, to make sure that your quality is high and that you learn the craft. But it’s a painful process. I guess any growth is… It’s painful because in the beginning you start realizing where you stand now. And now… having objectively evaluated where I am, I am not happy about that. So now the doubts are no longer about if I am good or not… because I already know that I’m not… at least yet. The doubt now is about the future… it’s about whether I will be able to master the craft and ensure the quality I’d like my writing to have. I think the bootcamp was just a catalyst. We usually have writer’s doubt coming back to us when we don’t see results… and when we don’t see result we lose the motivation to carry on. And I guess when we lose motivation that’s when we have to push harder… otherwise we may end up sliding down the spiral… and coming back up will be harder than pushing a bit more from where we are now… So every time I get into the stage when things don’t grow and I don’t see results I get disappointed. Right now, looking at what I’ve done so far I realize that things haven’t moved much… my podcast has not grown from what it was few months ago, I have not finished my book and I have abandoned my fiction… And what’s the hardest to admit is that it’s completely my fault. I should have worked harder, I should have written more and I should have put aside my humbleness and promoted more what I’ve already done… So today I spend some time and went back to my reviews. I read the reviews you guys left for my podcast and I went to Amazon and read the reviews that were left for my fiction books. Usually it helps me get on track and reminds me that there are some people who need what I do and that my time and efforts are not wasted. That made me think that maybe writer’s doubt grows when there is lack of encouragement around. [spp-tweet tweet="Writers, who go through the painful process of growth are vulnerable."] They need an extra hug and a positive affirmation. Meanwhile, let’s chin up, pull ourselves together and work harder. Also - consider signing up for the Self-Publishing Success Summit, which is the best online summit on the topic with amazing line-up. On that summit 37 World-Changing Authors & Entrepreneurs Reveal How to Write, Market & Publish Your  First Book AND Use It To Get To 6 Figures You can get your FREE access to the Self-Publishing Success Summit here. Write 2B Read Closed Facebook Group Don't miss the opportunity to join me and other Write 2B Read podcast listeners at our Facebook group.

Today my guest is Nick Stephenson. Nick was born and raised in England. He is a fiction author and novelist, writing in the mysteries and thrillers genre. His approach to writing is to hit hard, hit fast, and leave as few spelling errors as possible. We are discussing how to gain the first 10k readers and what Nick did exactly in order to make full time income from writing fiction books. Nick shares practical and simple tips, which can be replicated easily with even only one written book. Nick is also speaking at the Self-Publishing Success Summit, which is the best online summit on the topic with amazing line-up. On that summit 37 World-Changing Authors & Entrepreneurs Reveal How to Write, Market & Publish Your  First Book AND Use It To Get To 6 Figures You can get your FREE access to the Self-Publishing Success Summit here. Food for Thought The statement "The best marketing is writing your next book" is a myth. N1 focus should be getting more readers sign up to your e-mail list and building relationship with them. Offer reader magnet they can get in exchange to their e mail address: something related to your books. Set up marketing system in pace, which later will work on autopilot, so you will have time for writing. Useful Links Nick's website First 10K Readers course free videos and case study Write 2B Read Closed Facebook Group Don't miss the opportunity to join me and other Write 2B Read podcast listeners at our Facebook group.