How can you start using the title published author in the next few months WITHOUT writing an entire book
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Build a stronger personal brand immediately.
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Open the door to new opportunities.
- Add to your signature, your bio, your articles and proposals.
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A permanent marketing tool – most people do not throw books away, and they are always working on your behalf.
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Pre-frame yourself to clients before they even speak to you. Your book shows your expertise.
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Multiple authors are marketing you, every time they talk about your book.
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Use it in your content marketing plan to get leads.
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Instant authority boost.
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A book is your most powerful business card.
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Most people will never write the first book, you will have one to share in the next few months.
Imagine your client interactions if potential and current clients saw your thinking in a published book before they met you? Imagine the time you would save not having to explain your ideas and the value you could add to them? Imagine the fee premium you could earn? Imagine avoiding awkward meetings trying to establish your credibility? Imagine how many potential clients could find you and reach out to you?
It would be a different life as a recognized expert.
Becoming a published author or adding another book to your library of published books can be a powerful credibility boost and can help you build your professional and personal brand.
I could do it. Our clients could do it (refer to our previous book Nine Leaders in Action which went on to becoming #1 best seller in multiple highly competitive business categories). So can you.
But when?…
If you are concerned that you do not know enough, don’t have a good enough profile, all of this may seem impossible to achieve …
… I understand.
Publishing an entire book on your own is very hard…
Not only you have to figure out how to structure and write a good book but you also need to be able to edit and proofread it, develop a design for your book, and one that looks good, layout the book for various formats like paperback and kindle, figure out how and where to launch it, market it, get reviews, etc… It is too much for most people and, in our opinion, a waste of time to learn and figure out if you are not planning to run a publishing business.
So crowd sourcing the effort and participating in writing just a chapter may be the opportunity you were waiting for.
To be in The Published Author Program you don’t have to be a professional writer, you don’t have to be a publishing or marketing expert. And you don’t even have to write the whole book.
Enroll in The Published Author Program
Once you submit your application, if you need to pay in installments you can do so here.
We also highly recommend adding optional add-ons which allow us to help you with making your chapter more effective to achieve your objectives.
Add a strategy call as an optional add-on. (Some authors choose to book multiple sessions. The purpose a strategy call is to help you determine what to cover in your chapter).
Add a wordsmithing service as an optional add-on (A professional writer writes a chapter on your behalf, based on an interview and input from you, trying to preserve your voice. You thereafter can make the necessary adjustments to make the writing your own).
What do you mean by crowdsourcing a book?
You have probably seen books written by multiple authors. A group of authors gathered together, and each author contributed a chapter.
All you have to worry about is writing 1 chapter, which can be as little as 2,000 words. In our case we generally aim for 15 pages of ~280 words each per author. This allows you enough space to make an impact and get noticed. And let everyone else do the rest of the work.
The organizer of the project, the publisher, handles all the work and the costs for concept, structuring, editing, design, formatting, cover creation, promotion (marketing). It is incredibly cost effective for the authors because all those steps cost a lot of money and time, especially if you don’t know what you are doing.
Crowdsourcing the book this way allows you to get your name out for a fraction of the total cost of a book.
And then this book becomes the start of your elevated journey…
Publishing a book will allow you to have your own author page in Amazon library, with your published book there as a permanent fixture, permanent marketing and credibility boosting tool.
The book also helps you start building your online presence and elevated standing.
People, like potential major clients who otherwise would likely ignore you, could start mentioning that they “have seen some great work you are doing.”
The translation is: “I have seen that you are a published author, an expert in your field, I saw your Amazon author profile or I saw your book on Amazon or in another store, and I am looking for an expert to help me.”
I do it myself. When someone reaches out to me I check out their LinkedIn profile, see if they published a book on Amazon, etc.”
That is why especially your first book becomes such an important step up in your career.
What if I want to publish a mini ebook or a solo book?
We recommend to start from co-authored book. There are number of reasons including other authors promoting the book, we will be able to promote your book, the book will be on FIRMSconsulting author page for additional exposure for your work, and it is a lot less work to write a chapter and cheaper to publish as a co-author. However, if you feel a solo ebook or a full book is the right option for you at this time, contact [email protected] to discuss if there is a good fit for us to work together to help you achieve this goal.
