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03/16/2024

I call it behind the scenes income because I published the book one time... on a platform with 90 million monthly BUYERS not users.

We've got 4 days left of the self-publishing instant replay. I show you how to identify profitable ideas on Amazon. Do you need a link?

03/15/2024

COMMONLY ASKED SELF-PUBLISHING QUESTIONS

Learning the skill set of self-publishing changed my life and my family's future.

People asked me these questions all the time, so I wanted to share them with you too.

Q: What tools do we need to start self-publishing?
A: The compute, the internet, an email address and a Canva Free Account or any design software.

Q: How long does it take to publish a book?
A: Anywhere from 6 hours to 5 days for Amazon to review and publish your book.

Q: Do I need to pay Amazon a fee?
A: NOPE, that’s the beauty, you publish once and Amazon sells, prints and ships your book to the customer and they take a small cut. Their cut includes what it costs them for this PRINT ON DEMAND Service.

Q: Can I set the price of my book?
A: Yes, you just need to cover the cost for Amazon to help you, which they guide you through. The most expensive book price is $250.00

Q: How do I find what’s in demand?
A: Use the ABC method (which I show you) to get started or dive deeper together, you just say the word: PUBLISH.

Q: How many copies of my book can I buy if I want to ship myself?
A: 999 author copies per transaction. Yes, Amazon can be your supplier if you want a book funnel. Amazon can be your supplier if your kids wanted to open a notebook store instead of a sugary lemonade stand (my kids publish too).

Q: Can you use A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) in book creation?
A: Yes, I have worked thoroughly with an attorney that answers questions. And create a best practice.

Q: Can I use images on Canva legally?
A: Yes, anything in a free account is great.

If you would like to access the free training, we've got 5 sleeps left. You let me know.

03/15/2024

The live training was so far today, do you want a instant replay link?

I asked my attendees if they wanted to see what it would look like if they did it alongside my students. They said yes!!!!

Today I opened the doors to my A to Z self-paced program.

I've never offered this much for this low of price, but I truly believe every family needs to have resources to fight inflation, express their creativity and publish things they are passionate about.

The replay is available for 5 days, so please don't miss this free training where I show you WHY BOOKS ARE PROFITABLE!!!

LINK?

03/13/2024

Doors shut tonight for my free self-publishing training tomorrow 11 AM EST.
Do you want a link?

03/11/2024

People who don't make profitable books: "BOOKS AREN'T PROFITABLE."

I like focusing on profitable books. In this video, I'm sharing my top ad strategies.
Have you turn on ads for your book yet?

Here's the video link below

03/08/2024

What books sell on Amazon?

Composition Notebooks
Journals
Planners
Coloring Books
Activity Books
Prompted Journals
Workbooks
Written Books

But it does deeper than this:

Math books for kids
Recipe journals for testing
ADHD diaries
Grocery checklist

I know I'm not alone when I buy some type of planner and have ideas on how to make it better just for myself.

Self-publishing is a wonderful skillset because it's is an accessible and FREE way to exercise your creativity.

In six days, I'm doing a free training on how to get started.
Let me know if you want to attend.

03/07/2024

I don't want to scare you...but.

I was asked by a client to run ads to her book.

She makes six figures coaching and the book has established her authority in a lot of ways.

Her book is available in hardcover, paperback and kindle.

I set the ad up and was only able to run book ads to the kindle.

I don't prefer this, but I went with it until I could look into her Amazon bookshelf with her.

This was a book she hired someone to help her with (no what I teach, I teach the uploading process)

We got on a call today.

We look in her back end.

Her book is selling in hardcover and paperback BUT.....

The sales were NOT going into her bank account.

This was BRAND NEW information to her.

When you work with a publisher, they might have different rules or contractual agreements, but publishing a book yourself means you get the royalties.

FOR FIVE YEARS SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GETTING THE ROYALITIES ON HER BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so grateful she asked me to optimize her book because she never would have known this...

FIVE YEARS OF ROYALITIES....

I've been doing this for 2 years and the royalties, when done right are a game changer.

So we are looking into this, well she is and she asked me to show her how to upload her next book into her own account.

PLEASE LEARN FROM TAYLOR SWIFT AND OWN YOUR WORK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

Amazon is just a traffic source platform.

If you want to publish and you don't know where to start, please come to my training next Thursday.

Let me know if you need the "INFO" so you don't suffer FOMO.

