When working on a client’s book, it never ceases to amaze me when I come across content that isn’t relevant to their target readers. This could include terminology they don’t recognise, examples they won’t resonate with, or information that doesn’t clearly relate to what they’re trying to learn from the book.The end result? This content […]
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In this episode of Entrepreneur to Author I speak with Clarissa Rayward, a family lawyer who has leveraged her book to lead to media appearances, speaking opportunities and more clients engaging her firm than ever before.It all began in 2008, when Clarissa established Brisbane Family Law Centre. At BFLC her team of lawyers work alongside counsellors and financial planners to ensure the […]
Continue readingYou’ve spent six months, almost $10,000 dollars and who knows how much blood, sweat and tears writing and publishing your book. Now it’s here – you have a pyramid of boxes in front of you and you’ve just posted a photo of you holding up your book with a grin on Facebook.But what happens next?One […]
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Whether it’s video, blogging, podcasting or publishing books, for the last few years content marketing has been all the rage. Make a one-time investment of your time to develop a piece of content that can build a relationship with your audience and convert them into paying clients for years to come – what’s not to […]
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Imagine this scenario…You sign up for a business course or coaching program.Your coach makes you delve deep into the passion behind your business. They open your eyes to new possibilities and endless horizons. They build your confidence, telling you about the difference you could make and the impact you could have on the world.You realize […]
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As the year winds to a close it’s easy to get caught up in the silly season. Suddenly, it’s mid-January and you haven’t written anything for a month. Your editor is impatiently tapping her toe and you need to push your entire self-publishing process back.Not anymore – check out Grammar Factory’s 10 most popular publishing […]
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With growing numbers of qualified professionals offering their services to first-time authors, the power of publishing for entrepreneurs is becoming more widely recognised. After all, publishing a book establishes you as an instant expert, which then leads to a range of opportunities that come with expert status – media appearances, keynote gigs, charging higher rates and, […]
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With the launch date for Book Blueprint, approaching a few years back and the rest of the publishing process unfolding as planned, the focus turned to marketing. The plan was to sell as many copies as possible before going to print, thereby offsetting the publishing costs, dictating how many copies should be printed in the first […]
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Natasha Hawker came to Grammar Factory for our Whole Shebang editing package in 2014. Over three rounds of edits, I saw her book, From Hire to Fire & Everything in Between, become a practical, valuable manual that any small business owner could use to find the right employees, avoid the legal and financial risks of recruitment, and […]
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Clarissa Rayward, the Happy Family Lawyer and first-time author, came to Grammar Factory for a structural edit in 2014.Her book, Splitsville: How to separate, stay out of court and stay friends, guides families through the legal issues associated with separation and divorce without causing unnecessary angst for partners or children.Why write a book?Clarissa had been wanting to write […]
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Today’s post is by Dr Gary Wohlman, the founder and director of My Presentation Doctor and the author of Get Up, Stand Up For Your Life. Dr Gary travels the world training CEOs, managing directors, senior managers and executive committees of leading organisations, as well as professional speakers and entrepreneurs in a wide range of industries and, in […]
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Your first box of books arrives. You open the first copy and realise that something’s not right. Maybe it’s a typo in your introduction, the wrong diagram in Chapter 1, or you wrote a reminder to yourself about adding another case study… which somehow made it to print.Whatever the issue, you now have a big […]
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So you want to write a book… but where do you start?What most people do is set the goal of writing a book, set themselves a deadline, and then write ferociously until they run out of steam (this usually takes two to four weeks). Soon the weeks turn into months, and by the time their […]
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I have a mixed history with designers.You see, my significant other is a former graphic designer. Today he’s a training manager at a software company, but tends to take on a lot of design responsibilities on the side of his main role. As a result, any time I’ve wanted to create anything with a visual […]
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After quickly pumping out my book, I was feeling pretty confident. I let it sit for a week, gave it a quick read and thought, ‘This is decent.’Then I sent it to my editor, Carolyn.Four days later, I received an email:‘Your book needs quite a bit of work, more than I expected… Is there a good time […]
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