How to Launch a Book and Become an Amazon Best Selling Author!

Did you know that if your book makes it to one of the 11,000+ Amazon Best Seller lists, that Amazon will start promoting your book? (more about “how” later)

Did you also know that the “Best Sellers” lists on Amazon are the most highly searched lists on Amazon?

Hold tight because you’re about to learn a lot about “what you didn’t know” that  “you didn’t know” about Amazon.

Amazon has an algorithm (just like Google does) which is a hidden criteria of data that they collect on each book which helps them decide where to place a book in the search results.

So the Amazon algorithm is a big part of becoming an Amazon Best Selling Author.

Unfortunately (just like Google), Amazon is not going to tell you what this hidden criteria is.  You basically have to figure it out on your own!

Since 2013, I’ve been researching and collecting my own data and experimenting with the Amazon Algorithm and have had 100% success in getting my clients books to the Amazon Best Seller’s list.  You can read my story here of how I published my first book on Amazon in 2011 and after 1 year Read More…

How to become an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author in the shortest amount of time…

For 17 years I worked as a paralegal and legal secretary in litigation.  One of my jobs was drafting pleadings for lawsuits.  In other words, “building a case“.  I loved this part of my job because it was really about doing research and putting all the evidence together that would win a case for our clients.

Well, that’s exactly what I did when it came to learning how to become a #1 Amazon Best Selling Author!

I did a year of research, gathered my findings and created a step-by-step strategy, published a book using my research, and subsequently got my book to the #1 Amazon Best Sellers list on October 23, 2012 with 2,128 downloads in 1 day!

Since then, I’ve been fine-tuning and perfecting my system every day!  I now work with a select group of authors in my Amazon Best Sellers program getting their books to the #1 Best Sellers list and coaching them on how to leverage their best selling book.  *You can apply for a strategy session with me by clicking here if you’d like to speak with me about getting your book on the #1 Amazon Best Sellers list!

The first thing you need to understand is that the Amazon Best Sellers lists are updated hourly.  So your books ranking can change based on the updates.

The #1 Reason Why Your Book Isn’t Selling Is Because You Are INVISIBLE To Amazon!

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Self Publishing in 2015

I believe that every entrepreneur should self-publish a book, because self-publishing is the new business card.

Let’s be honest, in a digital world full of content, you need to stand out by emphasizing your “expertise” and what better way to do that than with a book.

Blogging is great, but having a book is taking your expertise status to the next level!

Here’s what some of the BIG names are doing and saying about self-publishing:

• Robert Kiyosak, Brendon Burchard and Russell Bruson are all GIVING AWAY their books and building massive email lists in the process.  If you’ve heard the saying “the money is in the list” then you understand the method to their madness.
• Amanda Hocking who made over $1 million dollars self-publishing her paranormal ebooks on Amazon BEFORE she got the book deal of her dreams with St. Martins Press who gave her a $2 million dollar advance (she went the back-door way and it worked!).
• Perry Marshall, author of numerous books on sales and marketing says that he increased his consulting fees by 500% when he published and promoted his book!
• Rob Kosberg brought in $2 million dollars in consulting fees for his mortgage and real estate business when he self-published his book, Life After Debt.

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So you want to know how to make money publishing on Kindle?

That’s great…

Because that means you have a desire to create passive income and that’s a good thing!

These days it’s risky to rely on one source of income (especially income that depends on you showing up) because no one has job security and if you lose your job you could potentially lose everything.  So it’s smart to start thinking about ways you can create passive income for yourself.

I always tell my students there are 100,000 ways to make $100,000 dollars and you  need to find the way that works best for you.

I believe that everyone (including you) is an expert at something and everyone has a book inside of them.  Even if you don’t like writing you can easily hire a freelance writer on a site like elance.com to write the book for you — so don’t let that stop you.

Making money on Kindle is a low-risk, low-cost, and low-barrier to entry way to start creating some passive income for yourself and it’s my #1 choice for Read More…

How to be a Bestselling Author and Get Your Book Noticed on Amazon!

