The best Business Writing Skills eBooks: Reddit reviews

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https://www.amazon.com/Conversationally-Speaking-Increase-Personal-Effectiveness-ebook/dp/B074NLXVYB/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=conversationally+speaking&qid=1617329417&sr=8-1

not for real though, if you don't want to talk to someone then I fully support not talking to them

I read a helpful book on this subject recently: "Write to Market" by Chris Fox. It is not specific to the romance genre, but it IS pretty specific to Amazon, explaining their ranking system, how to research, etc. etc.

If you have a KU subscription, you can borrow it and read it for free.

https://www.amazon.com/Write-Market-Deliver-Faster-Smarter-ebook/dp/B01AX23B4Q

Here are a few things to examine:

1) Are you marketing the books? Do you have a reader magnet/free book? Do you do book promotions with other authors on Bookfunnel or Prolific Works to get subscribers for a newsletter? Do you have a newsletter that you use to market to an audience of subscribers? Do you do newsletter swaps with other authors in your genre? Do you schedule promotions? What is your book pricing? Have you tried releasing at 99 cents?

2) If you are doing all of number 1, have you had beta readers look at your books to give you feedback?

3) Are your books written to market? I suggest reading this book if you haven't already on how to research what sells. https://www.amazon.com/Write-Market-Deliver-Faster-Smarter-ebook/dp/B01AX23B4Q

Can you think of any profession in which purposely avoiding the best in the field is a good idea?

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• "I want to be a pro golfer, so I'm going to avoid watching any Tiger Woods."
• "I want to be a painter, but I'm not going to study Van Gogh or the Mona Lisa."
• "I want to be a successful entrepreneur, so I'm definitely going to avoid any information about Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Warren Buffet"

Studying other successes in your field is a very good way to improve.

Stephen King said: “You have to read widely, constantly refining (and redefining) your own work as you do so. If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write.”

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You might also want to read "Write To Market" by Chris Fox.

https://www.amazon.com/Most-Important-Thing-Illuminated-Thoughtful-ebook/dp/B007SWH6OQ a good book on the investor mental

Submitted to nothing this year.

2022 I'm planning for Nick, WB, Disney, and CBS.

At least I wrote, so I have all the original Pilot requirements. Currently blue skying some potential specs.

Nick Writing has the smallest accepted show list, so I'm probably gonna do The Connors.

• Though if The Other Two shows up on their 2022 list I'd be inclined to switch. I just want a safe bet so I can work on it in advance.

Essay essay essay essay. I feel like I don't know how to write prose in the slightest. Currently reading On Writing Well: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction by William Zinsser.

• Why did I skip so many classes when I took Creative Writing my senior year of HS?

The best way to advertise is to have something people want to buy and a very clear one-line value proposition on how it will change someone's life for the better. Building a Story Brand is one of the most approachable and easily implementable books on creating marketing content, with great examples, and even a step-by-step guide to your home page.

Generally, beyond that, most "free" marketing actually means that you put effort into it. For example, content marketing where you gather a library of helpful resources that attract people, and occasionally advertise your product/service along with it. u/bawlerblog posted a comment in this thread where the offer free content marketing advice (For tech related niches). Even if that's not your niche, there will probably be other people offering a free content-marketing strategy session who are hoping to sell their services that way.

The other thing people do is create a free download to attract people who will sign up to your email list (and who you can then advertise to). The easiest way to create this is to create a free guide/tool/step-by-step exercise PDF that will make someone else's life easier. This adds an extra step in advertising, but it has the benefit of allowing you to offer something for free rather than immediately asking for something.

There is a lot to unpack between product development and writing a useful book with a backlog perspective.

I'd recomend you take a look a https://www.amazon.com/Write-Useful-Books-recommendable-nonfiction-ebook/dp/B0983HFQX7.

It is very practical about the process and even as it is targeted as non fiction oriented peace it delivers a ton of value about your 'problem'.

I hope that helps, Cheers M.