03/07/2024

If you are a mom, you know how valuable behind the scenes income is.

If you are a mom, you know how amazing it is to have an avenue for your interests and passions.

If you are a woman, you know how amazing it feels to make your own money.

When I started publishing, it was because I learned the truth about self-publishing.

-You don't have to write a long book to make money.

-You don't have to hire an expensive traditional publisher to get visibility to your book (s).

- You can start small with journals and notebooks.

After building a behind the scenes book income stream, I had so many people asking me how to do it themselves.

Learning to self-publish has been a skill set that has changed my entire family's life.


I'm doing a free training next week on this topic! Let me know if you want to attend.

03/04/2024

Someone asked: What do I need to do to prepare for the free self-publishing training?

Nothing really, EXCEPT IF YOU WERE MY KID, I'D HELP YOU PUBLISH SOMETHING TODAY.

So for the next 24 hours, I'm pricing my beginner self-publishing program at $17!!!!!

Would I charge my kids? Yes, because people who pay, pay attention. But I know not everyone has educational budgets... hence this screaming deal!

Program retails at $147.00

So this coupon makes it $130.00 OFF

Do you want the coupon code link?
It's good for 24 hours!

03/04/2024

If you have any idea for a book, please attend my free training next week.

The first secret I'm going to show you is what is IN DEMAND and SELLING ON AMAZON.

Once you have this info, you are more likely to take action.

So many people want to publish a book.

But they think the process is hard.

The second secret I'm going to share with you, is that you don't always have to write a 60K written word book.

There are FASTER WAYS TO MAKE MONEY.

This is why I sold over six figures in books.

This is why I have published 498 books.

Come join us, to take action on your idea.
Drop a book emoji if you want a seat for this free class.

02/29/2024

Tomorrow Jack and I are going on an early morning date.

It's kind of our thing.

We don't have to hire a sitter and we don't eat poorly because it's so early in the morning.

Weird logic right?

We're going to see Frank Hebert's 1965 book put to film: Dune II.

Truth be told, I've been avoiding PARTS of the internet since I didn't read the book like Jack did years ago.

I figure I'll be more in for a treat, at least that's what I'm telling myself.

I had to prepare myself for tomorrow's date by watching Dune I.

Wow. I don't want to spoil it for you.

So I'll just share this.

Can you imagine wandering around in the desert?

Only drinking water from your own recycled sweat?

same...same.

And it got me thinking...

For two years I basically wandered around the interwebs like it was a desert as I was teaching myself self-publishing.

I found a course or two on it, but it didn't cover many aspects of the whole picture.

And having a marketing background, the gap seemed even bigger.

Through out the wander I was able to identify three of the biggest secrets to self-publishing and sharing them live in a new free training you are invited too.

Remember...Dreams are messages from the deep....

It was my dream to have a passive income.
Drop an emoji, if you want a seat to the free training.

02/27/2024

Added a new training to my program!
This was inspired by my two younger boys, who grew their book income stream with activity books!

02/06/2024

Some of my most valuable self-changing experiences in life came from authentic and uncalculated rejection.
woah.
Sometimes the stuff you can't prepare for, truly makes you more resilient.

01/31/2024

As a coach and content creator, this is why I'm ALL IN with Amazon books.
Yesterday afternoon Sarah Grace Allred and I did a live training about putting your content on Amazon and without a pin drop, action has been taken.

ACCESSIBILITY
Why are your PDFs and workbooks sitting around in digital formats only....

01/29/2024

When Sarah Grace Allred saw me going all in on self-publishing in 2021, we started to have behind the scenes conversations about the difference between traditional publishing and self-publishing.

After publishing for 2 years to the date, do you wanna know what the biggest difference is?

It might surprise you.

But it's also the biggest reason why 99% of the world doesn't accomplish that thing THEY PUT ON THEIR BUCKETLIST.

It's permission.

When you self-publish you give yourself permission:

Publish what you are excited about.

Set your own prices.

Publish often.

For me and now Sarah and so many others, it's

PERMISSION TO DO IT WITH MY FAMILY.

When Sarah and I teamed up, she gave her daughter access to my program and look what happened.

SHE LEARNED THE SKILLSET TO SELF_PUBLISH.

Can you imagine making book royalties while in high school?

No more cleaning jobs after school.
No more fast food hours that cut into homework.

And no more time away from family.

