My good friend, Kelly McCausey, is running a very cool program over the summer, in which you are encourage and guided to Keep It Simple and create three simple reports. One to use as a free giveaway to grow your list, one to sell, and one to put on Kindle.

I did a quick walk-through video for you of the program so you can check it out and see if it's something you want to achieve over the summer.

If this is a definite YES for you, jump in here:
Yes, I want it, Nik!

If you're still not sure, let me ask you these questions…

1. When is the right time to start building your list? (Now.)

2. Why over-complicate things? (This is simple and it works.)

3. Do you have something for your people to buy from you? (If so, awesome but adding more is always good. If not, then when?)

Now is the time. This is the place. You get to keep the recordings, so even if you can't make it on the forum very often, you're still in.

Here's the link again:  Click here to Check it Out

I hope this has been helpful in helping you decide if it's right for you.

Warmly,
Nicole

PS.

This week, I have Shelley Hitz, with me.

The audio recording of our interview is at the end of this blog post. Just look for the “play” button and listen. It’s free! Also, be sure to check out all of the resources listed below.

If you’re not familiar with Shelley yet, learn more here:

Shelley Hitz is an award-winning and internationally best-selling author. She is the owner of TrainingAuthors.com and is passionate about helping authors succeed in writing, publishing, and marketing their books.

She teaches from personal experience. Shelley has been writing and publishing books since 2008 and has published over 30 books including print, eBook and audio book formats.

Download Shelley's free training “Building a Book Marketing Plan” ($27 value) when you sign up for her newsletter here: Free Gift from Shelley.

Find Shelley on the web and sign up for her newsletter here: Training Authors

Step 1: Check out these Essential Tools and Resources for Online Business Success Mentioned in this Show:

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• CometoNAMS.com – where Shelley and I met – and where you NEED to be.
• Beachpreneurs Ladies Only Mastermind Retreat – Shelley is our latest “Beachie”.

Tools Shelley mentioned during the call:

• Canva
• Dropbox
• Hootsuite
• FreeMind – You'll love this training, too. Learn Freemind
• Shelley uses Roboform (I use LastPass)
• Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone – Silver
• Camtasia

Books Shelley recommends:

• Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
• The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

Step 2: Listen to the Interview.

Be sure to listen to the entire interview.

Step 3: Learn More from Shelley

Head over here to check out…:

• Shelley's Books on Amazon.com
• Free Training from Shelley

Step 4: Share the Love.

If you liked this interview, don't keep it to yourself. Share the link with some friends. (Pretty please.)

Step 5: Make Sure you Don't Miss a Thing.

Either sign up for my blog updates over there –>

Or grab my feed on iTunes so you can get lots more free interviews just like this one. (Please leave a glowing review while you're at it.)

Step 6: Get a free link on my blog

Please post your comments below after you listen to the interview. Show Melissa the love so I can continue to get great guests like her.

Plus, of course, you can include your URL and your Twitter ID in the appropriate fields when you comment, as always.

Thanks again for being part of my business and my day. I'm looking forward to hearing what you learned and will apply from this interview.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

PS. Would you Like to Start a Podcast like Mine and Have Cool People on your Show? If you can make a telephone call, you can have a podcast, too: Click here -> How to Start a Podcast

It is a sneak peek from my new training “Sticky Content: How to Reuse Your Existing Content for More Visibility and Profit”

Resources Mentioned:

For formatting your Kindle book, I recommend either:

• Kinstant Formatter – for the do it your-selfers
• Hire Kristen Eckstein – for a “Showcase” book – She can do Kindle and/or Print-on-Demand.

The idea in this video was inspired by this book:

• Conversations with Millionaires: What Millionaires Do to Get Rich, That You Never Learned About in School!

Here's where you can listen to the Podcast episode with Rachel and the other episodes, too:

• My Podcast Episodes

Here's the final Kindle book on Amazon:

• A Conversation with Rachel Rofe: Internet Success Story (Online Business Success Stories)

I hope you enjoy this sneak peek video.

If you enjoy seeing case studies like this about how I repurpose my content, be sure to check out my latest course:

Sticky Content: How to Get More Visibility and Profit from your Existing Content

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

PS. There's no need to let all that great content you worked so hard to create collect dust. Earn more money with less work by recycling it.

Click here to check out Sticky Content

With that intro out of the way, I'm going to step back and just let Kristen shine.

