Book coach and mentor Karen Williams found writing her first two books easy, but quickly realised that not all her clients felt the same way. So she put together a course to help them, and in the process earned several thousand pounds and wrote another book! In this interview she…
Bryony Thomas knew exactly what she was doing when she wrote her bestselling book Watertight Marketing: ‘Lots of people write a book and then go, “Now what?” I thought, “What do I want to be? Ah, a book’s a good way of getting there.”‘ What she hadn’t expected was the…
Sometimes you’re not just writing a book, you’re starting a movement. That’s what Malcolm Durham’s aiming for with Wealthbeing, a new way of achieving and measuring success for a more balanced life. The book is the centre, but there’s a whole raft of online and offline services around it. In the process, he…
In this episode I speak to Brant Cooper, author of The Lean Entrepreneur – which was a crowd-funded book – and founder of Moves the Needle, about treating your book as a startup. Brant has some awesome practical examples and advice for business writers on identifying market segments and needs, building…
When I first put out the call for recommendations for extraordinary business books, Gay Hendricks’s The Big Leap was one of the titles that just kept coming up. When I read it I understood what all the fuss was about. The two central concepts – the ‘Zone of Genius’ and ‘upper-limiting problems’ – are…
Melissa Hood is one half of The Parent Practice – with partner Elaine Halligan she has just been named one of the top parenting gurus in the UK by The Daily Mail. Her book Real Parenting for Real Kids, published by Practical Inspiration Publishing in April 2016, was described by Carl Honoré as…
The Space Within: Finding your way back home is a very different type of business book. And to be fair, Michael Neill – transformative coach and mentor to CEOs and ‘creative spark plug’ to celebrities, CEOs and royalty – is no ordinary writer. If you’re getting tired of chasing after the…
Promoting your book is just as essential and can be just as creative as the writing of it. In this week’s episode, book PR expert Ben Cameron shares a host of practical tips on what to keep in mind as you write your book to maximise your chances of getting…
Natalie Reynolds, CEO of Advantage Spring and author of We Have a Deal, reveals the astonishing story behind the writing of her book (don’t try this at home), the insecurities she overcame, what she learned about herself, how to know when it’s time to write your own book, and why…
