One thing I’ve noticed after publishing multiple books 📚 over the years is that sales often start to climb in the fall and winter months… and then soften a bit during spring and summer. And honestly, it makes sense. When the weather gets colder, people spend more time indoors, scroll online more, listen to more audiobooks during commutes, and look for ways to learn, escape, or improve themselves. Meanwhile, spring and summer tend to shift attention toward vacations, outdoor activities, family events, and just being out living life. Even major retailers plan around this behavior. The publishing industry sees strong momentum during: ➡️ Back-to-school season ➡️ Q4 holiday shopping ➡️ New Year “new me” self-improvement season That’s why it’s important not to panic if your sales dip a little during warmer months. A slower season doesn’t automatically mean your book is failing. This is actually a GREAT time to: - Build your catalog - Improve your listings - Gather reviews - Optimize your keywords - Prepare for stronger Q4 traffic later in the year Think of it like planting seeds before the busy shopping season arrives. 🌱 Now I’m curious… Have you personally noticed certain times of year where you buy or read more books? Or do your habits stay the same year-round?

One thing I think people are going to regret is NOT starting their own Skool community sooner. When I got started back in 2024, there was no $9 Hobby Plan. I’ve been paying the $100/month plan ever since. I could downgrade now, but honestly, the affiliate feature alone has been worth keeping because it gives members an incentive to share your community and bring in new people. That has absolutely helped this community grow. Another thing I’m noticing? Skool is investing heavily into helping communities get discovered on the platform itself. Right now there’s still opportunity because the platform isn’t completely oversaturated yet. The earlier you build, the easier it is to establish momentum before thousands more communities flood in competing for attention. Now obviously I’m not a Skool insider, but personally, I wouldn’t be shocked if the $9 plan doesn’t stay around forever. If you can lock that pricing in now, there’s a good chance future-you will be happy you did. So if you’ve been thinking about starting a community… stop overthinking it. Yeah @Greg Junge @Todd Rosenthal @Vicky C @Lisa Jeffries - I'm talking about you 😉 Open the group. Start posting. Start building relationships. Start learning the platform. Why wait when it’s only $9/month? ➡️ START YOUR COMMUNITY NOW

🔥You get out what you put in. I wanted to take a few minutes to recognize some community members who are taking what they’ve learned and actually putting it into motion. Results don’t happen because you join a community, buy a course, or save a post. Results happen when you take action. 📣 @Gemma Coles (my VIP client) launched her book in less than 8 weeks. She’s already seeing sales, working on gathering reviews, actively marketing her book, and she's already thinking about the next one. That's publisher thinking. @Pat Terrell followed the lessons inside Premium and used the step-by-step process to get her book published and live on Amazon. @Gale Bates started by moving her planner from only being sold on her own website over to Amazon KDP, making it easier for people around the world to buy it. Since then, she’s already moved into launching a children’s book and has plans for more. @Tara Adler joined the call last night where I was able to help with some keyword research (replay coming soon 👀). She’s actively working on multiple books at once... and no, not ideal Tara is just an overachiever 😂 @Jim Flach has some great ideas in the works and decided to start with a children’s book in his niche so he could move through the process more quickly and learn by doing. 🎉 There are many people in this community making progress, and every small step matters. Whether you're writing, researching, designing, publishing, or marketing — movement creates momentum. The people taking action are moving closer to launch goals and sales goals. The people sitting on the sidelines? Those goals stay exactly where they are. "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to become great." Drop a comment below and tell us: What is ONE thing you're working on right now? 👇

For those of you who have built GPTs have you ever combined GPTs into one master GPT? I have two Book GPTs that kind of do different things but I’d like to combine them.

What's up this week? Well if you're a premium member in this space tonight I'm going to be doing a lesson on PUBLISHER ROCKET this is the tool that I use to help me decide if writing a book on a topic will have an opportunity to take off or not. If you want to learn more about that you can join live tonight at 7:30 central time OR catch the replay in the classroom. If you're not already a premium member, you can upgrade here. 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦 @Vicky C - (referred by @Frankie M) @Tracey Thomas - CPA, MBA and learning the tech, digital & AI businesses. On the journey to successfully establishing a digital products business. @Danielle Wolfe - Confidence coach & business mentor @its.daniellewolfe let’s change your mindset queen 💖👑 @Wendy Koenig - I am a homeschool mama with an idea. I am here to learn all I can to turn that idea into something meaningful. @Sammy S - Sammy <3 Spiritual :) Taurus Sun Pisces moon Sagittarius rising @Lauren Williams - Tattoo obsessed. Book hoarder. Mom of doggos. 90’s action movie enthusiast. Indie PC horror game connoisseur. @Kandi Ames - Jesus loving, Gen X, wife/mama/gigi who is ready to learn and grow so that I can help others see what’s possible 🩵 (Referred by @Rebecca Zblewski ) @Todd Rosenthal - Self published author in fitness, nutrition and supplements through livegood. @An Nguyen - Vietnamese KDP creator exploring AI tools, online publishing, content creation, and digital business. @Shafon McNeil - Working Mom, working on retiring from the 9-5 grind and settling into my Digital Business.