Your Book is Just the Beginning: Multiple Income Streams and Author Platform Building

Multiple Income Streams from Your Book 
by J.Q. Rose

 Money Maker
Photo by Mister GC. Courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net

Your book is just the beginning of a new career for you. I had a "light bulb" moment last summer when I discovered D'vorah Lansky's website, Build a Business with Your Book and her amazing program for authors, Book Marketing Challenge. While the 30 day program emphasizes building your author platform, in the third week D'vorah opened my eyes to using a book as a springboard to new opportunities for enlarging your platform and earn multiple income streams. I was intrigued with the idea because I never thought beyond writing a book. I guess I was so focused on the writing, publishing, and marketing, I never thought about ways of making money with it other than selling it.

D'vorah Lansky
Founder, Build a Business with Your Book

Did you write a fiction book whose character is into designing clothing? Then focus on sewing or tailoring to extend your reach. Did you write a non-fiction how-to book? Use your expertise in the topic to expand your audience and build your list.

Whether your book is fiction or non-fiction, here are some ideas to add some pennies to your piggy bank:

• Write articles on your topic for magazines and ezines
• Monetize a blog you write on the book topic
• Speak in front of audiences about the topic and you will be known as an expert. You may get paid for your speaking engagement and/or sell books at the back of the room.
• Appear in webinars/teleseminars as a guest or host experts/authors
• Interview on podcasts experts in the field
• Be a consultant or coach and get paid for it!

These action plans may help you get your name out there and sell more books as well as open doors to new opportunities.

Have you tried any of these methods to build your platform and/or earn more from your book? Can you add to the list?
Leave a comment for us. We'd love to hear about your experiences.

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Quick Tips on Vegetable Gardening: Starting Your Garden
First in the series

One of the ways to build your author platform is to have a LOT of great books in your list. So if someone likes your book, have one ready for them to come back to buy. The series idea works for fiction and non-fiction books. 

I am trying this idea out by publishing an eBook series with my husband, Gardener Ted, on vegetable gardening. This is the right time of the year for sure. When I released the eBook on Amazon on Feb 15, 2015, the book was a top 100 seller in crafts/hobbies and vegetables categories. At this writing it is in the top 100 in the seasonal category. That is exciting!

Back of the Book:

Do you want to savor vegetables grown in your own back yard? Save money on food? Add healthy vegetables to your diet? We can help you with quick, practical tips on growing a vegetable garden. Learn how to get ready for gardening, how to plan a garden for four seasons of eating enjoyment, how to start seeds, and more. Quick Tips for Vegetable Gardening is dedicated to offering you quick tips and advice for you to grow veggies in a garden plot, container, raised bed, or vertical gardening. This eBook is written with clear and concise tips to get you started.

The purpose of sharing these gardening tips is not only to advise you on best gardening practices, but also to afford you the opportunity for a satisfying and fulfilling experience with a garden that produces delicious vegetables for your eating pleasure year after year. 

The authors have years of experience growing their own vegetable gardens, producing plants in commercial greenhouses, and owning and operating a garden center. They know how to grow a productive garden. Order the first book in the Vegetable Gardening Series, Quick Tips on Vegetable Gardening: Starting Your Garden, and watch for more eBooks in the series jam-packed with information to help you produce delicious vegetables for your dinner table.

Get your copy today for 99 cents.

Buy Link: Amazon

Tell friends and family who are interested in gardening about these quick tips. Thank you!

How to Add an Audio File to Blogger Using Soundcloud.com, This Week

Welcome to the J.Q. Rose blog! Glad you stopped in because I have some good information on how to add an audio file to Blogger!

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If you recall I mentioned earlier I joined D'vorah Lansky, the Book Challenge, this summer.

I signed up for a month long workshop to become a better marketer. I must admit the informative speakers have stretched my world with many possibilities for marketing my books.

D'vorah's guests included specialists in so many fields and suggested using many kinds of technology in blogs including audio recordings, teleseminars, webinars, movies to vary the blog postings and increase interest in the author's blogs. Taking her advice, I have been trying to figure out first, how to make an audio recording, and second, how to get it on blogger. I learned a bit about Audacity.com to make recordings. But I had a very difficult time figuring out how to put the audio file on Blogger after spending all that time making it and converting it to an mp3 file.

Today I am happy to report "Success" in getting the file into my blog post. I finally found the key by joining Soundcloud.com I look forward to learning more about Soundcloud. Here's a video to help you figure out how to add audio to Blogger. Now you can learn how to add your voice too!

You Tube Video demonstrating how to add audio to Blogger using Soundcloud.com

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You're invited to listen to the recording I made. Find it at the end of this article. Yes, suggestions are welcome. Was it clear? Was the volume right for you? Any input would be appreciated!

