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PUBLISHING: 6 Reasons Why You Need to Author a Book

As soon as your book comes off the press, you will immediately be seen as the expert in your subject area. Authors are valued, praised, and respected, and you will be seen as the authority, and authority can open doors and bring financial rewards!

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If you are looking to grow your business and are teaching, speaking, coaching, consulting, training, prospecting, recruiting, or selling… then consider a book as the perfect tool to do just that!

#1—You are instantly the expert.

As soon as your book comes off the press, you will immediately be seen as the expert in your subject area. Authors are valued, praised, and respected, and you will be seen as the authority, and authority can open doors and bring financial rewards!

#2—You can use your book to build your database.

You must own your own database, have your own network, and have relationships with your own group of people. A book is the perfect way to create a following, establish connections, and generate interest in you and where you are going as a leader.

#3—You have an audience that wants what you have to offer.

The people listening to you want more than you are telling them. A book gives them more, a tangible tool that they can take home and study for years to come. If it is your tool, then they paid to get it.

#4—You are in the best place to sell/promote your book.

The absolute best, most effective platform for selling a book is from stage. The audience is listening, they are hungry, and they want your book! You will create more interest and sell more copies of your book from stage than anywhere else.

#5—Your book will get you in the door.

The best "business card" in the world is a book, and that is especially true if you are the one who authored it. The perceived value of a book is high, and when given away, the recipient is thinking, "How can I help you in return?" Open doors!

#6—Your book is a prospecting tool.

Books are one of the most powerful prospecting tools on the planet! Business growth comes with tools that prospect, recruit, and train … and it all can happen with a single book. The value of a prospect is 1000x more than the cost of a book!