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January 2017 Performance Report

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January 2017 was a serious month for me. I felt excited with the beginning of the New Year and my birthday on the 3rd. I’ve got one final year as a teen. I’m making this one count.

I think you’ll be fascinated by this performance report. I got many of my goals accomplished and look forward to sharing those insights. But first, I have a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

 

Content Marketing Success Summit (CMSS)

Content Marketing Success Summit

I didn’t get invited to speak at the Content Marketing Success Summit. I created it.

For the first time ever, I’m hosting a virtual summit, and it’s all happening in June. I currently have none of the speakers lined up, but I have many ideas.

I already registered the site that I’ll use for the summit. I am super excited about this project and will update you all each month regarding my progress. I didn’t state this goal in my resolutions video, but I’m happy that I decided to go all-in. It’s on like Donkey Kong!

 

The Beginning Of Unlock Your Potential

I’m going to test a backward approach to UYP. Since I have a variety of low priced products, I will start with creating the high-end course. I will use the book I wrote and other ideas I learn to guide me along the process.

I have my entire value ladder planned out for that training course. I’ll eventually incorporate the book into that value ladder once I get it published. In case you don’t know what a value ladder is, I recommend picking up Russel Brunson’s book DotCom Secrets.

 

Temporary Pauses

I have temporarily paused my Udemy course creation and my book writing. With the mix of pursuing several value ladders and an upcoming summit, I can’t find the time to create Udemy courses and write books.

Therefore, I’ll change my goal from having a total of 50 Udemy courses by the end of the year to having 50 courses by the end of the year. It’s a subtle difference, but in the end, I’m still creating enough courses to surpass 50 total courses.

I plan on catching up with Udemy and book creation in the summer when I regain several hours each day from the long break.

 

More Podcast Episodes On The Rise

I currently have enough guests scheduled and enough episodes done to last me through March. While I love this buffer, I don’t want too much of a cushion with podcast episodes.

With the current set up of 1 interview every week, I limit myself to 52 interviews every year. Through these interviews, my listeners and I learn new things. I want to continue learning new things about my niche, and 52 interviews every year isn’t enough for me anymore.

I want to conduct 100+ interviews every year (not including CMSS) which is why I’ll be publishing episodes on Mondays and Wednesdays by the end of February. So if you’ve enjoyed my Breakthrough Success Podcast so far, you’ll get double the action towards the end of February.

If you haven’t heard much about my podcast but want to learn more, you can head over to iTunes and subscribe for updates on new episodes.

 

Books I Read

I have been waiting all month to write this portion of my performance report. Here’s the entire list:

Decide by Jim Palmer

The 10% Entrepreneur by Patrick McGinnis

From Average To Rainmaker by Dennis M. Postema

Magnetic Sponsoring by Mike Dillard

Authority Content by David Jenyns

Profit Hacking by Steven Daar

How To Prospect, Sell, and Build Your Network Marketing Business With Stories by Tom “Big Al” Schreiter

The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield

DotCom Secrets by Russel Brunson

Hustle by Neil Patel, Patrick Vlaskovits, and Jonas Koffler

The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey

Master Content Marketing by Pamela Wilson

Oh, and that doesn’t include me being in the middle of the #AskGaryVee book audio and reading the first 51 pages of Seth Godin’s Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck? I also listened to several podcast episodes.

So, this was a VERY good month of learning new things. I’ve decided to dedicate one day of the week exclusively to reading. During one of those days, I got through three books.

I retain the information from this books by identifying how I will take action. The more books you read, the more repetitive the information becomes. Some of the insights from one book are often in the other book with slightly different names and explanations.

I underline the important stuff and occasionally go back to the underlined text. That’s how I retain what I read.

 

Blog Posts I Published:

5 Pitfalls To Avoid When Accepting Guest Posts

5 Tactics That Almost Guarantee Success

11 Cool Content Marketing Tactics That Will Push Your Blog Traffic To The Next Level

How A Structured Schedule Will Make You 10X More Productive

How To Expand Your Freelancer Army

6 Tactics To Avoid Inbox Fatigue and Write Better Emails

How To Create New Habits In Your Life

 

Podcast Episodes I Published:

Episode 19: How To Make Six Figures On Udemy With Joe Parys

Episode 20: How To Write For Any Publication With Aaron Orendorff

Episode 21: How To Sell Over 2,00,000 eBooks With Adam Houge

Episode 22: Building A Successful Mastermind Group With Ellory Wells

 

January 2017 Goals:

 

Surpass 1,000 Blog Visitors In 1 Day—the blog is really starting to pick up some stream. I exceeded 700 visitors in one day. If I don’t do it this month, I’ll definitely do it in February.

