by Pat Iyer | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog, Book Marketing, Book writing, Podcast, Writing process
Donna is 6’5” tall and a woman who both literally and figuratively stands out. Her height gave her the confidence to succeed in the male-dominated world of real estate, and her intuitive gifts enabled her to become a master player and teacher of poker. Poker helped...
by Pat Iyer | Sep 20, 2021 | Blog, Book Marketing, Book writing, Podcast, Writing process
If you’re a consultant or member of a C-suite, you take a different approach to writing a book than an academic or fiction writer. Your primary goals are to increase your business and to help your clients increase theirs. That means you need to see your book not as an...
by Pat Iyer | Sep 2, 2021 | Blog, Book Marketing, Grammar
Here’s a big fear we all have when it comes to writing a book: What if no one buys it? When I interviewed potential authors about their fears, they cited book marketing, and lack of sales, as big concerns. While that is always possible, with a little planning and...
by Pat Iyer | Jul 1, 2021 | Blog, Book Marketing
Titles Can Make Your Book a Success – Or Not You’ve heard that you can’t judge a book by its cover. This isn’t true; people make decisions about whether to even pick up a book and look at it based on the cover. They make the same kinds of decisions based on the...
by Pat Iyer | Jul 1, 2021 | Blog, Book Marketing, Book writing, Podcast
The COVID epidemic has given many people a new urgency to live a purpose-driven life. Those who once had an “I’ll do it one of these days” mindset have had to confront the possibility that they have less time to realize their purposes than they’d thought. For Ron...
by Pat Iyer | Jun 25, 2021 | Blog, Book Marketing, Book writing, Podcast
Do you ever worry that the target audience for your book might be too small? Susan Haibeck, a highly experienced oncology nurse and legal nurse consultant, makes it clear that the question isn’t the size of the audience but how much they need the information in the...