How I am Able to Write & Publish a New Kindle Book EVERY Week

by Kristen Eckstein

It’s official, I’ve gone completely nuts! When Nicole challenged me to write and publish a brand new Kindle book… Every. Freaking. Week… for the fourth quarter of 2013, I’m not sure she expected me to follow through. And I’m proud to say despite losing my writing mojo, my crazy travel schedule, and my more than full-time business’ current busy season, I’m keeping up with the task.

So how exactly am I pulling this off? I mean, a brand new Kindle book every week???

First, I’m crazy. You have to be somewhat off-your-rocker to accept a challenge like this, much less follow through with it. You have to be a little nuts to go farther and do more than your mind and body tell you that you can. Anyone who’s been through a session with a personal trainer knows, by the end of the session you’re awe struck that you did it. You finished. And you did more than you thought you were able when you first walked through that door.

This Kindle writing challenge is much the same. It’s personal training for my writing muscles, and my creativity in finding, editing, and developing new content. And here’s exactly how I’m doing it:

• Answering Questions—It’s easy enough to write an answer to a question someone asks. The first few e-books I wrote were simply answers to questions my audience was asking me. How did I know they asked? Simple, I created a Facebook poll and asked them what they wanted to know. It doesn’t get much easier than that!
• Kit Bashing—My husband is a model railroader. In model building, kit bashing is where you take several kits and “bash” them together (i.e.: Take pieces from each) to create one unique piece. Kit bashing in writing means I take content from several places—speeches, blog posts, guest blog articles, and other books I’ve written—and combine them to create one unique e-book.
• Repurposing—Similar to kit bashing, repurposing content is simple. The content is done, articles are written, and I even had several chapters for new books ready for editing. I simply gathered those chapters, expanded them a bit, and repurposed them into individual e-books.
• Write Like the Wind—Any time the writing bug bites, I grab my laptop and write. Sometimes it’s 3:00AM. Sometimes it’s 11:00PM. Sometimes it’s the ten minutes I have free in-between appointments. It doesn’t matter when it strikes or how long the time is I have to devote to it, I write.
• Short Titles—I had a conversation with a prospect recently who was upset at all the books she started reading, then got bored with. Some big-name publishers say they can’t sell a book unless the manuscript is at least 285 pages. However, what she noticed was she never finished those books because 285 pages’ worth of content was already said in the first 50. The rest of the book was rehashing everything to fill the space. I’ve found shorter, to-the-point books with solid action steps sell much better than big books full of fluff, and people tend to read the whole thing. It’s no wonder only the first 20% of most books ever get read. By writing quality over quantity, I’m able to crank out e-books faster.

One more tip… As I’m writing these short Kindle books, I’m writing them all to be part of the same series, the Author’s Quick Guide series. This makes them easier to write as the time it took to create templates for the cover designs and interior formatting for the first e-book never has to be done again. (YAY for time saving strategies!)

I’m excited at how my completion of each Kindle book in this challenge has inspired many of you to get your e-books done and published. I love hearing from you, so feel free to connect with me and let me know how I can support you in helping you get your message in book format released to the world!

Here's how:

• Kristen's Blog
• Kristen on Facebook

Kristen on Amazon –

Kristen's Official Bio:

Kristen Eckstein, the Ultimate Book Coach, is a sought-after independent publishing expert, two time best-selling author and award-winning international speaker. Her reputation is to create books that bring you business through Ghost Publishing, a term she coined to define her exclusive done-for-you independent publishing program, “I am Published!” She has been in the publishing industry since 2003, run a traditional publishing company, vanity publishing house, and started her own independent publishing house with a traditional arm. To date she has started 45 publishing companies and published 133 books and eBooks, 13 of those her own.

Find Kristen on the web at Ultimate Book Coach.

Well there you have it. I set a big, hairy goal for Kristen and she is knocking it OUT of the ballpark.

I'm so proud of her.

So, what can you take from this?

1. If you want to learn about book publishing, grab a few of Kristen's little “Quick Guides for Authors”.
2. If you need help designing your Kindle book and/or cover or getting your book into print, Kristen offers services to do that.
3. If you want your existing Kindle book turned into a PROFESSIONAL looking print book – Kristen does that, too.

Your Homework:
1. Think about a big hairy goal that YOU can set that will challenge you.
2. DO IT.
3. Report back.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

If you haven't seen my yet, here it is:  Expert Briefs Blogging for Profit

AND – the second most life changing thing I've done in my business was to make it a best-seller on Amazon.

