Jay Conrad Levinson said that his book, Guerilla Marketing, earned him $35,000 in direct sales and $9.9 million-plus through selling his coaching, training, and more. Today’s businesperson or entrepreneur wants to aim for that kind of impact. Mike Skrypnek, financial service professional, who has written six books, has hit the peaks and valleys in his publishing history. Learn from what he did wrong and what he did right.

The biggest author’s challenge is getting from zero books published to one published.

If you learn all you can from experienced authors, you can avoid a lot of potholes.

As in all areas of life, you can best succeed if you solicit guidance.

A good coach or editor can tease out of you what you want to say.

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