Get My 1st TSMD Sale—I made my first sale. So far I’m a little under a 2% conversion rate, but this is based on a small sample size.

Have Videos Scheduled Past March—Not quite, but I made progress with my mega courses. I do have videos done (but not currently scheduled) past February. I’ve been keeping up with daily videos.

Get 20 Guest Posts In The Queue—Lol (it didn’t happen).

Publish At Least 16 Blog Posts—While I didn’t get this goal accomplished, I went from publishing 3 blog posts in all of December to publishing 12 blog posts in January (including this Performance Report and podcast episodes). I consider that a big jump.

Create My 32nd Udemy Course—My goals have shifted. I’m now focused on creating training courses regardless of whether I offer them on Udemy or not.

Surpass 50,000 Udemy Students—I didn’t surpass 50,000 Udemy students, but I did get past 40,000.

Read 10 Books—Piece of cake

Reassess How I Use Twitter—I made my reassessment and I couldn’t be happier. My account is growing back to where it was a few months ago and my blog traffic from Twitter is only going up.

 

February 2017 Goals:

 

#1: Surpass 2,000 Blog Visitors In 1 Day

That’s not a typo. I am aiming for 100,000 visitors in March which makes this a critical step. 2,000 daily visitors adds up to 60,000 visitors per month.

I sense Facebook ads combined with a value ladder will play a critical part in this goal. If I make a profit from my Facebook ad, I can endlessly run it while maintaining my profit. This will result in thousands of new visitors who then become subscribers on my email list.

I’m also working to get more traffic from Twitter. At one point, I got 300 daily visitors from Twitter. Then my traffic went down to 100 daily visitors. Now I’m back at the 200 daily visitor range. 300+ is my target.

 

#2: Surpass 100 New Subscribers In 1 Day

Again, Facebook ads and the value ladder will play a big part here. Lately I’ve been getting 20-30 daily subscribers and this trend shows no signs of stopping. Before this, I considered 10 new subscribers a good day. Now I have my eyes set much higher.

 

#3: Have Videos Scheduled Past April

I now have a video editor who will also upload the videos to YouTube. This is a significant addition since video editing and uploading the videos to YouTube takes up so much of my time. Part of my agenda for next month is to more strongly integrate my daily videos with the rest of my business.

 

#4: Schedule 2 Podcast Episodes For 1 Week

Even if I don’t publish 2 podcast episodes in one week of February, I want them scheduled in advance.

 

#5: Add 30 videos to TSMD

I got my first sale, and to keep my first member (and every future member), I must continue providing more content and a positive experience. Adding 30 videos to TSMD will create a powerful content library within TSMD that all members get access to.

I don’t know how many videos I want to add to TSMD this year. I need more data and research before giving a true number.

 

#6: Finish The UYP Training Course Videos

This course is a big deal for me. I want the course to generate the revenue and exposure that will be necessary to turn Unlock Your Potential into a bestseller. If I wait a few months before launching the book and focus on the training course and the value ladder for now, I’ll reap the rewards later.

 

#7: Surpass 50,000 Udemy students

While this was originally my intended goal for January, I’ll assign that goal to myself again for this month. I gained 3,000 students in January so I’ll need to do more hustling to accomplish this goal.

 

#8: Create 2 Udemy Courses

These courses will be short but jam-packed with value. I don’t want these courses to take too much attention away from all of the courses I’ll have in my value ladder.

 

#9: Write Blog Posts Past April

I currently have blog posts written beyond February. In March, I plan on publishing 3 blog posts per week. Add in April and that’s a total of 26 blog posts. Finishing some of those blog posts by the end of January is critical.

 

#10: Read 15 Books

It’s very doable. I now start my day by reading a book instead of waking up from bed and sleeping on the couch for a little longer (I don’t know why I did that). For the most part, I also dedicate one day of the week exclusively to reading books.

The most difficult part of this goal may be keeping my shelves filled with books I haven’t read yet.

 

In Conclusion

January 2017 was a very strong first month to the new year. The most important way I changed my mindset in January was to focus more on creating a value ladder than simply cranking out videos and courses that don’t connect within a marketing strategy.

