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ORIENTATION
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Welcome! Start Here
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Step 1: Meet Your Dedicated Team
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Step 2: Using Your Online Course
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Step 3: The Author Mindset
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Step 4: Complete Before Your Coaching Call
Module 1 - MIND MAP
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Step 1: Why You Need to Mind Map
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Step 2: Answer These Two Questions Before You Start
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Step 3: How to Mind Map
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Step 4: Mind Map in an Hour
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Step 5: How to Know When You're Done Mind Mapping
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Step 6: Pitfalls to Avoid
Module 2 - OUTLINE
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Step 1: Outline Your Book
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Step 2: How to Outline Each Chapter in Your Book
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Update Your Progress!
Module 3 - ROUGH DRAFT
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Step 1: Set Clear Book Targets (4:24)
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Step 2: Establish Good Writing Habits
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Step 3: Draft Your Book
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Word Count Tracker
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Rough Draft Resource Center
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Update Your Progress!
Module 4 - SELF EDITING
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Step 1: Approach to Self Editing
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Step 2: Let's Make Some Tweaks
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Step 3: Write Your Front And Back Matter
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Step 4: Copyright is more simple than you think
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Pause to Hire an Editor
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Step 5: Complete Your Verbal Read Through
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Update Your Progress!
Module 5 - PROFESSIONAL EDITING
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Proactivity with Book Production
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Step 1: Finalize Expectations With Your Editor
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Step 2: Send Your Book to the Editor & Make Final Edits
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Step 3: Create Your Lead Magnet
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Step 4: Create Your Landing Page
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Update Your Progress!
Module 6 - COVER DESIGN
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Step 1: Craft Your Title & Subtitle
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Step 2: Finalize Your Front and Back Cover Content
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Step 3: Get ISBN's & Barcodes
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Completely Optional: Library of Congress
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Step 4: Hire a Cover Designer
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Step 5: Get Feedback On Your Cover
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Update Your Progress!
Module 7 - FORMATTING
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Step 1: Hire a Formatter
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Update Your Progress!
Module 8 - Need to contact KDP?
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How to Get in Contact with KDP
Module 9 - LAUNCH
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Step 1: Understanding the 6-Week Launch Plan
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Step 2: Preparation Phase
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Step 3: Prelaunch Phase
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Step 4: Launch Phase
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Step 5: Watch Your Book Launch be announced in the Mastermind Community (MC)
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Celebrate your book launch with us! (Update your progress!)
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We want to feature you!
Module 10 - INTRO TO ADVANCED MARKETING
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The 3-Legged Stool
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Setting Up Automated Ads
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Want more content like this? Let's talk!
Module 11 - ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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Printing & Fulfillment Options / Estimates
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Who Else?
Module 12 - AUDIOBOOK A-Z
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Why an audiobook?
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Who should record your audiobook?
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Uploading your audiobook
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Launching and marketing your audiobook
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Final Tips and encouragement
Children's Book School
Student Orientation
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Start Here
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Getting Started With The Course
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Joining Group Coaching Calls
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Mastermind Communities
Preview
How to Download and Use Zoom
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If You Have Questions Going Through the Program
Writing Foundations
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Mindset Matters (8:09)
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Setting Your Writing Foundation (3:11)
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WHY We Write for Kids - How Story Empowers Kids to Shape our World
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Teacher Tips for Planning Your Story (11:47)
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Finding Your Idea (25:06)
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Getting UNstuck (with Character Interview Option) (8:12)
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How to Write a Quality Picture Book (template included)
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How to Write a Quality Early Reader (3:04)
Writing Your Rough Draft
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Get Your Rough Draft Done in 7 Days! (0:52)
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Day 1 - Get Your Draft Done - Ideas (1:34)
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Day 2 - Get Your Draft Done - Plotline
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Day 3 - Get Your Draft Done - Building Story (0:56)
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Day 4 - Get Your Draft Done - Scenes (1:27)
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Day 5 - Get Your Draft Done - Favorite Line (2:02)
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Day 6 - Get Your Draft Done - Book Dummy (5:08)
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Day 7 - Get Your Draft Done (2:29)
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Track Your Word Count With This New Tool!
