Design Your Book to Sell Well Before You Write It, P2
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You don’t have to put your family life on the auction block to write a saleable book anymore. Simply write the solution. It’s a known fact problem solver books sell well; even better than other non-fiction books.
Here are a few tips to help you design your book to sell well before you even write it. Give your manuscript the test of solutions. Ask yourself the question, ‘What solutions does my book offer? To achieve maximum sales in the marketplace, write your book to offer solutions for two to three questions or problems in your field:
1) Inspire people to do something good. Weave inspiring stories into your book and sell more. The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership spent 18 straight months on the Business Week Business Best Seller List. Dr. Maxwell started each chapter with a short story of a famous person successfully using the chapter’s law of leadership.
2) Original, different information. Have you wondered what makes a new diet book sell well even when there are scores of diet books on the market? The author presents their unique set of successful diet rules, their exercise program, their perspective, their testimonials and their credentials. They use original, different information for the same results.
3) Success experiences that motivate your audience to do more, give more or share more. Share your experiences to motivate your audience. Share how you overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges in your field. It will motivate your audience to think if you did it; they can do it too.
4) Greater understanding of life. Have you been gifted with a deep understanding of life? Put small excerpts of your understanding throughout your book. Sprinkle your quotes along with other famous philosophers or world thinkers within your book.
5) Entertainment, humor or fun. Do you have a talent to make people laugh? Use it in your book. Provide a little oasis of escape for your readers. People love it when you entertain them. Intertwine funny stories into your non-fiction manuscript. Entertain them, make them laugh; they’ll love you for it. Best of all, they will have fun telling all their friends about your funny book.
Are you ready to start writing your solution oriented book yet? Did your book idea pass the test of solutions by answering questions in at least two areas? Great! Now that you know how to design your book to sell well, go ahead take the plunge. Don’t hesitate any longer. Start today. Your audience is waiting for your solution-oriented ideas and viewpoint. Make it different. Make it count. Make it yours.
Earma Brown
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web design book recommendations?
I am planning on starting my own website for my photography and writing. This is basically is a one-woman business so I am doing everything on my own. So before i buy my domain name and a website. I want to read up on web design and such so I know what I am doing and totally don’t ruin my site.
So what is a good book to look into that has a lot of information for web design. As of now I just want to put my work up there for display to get my name out there and with in the next few years when my portfolio is polished and ready I will start selling my work and hopefully get a client list. As for my writing I just want a secure and easy place to put my work out there because i get some good advice and criticism from readers (other than people i know) so I wanted to be able to put them up on my site so I can make sure they are secure and hopefully prevent them from getting stolen
Thanks for anyone who gives me recommendations.
I wouldn’t screw with creating your own site from scratch if you’ve never done it before, considering the importance of presenting a professional appearance when people visit it. Instead, I’d buy a domain name from http://www.godaddy.com (I’ve used them for years). Then host your site someplace for free like http://www.bravenet.com ; they allow you to apply your custom domain name (such as http://www.mysite.com or whatever), but you can then use their web building tools to easily build your web pages. Basically, using Bravenet, you just fiddle with the options regarding the appearance and it does the rest of the work.
Creating the entire sight from scratch using HTML is a LOT of work. If you do decide you absolutely want to do it all yourself, without the help of an online website builder, invest in a program such as Microsoft Front Page. Software like this helps you build it on your computer, and then you upload it to the web. Even these take some getting used to though.
Because you’re just starting out and aren’t going to really be bringing in an income just yet, stick with the free web storage like Bravenet (there are tons of others as well). The domain name costs around $10 a year, but to purchase paid web hosting would cost even more, and it’s not worth the money unless you have very specific needs for your site.
HTH!
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Hi; designing your own website can be a huge distraction and a waste of your time.
If you are inexperienced in website design, you can hire someone on eLance for around $100 or so that would build you a great looking website.
I would recommend that you spend your time thinking about what you want your website to do … and not how to build it.
Once you get your specifications set .. post a job on eLance. You’ll get plenty of qualified bidders.
Go Here: http://www.elance.com
Lou K
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