Because you need to know the truth — “I published my first book on Amazon over two weeks ago, yet there have not been a single sale. What did I possibly do wrong?“— First Time Author I still remember the day I launched my first book. The book went live, and I didn’t see any sales yet. Sure…

It’s much more than writing a book — “The most important thing for anyone — regardless of whether they’re an author — is to decide what is their definition of success.” — Joanna Penn Self-publishing books is a funny business. Look at the last five self-published books you’ve read. How were they? I bet you had a pretty…

You're killing my sales because you didn’t read the description — I got another one-star review on Amazon sometime in the last five days. How did I know it? Because my regular 1–2 book sales a day dropped to zero for five days straight. I figured something was up, this happened with my first one too. …

If you are nervous about individual stocks, try this — “Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy only when others are fearful.” - Warren Buffett Now is the time to be buying up stock! As prices drop all over the stock market, this is a great time to buy into some of your favorite positions. …

This will help you grow a following and keep people around. — Do you know what will make me click away from a post? Large blocks of text. No headings or subheadings. Any article that doesn’t have formatting makes it easy to read. With more and more new writers hitting the platforms around the internet, we are finding these formatting tendencies happening. …

Maybe it’s the free content that will make you rich? — I hate it when people try and tell me that I shouldn’t be writing for money. It drives me nuts. Want to know why? Because I want to get out of my day job, make some money, don't the side, and maybe turn this side-hustle into a full-time gig. Yet…

A few years ago, I really screwed up — “If you can’t figure out how to celebrate me today, I will do it myself so our daughters know that today is a day to celebrate me.” — My wife At this point in our marriage, we had been married for five or six years. We had two daughters, both…

And why I think they matter again — If you want to increase your views on Medium, you need to better utilize the category tags on your articles. When you publish, you have five ‘tags’ that you can add to every article. If used correctly, you can increase your views and the number of people who follow you…

Because it isn’t going to help you grow your following — If you want to grow an audience online, write great content, and ultimately self-publish a book, you need to stop treating your content as a personal journal. There has never been a better time to start writing online. You don't need to have a blog. …