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Update Your Progress! (1:10)
Book Editing
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Self Editing
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Am I Ready for an Editor? (1:12)
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Hiring an Editor (6:44)
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What To Do While the Editor Has Your Book (5:09)
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Finding Keywords and Categories (9:46)
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How to Create a Best Selling Book Title
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(Optional) Lead Magnets
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How to Write a Winning Book Description
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Update Your Progress!
Getting Illustrations
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Finding an Illustrator (21:51)
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Templates for Hiring and Contracts
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Choosing a Book Size
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Doing Your Own Artwork
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Update Your Progress!
Book Production
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Book Production! (1:13)
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Author Bio and Photo (2:34)
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IngramSpark vs KDP vs Novelty Presses (6:20)
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Cover Design (3:39)
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Hiring A Formatter
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Purchasing Your ISBN, Generating your Barcode, and Deciding what Name to Publish under
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Book Review Link to Place in Lead Magnet
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(Optional) Bonus Interview with Chris Stead on Designing Children's Books
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Update Your Progress!
Contact with KDP
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If you need to get in contact with KDP...
Publishing and Launching
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Pricing Your Book (3:08)
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Printing & Fulfillment Options / Estimates
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What are Launch Teams and Why are They Important? (6:53)
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The Language of Launch (4:54)
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Launch Overview & Timeline
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Choosing a Launch Strategy (8:48)
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The 5 Touches of Your Launch Team (4:38)
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Getting Reviews
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Unexpected Detours (4:54)
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Preparing to Publish (34:19)
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Hitting Publish (2:06)
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Getting a Clean Amazon Link (3:52)
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Setting Up Your Author Central Account (4:53)
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Add Your Book to the Library of Congress
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Celebrate your book launch with us! (Update your progress!)
I'm Published, Now What?
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Virtual School & Author Visits (24:12)
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Promotions and Awards
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Author Collaborations (11:04)
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Responding to Reviews (5:32)
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Copyright Registration
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Selling Your Book (11:54)
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Publicity and Media
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Accompanying Stuffed Animals
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We want to feature you!
Anyone Else?
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Who Else? (4:31)
Supplemental Content from Wendy Van de Poll, Bestselling Author & SPS Ambassador
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Intro & Why Children's Books
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Mindmap & Outline (2 videos)
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Target Audience (2 videos)
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Illustrator
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Tips for Adults (And Helping Kids Write Books with Josh Shipp)
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Comparing Pros/Cons of Children's Books
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To Publish and Launch Well...
Audiobook A-Z
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Why an audiobook?
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Who should record your audiobook?
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Uploading your audiobook
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Launching and marketing your audiobook
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Final tips and encouragement
Market Your Book
Sell More Books: Orientation and Your Marketing Done-for-you
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Market Your Book: Orientation Checklist
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Your DFY Marketing Deliverables (5:34)
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How to Fill in and Submit Your DFY Marketing Form (8:04)
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Sell More Books: How to Access the Weekly Group Coaching Call
Module 1: Your Book Foundations
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Your Compelling Book Cover
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Crafting a Compelling Book Description
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Maximizing A+ Content
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Pricing Your Book Strategically
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Maximizing the 'Read Sample' Feature (2:57)
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Your Author Page (6:46)
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Reviews and Social Proof (6:07)
Module 2: Vision, Goals and Strategy
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Vision: Where are you going? (Fill out this form)
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Defining Your Vision
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Establishing Your Author Goals
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The "Reverse Engineering" Process
Module 3: The Book Marketing Mindset (for Authors)
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Embracing the Dual Role of Author and Marketer
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The 4 Fears of Book Marketing
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How to Manage Shiny Object Syndrome
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Focus: Staying on Course in a World of Distractions
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Money Matters: The Mindset of Spending vs. Investing
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Rest, Relaxation, and Reflection
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Building an Unbreakable Mindset
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Cultivating the Writing and Reading Mindset
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Bonus: Mindset and Consistency (with Ramy Vance)
Module 4: The 7 Pillars of Book Marketing
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Pillar 1: Craft and Content Creation
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Pillar 2: Traffic
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Pillar 3: Book Product Page (Foundations)
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Pillar 4: Audience Building
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Pillar 5: Profit and Tracking
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Pillar 6: Continuous Learning and Adaptation
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Pillar 7: Productivity, Planning and Habits
Module 5: Amazon Ads Mastery for Authors
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AMS Ads: How to Research Specific Keywords
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How to Set Up Your First Automated Targeting Ad
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AMS Ads: How to Set Up Sponsored Product Ads
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AMS Ads: How to Check Ad Performance
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AMS Ads: Running Simultaneous Campaigns
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AMS Ads: (ADVANCED!) How to Use Cerebro for Keyword Research
Module 6: Bookbub Ads Mastery for Authors
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What is BookBub Marketing?
