20 Reasons to Invest in Thought Leadership

Because you want to call yourself a “thought leader” is NOT one of them. Here are 20 reasons to invest in thought leadership: You want to publish a book. You’re an entrepreneur. You’re an executive. You want to do public speaking. To up your game on social media. To attract top talent. You have a
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I was wrong—every author needs a roadmap

I was going to send this out solely to my Published Author Masterclass, but then thought, there’s an important lesson here, why not share it with everyone? To provide context for those of you who aren’t (yet) members of the masterclass, it’s a program to help entrepreneurs write and publish a book, as well as create
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Telling your story to find your “why” and write a better book

Today in the private group for my Published Author Masterclass, one of our members was asking for feedback on his “why,” ala Simon Sinek’s book Start With Why, and when I started to think about my own “why” I realized it sounded kind of boring. I’m interested in influence and running this masterclass is because I believe
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What Time of Day Should You Write Your Book?

Problem: You’re working on a book, but you never seem to actually work on it. Solution: Work on it at the right time of day. According to Ron Friedman, Ph.D., author of The Best Place to Work, the first three hours of your day are when you’re most productive. “Typically, we have a window of about
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Write Better PR Pitch Emails With The 7 Systems of Influence

Q: Hey Josh, I just read an article written by you titled “How To Get Free Press For Your Business.” It’s an older article, but I stumbled upon it because I am part of a small start up that is trying to find ways to increase our visibility. To that end, I thought about writing
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My Top 15 Business Book Writing Hacks

These are the top fifteen things I wish I would have known when I began to write my first book. This list is continually updated as I continue to learn new things about how to write, publish, and leverage nonfiction books to grow my own businesses. Download this post as a PDF 1. WRITE A
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How To Become A $100,000 Ghostwriter

I charge six figures to ghostwrite a book. If you want to become a $100K ghostwriter, please steal my formula. The method I use to maximize my ghostwriting income is to follow The 7 Systems of Influence, a framework I developed to help people get what they want. You can learn more about it at
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Bragging Is A Lost Art

​That line was part of an email I got from Rich Litvin, author of The Prosperous Coach. I’m not sure I agree, but it depends on your definition of “bragging.” If it’s pointing your thumbs at yourself and saying “I’m better than you! Look at how awesome I am!” then nah, we don’t need more of
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12 Perennial Sellers That Will Help You Write a Perennial Seller

On the New York Times website is a page explaining how they choose the books that gain a spot on the coveted New York Times Bestseller list. Towards the end of the page you’ll find this paragraph: Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and
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