I read many books in January and I hope to keep it up in February. Now that I’m back in college, I have to do college related reading assignments, but I aim to stay strong with my own reading.

What were your thoughts on this performance report? Have any questions for me? Sound off in the comments section below!

How To Create A Lasting Impression With Your Blog Posts

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blogging-336376_1920When visitors scroll through your content for the first time, they get a first impression that dictates whether or not they’ll return to your blog.

I’ve written over 1,000 blog posts to date, and any might have been a visitor’s first impression of my content. That’s why I try to craft blog post that make a lasting impression. My first-time visitors hope to find valuable content, and my returning visitors expect it.

To be sure you’re writing valuable content, follow these tactics:

#1: Plan Out Your Content

Once you’ve conducted research, the next step is to plan out your content. How will it flow from start to finish. In a blog post called “X Steps To A Better Life,” how many steps will you include? What will those steps be? In what order will you discuss them?

I always plan my content by identifying an idea and listing anything that’s relevant in the context of a blog post. I’ll add structure later, this just serves as a quick outline for a blog post that can take less than a minute. A book outline, on the other hand, takes AT LEAST 15 minutes!

Planning your content in advance makes it easier to take action on the next step.

#2: Do More Research

Once you’ve planned your content, conduct more research. Strong blog posts are backed by data. Someone did the hard work for you, so mention it only when it’s appropriate, and be sure to provide links to your sources.

Citing data and sources is good for SEO, but it can also increase the time people stay on your blog. People will stop to think about interesting statistics, trying to comprehend them for a few seconds, before they finish reading your blog post. Here’s a cool statistic:

Every month, 2.5 billion comments are made on Facebook Pages.

Insert that statistic in a post about getting more engagement for a Facebook Page, and you’ve got people glued to your content. Little tidbits like these help keep your audience’s attention.

#3: Keep People On Your Blog Longer

While planning and research help keep people on your blog for longer periods of time, you’ll want them to stick around for as long as possible. And the more time people spend on your blog, the more likely they are to come back.

Think about how much time people spend on YouTube. People spend so much time on YouTube that it’s become instinctive to go keep going back.

To keep people on your blog for a longer period of time, you need to keep them on your individual blog posts for longer periods. The simple act of writing longer blog posts will help, but only when they provide value.

Don’t write a thin, 2,000-word blog post if you can do a better job in 500 words.

Linking to older blog posts in your new ones is another great way to retain readers. And it helps your bounce rate. See what I did there? I used the discussion to insert a relevant hyperlink, and if you click on it, you’ll remain on my blog.

Now imagine all of your new blog posts linking back to the older ones. Then imagine going back to the older posts and linking them to your new ones. You create a network of internal links that keep people glued to your content.

#4: Encourage Engagement

At the end of my blog posts, I always encourage people to leave a comment. This call-to-action results in more comments than I can always engage with.

You may think your content ends when you hit the publish button, but that’s not true. It’s continuously updates until the end of time (literally). Anyone can leave a comment and add more to the content.

Comments help first-time visitors think your blog is popular. And they may stick around just to read some of the comments. Some blog posts get hundreds of comments that visitors actively read through. I’m often one of them.

#6: Choose Images Carefully

People love pictures. We constantly share pictures on our favorite social networks. Pictures are also much easier for us to interpret than regular text. In fact, we can interpret pictures 60,000 times faster than text.

That’s why the pictures you choose matter. They create more engagement for your blog posts and result in people sticking around for a longer period of time.

Not only should you choose your pictures carefully, you must also spread them throughout your blog posts. If you meet visitors with a wall of text, they’ll get bored, skim your post, and leave.

Images break up blocks of text with interesting visuals.

In Conclusion

To create a lasting impression with your blog you should anticipate first impressions. Write knowing that any of your posts might be the first to get a visitor’s attention.

From now on, write each post as if it’s the first impression you’ll make with your content. That way, you’ll write blog posts that keep visitors returning.

What are your thoughts on these tactics? Do you have any tips for creating a lasting impression? What questions do you have? Sound off in the comments section below.

Episode 22: Building A Successful Mastermind Group With Ellory Wells

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When a corporate rockstar turns into an entrepreneurial coach with more than an 80% success rate with his mastermind groups, you need that guy on your podcast. That’s exactly what I was thinking when I first came across Ellory Wells. 