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How to Set Up Your First Ad
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BookBub Ads: How to Set Up Your Budget & Cost Per Impressions
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BookBub Ads: How to Split Test Your Ads
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Bookbub Featured Deal: How to Apply for an Exclusive Deal with Bookbub (6:14)
Module 7: Social Media Marketing (for Authors)
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Social Media for Authors
Module 8: Landing Podcast Interviews
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The 3-R's to Land 5 Podcast Interviews (Chandler Bolt)
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Create Your Pipeline for Podcast Interviews (Chandler Bolt)
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Book Your First (or Next) Podcast (Chandler Bolt)
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Stacking Wins: Adding More Podcast / Media Wins to Your Platform
Module 9: Create a Bestselling Book Series and Boxset
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Plan Your Series / Box Set
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Create Your Series Page
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Create Your Boxset Series Page
Module 10: Relaunching Your Book
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Why You Should Launch / Re-Launch an Audiobook or Paperback
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How to Un-Publish & Re-Publish
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How to Get Your Book Rights Back
Module 11: Audiobook Mastery for Authors
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Audiobook Mastery: Overview
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How to Make an Audiobook (video with Chandler)
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Alternate Audiobook Strategies with Ramy
Recording Archives: Weekly Group Coaching Calls
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October 24th, 2023 (125:11)
The "Write Now" Challenge Recordings
Write Now Challenge Videos
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Day 1: Confirm Your Book Idea
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Day 2: Define Your Avatar
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Day 3: Mindmap Your Idea
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Day 4: Turning Your Mindmap Into an Outline
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Day 5: 5 Critical Next Steps for Success
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Bonus Day!
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Transcripts
Author Advantage Live Videos
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John Maxwell AAL
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Your Story Matters - Rachael Williams AAL
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Book Branch Method - Bella Pope AAL
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Aim for What Matters - Dillon Barr AAL
Extra Resources
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Mind Map Template
START HERE: Online Course Building For Authors
Orientation
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Introduction (1:33)
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Complete Before Your Welcome Call (2:01)
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Logistics & Details (7:06)
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Contract with Myself
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Transcripts
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Time to Dive In!
Plan and Develop Your Course
Getting Started
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Getting started (2:37)
Define Your Course
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Project Development Overview (6:54)
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Person: Define Your Avatar (13:46)
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Pain: Discover their pain point (7:01)
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Promise: Establish your promise (5:51)
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Package: Determine what the deliverables will be (7:23)
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Package 2: What makes your course different? (3:50)
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Price: Set a price (14:34)
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Technology Checklist (4:31)
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Fill out this form when you've created your offer!
Principles from Chandler Bolt
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How to Charge what you are Worth
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Done is Better than Perfect
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How to solve problems as they come up
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How to Set Yearly, Monthly, Weekly and Daily Goals
Getting your first 10 students via pre-sales
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Why do pre-sales? (7:30)
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Getting started with Pre-Sales (3:37)
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Find a Reason for the Call (6:15)
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Setting up your application (2:36)
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Reaching out to 10 people (5:07)
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Getting your first 20 calls booked (2:31)
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Pre-sales SPS Example (3:34)
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Fill out this form when you've started your product launch!
