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6 Steps To Become A Bestselling Author

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Wilko van de Kamp
Jun 14, 2020
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In the last module of my book writing course, I talk about the steps necessary to make your book a bestseller. It doesn’t matter whether you want to do it through an online bookstore or from your own website, both are viable. To get started on becoming the next bestselling success, take these steps from my program into consideration:

Pick a date

Pick the specific day you want to become a best seller. Focusing on a specific day provides you the leverage to sell a large amount of books quickly. Selling 500 books over 6 months is not as impressive as selling 500 books in one or two days.

What’s in it for me?

Be specific and create your “what’s in it for me?” offer. Don’t shy away from making a big claim or promise, as long as you can deliver. Your book is a valuable resource for your clients. But selling it by itself puts it up against all the other books already on the market for your subject. I don’t like those odds.

What you need is something “extra” — something that really let’s the persp…

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