Sidenote: If you're still trying to write your life story, make sure you check out this blog post I wrote this month: How to Write Your Life Story (and Profit from Writing Other People's Too!)

ok. Back to my point.

What's the point of writing a book if no one knows it exists?

That's right. The next step is to make it a best-seller – OR at least make people aware of it so they buy the darned thing.

Whether you're writing your book to share a message, for profit, or to drive business your way, it helps if people actually read it, right?

You've got to be marketing it, including some but not all of the following…

• Blogging about your book
• Setting up a Facebook Page
• Possibly setting up an active Facebook group
• Twitter
• Pinterest
• Getting on Podcasts
• Doing interviews
• Google Hangouts
• Press Releases
• YouTube
• Book trailers
• and so much more

That's what our latest customizable training at CoachGlue.com is about. How to Become an Amazon Best-Seller This Year.

Check it out here-> “How to Become a Best-Seller on Amazon”

Not only do you get the reports and templates for your own use CHEAP, but they also come with special rights, if you choose to use them in those ways. You get .doc versions of each item, the 2 reports, the worksheets, the calendar, and the resources list – plus you get PowerPoint slides of the two reports, too. (Basically it's PLR, but we call it “Customized Content and Templates” over there for that market.)

This means that you can help OTHER people accomplish their life-long dream, after you accomplish yours.

Here's a quick video that my good friend, and business partner at CoachGlue.com recorded showing you what's in the actual packages along with some tips for how to use it:

Want more details?

Check it out here-> “How to Become a Best-Seller on Amazon”

I appreciate you so very much. Have a wonderful weekend!

Warmly and with Big Hugs.
Nicole Dean

PS. If you want some more ideas for HOW to use the training (after you've read it yourself of course) – check out this blog post: Coaching Training & Templates that you can Customize

This week, I have Rachel Rofe, with me.

The audio recording of our interview is in this blog post. Just look for the “play” button and listen. It’s free! Also, be sure to check out all of the resources listed below.

If you’re not familiar with Rachel yet, learn more here:

Rachel Rofé is a multiple bestselling author that's been featured in Entrepreneur, Woman's World, and Fox News.

Since she began internet marketing in 2006, she's developed over 30 products, 40 Kindle books, and bought and sold companies with as many as 120+ employees. She speaks nationwide about copywriting, book creation, outsourcing, and product creation. And her favorite part: she does all of this while living the “internet lifestyle”, traveling the world and having fun.

Step 1: Learn More from Rachel.

Head over here to check out Rachel's awesome stuff… (all links open in a new window)

Step 2: Listen to the Interview.

Be sure to listen to the entire interview.

Prefer to Read?

If you prefer to read the interview, it is available on Kindle.

Uncovering Experts: Rachel Rofe

Step 3: Check out these Essential Tools and Resources for Online Business Success Mentioned in this Show:

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Rachel Uses:

• This Web Host
• This Shopping Cart

Other Fun Tools She Recommends:

• Jing
• Kindle App
• Flux.fm
• Voxer
• G-Whizz App
• Finance Managers
• Kinstant Formatter

Other Resources Mentioned:

• NAMS in Atlanta (Rachel and I will both be teaching there)

Step 4: Share the Love.

If you liked this interview, don't keep it to yourself. Share the link with some friends by using the sharebar to the left. (Pretty please.)

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Either sign up for my blog updates
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Or grab my feed on iTunes so you can get lots more free interviews just like this one. (Please leave a glowing review while you're at it.)

Or Subscribe and Listen on Stitcher

Step 6: Get a free link on my blog

Please post your comments below after you listen to the interview. Show Rachel the love so I can continue to get great guests like her.

Plus, of course, you can include your URL and your Twitter ID in the appropriate fields when you comment, as always.

Thanks again for being part of my business and my day. I'm looking forward to hearing what you learned and will apply from this interview.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean

Would you Like to Start a Podcast like Mine
and Have Cool People on your Show?
If you can make a telephone call, you can have a podcast, too:
Click here -> How to Start a Podcast

PS.  Here are the links to Rachel’s sites again for your reference:

Last week, we talked about one of the most frustrating parts of publishing on Amazon – getting people to leave reviews of your book. You can read that discussion here if you missed it: Getting More Book Reviews on Amazon.