Phone Sales Plan
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Setting Expectations (3:38)
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Success and Why (2:41)
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Uncover the Challenges (3:21)
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The Close: Part 1 (4:09)
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The Close: Part 2 (8:30)
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Handling common objections (3:40)
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Sample Sales Script
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Getting ready for the Phone Call (2:18)
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Fill out this form when you've secured your first sale!
Getting Ready to Move On!
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What's Next?
Create and Upload Your Course
Resources
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Content Layout Template
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SPS 50% off deal for Teachable (3:31)
Mind Map and Outline Your Content
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Introduction (2:29)
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Meet Your Teacher (2:09)
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Mind Map (6:28)
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If You Haven't Published Yet (6:22)
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Outline (10:33)
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Objectives (11:03)
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Using Different Mediums (10:50)
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Fill out this form when you've created your course wireframe!
Create Your Videos
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Creating video content
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Microphone setup (10:49)
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Camera setup (9:31)
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Creating Intros and outros (6:25)
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Video Editing Software (6:27)
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Using Canva.com to Create Branded Content and Workbooks (6:55)
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Schedule your recordings (8:31)
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Using Camtasia for Video Editing (9:01)
Upload Your Course
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Where to Host Your Course (13:57)
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Intro to Teachable (6:29)
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SPS 50% off deal for Teachable (3:31)
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Setting Up Your Course (7:18)
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Building Your Curriculum (11:27)
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Overall Site Settings in Teachable (10:02)
Sales Page
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Sales Page vs Phone Sales (7:05)
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Anatomy of a Sales Page (9:00)
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Payment Options and Fees (8:50)
Publish Your Course
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Publish Your Course
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Fill out this form when you've published your course!!
Getting Ready to Move On!
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What's Next
Market and Sell Your Course
Resources
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Sample Email Copy for Webinar Registration
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Sample Email Copy for Webinar Follow Up
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Sample Sales Script
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Course Funnel Guide (9:11)
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Example Marketing Workflow (6:34)
Start with a Beta Group
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Creating a Beta Group ( Like a Launch Team ) (7:16)
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Getting Feedback from your Beta Group (8:22)
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Fill out this form when you've collected 1 testimonial!
Create your Webinar
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Webinar Overview (3:03)
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Why is a Webinar Important? (5:59)
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How to Structure Your Webinar (13:07)
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Webinar Example: SPS VIP Program (76:05)
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Webinar Example: Sell More Books (84:33)
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Sample Email Copy for Webinar Registration
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Sample Webinar Landing Page
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Sample Email Copy for Webinar Follow Up
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Webinar Software (8:06)
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Using Webinar Jam (11:04)
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Using Zoom Webinars (11:10)
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Fill out this form when you've created your webinar!
Advanced Principles for Marketing
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Features vs Benefits vs Results (5:50)
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6 Principles of Persuasion (11:01)
Sales
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Sales Page vs Phone Sales (7:05)
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Anatomy of a Sales Page (9:00)
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Payment Options and Fees (8:50)
Selling Your Course with Phone Sales
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Sales Call: Setting Expectations (3:38)
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Sales Call: Success and Why (2:41)
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Sales Call: Uncover the Challenges (3:21)
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Sales Call: The Close Part 1 (4:09)
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Sales Call: The Close Part 2 (8:30)
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Sales Call: Objection Handling (3:40)
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Sample Sales Script
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Fill out this form when you've made your first 10 sales!!
What is next?
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Celebration Time!
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We want to feature you!