You need to spend your time wisely…
What to do next…
Enroll in The Published Author Program:
Once you submit your application, if you need to pay in installments you can do so here.
We also highly recommend adding optional add-ons which allow us to help you with making your chapter more effective to achieve your objectives.
Add a strategy call as an optional add-on. (Some authors choose to book multiple sessions. The purpose a strategy call is to help you determine what to cover in your chapter).
Add a wordsmithing service as an optional add-on (A professional writer writes a chapter on your behalf, based on an interview and input from you, trying to preserve your voice. You thereafter can make the necessary adjustments to make the writing your own).
If we can’t accept your application we will refund your payment within 3 business days. And we will let you know how to strengthen your profile to be able to participate in the future projects.
Any questions? Email [email protected]
Send us bio
We will need very professional, high quality bio. Don’t have one yet or need help? That is what we are here for!
Confirm chapter topic and submit your chapter
Start brainstorming your chapter topic. Your chapter needs to fit well with the rest of the book, and attract people to your profile, products, consulting services, other books or future books. We have an optional strategy session to help you with the idea, when needed. We also have an optional wordsmithing service (additional fee applies. highly recommended). Get the FC team to provide wordsmithing service, where your knowledge and experience are captured and then our team does the required wordsmithing to structure it into a cohesive chapter (at extra cost).
Let us do the rest
We will update you on the launch dates, give you promotional materials for social media and email. Then seat back and let us handle all the editing, design, formatting, and marketing work and expenses. You will soon be adding a published author to your resume! And given our loyal reader base around the world, with over 20 books under our belt, your book will most likely become #1 best seller in a respected business category. As per above, the previous co-authored book, Nine Leaders in Action, went on to become #1 best seller in multiple highly competitive business categories, including strategic management and business management.
Our publishing experience
Over the last few years, as we published multiple books and have seen it become an effective way to help many people around the world that otherwise would never come across our resources, as well as seeing it becoming a powerful marketing tool for our company, we have received requests from some of our most beloved customers and clients asking if we could offer a service to help them become published authors too.
So The Published Author Program, like many things we do, was requested by FC Insiders and our coaching clients.
We are the number one publisher in the strategy and consulting space. In the screenshot below #1 and #2 best sellers are our books.
Examples of some of our #1 best sellers:
In the screenshot below you can see two of our books being best sellers simultaneously, which is a very rare accomplishment for any publisher.
Here’s the deal:
- You become a published author, a title no-one can ever take away from you. This title significantly elevates your professional profile and opens many doors.And given our loyal reader base around the world, with over 20 books under our belt, your book will most likely become #1 best seller in a respected business category. As per above, the previous co-authored book as part of The Published Author Program, Nine Leaders in Action, went on to become #1 best seller in multiple highly competitive business categories, including strategic management and business management.
- You get a chapter in our multi-author book. Your book will get extra visibility by being exposed to our readership base around the world. There’s no royalty for co-authors. It’s not about getting rich through selling books. It’s about building your BRAND!
- You can republish or repurpose your chapter in any format.
- You write. We take over all the remaining work.
- If you don’t want to write or don’t have time to write, select add-ons and we will do the heavy-lifting of planning, structuring and writing your chapter for you, based on an interview with you. So if you have valuable experiences and knowledge to share but don’t have the time or don’t want to write, for any reason, get the FC team to provide wordsmithing service (extra cost). Wordsmithing service involves capturing your knowledge and experience and then our team does the required wordsmithing to structure it into a cohesive chapter.
- You don’t know what to write about? Apply for an optional service (at extra cost) to get Kris to do a strategy call with you to help you pull the right knowledge and experiences to share from your head so you can position yourself in the best way in your chapter.
- We take care of book cover design, typesetting, interior layout, distribution etc.
- You get to include a bio (up to 200 words) for your chapter with information about your firm or yourself, including your contact email address and a website link if you choose to do so (recommended to help you build your professional brand).
- We will publish it internationally on Amazon.
