Lunch & Learn Webinar: Publishing Your eBook for Greater Business Impact

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Today’s session:
“Publishing Your eBook for Greater Business Impact”
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Moderated by:
Dalya Massachi
Melissa Sweat
Author, Editor, Public Speaker
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Publishing Your eBook for
Greater Business Impact
Speaker:
Dalya Massachi
Writer, Editor, Public Speaker
Writing to Make a Difference
www.writingtomakeadifference.com
dalya@dfmassachi.net


Publishing Ebooks
for Greater
Business Impact
By Dalya F. Massachi

Dalya F. Massachi
•  Award-winning author:
Writing to Make a Difference:
25 Powerful Techniques to Boost
Your Community Impact
•  Now serves as the project manager and editor
for several other independently published
books by nonfiction authors

www.WritingToMakeADifference.com

Publishing Ebooks for Greater
Business Impact
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 

What an e/book can do for your business
Top 4 myths about today s e/books
Advice on WRITING your book
Intro to indie PUBLISHING
Complimentary downloads
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POLL
What stage are you in?
1. Considering writing a book/ebook
2. Drafting the manuscript
3. Ready to edit/produce the book/ebook
4. Have published/wondering what to do next

©2013 Dalya F. Massachi
WritingToMakeADifference.com/Indie

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What can a book/e-book
do for your business?

5

Ultimate Content Marketing Tool
  Demonstrate expertise
  Establish credibility, (author)ity
  Bring new visibility, accessibility, portability
  Attract new opportunities/colleagues
  Show personality/style of your brand

6

Broaden Your Audience
 Introduce prospects:
•  Your website/blog
•  Social media
•  Press
  Encourage customers to share


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EXAMPLES


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So What’s Holding You Back?


Top 4 Myths
1)  Only people with natural talent
should publish ( I can t write! )
2) It s too expensive
3) It s a lonely endeavor
4) It takes too much time

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You Already Have a Lot of Material
 Blog entries
 Recorded/email conversations
 Answers to FAQ s
 Presentations you ve given
 Past work: examples/stories/case histories
 Stories from your vast network

14

You Will Get Writer’s Block
 Fight off the urge to procrastinate
 Write during your peak hours
 Start with 30 min./day; chunks
 Keep a running swipe file
 Know: a 1st draft should not be perfect

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Advice on WRITING Your
Book

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It’s All About How Best to
Serve Your Readers
 Address their problems, hopes, fears
  What do they want? (Data/Feelings)
 How to improve on what s out there?
 What formats are best? book, ebook,
video, audio, app, etc.

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You Need to Gather…
 Why are/might they be interested?
 How can you build on what they know?
 How can they easily integrate your ideas
into their lives/work?

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Connect Person-to-Person

 Think and write in terms of you
(the reader)
 Briefly communicate shared values,
needs, interests
 Use their language

19

Mix It Up
With Different Approaches
 Humor
 Stories
 Memorable word pictures
 Personal/friendly voice
 Questions


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Cultivate Conciseness
  KISSS: Keep It Short, Simple, Skimmable
(traditionally 60-80K words)
  If you know enough to write this book, you know
too much to include everything you know. (editor
at Red Wheel/Weiser Publishing)
  1 main message throughout: repeat key concepts/
words

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You Don’t Have to Go It Alone!
•  Get a Writing Buddy: accountability,
exchange ideas, feedback
•  Join a Writing Circle
•  Use research assistants, peer
reviewers, collaborators - via email,
blog, in person


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“The beautiful part of writing is that you don't
have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a
brain surgeon." — Robert Cormier
Copyright 2013 Dalya F. Massachi
WritingToMakeADifference.com/indie


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Why Hire an Editor?
 Need an outside perspective
 Need a reader s advocate:
author-reader bridge
 Get prof l polish to make work publishable
 Need support in finishing your book


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Author/Editor Relationship
Good rapport and a
strong working
relationship are
critical


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Graphic Designer
[other essential team member]

  Exterior and interior of the book
  Look should conform to your vision
  Makes book look polished, organized,
accessible


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Interview!
  Specialty: subject matter/audiences
  Experience with your type of book and
with your phase
  Get references: interpersonal style?
professionalism?


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Complimentary Downloads
1.  The right team for the process
2.  Editorial association member directories
3.  Webinar slides: Thinking About Hiring an
Independent Editor? Start Here!
4. Websites of interest to the indie writer/publisher

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indie

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