Optional Advanced Marketing Strategies: The 3 Million Dollar Webinar Funnel
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The Tech Needed
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Meet your teacher: Jordan Schumacher (1:08)
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The Anatomy of a Webinar Funnel (3:37)
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Defining Your Hook (20:13)
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Landing Page Copy (8:53)
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Webinar Registration Emails (18:09)
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Facebook Ad Copy (21:11)
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Email and Facebook Follow up Copy (12:56)
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Creating Your Landing Page (10:55)
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Overview of Email Funnel (5:38)
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Building The Webinar Segmentation (11:42)
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Building The Webinar Followup (9:00)
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Facebook Ad Overview (6:00)
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Creating Your Ad Media (5:06)
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Installing Your Facebook Pixel (7:05)
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Creating Custom Conversions (6:25)
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Creating Your Audience (12:14)
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Launching Your Registration Campaign (15:27)
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Launching Your Retargeting Ads (6:44)
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KPI Reporting Process (12:52)
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Making Campaign Optimizations (7:57)
Anyone Else?
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Who else?
START HERE: Fundamentals of Fiction, Memoirs and Story
Orientation Checklist
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Complete Before Your Welcome Call (2:01)
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Logistics & Details (7:06)
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Navigating the Course (2:56)
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Preparing for Your First Coaching Call (4:14)
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Joining Group Coaching Calls (3:58)
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Extra Course Resources (4:18)
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Connecting to the Community (4:31)
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Tell us more about you!
Fiction, Memoirs and Story: Writing, Editing, & Mindset
MODULE 1 - BEFORE YOU BEGIN
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Welcome Video (8:00)
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Quick Start Guide (2:54)
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Step 1: The 5 Milestones: What Does It Take to Make a Kick-Ass Story
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Step 2: 5 Milestones HACK: From Your Villain's POV
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Step 3: Genres
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Step 4: Writing to Market
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Step 5: To Write or Not to Write a Series
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Step 6: World Building - An Overview (7:53)
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Step 7: The Different Perspectives in Fiction
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Step 8: The Different Tenses in Fiction (21:17)
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Step 9: Putting It All Together
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Step 10: Fiction Book Outline Template
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Update Your Progress!
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BONUS - Additional Resources
WRITING MEMOIR - This module bridges the gap between classic story telling and memoir!
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Welcome Video
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Step 1: What is Memoir
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Step 2: Memoir as Storytelling
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Step 3: Memoir Structure
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Step 4: Memoir vs Self-Help
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Step 5: Memoir vs Biography
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BONUS: The 3 Rules to Writing a Memoir (11:37)
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BONUS: Theme vs. Premise (12:13)
MODULE 2 - TIMELINES AND STYLE
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Welcome Video
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Step 1: A Note about Style
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Step 2: Finding Your 5 Milestones Again
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Step 3: Dripping Out Information (14:13)
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Step 4: Conquering Writer’s Block
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Step 5: Timelines
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Step 6: To Outline or Not to Outline a Series - that is the QUESTION!
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Step 7: How to Outline a Series
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Step 8: Mind-Mapping and Outlining - A Practical Guide to Creating Your Story Structure
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Update Your Progress!
MODULE 3 - WRITING A KICK-ASS SCENE
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Welcome Video
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Step 1: Action/Reaction
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Step 2: First Lines (8:25)
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Step 3: First Chapter
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Step 4: Chapters, Breaks and Parts
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Step 5: Hooks
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Step 6: The Big NO-NO!
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Step 7: The Right Amount of Description
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Step 8: Dialogue
MODULE 4 - CHARACTERS, SETTING AND RESEARCH
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Welcome Video
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Step 1: The Anatomy of a Great Character
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Step 2: Establishing Connection and Empathy
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Step 3: Amazing Villains
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Step 4: Why Sequels are so Important
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Step 5: Proactive vs Reactive
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Step 6: Creating Characters (11:45)
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Step 7: Character Development
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Step 8: The Fundamentals of Setting (10:02)
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Step 9: World Building
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Step 10: Setting as the Villain
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Step 11: Dripping out Information - Expanded
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Step 12: Research and Writing are Two Different Muscles
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Step 13: Getting Started with Research and some Tools (9:09)
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Track Your Word Count With This New Tool!
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Update Your Progress!