Tomorrow, Sarah and I are doing a training about how ACCESSIBLE it is to start today.

GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION and Drop a emoji for the lnk.

01/15/2024

I never knew this was a thing.... but I definitely have a vitamin d hangover.

01/04/2024

"It's okay to try on advice temporarily."
- Lauren Golden

01/03/2024

When I started publishing on Amazon, I just wanted to make more than I spent on Amazon. It wasn't too big of deal... because I'm not a huge shopper...

BUT AUDIBLE!!!! Dang.

I give them ALOT OF MONIES.

So my next goal is to have ACX give me more money than I have spent with them in the last 5 years.

It's a big goal.

But we have started here:

First paycheck from them.

01/03/2024

I have published 490 books on Amazon KDP.
I have learned something with every book I created and uploaded.
Only one of these books is an audio book.
Creating an audio book for amazon is more work than my other books.

But I'm trying to figure it out. I'm willing to go through the rock tumbler so you don't have to.

Here is my first audio paycheck!
FOUR THREE SEVEN

01/03/2024

Lindsay Mustain said it best! When you self-publish, it's a big form of self-accountability!!!
You can upload three pieces of book content on Amazon...a day....

01/02/2024

Today, for the first time ever, I'm opening the doors to my Book Income Stream Machine SELF STUDY PROGRAM.

I published 490 books on Amazon. 80% of my sales have come from 20% of my books. Once I figured out the formula, that's basically all I focused on.

Most of them are notebooks and journals and planners. Many of them I've given you the templates to get started in the Book Income Stream Machine program.

Here are the top ten things I love about publishing on Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing:

#10 You Can Publish Up to 3 Books a Day

#09 You Get To Set Your Own Prices

#08 There Are Over 90 Million Monthly Buyers

#07 There is an Amazon Eco-System of Influencers to Promote Your Book

#06 You Can Publish in Trends and New Industries

#05 Amazon Will Sell, Print, Pack, Ship Your Book To Your Customers

#04 Amazon Will Email Your Customer/Follow EVERYTIME You Release A New Book

#03 You Can Establish Authority QUICKLY

#02 You Can Publish With Your Kids and For Your Kids

#01 You Don't Have To Hire A Traditional Publisher

DROP AN EMOJI If you want to know more.

01/01/2024

The more support you have around you, the faster you will hit your goal.

01/01/2024

Sometimes the quickest way to become a new you is to stop doing something very small. We think we need to add more, when subtraction is almost more powerful.

01/01/2024

The DEEPEST of trauma can completely CHANGE OR TRANSFORM a person.

Both paths require compassion for the person on that journey.

12/27/2023

Be a rising fan of yourself this next year.

12/20/2023

Earning more money doesn't change you. It magnifies who you already are.

If you served others when you were broke, having more to serve with is great.

If you only thought about yourself and going bigger and better on things that don't align with your core values, earning more money will not turn you into a giver.

Giving has to be a value.

It's never too late to serve and give.

The world is not a pie with limited slices.

It's a garden. What you nurture will grow.

12/20/2023

In March, Erica Mallett started talking about climbing cringe mountain. It resonated so deeply with them that you cannot speak with me day to day and not hear me talk about the concept that we all must climb cringe mountain to get to the land of our dreams.

Frodo did it.

Taylor Swift did it.

The goonies did it.

The only resistance to their goals where from the people who weren't doing anything at all really.

The resistance came from people trying to challenge the journey through Cringe Mountain.

When people hate on you for trying, it fuels and empowers that transformation as long as you keep your why in sight.

Keep being cringe.

12/19/2023

Bookish curious: I'm taking people through my first live book sprint challenge today.

This is designed for your audience to see if self-publishing and behind the scenes income is for them.

I go live with your audience and teach them account set up and publishing a book in 15 minutes.

15 MINUTE BOOK SPRINT

12/15/2023

In 30 Days, ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME A SAME DAY SELF-PUBLISHER.

Have an idea while driving, get home and publish that planner, journal or notebook.

100 people are learning the skill set to self-publish ALL BY THEMSELVES! Thank you for letting me show you all the things to avoid by learning from my mistakes.

03/09/2023

Loved creating these with this amazing team.

As told by Jenfolio Wedding and Portrait Photography: The many colors of matrimony are ever changing with each couple. We felt inspired by the love between these two. Just a love can be found in different colors, we used bold […]