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Creating a Companion Course for Your Book
Books are great, don’t get me wrong (I have to say that on a book writing website), but what comes next?

Sales Page in a Non-fiction Book
“A sales page?!” I hear you shout. “How dare you! I can’t force sales on my reader! What a terrible thought! I am a decent person! I am a writer!” Before you hang me out to dry with the solar panel salesperson who called last week, hear me out.

Christmas Wish List
It’s that time of year again, time for gift giving and shopping for your goodies. Are you ready?

From First-Time Writer to International Hachette Author
Our guest blogger this month is Catherine Molloy, author of Hachette’s The Million Dollar Handshake, which has been published in seven countries and has even been translated into Taiwanese!
Catherine says “Writing the material for my book as an indie author with Alex’s help opened up the doors to traditional publishing for me. The steps taken to create the material and use it successfully in my business ensured I was in a position to be noticed by a traditional publisher and achieve the success I have today.”

What Is an Imprint
As my business has changed and I have had time away from doing and more time being, I have found time to reflect on whether to grow bigger or to focus more on being the best at what we do. This month on the blog I’ve been musing on the meaning of success…

Bigger Is Not Always Better; Better Is Better
As my business has changed and I have had time away from doing and more time being, I have found time to reflect on whether to grow bigger or to focus more on being the best at what we do. This month on the blog I’ve been musing on the meaning of success…

Publishing a Book to Grow Your Business
Looking for a new approach to grow your business? If so, have you ever considered publishing a book?

6 Tips for Writing Children’s Books
It’s common to think how easy it must be to write children’s books, dreaming of a shiny pile of colourful book covers, hoping that your children’s book is the one that parents roll their eyes at because their children ask for it again and again and again!

How Do I Get a Foreword for My Book?
Authors often ask me how to get that magic piece of writing at the beginning of the book.