Creative Push: 10 Days to Publish [Day 8]

How to Market Your Book

Course Schedule

Day 0 [June 15th]: What if stopped thinking and started doing?

Day 1 [June 16th]: Pros and cons of Self Publishing

Day 2 [June 17th]: What jobs do you have to do if you self publish + when to hire

Day 3 [June 18th]: Platforms to help you self publish

Day 4 [June 19th]: Your job as the publisher

Day 5 [June 20th]: Your job as the writer

Day 6 [June 23rd]: Your job as the illustrator

Day 7 [June 24th]: Your job as the editor

Day 8 [June 25th]: Your job as the marketer

Day 9 [June 26th]: Your dream project: share your pitch... what do you want to outsource and what do you want to do on your own?

Day 10 [June 27th]: make an action plan and commitment

Today You Will:

1. Explore a creative practice to push through the fear of sharing your work

2. Discover how to promote your book and decide which you want to explore

3. Build your marketing calendar

Books Mentioned:

• Education Planner

• Brainstorm Planner [Shown the in video is live in case you want to use it]

• Creative Planner

• Breakdown Planner for Big Projects

• Breakdown Planner

It’s time to share work and ignore the comments

It can be hard to tell people about your work; what if they don’t like it? What if they ignore you? What if, what if, what if? While this does get a bit easier with practice, it is always hard to put work that is meaningful to you out into the world to be judged. It is also wonderful to get to share your work with others. We will explore some mindset shifts to make sharing your work easier and specific tactics for getting your work into the world if your goal is to share/sell your work. You may be doing this for more of a personal project, which is always fine. But if you want others to discover your book, I want to help you get started.

You’re afraid that people won’t like your work, and that’s holding you back from sharing. I’m going to give you two tips below that will help, but the truth is, you’re human, and you just spent a lot of time creating a book to share a story, idea, or message that you care about, which means, if people say they don’t like it, it’s going to hurt. There will also be people who tell you they like your work and that it made an impact and was meaningful to them. Do your best to focus on the kind words and determine what criticism can help you improve and what needs to be left behind.

PS: I REALLY WANT TO SEE YOUR WORK