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Mon February 18, 2019

No More Starving Authors: How to Make More Money from your Writing

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It’s tough earning a GOOD LIVING from book advances and sales alone. The good news is, there are a variety of ways you can become an AUTHORpreneur and turn your writing into a satisfying full-time job. Sam speaks from experience; she has been doing it for 25 years. She will share best-practices on how to:

get paid to speak at conferences and for companies and associations
merchandise your work (have you thought of journals, posters, calendars?)
turn your insights and expertise into a step-by-step methodology organizations and individuals will gladly pay for
offer online courses and social media training videos on YouTube and Facebook that lead to income
coach people on your skills (if it offers a shortcut – people will pay you to teach it TO them or do it FOR them)
create an interactive community at your website so people become brand ambassadors and take you and your work viral
grow your visibility worldwide via posts on aggregate blog sites (e.g., LinkedIn and Medium)
If you want to write for the rest of your life, it’s important to expand your writing to other income-producing activities. The good news, you can do this without having to be “salesly.” Sam shows how to get your body of work out into the world through a variety of ways so you can do work you love that matters – and get paid for it.
It’s tough earning a GOOD LIVING from book advances and sales alone. The good news is, there are a variety of ways you can become an AUTHORpreneur and turn your writing into a satisfying full-time job. Sam speaks from experience; she has been doing it for 25 years. She will share best-practices on how to:

get paid to speak at conferences and for companies and associations
merchandise your work (have you thought of journals, posters, calendars?)
turn your insights and expertise into a step-by-step methodology organizations and individuals will gladly pay for
offer online courses and social media training videos on YouTube and Facebook that lead to income
coach people on your skills (if it offers a shortcut – people will pay you to teach it TO them or do it FOR them)
create an interactive community at your website so people become brand ambassadors and take you and your work viral
grow your visibility worldwide via posts on aggregate blog sites (e.g., LinkedIn and Medium)
If you want to write for the rest of your life, it’s important to expand your writing to other income-producing activities. The good news, you can do this without having to be “salesly.” Sam shows how to get your body of work out into the world through a variety of ways so you can do work you love that matters – and get paid for it.
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