> I have some autistic-like personality traits and I get a lot of stress when I don’t know how to broach conversation with a customer

Think about it this way, there isn't any need to stress if you pretend you aren't serving them at the bar. What would you say to someone you just met?

As starters:

• How is your day going/How are you today? Such a simple way to engage but also see if they are actually wanting to reply. Curt answers and stiff body language mean you can wrap up and move on, "well nice to meet you, I'm xxxx, if you need anything let me know okay?" If they do want to talk ...
• Listen to the small tidbits within their responses and ask questions on those tidbits: names, places, activities, jobs, travel, weather, anything.
• Bring up things around you or that are going on and phrase those as a question: "How about this weather?" "Man can you believe xxxx team lost last weekend?" "That xxxx you're wearing is awesome, where did you get it?" None of these need to be about you, it's just to prod them into talking about them.

Remember that most of the talkers at the bar just come to have someone LISTEN. As a bartender you only have to encourage them to start talking, then give feedback and questions until they get going. If at ANY time you aren't comfortable or need to stop use the, "check on an item in the back," or, "I'll be back I need to take care of those customers."

If you want better tips or how-tos, a good starter book is:

Conversationally Speaking - like an introduction into small talk

OR

How To Speak, How To Listen - a deeper and more in-depth book on small talk

Are you asking if you should wait a year to release the sequel? No, don't wait at all -- the sooner the sequel is available, the sooner you can have readers buy both books! If you have two books available then for every new reader you get, you've doubled the possible sales you'll get, because if they like one book they're very likely to buy the other (and any others in the series that you write in the future). So release them both whenever they're ready and make sure to link the books together so readers can easily jump from one to the other.

There are two e-books that are both free on Amazon.com right now that I recommend you get and read: Successful Self-Publishing by Joanna Penn goes through how to publish the book and some about how to market it; and How to Market a Book by Ricardo Fayet will give you more ideas for marketing. Since you already have the cover art, you can definitely get your book out there without spending another penny, and there are some low-cost ways to get exposure for your book and hopefully get some sales.

Honestly if you need help getting this stuff set up (like turning your manuscript into an ebook or getting it up for sale through KDP), I'd be happy to help you out for free as well. Send me a chat or message and we can figure things out -- or if you think you've got it or maybe just want to start with those books, go for it. Best of luck to you.

I'd create a brand messaging framework to reflect back to and re-wireframe your website with new copy. If you can't hire a conversion copywriter + designer, I highly recommend reading Building a StoryBrand. I work in this field and it's totally worth the investment of time and/or money–whichever you prefer. I use this method and so far, all but 1 of my marketing clients made their money back within the first 2 months. Copy is powerful!

Given that I am trying to bring the audience to speed quickly on something they would unfamiliar with, I would apply the principles outlined by something like Story Brand.

In the ad I would want to:

Identify how this product addresses a felt need, enables the person to achieve an aspirational perspective of themselves, concluding how your company could guide them and how your product accomplishes that goal. I think of the way apple interacted with the budding portable music player market.

Research and begin using positive affirmations before sleep, upon awakening, and during the day. Since you're into writing, try this excellent book by Honoree Corder: https://www.amazon.com/Prosperity-Writers-Creating-Abundance-Prosperous-ebook/dp/B013CPIJX4/ref=la_B005DO6BPQ_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513833976&sr=1-14&refinements=p_82%3AB005DO6BPQ

Follow/write your passion.

If you need mindset help, check out https://www.amazon.com/Prosperity-Writers-Creating-Abundance-Prosperous-ebook/dp/B013CPIJX4/ref=la_B005DO6BPQ_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513404991&sr=1-14&refinements=p_82%3AB005DO6BPQ

I know this book talks about some strategies. http://www.amazon.com/Book-Launch-Publish-Bestseller-Business-ebook/dp/B00SJON2MW

If you have PRIME you can borrow the book for free.

edit: I actually read the book myself, I'm not affiliated or anything.