The other side of the coin is this.

You finally get some new reviews, when suddenly BAMMO! You get a 1 or 2 star review. After you cry a little and then grab a glass of wine, what do you do?

That's my question for the panel this week. I asked our panel of experts…

“For Amazon authors: How do you deal with the negative reviews that pop up every so often?”

I think you'll find their responses interesting. I did.

Kelly McCausey of Solo Smarts Podcast says:

On my Solopreneurs are Smarter book there are 16 reviews. 15 are there because I specifically asked for them. The 16th came out of the blue, and it was negative. He criticizes the book for not being something the book never promised to be (a how to guide).

I ignored the negative remark. Sure, I could point out that he apparently expected something not offered in the book's description – but what good would that have done?

Connie Ragen Green of Affiliate Marketing Case Studies says:

After speaking with my friend, Joe Vitale, last year about the negative reviews I was receiving for one of my books, I have followed his advice to leave it alone.

That particular books sells very well, so I think the negative reviews have actually made it controversial and more interesting. It's my book on affiliate marketing, so perhaps it is more open to criticism. At any rate, once I let go of worrying about what people were saying it began to sell and my productivity and self-esteem are intact.

Kristen Eckstein of Self Publish on Demand says:

First of all, as an avid reader immersed in the self-publishing industry, some books just plain deserve bad reviews.

However, if you took the time to write and publish a high quality, professionally edited and formatted book, you have two choices: ignore or fight.

I had a bad review on one of our 21 Ways books that claimed the book was “full of typos,” yet couldn't give me a single example. His review was also laden with typos, which made me wonder if the guy knew what a typo was. At first I fought him, because this book, 21 Ways to Skyrocket Your Creativity by Tony Laidig was professionally edited by a developmental editor and went through four complete rounds of editing. Every published book has typos. It's impossible to catch them all. But multiple rounds of editing decreases that number, and I was honestly wanting to improve the book by fixing any typos he found. (By the way, if you click the link and buy that book, let me know if you see any typos and we'll get them fixed!) Eventually I chose to ignore the guy, especially when his last five-word reply had three typos in it.

If it's clearly an issue of formatting or typos or something else within your power to fix, fix it. Then reply to the reviewer and comment your thanks and that an update is available. For Kindle versions you can also notify Amazon to let all purchasers of the book know they can download an updated copy.

Most of the time you can just ignore bad reviews. Sometimes the review has nothing to do with your book in particular. Sometimes they're just having a bad day. However, for ones pointing out obvious issues with your books, take their advice and look into it. If you need to add more solid content, add it. If you need to fix some typos or weird formatting, fix it. If it's within your power to make your book – and your reputation – appear better to the world, do it. But don't let it ruin your day.

Steve Scott of SSS: Internet Lifestyle without the B.S. says:

In the past, I had the mindset to ignore bad reviews. However, in my last launch I had a 1* from a guy who said a specific technique didn't work. Instead of ignoring it, I politely responded and offered to help him figure it out. I even included my email address (using [at] & [dot] to not make the address click-able). He emailed me, and I spent an hour or so helping him out. After that, I politely asked if he'd consider changing the review since it was largely based on one technique. He agreed!!

From this experience, I now think two things:

1) Ignore some reviews. Haters are gonna hate. These are the people who say your books must have been written by chimpanzees. Or how the world must be warned to never buy any of your books because you're a horrible human being. You can't fix these types of reviews, so don't worry about them.

2) Take action on the “customer service” reviews. There will be times when someone doesn't know how to apply a specific technique, so they get mad and leave a negative review. Simply respond to them and offer to help them with the problem. Even if they don't respond, OTHER potential customers see you as someone who genuinely wants to help. (HINT: This is a good thing.)

Also, some reviews point out real flaws in your books. If that's the case, FIX this problem and then respond to the reviewer, showing that you listen to their criticism.

EXAMPLE:

If I could be brutally honest about myself, a couple of reviewers made the critique that my books had some grammatical mistakes. At first, I ignored these type of reviews. But after the third time, I decided to DO something about this problem. Since then, I've hired a professional proofreader to go over all my books. The cost? $50 to $150 per title. Not a bad price for an error-free (hopefully) reading experience.

My point is simple:

If a reviewer points out something negative, see if there is a way you can fix this problem. It shows that you listen to criticism and you’re focused on creating great products.

