Writing and coaching.
Has anybody made serious money selling books on Kindle? I am writing 3 books and plan to launch them on Kindle at the same time and market the hell out of them for as little $$ as possible. I am a non-published, non-established author.
One of them is a mystery novel that should develop into a series. I don't like writing mystery novels per se but it's what sells. Anyway, I also have a master's degree in psych and a coaching certificate and will be launching the coaching business.
So at least the web site and credentials will give purchasers some sense of who I am when purchasing the books. Case in point, I found a Kindle book on emotionally healthy relationships $4.99 but the author was unkown and didn't have a psych background. I woudlnn't buy his book, but I bought others that were counselors, ec.
The problem, as I see it and what MJ refers to in his book, is there are a ton of "coaches" and authors out there. A lot of what I consider to be low cost entry points..I can't think of a way to franchise (?) a coaching business to make $$$.
I can think of a couple things that make me unique...and I feel like I have all the elements, but I'm not sure how to go from an unknown to eventually becoming a Deepak Chopra or Wayne Dyer, or if that is even possible (seem to me like the market is saturated already).
I can think of things that make me mad, like crappy customer service. I know of one coach who doesn't execute very well (return timely phone calls, crowded web site hard to read), yet her client list is always full...
Any thoughts? Comments? Jokes?
Wendy in Denver (there are two of us, actually)
Has anybody made serious money selling books on Kindle? I am writing 3 books and plan to launch them on Kindle at the same time and market the hell out of them for as little $$ as possible. I am a non-published, non-established author.
One of them is a mystery novel that should develop into a series. I don't like writing mystery novels per se but it's what sells. Anyway, I also have a master's degree in psych and a coaching certificate and will be launching the coaching business.
So at least the web site and credentials will give purchasers some sense of who I am when purchasing the books. Case in point, I found a Kindle book on emotionally healthy relationships $4.99 but the author was unkown and didn't have a psych background. I woudlnn't buy his book, but I bought others that were counselors, ec.
The problem, as I see it and what MJ refers to in his book, is there are a ton of "coaches" and authors out there. A lot of what I consider to be low cost entry points..I can't think of a way to franchise (?) a coaching business to make $$$.
I can think of a couple things that make me unique...and I feel like I have all the elements, but I'm not sure how to go from an unknown to eventually becoming a Deepak Chopra or Wayne Dyer, or if that is even possible (seem to me like the market is saturated already).
I can think of things that make me mad, like crappy customer service. I know of one coach who doesn't execute very well (return timely phone calls, crowded web site hard to read), yet her client list is always full...
Any thoughts? Comments? Jokes?
Wendy in Denver (there are two of us, actually)
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