 

Ellory was the exact person I needed to talk to because I’m currently a part of a mastermind group and am considering creating a mastermind group. With all of this in mind, I asked Ellory some questions that focused on what it takes to run a successful mastermind group. Our interview also took an angle towards fighting self-doubt which is natural but still evil.

 

 

Key Links From This Episode:

 

http://www.theexitstrategybook.com — Ellory’s book

 

https://www.ellorywells.com — Ellory’s website

 

http://www.thesuccessprinciples.com/ —Jack Canfield’s book gets mentioned in this episode

 

www.ellorywells.com/marc — Ellory’s mastermind guide 

 

 

Learn:

 

—How to run a successful mastermind group

 

—How to get the best out of people

 

—How to avoid self-doubt

 

—How to transition from the corporate world into an entrepreneurial sensation

How To Create New Habits In Your Life

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The habits you choose for yourself can either hold you back or propel you to new levels of excellence. They are the lifeline of your life. While few bad habits can literally kill people, many bad habits derail our efforts and result in unfulfilled lives.

I want you to become one of the people who develops good habits that create a positive impact in your life. The best part about developing new (positive) habits is that it doesn’t take much time to turn new activities into habits.

According to science, it takes about 66 days for any activity to turn into a habit (about two months). To some people, 66 days may seem like a lot, but for most people, 66 days is about 0.0025% of our lives (assuming a life expectancy of 71 years).

In such a minuscule amount of time, you can turn ANY activity you desire into a habit. However, as we move forward with our lives, it becomes more difficult for us to find that minuscule amount of time within our lives. Different tasks take up our time and we find little to none of our time left to hone in on another habit.

Not only can we create additional time to master new habits, but we can also change our lives by changing the habits we use to guide us. Here’s how:

 

Identify What You Want To Eliminate

Before you consider mastering a new habit, assess all of your current habits. Which habits are bringing you down? Which habits are preventing you from being your best?

Those are the time sucking activities that you must address before doing anything else. The biggest habit that obstructed my success was constantly playing video games. As much as I enjoyed them, they constantly took me away from my work. I got great at certain video games but my business was at a standstill.

I eliminated my habit of playing video games, and that extra time allowed me to move my business forward at a faster pace. All of a sudden, I was accomplishing bigger goals and giving myself a more grand vision.

Have A Replacement

If I had given up video games to watch more TV, I didn’t really get closer to living a more fulfilled life.

I gave up video games with the intention of playing the piano. This replacement made it easier for me to give up on video games. However, there was an unintended consequence with this decision.

Anytime I couldn’t play the piano, I found myself surfing YouTube far too often. I can’t always play at home since I like to play in the evening or later (see what I mean).

To combat this problem, I have decided to play earlier in the day. Having a replacement isn’t just a matter of deciding which habit will replace your bad habit. You must also become specific about when you’ll implement this replacement habit.

I set up my college schedule so I can easily play the piano on campus in the middle of the day.

 

Gradual Evolution

When I got back to playing the piano (this was my first time playing in about eight years), I didn’t play for several hours. I played an easy song three times. That was it. Since then, I’ve learned how to play songs like Dancing Queen, Skyfall, Blank Space, and others.

With an undisturbed schedule, I can play the piano for hours upon hours without end. I continued practicing every day and got really good at playing the piano. There’s still much for me to learn, but I made a big leap since the day I started it up again.

 

Remove The Barriers

If you strive to master a habit but find yourself surrounded by barriers, you’re not going to master that habit. Playing the piano in the evening gave me a small window of opportunity, and as school work piled on, I began to miss that opportunity more often.

That’s just about the time I started to surf YouTube videos for about an hour just before going to bed (I know, terrible on my part).

Playing the piano on campus allowed me to stop surfing YouTube. The moment you put barriers around your positive habits, the easier it will become for bad habits to slip into your life unnoticed until they strike with a heavy blow to your time, money, and relationships.

Taking the path of least resistance will give you more time to focus on your positive habits which will give you less time to focus towards your negative habits.

 

Track Your Progress

To ensure your habits become a strong part of your life, you must track them every day. By continuously tracking your habits, you’ll soon feel the pain of not sticking with a habit and the joy of accomplishing your goal.

