Bøger af Kim Staflund

Just as it takes three full seasons to reap the true rewards of The Author's Money Tree, there are three necessary components to achieving your goals. Action. Thought. Faith. The final book in this trilogy, The Author's Magic Key, focuses on helping you develop a strong faith in yourself.The Magic Key to FaithTo see this plan through to fruition, you'll need to have complete confidence and trust in what you're doing. You'll need to hold true to your goals even on those days when your progress seems slower than you'd like.One of the best ways to develop faith is to read the stories of others who have succeeded before you. This book is filled with many of the sources I often turn to for inspiration. Some of these people are authors. Others are business owners, actors, or athletes. They all have one thing in common: a strong, unwavering faith in their own abilities that was developed over time.The Magic Key to FocusThey also have a laser focus on reaching their desired goals, whatever those goals may be. They visualize their desired result daily before taking action. And they train their brains with the use of affirmations, as recommended by Napoleon Hill: The method by which one develops faith, where it does not already exist, is extremely difficult to describe. Almost as difficult, in fact, as it would be to describe the color of red to a blind man. Faith is a state of mind that you may develop at will ... Making repeated affirmations to your subconscious mind is the only known method of developing the emotion of faith voluntarily. (Hill, 1937)This book is filled with many teachers who can help you achieve your goals under any circumstance. Even if you don't have any "cheerleaders" around you.The Magic Key to EnduranceLet's face it, some days are easier than others when it comes to sticking to any goal. We all have our moments of doubt. Sometimes, it would be easier to quit.It doesn't matter who you are, you're going to have setbacks. It's at those times when you'll need a little boost to help you get back on track. In this book, I've included the inspirational stories of several people who have succeeded before you. But I don't want you to see their successes alone; in fact, I want you to see their failures. Because I want you to see how they got back up again-how they endured through difficult times-so you know you can do it, too.Whenever you're struggling along your journey as an author, I hope you'll pick up this book and read it. Remind yourself why you're doing what you're doing. Use these words to restore your faith and move forward.

In book one of this trilogy, The Author's Money Tree, you learned how to plant, grow, and harvest a bountiful readership. Book two, The Author's Gold Rush, is a simple business system that can be repeated daily. You can use it to harvest that same crop again and again with ease.Information is Your Gold RushAs we discussed earlier, you could be in any room chatting with your family members, friends, or business colleagues. It doesn't matter where it is or who you're with. At some point during the conversation, a question of some sort almost always arises; what's the first thing everyone does? You each pull out your smartphone, iPad, or tablet and open the web browser to search for an answer to that question. We all have instant access to timely information at our fingertips now, and we're all constantly accessing it.People are looking for your information online, all over the world. Non-fiction authors and subject matter experts (SMEs) need only share that same information with a growing number of readers. Hook them by offering them something of value that makes them want more, and they'll be your fan for life. I'll show you how two authors are growing their readerships by directing new traffic to their backlist books.Entertainment is Your Gold RushThis system can work just as well for authors of fiction and poetry as it does for SMEs. Why? Because people are constantly searching for sources of entertainment, inspiration, and tribute online, too. The world is filled with voracious readers looking for a great book series to escape with in their spare time. There are just as many others looking for the perfect poem to eulogize a loved one or motivate a team.But what good is any of this if no one can find it? Perhaps, this is your current predicament. Maybe you've already written and published a few books online that aren't getting any traction whatsoever. You're lost like a needle in a haystack. This system will ensure new readers are consistently finding all your books and your blog. It will help you grow your readership and subscriber base even larger, even faster-like adding lighter fluid to the fire you started in book one.Relationships are Your Gold RushWhat you do with the readers who find you is the most important step of them all. When you personalize their experience with you and your books, they'll be your followers for life. I'll show you how one of today's top independent authors continues to harvest the same crop of fans again and again by using them as beta readers to help him improve upcoming book launches.To build a lasting relationship with anyone, you must first build the trust between you. When they see you as an authority on the answers or entertainment they seek online, they'll begin to follow you. When they see you as a person they can relate to who truly cares about them as a subscriber and fan, they'll begin to view you as a trusted friend. How you think about them while you're writing for them will make a world of difference to your results.

