From Dana: This is a guest post by Jennie Mustafa-Julock (aka Coach Jennie) and Annie Passanisi, the Founding Members of Hungry Entrepreneurs. Hungry Entrepreneurs is a support tribe for small business owners, freelancers, and artists teetering somewhere between launch and bankruptcy. This week, they (with oodles of help) unleashed eBooks Suck (but they don’t have to) on the world. They adore quality content from diverse voices, matchmaking genius minds, and meeting new minds.
Readers, we beg you, beseech you, implore you – do not Do It Yourself.
[Dana: Ahem -- 'scuse me, ladies?!]
So you want to write an ebook, printed book, or other info-product? Swell!
But before you get started, we have a tough question for you to consider: Are you really prepared to do all this yourself? Can you fill an entire book with value then turn around and edit, market, and sell the sucker?
For many people, the answer to that is No. And guess what? That’s okay.
You can still DIY without being a company of one. All you have to do is find your people.
[Dana: Isn't that a great idea? Click here to tweet it!]
Now, lest you think we’re pestering or belittling you, we offer up full disclosure: Our company, Hungry Entrepreneurs, is all about collaboration. We only claim to be experts in the entrepreneurial struggle and new ways to get out of soul-sucking business ruts. We operate raw — out from behind the veil of perfection.
So here goes, This week we launched an Amazon bestseller, eBooks Suck (but they don’t have to). We took the internet by storm, almost broke Twitter with our giddy promotional glee, and pushed something of crazy-value into the world. How did we do it? We asked other people to write it for us. 41 of them, in fact. (Hi, Dana!)
[Dana: *waves* "Hi!" Thanks for letting me be part of this!]
We knew two voices were not enough to cover every aspect of ebook production, so we got out there and yelled for help. “Hey! You! Did you write an ebook and succeed or fail wildly? What do other people need to know? Wanna write a book with us?”
And the answers came flooding in. And they were goooood. And we just cheer-led, compiled, and polished the sucker. Jennie wrote the intro, Annie wrote the outro. That’s it. Less than 1,000 words of a 250-page book. Everything else was written by our 41 authors, and the book is 41 times better because of it.
So, you, sitting there. You want to launch your brilliance into the world.
Our advice to you? Grab a pal.
Hell, grab a gang.
Have a best biz-friend who could use some promo love?
Have a “just out of your league” idol with a message you’re dying to amplify?
Have an internet brain-crush on someone you only know through Twitter?
Have a competitor you’re tired of trying to out-do?
Write a book with them. Be clear about the value you want to provide and what you want to reap. Be crystal-clear about your expectations, roles, and tasks. Offer as much as you ask.
Just jump in. Get yourself a shared Google doc folder and you’re halfway there.
Trust us, we did it. And we don’t ever intend to stop.
(Speaking of which, you wanna write a book with us? Have your people Skype our people.)
You can still, and should, Do It Yourself — just bring in more than one “you”, and watch what you can accomplish!
You can grab eBooks Suck! (but they don’t have to) for just $4.99 for Kindle. And, if you’re a small biz owner, freelancer, or artist, and you’re too good to be broke, Annie and Jennie welcome you with open arms to hungryentrepreneurs.com!
If you’re new to DIY Writing, here’s a great place to start. You can also subscribe to updates to download your FREE ebook!
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