MODULE 5 - THE WRITER'S MINDSET
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Welcome Video
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Step 1: Certainty
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Step 2: The One Percent
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Step 3: The Writing Habit (24:17)
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Step 4: Average Word Count
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Step 5: Read, Read, Read
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Step 6: Borrowing Another Author’s Voice
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Step 7: Your Best Work is still in Front of You
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Update Your Progress!
MODULE 6 - SELF-EDITING
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Welcome Video
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Refer a Friend Page
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Additional Book Content (Do Not Skip!)
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Step 1: Track Changes (5:03)
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Step 2: Files Used in Editing (3:47)
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Step 3: The 3 Rounds of Editing
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Step 4: What Does It Mean to Be Well-Written
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Step 5: Everything They Need to Know (9:38)
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Step 6: Set-ups and Pay-offs Extended (10:58)
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Step 7: How Long Should Self-Editing Take
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Update Your Progress!
MODULE 7 - HIRING AN EDITOR
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Welcome Video (0:45)
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Step 0: Now Offering Done-For-You Services
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Step 1: BETA-Readers
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Step 2: The 2 Kinds of Editors (7:33)
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Step 3: Hiring an Editor
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Step 4: Finding an Editor (3:43)
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Step 5: How to Receive Feedback (7:22)
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Step 6: How to Know You are Ready (2:43)
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Step 7: Lead Magnets (4:40)
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Reedsy, Ebook Launch, and The Preferred Outsourcer List (Rolodex)
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Update Your Progress!
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NEXT STEPS!
EXPERT HANGOUTS
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Expert Hangouts (164:55)
Fiction, Memoirs and Story: Launching Your Book
MODULE 8 - GETTING READY TO PUBLISH
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Welcome Video
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Step 1: The Six and Half Reasons Someone Will Buy Your Book
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Step 2: Covers
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Is your Cover Design complete? Click here!
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Step 3: Titles
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Step 4: Book Descriptions (2:30)
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Step 5: Author Bio and Picture (2:28)
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Step 6: Creating Your Lead Magnet (11:52)
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Step 7: Formatters (9:47)
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Step 8: Purchase Your ISBN - 3:18
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Update Your Progress!
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BONUS CONTENT (32:46)
Contact with KDP
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Need to get in contact with KDP?
MODULE 9 - HITTING PUBLISH
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Welcome Video
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Step 1: Categories and Keywords (24:49)
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Step 2: Publishing Your Book (21:38)
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Step 3: Setting Up Your First Promotion (2:03)
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Step 4: Hit Publish
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Celebrate your book launch with us! (Update your progress!)
MODULE 10 - LAUNCH TEAMS AND LAUNCH CALENDARS
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Welcome Video (0:30)
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Step 1: What are Launch Teams and Why are They Important
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Step 2: The Marketer’s Mindset
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Step 3: The 5 Touches of Your Launch Team (13:16)
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Step 4: Your First Promo - An Overview
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Step 5: Your Launch Plan + Calendar (20:19)
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Step 6: Should I Launch During the Holidays
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Step 7: Library of Congress
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NEXT STEPS!
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Update Your Progress!
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We want to feature you!
Fiction, Memoirs and Story: The Business of Writing
HOW TO MARKET YOUR BOOK
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Welcome Video (1:13)
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Step 1: Understanding Amazon’s Algorithm (6:10)
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Step 2: The Staggered Launch (18:38)
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Step 3: Cross Promotions (4:35)
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Step 4: Side Hustle (13:25)
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Step 5: Newsletter Automations (25:02)
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Step 6: Getting your Book into More Categories (0:32)
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Step 7: Managing Your Peeps - FB Groups vs FB Pages (22:57)
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Step 8: Finding Your Readers ... A Tier 1 Deep Dive (8:53)
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Step 9: Managing Your Marketing Budget - the SIMPLE WAY (12:32)
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Step 10: It All Starts With Your Tier Ones (5:08)
THE BUSINESS OF WRITING
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Welcome Video (0:51)
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Step 1: The Two Strategies (9:43)
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Step 2: The Power Of Measurement (5:59)
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Step 3: How To Make A Google Doc Copy (1:55)
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Step 4: The Writing Streak (9:25)
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Step 5: Your Publishing And Marketing Schedule (11:57)
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Step 6: Publishing Budget (13:13)
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Step 7: The Elevator Pitch (6:02)
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Step 8: To Go Wide Or Not To Go Wide (17:29)
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Step 9: Working With Others (12:29)
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What's Next for You? (5:06)
EXTRA RESOURCES
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Welcome Video (0:58)
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Step 1: Continued Studies (6:10)
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Step 2: Author Associations (11:28)
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Step 3: Useful Tools (28:11)
A FINAL THOUGHT
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A FINAL THOUGHT (1:46)
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Who Else?
