The post below was sent as an issue of my newsletter, Ready for Rain. Iโm ready for spring. Iโm ready to be done with 2020, done with the election, done with the pandemic. Iโm ready to feel a sense of hope along with longer, warmer days, with friends. And those days...
Notes on bringing my newsletter home.
After much anticipation, BIG ENOUGH is now available as an audiobook via these platforms: AudibleAmazonApple Books A few notes: The audiobook is 4 hours and 25 minutes long (big enough?)It was read by Brian Troxell. I considered reading it, but there is a craft and...
Ten things I did to help links to my book appear on the first page of Google for the term “Big Enough”.
Since the pandemic, a new class of apps have been introduced that are designed to make videos and presentations more interesting. One of my favorites is the mmhmm app, which is software you download to your computer. The neat thing about mmhmm is that it allows the...
I'm so thankful for the people who pre-ordered BIG ENOUGH. The book made a splash on launch day and was the #1 New Release in the category of home based-businesses. I ran a pre-order campaign for the book to generate early interest and sales. And it worked. We sold...
In the spring of 2020, the publish date of BIG ENOUGH was pushed to the fall and I suddenly had some unexpected time on my hands. COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and over 1,000 Americans were dying per day. I felt the need to do something.
I created the 47-second video below to explain a new version of success and the value of building a business that grows what matters to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1_lyCsJ2SM I first met Marcus back in the early 2000s. He was visiting Seattle for a tech conference and we hit it off. We lost touch for a while and I reached out to him a few months ago. To my surprise, he was also working on a book...
I had a great chat with Jason Falls, a person I’ve known since the dawn of social media.
A celebratory animated GIF for the launch of BIG ENOUGH.
On the day Big Enough launched I sat down in front of the camera to share a story from the book about making a video for Google.
On the day before BIG ENOUGH launched, I recorded this video to explain what the book is about, who it's for and what I think readers will take from it. https://youtu.be/CSPXW40g-Mc Learn More About BIG ENOUGH
BIG ENOUGH is being published via a partnership that’s like self-publishing. Below, Iโll explain why I made this choice, how it differs from traditional publishing, and why this option might become more popular in the future.
Big Enough is a book at that asks the question: “What does the good life mean to you?” It’s for people who are ready to think differently about success and how a small business can be designed to promote what matters.
To create the trailer for my book, Big Enough, I wanted to take advantage of the natural scenery where I live. So I packed up my drone and dogs and went on a hike. If only it were so easy.
Big Enough is officially published on September 15th. Itโs hard to believe itโs coming so fast, but I feel good about where we are in the process.ย Hereโs what Iโm doing right now: In the midst of all the book-specific activities, our normal work must go on. My...
Publishing a book is always a challenge and doing it during a pandemic is even more so. This is how how it felt at the time.
Going into this phase of the book launch, a created a spreadsheet that includes names and email addresses of nearly everyone I know. Over the last two weeks, I emailed them all, one at a time. This ended up being quite a project. I sent hundreds of individual emails,...
Why do pre-orders matter? The answer deserves a clear explanation, so I made the 90-second video below as a resource for any author or publisher. Please feel free to share it or use it in your campaign.