Note from Nik: I Highly Recommend this Kindle Book that Stever Wrote (It's only $2.99 at time of this post.)

Nicole Dean of .. here! .. says:

I think my friends have pretty much summed up my opinion on this.

1. From what I'm heard in Kindle author groups, typically, it's not good etiquette for the author to communicate with the reviewers. I find this odd, because I'd like to at least say “Hey thanks for reading and reviewing to those people.” Do you agree with this?

2. It is ok as the author to vote up or down reviews depending on whether they were helpful – or accurate. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

3. If you get a negative review and it's something you can address and fix, it is ok to respond to the reviewer (as Steve and Kristen mentioned above).

4. If you get a negative review and it's not something you can fix – it's best to let it go and ignore the person.

5. If you get a negative review, and fix an issue – like add a chapter to clear something up, then you can let Amazon know and they may send out a new revision to everyone who has your book. (It has to be substantial changes from what I understand, not like “I fixed a typo on page 101”.) This is a good thing.

6. When you get a bad review, one of the easiest ways to fix the situation is to go out and get some more good ones to hide the one bad one in a sea of awesomeness. Look back at last week's post on “How to Get More Amazon Reviews” for tips.

7. If you get a negative review that is confusing to you – then the likelihood is that the customer is confused. That MAY mean that your title, description, and sales copy isn't in alignment. Basically the customer thought they were buying one thing, when in fact, it's not even what your book is. I've seen many cases of negative reviews like that. In that case, clearing up the confusion is the only thing needed. (This oftentimes requires help from someone outside looking in.)

Talk to me.

What's your best tip for dealing with negative reviews? Got questions about specific instances? Ask us.

Warmly.
Nicole

PS. If you haven't yet, please let me know what your biggest issue with Kindle is – what is keeping you from success?

My Biggest Roadblock to Amazon Kindle Success is…
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In order to best serve you – and to figure out where your roadblocks are, please take 5 seconds to click on the option that applies to you.

I will hunt down experts who can help and drill them to spill their secrets – but I've got to know where you're struggling first.

I'm not going to ask for your name or email address, simply because I want totally honest answers. (And, yes, of course, the trends will be shared with my readers in a few days.)

When you click “Submit” your response will be entered and you'll be all done.

Thank you so very much!

Warmly,
Nicole

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As you may know, last month, I announced to my lists that my new book “Blogging for Profit: The Stripped-Down Naked Truth from 26 Rockin' Online Business Owners” is available. Yay!!!

Well, one thing that I'm finding really hard is getting people to write reviews. (Apparently I'm normal and most people struggle with this.)

So, I turned to my friends for help.

This week I asked our panel of experts…

“For Amazon authors: What's your biggest tip for getting more reviews on Amazon?”

I'm working on tracking down a few more people to answer. So make sure you sign up for updates so you find out when their responses have been added.

I think you'll find the responses from my friends interesting. I did.

Rachel Rofe of Rolling in Reviews says:

One great tip to get reviews is to just ASK the people who have read your book to leave a review.

I put a picture of a post-it note at the end of my books, along with a reminder scribbled on it to leave a review if they liked the book, and a link to my book.

It works really well.

Kelly McCausey of Solo Smarts Podcast says:

My limited experience as a Kindle book publisher has taught me one thing: Not very many people leave reviews!

On my Solopreneurs are Smarter: Why Solopreneurs Rock The Online Business World book there are 16 reviews.

15 are there because I specifically asked for them. The 16th came out of the blue, and it was negative. He criticizes the book for not being something the book never promised to be (a how to guide).

I ignored the negative remark. Sure, I could point out that he apparently expected something not offered in the book's description – but what good would that have done?

I want to be open with your readers Nicole. A LOT of people that I asked to leave a review, never did. I can only guess that it falls under the ‘we're constantly pressured to comment, like, share and vote and now we have to leave Amazon reviews?' category of ‘I'm just too busy'.

All I've learned about the situation then is this: Ask for reviews. Ask, remind, cajole, beg and plead.

Then say thank you, of course. And doggone it, return the freaking favor!

Connie Ragen Green of Affiliate Marketing Case Studies says:

To get more reviews for your Amazon books, simply ask for them.

I have lots of reviews for some of my books there, and none at all for the ones I have not asked people to review.