AUDIOBOOK A-Z
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Why an audiobook?
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Who should record your audiobook?
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Uploading your audiobook
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Launching and marketing your audiobook
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Final tips and encouragement
Full-Time Fiction
Orientation
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Orientation Checklist
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How To Download & Use Playbooks
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Full-Time Fiction Group Coaching Calls
Milestone 0: Setting Up For Success
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What It Takes to be FULL-TIME
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Mindset 1: The 4 Things You Need to Make It
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Mindset 2: What Do You Want (Your Why)
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How to Make the MOST of this Course
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Sign Up for the Following
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The One Thing
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What You Get
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Doing It In Half the Time (Tech Tip)
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Transcripts
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Milestone 1: Identify Your Tier Ones
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KENP vs Sales - Making Money on Amazon
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Understanding the Algorithm and Using That to Your Advantage
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Cyber Stalking
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Milestone 1 Playbook: Cyber-Stalking Document
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Click here when you've created your Tier 1s Playbook!
Milestone 2: Plan Your Next Series Playbook
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How To Use This Section
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The Psychology of Addictive Writing
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Rigging Your Book for Read-Through
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Addictive Characters
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The Power of Tropes
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Writing Quickly - Tips & Tricks
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Switching Genres
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Milestone 2 Playbook: Planning a Series
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Milestone 2 Playbook: Planning a Universe
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Click here when you've created your Series Playbook!
Milestone 3: Your Branding Playbook
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Branding Overview
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Covers and Blurbs
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Social Media and Newsletter Best Practices
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Milestone 3 Playbook: Your Branding Playbook
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Milestone 4: Your Launch Playbook
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Overview
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Your Keywords & Categories (47:40)
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Promotions and Swaps
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Launch Marketing
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WIN: Launching Book 1 in the Series
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Launching Next Book in the Series (Rapid Release)
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Republishing Strategies & Launches (4:53)
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Life Cycle of a Book and Boxed Set Launches
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Audiobook Launch
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Getting On a Major Best Sellers List (5:57)
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Click here when you've created your Launch Playbook!
Writing and Launching More Books?
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Celebrate your book launch with us!
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Set up a free title with IngramSpark!
Milestone 5: Your Advanced Marketing Playbook
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Marketing versus Advertising
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Advanced Social Media Marketing
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Facebook Pages Versus Facebook Groups (22:57)
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Newsletter Management (24:14)
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Side Hustle (13:25)
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Public Relations and Speaking
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How Do You Know It's Working?
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WIN: The Ultimate Marketing Playbook
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Click here when you've created your Marketing Playbook!
Milestone 6: Your AMS Advertising Playbook
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AMS Ads
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BONUS - Expert Interviews Section
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Expert Interview with six-figure fiction authors (179:32)
Milestone 7: Your 1 Year Plan
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The One Year Gameplan
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Bonus - Filling out your PUBLISHING Calendar
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Click here when you've created your 1-year plan!
Milestone 8: Your KPI Playbooks
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Measure What's Measurable
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Your Sell-Through/Read-Through Calculator
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Click here when you've created your Measurables Playbook!