I have a habit of making at least 5 videos per day. Every time I accomplish this goal, I write it down in a notebook and feel happy. Every time I don’t make a single video, I write the dreaded “0 videos” which gives me more motivation to make five videos tomorrow.

Keeping that notebook with you at all times will keep you accountable to every action that you take today, tomorrow, and for the rest of your life. This is such a powerful exercise that makes you more aware of the habits that doom you and the habits that are helping you shine.

 

In Conclusion

The habits you choose for your life will either make or break you. Any bad habit can get removed from your life as long as you have a positive habit that will replace it.

Remember that the 0.0025% of your time that you commit towards developing a new habit can dramatically change the remaining 99.9975% of your life. Every action you take to develop better habits is moving you in the right direction.

What habits do you live by? Have any tips for habit formation? Sound off in the comments section below.

6 Tactics To Avoid Inbox Fatigue and Write Better Emails

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Your inbox can be full of opportunity or endless distraction. The inbox is addictive. Unread message notifications attract our attention like puppies, irresistible and impossible to ignore.

But a few minutes in your inbox can easily turn into hours while your projects are left waiting in limbo. To avoid falling into this continuous trap, follow these six tactics.

 

#1: Hire A Virtual Assistant

Do you find yourself responding to emails the same way to save time and energy? Do you spend too much of your day reading and responding to guest post submissions? If so, consider hiring a virtual assistant.

By reading through your emails and prioritizing which ones need your attention, a virtual assistant will help you resist the urge to incessantly check your inbox

If a virtual assistant cuts through just half of your emails each day, you’ll have more time to focus on your projects and feel less anxious about responding to every inquiry.

 

#2: Set Time Aside To Send and Respond To Emails

While outsourcing some of your email tasks frees up time and energy, it’s important not to forget that your inbox can present you with valuable, and often unexpected, opportunities.

In your quest to spend as little time as possible in your inbox, be sure you (or your virtual assistant) can spot those opportunities when they arise.

Some opportunities just randomly appear in your inbox. For example, once I got featured in The Huffington Post simply because I read and responded to an email immediately. I spent some time on a thoughtful submission that ended up in this HuffPost article.

Indeed, if I hadn’t checked my inbox, I wouldn’t have become a HootSuite ambassador, a Power Of Broke ambassador, or an affiliate for some of the top courses around — all of which have directly influenced my success.

And if I hadn’t allotted a portion of my day to writing emails, I wouldn’t have guests for my podcast, written guest posts, or achieved many of my goals (a lot of things come together for any individual’s success).

You don’t have to send and reply to emails every day of the week. I prefer to send and reply to emails 4-5 times per week, and I never leave email unattended for more than two days in a row.

I’ve found it’s better to address your inbox several times throughout the week than to choose one day to attend to your email. That one day will be rough, believe me, and you might miss out on time-sensitive opportunities.

Plus, if something comes up that day, you’ll find yourself overwhelmed by two weeks of email waiting for you the following week.

 

#3: Remove The App From View

I often find myself in a staring contest with the Mail icon on my Mac Book Pro. When the app is visible on my computer’s dashboard, it usually wins, but even the most disciplined among us can get distracted by a “New Message” notification.

When I’m working on an important project, I always force quit the Mail app. This makes the icon temporarily disappear from my computer’s dashboard.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Force quitting the app not only hides it from view, it also turns off inbox notifications. I can always turn the app back on and visible on my computer’s dashboard via the search function.

Once I’m finished working on a particular project, I move the Mail icon back to my dashboard because I don’t want to miss out on a potential opportunity. Sometimes, though, I’ve missed things simply because I forgot to turn the app back on!

 

#4: Unsubscribe From 1 Newsletter A Day

BEFORE YOU CONTINUE READING: If you’ve heard it here first, don’t unsubscribe from my emails just because you’re following this method.

Okay, here we go.

While people mean well when they email you their latest updates, blog posts, videos or products, these emails quickly become overwhelming (especially if you’re subscribed to dozens of newsletters). More importantly, it’s easy to miss priority emails in the shuffle.

That’s why I recommend unsubscribing from one email list every day. Take a look at whose emails land in your inbox. I’ll bet you’re not actively engaging with many of those individuals, brands or products.

These are the lists you should unsubscribe from. If you’re not actively engaging with email content, you’ll do yourself (and the sender) a favor by unsubscribing.

Why are you doing the sender a favor? Because for every email you pass over — combined with many others who do the same — the sender may be flagged as spammer.