Back in the old days (pre-Amazon), becoming a best selling author was left to chance in many ways.  Now, becoming a best selling author is something you can absolutely win at if you understand how to play the game when publishing on Amazon.

Amazon is a search engine, just like Google is, and therefore Amazon has it’s own algorithms that it uses.  I’ve spent the past 3 years studying, researching, and figuring out these algorithms and that’s how I’m able to take 100% of my clients books to the Amazon Best Seller’s list in my Amazon Best Seller Program.

I’m going to give you my 6 top tips here on how to be a bestselling author that will stack the cards in your favor and get you noticed when publishing your book on Amazon.

Tip #1:  Understand Keywords and Use Them!  If you want to get your website to the first page of Google, then you Read More…

Want to know the top 5 mistakes authors make when publishing on Amazon?

I’ve been helping clients get to the Bestseller’s list on Amazon for the past 2 years through my Amazon Best Seller Program and I’ve had dozens of authors get to the #1 spot on Amazon.  Some of my authors are earning enough royalties from their Amazon ebook to pay their mortgage!

However, the majority of amazon authors are barely selling 1 book a month — certainly not enough to pay their mortgage.

Take a look at my video below and learn the top 5 mistakes authors make when publishing on Amazon, so you can avoid these very costly mistakes.

I’d love to work with you on getting your book to the best seller’s list on Amazon.  I love helping authors gain the exposure they deserve for all their hard work and love that goes into writing and publishing their book!  Take a look at my Amazon Best Seller Program and let’s see if we can Read More…

Book Marketing Plan & Checklist to Help You Double Your Book Sales

I created a Book Marketing Plan to help authors double their book sales after a year of researching and trying to understand why 90% of eBooks on Amazon don’t sell more than 1 copy!

After running an online business for 10 years now, I decided to publish my first eBook on Amazon in 2011.  I have to admit that I didn’t do any marketing for this book at the time; I simply “published” it and sat back waiting for sales to roll in.

Guess What?  They never did!  I had zero sales!

Coincidentally, I met an author at a Networking event I was attending who shared with me some of her marketing secrets about how she became an Amazon Best Selling author.

So I took a year of my time and decided to do massive research about how to get a book on the Amazon Best Seller’s list which consequently would bring in more downloads, sales, exposure and leads!

A year later, armed with all of my research and knowledge, I Read More…

Would you rather tell people you are a published author or a bestselling author?

Whether you are a business owner, a trainer, speaker, coach or maybe even a full-time writer, being able to call yourself a bestselling author dramatically increases your credibility and often your income!

Most people, however, don’t understand what it means to be a bestselling author on Amazon and they definitely don’t understand what it takes to get on the bestseller’s list!  So we are going to have a little Amazon Bestselling Author 101 class right now…

Here are some important points in understanding Amazon and getting on the Bestseller’s list: Read More…

Calling all Writers Who Want to Learn How to Publish a Book on Amazon!

Remember, the line in the Wizard of Oz at the end of the movie when the Good Witch Glinda says to Dorothy, “You’ve always had the Power Dear”.  Well, when it comes to getting published, you haven’t always had the power, but thanks to Amazon you do now!

“Fact is that authors no longer need a publisher,” Bernard Starr wrote at The Huffington Post. “And more and more writers are awakening to the realization that if you are not a high-profile author who can command large sales, a traditional publisher will do little for you beyond editing and printing your book.”

I believe that first- time authors and those struggling to find a publisher should Read More…

Amanda Hocking Self Publishing Success!

Do you know who Amanda Hocking is?  Well, if you’ve ever had any interest in making money online self-publishing ebooks on Amazon, then you should learn who Amanda Hocking is.  Hint:  She makes 7-figures online selling her Paranormal ebooks on Amazon…and the great part is…she’s only 27 years old!

In April 2010, Amanda Hocking began self-publishing e-books.  By March 2011, she had sold over a million copies of her nine books and earned two million dollars from sales, previously unheard of for self-published authors.  In early 2011, Hocking averaged 9,000 book sales each day.

Here’s a Summary of Amanda’s Amazing “Self-Publishing” Journey:

• Amanda Hocking wrote her first novel when she was 17, right after Read More…