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SPS+ Group Coaching
SPS+ Group Coaching Call Calendar
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SPS+ Group Coaching Call Calendar
Author Advantage Live 2021
Author Advantage Live Day1 Recordings
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Day 1 Recordings
Author Advantage Live Day 2 Recordings
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Day 2 Recordings
Author Advantage Live Day 3 Recordings
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Day 3 Recordings
The Author Advantage Accelerator Program
Welcome: How to Get the Most out of AAA
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Get Support
Important Links
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The Monday Night Group Coaching with Chandler: Zoom Link
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AAA Facebook Group
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Workshop Recordings
Book Production Services: Before You Begin
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Step 1: Meet the AAA Team
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Step 2: Learn about each Book Production service
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Step 3: Learn about what to expect with the Book Production process
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Step 4: Check if you have everything you need BEFORE starting Book Production
Book Production Services: Phase 1
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Step 1: Start Phase 1 of Book Production Services
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Step 2: How to send files to the Book Production team
Book Production Services: Phase 2
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Step 1: Start Phase 2 of Book Production Services (21:19)
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Step 2: Register for your KDP account
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Step 4: Contact podcasts from your Nifty 50 list (1:10)
Book Production Services: Phase 3
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Step 1: Learn what to expect when our team uploads your book to KDP
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Step 2: Learn what to do when your book goes live on Amazon
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Step 3: Celebrate!
The Author Advantage Accelerator Fiction Program
Welcome: How to get the most out of AAA!
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Step 1: Meet the Team, Get Support & Know What You Bought!
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Step 2: What Calls to Join!
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Step 3: AAA Facebook Group
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Step 4: Workshop Recordings
Book Production Phase 1: How to Begin
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Step 1: How Book Production Works!
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Step 2: Activate your Book Production by Meeting with your Coach
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Step 3: Example of Questions for Form 1 to prepare prior to your first Book Production Meeting with your coach!
Important Things to Do & Know
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Step 1: How to Send & Receive files with the Book Production team
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Step 2: Register for your KDP account
Book Production Phase 2: Marketing
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Phase 2 of Book Production services
Fiction Book Production Services
Book Production: How to Begin
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Step 1: Meet the Team & Get Support
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Step 2: How Book Production Works!
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Step 3: Activate your Book Production by Meeting with your Coach
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Step 4: Example of Questions for Form 1 to prepare prior to your first Book Production Meeting with your coach!
Important Things to Do & Know
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Step 1: How to Send & Receive files with the Book Production team
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Step 2: Register for your KDP account
How to Write AND Publish a Book in 30 days
Module 1: Introduction
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Introduction (0:54)
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Who Am I? (1:03)
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Reason to Write a Book (2:14)
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What Do We Cover in the Course? (1:38)
Module 2: The Best Way to Start Writing a Book
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Introduction (0:47)
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The Three Questions of Authenticity (4:49)
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Myths About Writing (3:48)
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Time Management (2:33)
Module 3: The Arc of the Hero
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Introduction (0:29)
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The Arc of the Hero (4:09)
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Star Wars (2:55)
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Moses (4:56)
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Walt Disney (4:42)
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Common Tweet (2:53)
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Romance Novel (3:02)
Module 4: The Craft of Writing
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Can I Really Write a Book in 30 Days? (6:11)
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Why? (8:18)
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Is AI My Competitor? (3:26)
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How I Learned About Storytelling the Hard Way (3:35)
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12 Best "First Lines" (24:09)
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How to Write an Introduction (10:24)
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The Warren Buffet 5/25 Rule (5:49)
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Warren Buffet 5/25, Can You Master All of Them? (5:11)
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The F-K Scores (5:35)
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How to Use the FK Score System (2:42)
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9 Ways to Overcome Writer's Block (8:53)
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My Best Writing Tips (16:01)
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Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing (14:10)
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How to Publish Your Book (5:10)
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How to Find Roles on Fiverr (3:34)
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How to Publish on Amazon/KDP (5:07)
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How to Market Your Book (20:09)
Module 5: The Four Book Concepts
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Introduction (5:06)
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The 101 Technique (7:52)
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The Habits Concept (4:40)
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Jesus Diet (10:06)
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How to Steal From Academic Technique (6:09)
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How to Use Academic Research Papers (6:49)
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Conclusion (1:31)