- We will design posters for the book launch for you to use on social media.
- The book will be released to the entire FC community.
- Where there is a good fit, selected co-authors maybe invited to be interviewed for one of our podcast channels, ranked top 2-10 for careers in multiple countries. Have a chance to appear on a podcast along with business legends like Ram Charan, Bill Matassoni and Kevin P. Coyne.
- Bonus: One masterclass on how to use your book to grow your business (value = $1,500)
How long can my chapter be?
We are aiming for 15 average book pages per author. If your topic requires more pages please email [email protected] and we will try to do our best to accommodate you.
How many authors will be in the program?
We are aiming to have about 10 co-authors.
How long will it take for the book to get published?
We are aiming for 6-8 months release date from the time we start the program.
What if I can’t write or don’t have the time to write?
We offer guidelines to help you with the outline.
So, no need to worry!! We also offer optional wordsmithing service at extra cost (we interview you to capture your knowledge and experience and we then do the required wordsmithing to prepare your chapter, trying to include all the knowledge and experience you wanted to share with the audience, while preserving your voice. You thereafter can make required edits to make the writing your own).
If you want to write the chapter yourself but need help in deciding which knowledge/experiences to share, you can apply for an optional service at extra cost, a strategy session with Kris Safarova who is an author of multiple #1 bestselling books, to help you pull the right knowledge out of your head and select what to focus on in your chapter, while following outline guidelines.
We highly recommend wordsmithing service as well as a strategy session. It makes a big difference for most authors.
I don’t think I’m that successful.
You are more successful than you realize. If you have insights and stories that can help others, you can build your professional brand by becoming a published author. Your experiences and insights are useful to many people around the world. You don’t have to be a former CEO of a major company, a former McKinsey/BCG senior partner, have an MBA or Ph.D. or be a millionaire entrepreneur. You just need to want to inspire and help others by sharing your knowledge and experiences.
In our experience, clients who worry about being too young some day wake up and realize they are too old. Don’t let this limiting belief of being too young and not having enough experience stop you from realizing your full potential.
I’m not ready yet.
You’ll never be ready! Successful people jump at opportunities and then grow and improve along the way. Don’t let perfectionism hold you back. Don’t miss out on rare opportunities. Learn along the way. We also may never do another intake for this program so the time to take action is now.
In just a few months:
- You can become a co-author of the book on FIRMSconsulting’s author Amazon page. We have a large loyal reader base around the world and YOU can benefit from it.
- You can differentiate yourself from your competitors and colleagues … big time.
- You can build your professional brand: your authority, visibility, credibility, and earnings.
- You will get to share your message/story with the world.
- You can see new opportunities and doors open up for your business.
Take advantage of this pricing:
This program is not for everyone. The participation in the next multi-author project pricing is as follows:
$5,997 (save ~$850)
or 4 payments of $1,712/mo
Written chapter guidelines will be provided to all participants.
Optional service at extra cost: strategy session
The strategy session is intended to help you, a new writer, pull the right knowledge and experiences out of your head so that you can position yourself in the best way. The optional fee is $997 per one hour session. You can apply for multiple sessions to help you pull the right knowledge and experiences out of your head for your chapter. However, one session is generally going to be enough for you to gain much more clarity on the best content to include in your chapter, based on your knowledge and experience.
Optional service at extra cost: wordsmithing
We record an interview with you capturing your knowledge and experience and guiding you on what to include. Kris does the interviews for the second book, so it will also have an element of a strategy call. And we then do the wordsmithing work to prepare the first draft of the chapter for you, based on an interview with you, while trying to preserve your voice. You can then edit the chapter to ensure everything that is needed is included. A separate strategy call add-on (a separate add-on) is still recommended to help figure out the best content for your chapter.
$2,997
HOW TO APPLY?
Once you submitted your application, you can pay the base fee in installments here.
Add a strategy call as an optional add-on.
Add a wordsmithing service as an optional add-on.
If we can’t accept your application we will refund your payment within 3 business days.
Any questions? Email [email protected]
We’d love to potentially work with you.
Naturally, we have LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE for the next multi-author project. If you are ready to apply follow the steps above.
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