A New ONLINE MARKETING Report:
From One Future Thinking Internet Solopreneur to Another

In hard times like these, discovering how to increase profits is always the most rewarding experience for every business leader.

What are the options? Well, it really should not be any surprise that the absolute top way that is discovered for the entrepreneur improve the bottom line is to learn how to self-publish and market a book and work toward becoming a bestselling author.

Congratulations, you’ve decided to publish a book…that’s great! Being a bestselling author can gain you recognition and help your business draw higher numbers of clients If such things are your only reasons, then the sooner you publish and market a book, the better. However, if you are just focusing on having a book fast, you might miss one of the best reasons for having a book…and that is to make money.

Getting an eternal bestseller credential and attracting more clients can actually be achieved quicker and easier says top business advisor DrProactive Randy Gilbert, if you “slow down and take some time to create a bestselling business around your book”. He says that you will be rewarded with an outstandingbook, higher profits, and a continuing stream of revenue that far exceeds what you would have otherwise made with just a book.

DrProactive calls it a “bestselling business,” because it can make you a bestselling author and a millionaire at the same time. Learning how to write and market a book and building a business around it at the same time is critical.

There are a number of components that can help market your book successfully, no matter what its subject. If you want to sell lots of copies and make it a bestseller, then some features are essential. Everyone knows that in order for your book to be sold in retail stores, it must have an EAN barcode, an ISBN number, and certain bindings and features.

However, if you add certain less well known features to your book, you will hugely expand your book’s marketability. Did you know that there are a few common features in almost every New York Times bestseller? You can take advantage of the marketing research of the giant publishing houses to help your own book sell more copies.

Below are 7 of the top book features that will make your book much easier to market and promote to bestseller status. When you design these features into your book (right from the beginning), you will market your book faster and better than other authors who fail to do so.

Feature 1 – Begin with a powerful theme and grow it. {Give your book a zesty title that grabs attention}. Write your book outline to be specific about what will attract the right people to your book. Just gathering a list of your best ideas and putting a cover on it is not enough. You may get a book written quickly, but it probably won’t sell very well. You need a book that you and others will be excited to market.

Feature 2 – Get stories from people other than yourself and you will be viewed as the expert of experts. Ask people in your field to share a personal story with a self-help element relating to something in your outline. You’ll reach a bigger audience if each story provides benefits and helps the reader to see how they could apply the lesson to their own situation. In every story, you should mix in Tips, strategies, insider secrets, specific examples, and important resources, whether they be from you or someone else.

Feature 3 – Quote lots of experts and you’ll build in promotional value. Each quote should be selected to fit in the topic and message of that chapter. Some experts may be flattered enough that they will help promote your book to their customers, which helps both of you. And, they might even buy some for themselves to give away to colleagues and special clients.

Feature 4 – Be proactive in asking for interviews and endorsements, and selecting a great person to write the Foreword of your book. Use interviews with experts to get topical examples for your chapters of the book, and get audio or video clips to use for promoting. Your book will have greater credibility by including interviews and endorsements from experts.

Feature 5 – Give credit to the individuals and groups who helped create the book. You might also seek a corporate sponsor who might fund some of the expenses in exchange for a prominent mention in the book. And it is often very helpful to seek out a sponsor to partner with in your promotion.

Feature 6 – Your book will be much easier to read and reference if you include an index. This is often an overlooked feature, however it makes your book more saleable to libraries, which of course is a huge buyer of books and will increase your reading audience..

Feature 7 – Create a resource section with a topical rolodex. List numerous agencies, organizations, associations, services, and other professionals related to your book’s subject. This feature will help increase your audience, and give those listed in the rolodex a reason to help you distribute and promote the book.

Extra Feature – Include a bibliography. Many people want to buy copies of books that reference their own book in a bibliography. Also, it makes your book more attractive those doing research. You can list the books of all the authors who were interviewed, quoted, or who gave stories and examples.

ACTION STEP:

The more features above you can add to your book, the easier it will be to market and promote. Especially focus on the features that get other people involved in your book, because the more that you involve others and promote them, the more likely they will help you in promoting your book… it is called the Law of Reciprocity and it works like a charm.

If you need help to learn more about how to market a book that makes money and makes you a bestselling author, then you must use the secret recipe that top authors use to successfully hit that goal. Make a decision to use the Key Factors outlined above and keep your eye on the ball, and you’ll knock it out of the park

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