April 4, 2022
When Your Book Is Last
FYI - Lots of folks wrote in with questions about Bad Grammar. I’ll write more about that soon, but in the meantime... here’s a new episode fo TBOA for you :) - J
This week on TBOA, Rochelle and I ask the question:
“What if—as our last guest Mike Michalowicz suggested—your book should be last?”
Talking Points
Why book as business card is not the book that will still be relevant and valuable in 20-30 years.
How to introduce your book content to ideal readers so they can help you use the right language, examples and stories.
Using your book idea to build a tribe of support for your eventual launch.
Positioning your book so it has a built-in base of readers—and is attractive to potential publishers.
The benefits from teaching your material before you ever start writing the actual book.
Quotable Quotes
“I think this is more reliable path to write a book that could theoretically be still getting read 20 years from now.”—JS
“If you’re going to pitch your book to a publisher, they want to know: how does this book position against these other (competitive) books?”—RM
“What you want is feedback from people who are hearing your stuff for the first time.”—JS
“You need a launch team—you need a bunch of people supporting your book to help make it successful.”—RM
“They might tell me my baby’s ugly, but that’s what I want. I don’t wanna write the book and then find out that my baby’s ugly.”—JS
“It (a webinar) gives you a lot of experience with talking about the book and getting comfortable, listening and synthesizing what they’re saying.”—RM
“If people do show up for your webinar, you’re getting a head start on your marketing language for the book itself.”—JS
“For the kind of book that we’re talking about, you’ve gotta have some other people invested in its success—where they get excited about it, they want to share it.”—RM
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