Not only that, it’s better to know when a receiver is not a prospect in order to build an email list of quality leads.

Think of your inbox as a pricey piece of real estate and get rid of anyone who isn’t paying the rent. Even senders you like, but with whom you do not engage, should be shown the door.

 

#5: Make Your Replies Short

The previous tactic will decrease the number of emails you’ll receive in a given day. However, you’ll still get emails from people making inquiries. They may ask for advice, whether you’d like to contribute to their blog, pitch a story, or something else.

Naturally you’ll have to respond to some of these emails.

But your responses don’t have to be lengthy. The rule I follow is to aim for making my email responses no longer than five sentences. Some of my replies are only one sentence long. I don’t have time to write several paragraphs, and the receiver most likely doesn’t have time to read them.

Many of my email contacts follow a similar mantra. Seth Godin and Neil Patel were both guests on my podcast. To land the interviews, I had to reach out via email, but our exchanges were short and sweet.

In fact, I don’t recall ever receiving an email from Seth or Neil that was more than one sentence. Nearly everything was a one-liner! Neither of them waste time on long emails; they get their message across clearly, succinctly (and politely) in one or two sentences instead of one or two paragraphs.

Why do I mention Neil Patel and Seth Godin? Because I admire them both for their contributions to the entrepreneurial community. Seth has written 18 bestselling books and Neil has founded several million-dollar companies.

Look at how your role models do business and mimic them. Then you’ll become a role model for others. Quick responses free up your time to focus on other things. I go by the maximum five-sentence rule, but when I can get my message across in one sentence, I do.

 

#6: Ask People To Shorten Their Replies

How many times have you had to read an email more than once to understand what it’s all about? These kinds of emails are annoying in every sense of the word. Here’s the rubric for most of them:

The first paragraph opens by stating credentials. The second paragraph repeats the same credentials. And the third paragraph is a mix of credentials and the actual request.

You’ve lost me after the first sentence. Here are my choices:

  • Completely ignore the email
  • Reply to the person and ask him/her to shorten the email to no more than five sentences
  • Read the last paragraph to see what the person wants from me

Of course, if I receive an email expressing gratitude, I read it word for word. I appreciate those kinds of emails, even if they’re lengthy!

But most people want to receive short emails that get straight to the point. Regardless of whether you make this request to your audience or not, be aware of this tip when you send emails to me (or anyone else).

 

In Conclusion

The inbox is a double-edged sword filled with opportunities and distractions. To rule your inbox’s world, you must become conscious of how you spend time with it, and monitor how it affects your ability to complete projects and achieve daily goals.

You can’t just eliminate your inbox, but you can’t let it rule your life either. Your inbox is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master. You are the keeper of the kingdom, and you must protect it from greedy landowners.

What are your thoughts on managing email and your inbox? Which of these tips resonated with you the most? Do you have any tips to share? Sound off in the comments section below.

Episode 21: How To Sell Over 2,000,000 eBooks With Adam Houge

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Adam Houge is an author and a beacon of hope for self-published authors. The status quo view of self-publishing is that it’s hard to make money and sell books. Adam proved both of this myths wrong by selling 2 million of his self-published book.

 

Adam’s initial motivation wasn’t to make money. He was more focused on spreading his valuable content and getting his books into the hands of as many readers as possible. He wrote a religious book in the midsts of a series of medical bills and retirement from his day job. This is the book he wanted to spread. After writing 100+ books (not a typo), he’s now done just that—spread his message. In this episode, he discusses how he found the time to write 100+ books. 

 

Adam also talked about overcoming the 30 day drop off in sales after your book gets published. He doesn’t just get sales in the short-term. His books continue generating sales years after they were published. We also talk about keywords and categories, Amazon’s SEO.

 

Adam treats us to a mini course on all things Kindle marketing. If you’ve got Kindle books that you want to promote, listening to this interview will greatly help you with your efforts.

 

As always, our guest shares his favorite inspirational quote, and much, much more.

 

 

Key Links from the Show

 

www.thefanbaseformula.com – Adam’s Training Course for Authors

www.adamhouge.com – Adam’s Personal Site

 

Learn:

 

– How to keep sales up on Amazon Kindle

– Why Keywords and Categories are so very important

– How to make your book reach the right people

– Adam’s best learned career lesson

– What most authors get wrong when first publishing

– Adam’s favorite inspirational quote