We could all use a little accountability - Including myself ❤️ Read the questions then grab the template at the bottom and make a post 🗒️ 1️⃣ What is **one specific thing** you completed on your book this week? Examples: * Finalized my book topic * Chose my main keyword + category * Wrote 1,200 words * Edited Chapter 1 * Uploaded my manuscript draft 2️⃣ What is the one thing you can commit to finishing by next week? Examples: * Write 2 chapters * Finish book outline * Draft my book description * Collect 10 competitor book screenshots 3️⃣ One blocker - What slowed you down or got in your way this week? This gives you: * Content ideas * Coaching opportunities * Workshop themes * DM conversations for higher-level support 4️⃣ Where are you at right now? 🔥 On track 🟡 Progress but slow 🔴 Stuck 🧠 Overthinking ⏸️ Life happened Drop your update below 👇 (Keep it short — progress > perfection) 1️⃣ **One thing you completed this week:** 2️⃣ **One thing you’re committing to finish next week:** 3️⃣ **Any blocker slowing you down? (optional)** 4️⃣ **Status emoji:** 🔥 🟡 🔴 🧠 ⏸️ I’ll be reviewing these to and helping to move you forward!

Let's be honest... Most self-published authors have at least one book sitting on Amazon that barely gets any sales. Maybe you published it, crossed your fingers, and hoped Amazon would somehow do the marketing for you. Or maybe you got excited about the next book idea and moved on before giving the first book a real chance to succeed. If that sounds familiar, you're not alone. This is one of the most common mistakes I see among self-publishers, especially newer authors. We spend weeks creating a book, hit publish, and then immediately jump to the next project without ever optimizing or promoting the one we already have. The good news? There are still plenty of things you can do to improve your book's visibility and give it a better opportunity to generate sales. That's why I'm considering launching a 4-Week Summer Book Sales Sprint in July. During this sprint, we'll focus on improving and optimizing books that are already published. Each week will cover specific actions you can take to help increase your book's exposure and sales potential. 👉 Week 1: Optimize Improve the pieces that influence visibility and conversions. 👉 Week 2: Review Push Build social proof and gather more reviews. 👉 Week 3: Social Media Videos Create content that helps drive awareness and traffic to your book. 👉 Week 4: Traffic & Ads Learn strategies to get more eyes on your book through both organic and paid traffic. 💰 Investment: $99 The goal is simple: stop letting published books collect dust and start giving them the attention they deserve. If you'd be interested in participating, please vote in the poll below so I can gauge interest before I move forward with planning and scheduling everything. 👇 Would you join the Summer Book Sales Sprint?

We have officially hit 1200 members so I wanted to take a moment to recognize some new people in the community. Feel free to connect with other members - and share what you're working on in the comments! @Teresa Burns - Woman of faith, Christian author, and grandmother inspiring others to embrace God's promises and new beginnings. ✝️❤️ @Felipe Avila - Count your blessings not your problems @Janelle Young - Look back and embrace the good things of life 😇☺️ @Mary M - Greek Entrepreneur AI Explorer Looking to Create a SAAS & Provide Value Focused on automating processes with AI Solutions & Agents @Monica Neira - Mother of 2 beautiful girls, self-employed photographer @Christi Feldewerth - I love gardening and building our homestead in the desert. (Referred by @Des Dreckett 🎉) @Janine Magnusson - I am loving my retired life! I am living the life I love! I am travelling a lot home and abroad, and continally learning all the time! (Referred by @Linda Blythe 🎉) @Matt Hallock - I lead Christian men to step into their God-given masculinity so that they can rebuild their minds, their marriages, and their Kingdom mission. (Referred by @Des Dreckett 🎉) @Carla Brown - Mentoring women to turn ideas into income, sell with confidence, and scale using advanced Digital Marketing and AI strategies for lasting success. (Referred by @Des Dreckett 🎉) @Lindsey Elliott - Helping women 45+ stop the self-help cycle via a different understanding of anxiety, overthinking & self-doubt. From self-improvement to self-trust. (Referred by @Des Dreckett 🎉)

Share whatever you’re working on or proud of right now. This community is full of creators, authors, and entrepreneurs, and sometimes the best thing we can do is help each other get a little more visibility. 💡 IDEAS ON WHAT YOU COULD SHARE: • Yourself and what you do • Your Skool community • A book you're writing or recently published • A project you're building • A shoutout to another member • A video, post, or resource • Affiliate links (yes, those are allowed) The goal is simple: help our members get seen. Just one request so this stays valuable for everyone. 👉 1 RULE: If you share something, please also leave a thoughtful or helpful comment on someone else’s post. Support goes both ways, and when we all participate, the whole community benefits. Now let’s see what everyone is building 👇

⚠️ I am thinking about locking this group down to PAID because I keep seeing the same kind of scam happen over and over again. People enter the community posing as high profile authors to try to gain your trust and win your business. As you can see 3 different accounts i've had to ban over time from scammers / spammers trying to sneak in and take advantage of this community. How do they get in? Most of the time when they apply to join they have the HIGH RISK flagged to them and I immediately DENY, but they are getting smarter to the spam and catching on. They apply under the name of SOMEONE ELSE then once they get in they update their display name to show whatever author they are trying to impersonate. ➡️ Do you think a paywall would be the right solution to avoid this? ⁉️ What do you think would be a fair rate to access the community for new members? **No changes are happening right now but I've been thinking a lot about this recently to better protect the community and my SANITY. 😆