Kristen Eckstein of Self Publish on Demand says:

Here are my Top 5 ways I get more reviews on my books on Amazon:

1. Ask. Ask. And ask again. Often people are very happy to provide reviews. You may have to give them a copy of your book, but friends, family and colleagues are excited to help you out by leaving a review for your book. Tell them it can be as short as a few sentences, and refer to #5 for an easier way for them to say, “Yes.” Make sure you follow up with them every few days to a week or so. The squeaky wheel gets the grease, and if they said, “Yes,” don't be afraid to remind them.

2. If your book is in print, send a secured PDF copy to other experts in your niche and ask them nicely for a review. These reviews can be put inside the print book, then when the book shows up on Amazon you can ask them to copy and paste their review on the listing. It's also super easy if you send them their original review in an email so they have less excuses to get it posted.

3. Include a page at the end of your print or Kindle book inviting readers to review the book and share your book with others who will enjoy it.

4. Research. Find bloggers who have an established website and ask them if you gift them a copy, if they would post a review. Most are only too happy to get more free reading material. You can either mail them a printed version or click the “Give as a Gift” button on Amazon for Kindle books. With the Kindle books, you still make money for that book sale even though you have to buy it, so it becomes a cheap way to get quality reviews.

5. Write a sample review for them. Ghost writing reviews is an easy way to get busy people to say, “Yes!” Write what you'd like them to say about the book, then send it to them for their permission to use it and/or tweak it. Include it in your print book and ask them to post it on Amazon.

Nicole Dean of .. here! .. says:

What I did was to buy Rachel's course Rolling in Reviews for inspiration first. Yes, that's an affiliate link, but I did purchase the course, too.

Then, I followed these steps so far…

1. I offered a book bonus for my “Blogging for Profit” book when it was first released. People who purchased the book could get bonuses during a certain period of time. When they signed up for those bonuses, they were put into an autoresponder. Seven days after getting added to the autoresponder, they received an email making sure that they got their bonuses, asking them if they enjoyed the book, and then requesting them to please leave a review, too.

2. I asked the contributors who were in my book to leave a review. Some of them did. (Those peeps will definitely be featured in future books.)

3. I waited a few weeks to give time for the people who bought the book to finish reading it – and am now writing this blog post to beg for reviews. Too subtle?

Here goes…

Please Review My Book if you Read It:

-> If you bought my book and enjoyed it, please leave a review here:  How to Have a Profitable Blog <-

If you didn't love the book, then I seem to have misplaced the link. (Go here instead to spend time with Grumpy Cat and get happy.)

Then Share your Tips and Questions Below.

I always want to hear from you.

Warmly.
Nicole

My good friend, Rachel Rofe (who will be a guest on my podcast in a few weeks) is one of the contributors to my new book. Last week, she asked me a few questions about how I got other people to write so much of my book for me.

She wanted to use it as a case study for her customers who bought her course -> Hands Off Kindle Publishing – to show that you CAN create Kindle books without doing all the work yourself.

Here's an excerpt from the interview:

Creating A Great Book: Case Study

Thank you again for your interest in Hands Off Books.

As a valued customer of mine and Nicole’s, my aim is to provide you with as much value as possible.

So along those lines, we wanted to share a case study with you.

See, Nicole Dean just released an excellent book called Expert Briefs: Blogging For Profit.

I bought this book and thought Nicole did an excellent job with it.

And as I was going through it, I realized there was SO MUCH you could learn from the way Nicole put this all together.

She was brilliant about it.  In fact, I was a contributor to the book and didn’t even remember until she told me.

(And THAT, my friends, is a perfect way to make it low-stress for contributors. )

Because I felt there’s a lot you could learn from this launch, I asked Nicole if she’d be open to being interviewed for your benefit.

She graciously agreed, and here we are.

So let’s get started…

Rachel: Can you tell me a little bit about the book you decided to create?

Nicole: Of course. I have a series on my blog called “Expert Briefs” and have been posting it since June of 2010.

In it, each week, I ask a group of successful online business owners one question. They each send in their answers if they have something worth sharing to a dedicated email address for this purpose. My Virtual Assistant compiles the responses into a blog post in the order of how the emails are received.
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Note from Rachel:
Nicole makes this SO easy for people. Here’s an example of one of her emails…

You can read the full case study, here:

Right Click and Save the pdf:
Nicole Dean Book Case Study (pdf)

I appreciate you much. THANK YOU for sharing this day with me.

Warmly,
Nicole Dean