It takes three full seasons to reap the true rewards of The Author's Money Tree: planting, growing, and harvesting. And it's well worth all the effort.The Author's Money Tree Season #1: PlantingThere are three effective ways to plant an abundance of seeds with your desired readership: productive blogging, prolific publishing, or (better yet) both. If you are strategic in the way you do these things, you'll be amazed by how quickly your sprouts begin to show.That's the beauty of being a writer in this digital age of book publishing. Writing is selling in the online world. And keywords are the seeds you're planting to feed all your hungry readers at harvest time.The Author's Money Tree Season #2: GrowingBut those keywords will never be enough on their own. Each sprout needs to be fed and watered so it can grow, and this takes time and patience. Quality content is the fertilizer that breathes life into a sprout and helps it grow into a healthy sapling. Proper search engine optimization (SEO) is the mulch that prevents your sapling from being taken over by larger weeds.You need a strong root system to grow a bountiful money tree that will bear fruit for you, year after year, and stand the test of time. This is crucial to your progressive success in future harvest seasons, and I'll show you exactly how to do it.The Author's Money Tree Season #3: HarvestingAnd now comes the fun part! Harvest time is when you reap the rewards of all your efforts.In this section of the book, you'll meet some authors who are earning six-figure incomes from their readerships in their own harvest seasons. You'll learn some of the strategies they're using to harvest the same crops, over and over again, while planting new seeds each year.Do you want to grow an abundant readership? This is a totally sustainable system that you can use successfully for fiction, non-fiction, and even poetry. Truth!Even James Patterson Shakes The Author's Money TreeIndependent authors aren't the only ones shaking The Author's Money Tree in new ways. Even mainstream thriller author, James Patterson, has jumped on this band wagon with his BookShots line.

You’re a writer—not a salesperson. You don’t want to have to sell your books after you write them. Well, I have some good news for you. Writing is selling in the online world. Writers are natural online marketers. What you already do instinctively is exactly what it takes to grow your readership throughout the world wide web.Every day, people are searching for books like yours online. They perform those searches by typing various words and phrases (known as keywords) into search engines like Google and online bookstores like Amazon and Kobo. The more keywords you can associate with your books, and the higher your ranking grows on each of these websites, the better your chance of being found by the people searching for you.So, how do you optimize your ranking on each of these websites? It takes the patience of a spider to weave an intricate web that can repeatedly attract—and catch—her prey. Spiderwebs are true miracles of organic engineering, and online marketing works in much the same way. You can grow your readership using various search engine optimization (SEO) techniques, and almost all of them include effective writing.       Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of increasing the quantity and       quality of traffic to your website through organic search engine results. (Moz, n.d.)What constitutes quality traffic? It is relevant visitors to your website—people who are looking for the types of books and information that you offer. What is an organic search engine result? It is a search result that you didn’t pay for—a result that occurred naturally through an intricate web weaving process. The more clickable links that direct quality traffic to your website, that also show up in the top five or 10 organic search results of any search engine, the more potential customers will likely visit your website. This will improve the readership of all your books and help you build your name as a reputable author within your genre over time.It’s easier than you may think. Sales success isn’t reserved for extroverted salespeople, nor is online marketing talent reserved for technical experts. You may be pleasantly surprised by what it takes to achieve success online because you’ll see—possibly for the first time—just how achievable this is for you as a writer. You’re at an advantage online, believe it or not. Writing is selling in today's online world, and writers are natural online marketers.

Do you want to publish a book in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, or Southeast Asia? Do you dream of selling your book to English-speaking westerners in the United Kingdom and North America? If yes, you'll find this book very helpful. You will learn where and how to publish a book that has a worldwide reach. You will also learn the online methods today's top independent authors (also known as "indie authors") are using to sell thousands of ebooks every year—at western prices. All you need is access to a computer that contains Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader along with a WIFI connection to the Internet, and you’re in business.In this book, we’ll cover how to publish a book and:- what the “Big Five” traditional (trade) publishers—Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster—are looking for when scouting new book projects;- why you don’t need a literary agent to help you reach today’s publishers;- the three publishing methods available to you;- why the old publishing boundaries that once blocked the east from the west are now nearly dissolved;- how today’s top search engine, Google, ranks webpages around the world (and why this is important to your commercial success);- how to publish regular content in a way that bolsters your performance on all kinds of search engines (including online stores);- why you should publish more than one ebook online;- why you should publish your ebooks to more than one platform for best results;and the list goes on!You’re in the driver’s seat.Gone are the days when the world’s large corporate book publishers set the pace and direction of the entire publishing market. Today’s western indie authors are now in the driver’s seat, and it can be the same for eastern authors in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Southeast Asia. The tools are already at your fingertips, and ebook publishing is the easiest and most affordable way to begin. (And when I say “affordable,” I mean almost completely free of charge. Now that’s affordable!)Your only necessary cost will be editing, which will be covered in great detail in this book. The fact is, if you want your ebook to be accepted by a western-based English-speaking population, you’ll need to hire a western-based English editor to help you get things right. I’ll show you exactly where and how to find one at a price that suits your budget.If you want to know how to publish a book in Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, or Southeast Asia, this book can help. You’ll also learn how to sell your book to westerners in the United Kingdom and North America. The whole process from start to finish—from outlining a full ebook series to publishing it online—will be covered in this book. By the time you’re done reading this, you’ll know exactly how to publish a book. You’ll know what it takes to successfully sell it, too.