My next goal is to be a guest on a radio show and teleseminar. Then after that, I would like to interview authors on my own teleseminars. What do you think? Would you like to be my guest or host me some time in the future?

This Week:

Wednesday, August 6--Internet Writers Support Group posting-What is IWSG? Founder of IWSG and author Alex J Cavanaugh explains the group's purpose is "to share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!" 

The group blogs the first Wednesday of every month, so come back on Wednesday to see how insecure I am! LOL The list of bloggers is always available so you can hop around to the author blogs filled with humor, advice, and thought provoking posts.

Thursday,  August 7--This 'n That post--information on my Work-in-Progress.

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Click on the arrow below to play the recording "Letter to my ten year old self" How about you? Do you want to write a letter to your self at ten years old and let her know what you have learned since then? Hope this recording gives you an idea and inspiration to begin. 

Thanks for stopping. I look forward to your comments!

Time to Celebrate at the Book Marketing Blog Hop

Welcome to the J.Q. Rose blog! Thank you for stopping in. Today is party time!! Help yourself to the cake and punch on the festive table decorated with these gorgeous red roses. We're getting together to celebrate the completion of the 30 Day Book Marketing Challenge with an amazing Book Marketing Blog Hop. 

For 30 sessions D’vorah Lansky of Build a Business with Your Book hosted informative guests who shared their knowledge and experience in their special fields of book marketing. What a fun time for learning about new methods for marketing and getting to meet and network with professionals who try to shed some light on the overwhelming task of getting the word out about our books. D’vorah was so organized and her speakers were generous with their tips and information.  I learned many new-to-me strategies, and I am anxious to try them!

The next time I'm a guest blogger on an author’s blog, I plan to use a tip I gleaned during the workshop in my own book marketing. (A guest blogger shares stories about writing their book, speaks on a topic chosen by the host, or answers an  interview style Q & A. She also has the opportunity to promote her book.) When guesting, I will include a link back to my blog so the reader will pop over to my blog to download a free gift such as a list of tips on my topic, a report. or even a teleseminar. I have compiled recipes in cookbooks that I think would be a worthwhile free gift for readers. When they hop over, they may spend time looking around the blog and sign up for the gift.  I’ll add the reader’s email address to my list and hope to have an ongoing relationship with website visitors.

You're invited to hop on over to visit the other authors who are also throwing a party at their blogs. You’ll pick up some useful tips on book marketing too. Remember,  cyber party food and drinks contain no calories! Enjoy!

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Inspiring and empowering girls
to achieve success in their dream careers

Take a peek at my non-fiction book for girls--

Girls Succeed! Stories Behind the Careers of Successful Women is an interactive e-book filled with dreams and passion to inspire, entertain, and empower girls. Fifteen remarkable career women in a variety of occupations share their stories in these pages. Explore careers which include women who have discovered cures to stamp out disease, made people laugh, earned Olympic and p\Paralympic gold medals, and drove across the country in the cab of an 18 wheeler.

To discover more about the book and to learn about incredible role models and trailblazers, visit The Girls Succeed Blog.

Girls Succeed! is available at Amazon and major online booksellers.

IWSG: What's Your Experience with Teleseminars

It's the first Wednesday of the month and time for a post from all the folks in the Insecure Writers Support Group. (IWSG) 

What is IWSG? Founder of IWSG and author Alex J Cavanaugh explains the group's purpose is "to share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers of all kinds!"

After visiting here, please take time to hop over to other blogs and hear their voices. You can find the list of participants at Alex's IWSG page.  

Check out the new IWSG Website for great writing tips.  

Webinar Time

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I am drowning in information overload. Just wrapping up a marketing workshop with D'vorah Lansky, the Book Challenge, and beginning a new workshop with Connie Dunn, Writers University Boot Camp. 

I signed up for these workshops to become a better writer and marketer. I must admit the workshops have stretched my world. I am all geeked up about what I am learning and  anxious to try out ALL the tips I've collected and insights into marketing from D'vorah.

She includes teleseminars in her workshop and suggests they are excellent ways to market your book. D'vorah especially enjoys the audio idea of interviewing authors or being interviewed.

Now we come to my insecurity this week--actually hosting or guesting on a teleseminar. Does anyone have any experience in this? What is your nugget of advice for a fledgling teleseminar host or guest?

Thanks so much for your input!

BTW, Visitors, we will be camping without wi-fi access this week along the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan. I may get on the Internet if I leave the wilds of the woods and beaches, so I will catch up to comments when I can. Thanks for stopping!