Recent events in the United States have caused people all around the world to speak their minds, stand up for their beliefs, and protest things they don’t like. Some people, however, feel powerless. They complain and worry but do nothing. Everyone can become an activist—without ever marching, holding a sign, or writing letters to officials. […]
Start a Movement with a Blog or Book
As you blog your book, you can do something more meaningful than build a foundation of avid fans and readers for your finished product or even land a traditional book deal. You can start a movement. If the reason you want to become an author or a blogger involves a cause, calling, or soul purpose, […]
The #1 Reason Why You Should Blog and Blog a Book
If you want to make a positive and meaningful difference in the world, you need a blog. Not only that, you should write a book. With a blog and a book, you can transform many lives every day. I’ve been blogging since 2006. I’ve had as many as five blogs at one time. I started […]
Use Your Blog and Blogged Book to Help Readers Keep Resolutions
Every year 45 percent of American’s make New Year’s resolutions. That’s why the personal growth industry continues to thrive and why self-help and inspirational books sell so well. People seek solutions to the problems they feel hold them back and answers to the questions they have about how to improve their lives. Yet, every year […]
Are You Ready to Blog a Change-Inspiring Book?
Many people want to write books that inspire change in readers on a personal level. Others want to inspire change on organizational or global levels. How do you know if you are ready to become a change agent by writing, or in this case blogging, a change-inspiring book? How do you know if you have […]
Why a Blog Inspires More People to Change than a Book
Authors who want to inspire change need readers to take up their causes. Yet, the average book today sells 250 copies per year. Most ebooks never sell more than 100 copies—if that. An author can’t become a change agent, or an author of change, on any large scale with that level of readership. However, a […]
5 Ways to Start Blogging Your Change-Inspiring Book When Inspiration Hits
When the light bulb goes off, and you get that BIG idea—the one that fulfills your purpose, feels like a calling or has a sense of mission about it, you don’t want to wait to take action. You want to act immediately, while you feel inspired. In fact, in the moment when passion and purpose […]
How to Blog Books that Inspire Change
If you want to blog a book that inspires change in your readers, blog it. The most important aspect of any inspirational book—one that inspires someone to action—is found in your desire to write the book and to inspire others. The authors of books that create positive movements—personally, organizationally or globally—feel called to do so. […]
10 Ways to Become an Author of Change With a Blog
In a few weeks I’ll be speaking at the San Francisco Writing for Change Conference. This is my favorite conference because it is focused on helping nonfiction writers who want to become change agents get their books published. It’s attended by aspiring and published authors who write about self-help, healthy living, spirituality, human potential, ecology […]
Why Readers Matter More than Buyers
In the world of publishing, we talk a lot about selling books. We obsess over promotion and marketing and how to ensure our books sell once they are released. Once published, we turn our focus to how many sales went through registers each week according to Neilson Bookscan (which tracks most bookstore, online, and other […]