Author Thought Leadership

5 questions to ask before writing and publishing a book to drive your business success and build your personal brand

Self-imposed deadlines are the key to writing a thought leadership book; deadlines overcome the perfectionism and fear of failure that frequently originates in a fear of failure to live up to our own standards.

Even if you aren’t a cook yourself, you know what a recipe is, and what it’s used for. Webster’s defines a recipe as “a set of instructions for making something from various ingredients; a formula or procedure for doing or attaining something.” Two and a half months after its publication, Scott Belsky’s book, Making Ideas [...]

Sharing your commitment to write a thought leadership book is one of the most important first steps you should take. Sharing your commitment write a book ensures its completion and paves the way for its success. Here are 7 reasons to share your intention to write a thought leadership book: Support. Sharing your intention with [...]

Writing a nonfiction book is the proven way to build your business by attracting new prospects, pre-selling your competence, opening doors to new product and service opportunities, while differentiating yourself from your competition. (Mitchell Levy’s 42 Rules for Driving Success with Books for details and examples.) However, you have to write the right book! Here [...]

The easiest way to get started a thought leadership book that will drive business and career success is to ask a deceptively simple question: What does my most profitable customer segment need to know to solve their problems and achieve their goals? Asking what your most profitable customers and prospect needs to know achieves several [...]

Although the rewards of writing a book have been extensively documented in books like Mitchell Levy’s 42 Rules of Driving Business with Books, the underlying habits needed for writing success and author thought leadership are not as widely known. The big idea The starting point is very simple, and beautifully described in books like Jack [...]

Will 2010 be the year you decide to write a book to build your brand and establish yourself as the “go to” expert in your field? Now is the time to begin planning for your debut as a published author. The benefits of writing a book in 2010 The benefits of writing a book continue [...]