The little known secret to getting GIGS. In a gig economy, it is #1 want/need.

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by Rick

I think this a great topic in today's economy. These days, as you mentioned, it's all about the "side hustle." We called it "moonlighting" back in the day.

Rick

Yes, I moonlighted all my life. Even when working a full time job in High School, I had some side hustles going, like Action Ad clocks.

The first target, mining the gold in your experience, may have a parallel track, for AUTHORS...how to write and publish a book, report, or even HOTSHEET to use for the MARKETING of your business. A lot of writers out there. After all, you were there when we deciding on Seeds of Wisdom PUBLISHING.

And the gigs thing is topical but dovetails nicely with A PUBLISHING AS A MARKETING TOOL topic too. Going all the way back to the Circular Pubs where I advertised my Special Reports in to the forum, and all the other things.

Rick, we could write and publish a book in a day, I interview YOU, have it recorded, use Rev or someone to translate it, edit, send it to Print On Demand and YOU would have a book with your name on it, to be used as a foundation/guide for your program, and as a marketing tool too. If you were to co-op it, say with a food source which you recommend, it could be almost FREE for you to have one in circulation. Nothing beats a book in your hand with your pic and name on it, builds a lot of cred quickly.

Gordon

[Millard Grubb]

Yep.

It is hard to beat having a book with your name on it for boosting your credibility in the marketplace.

You might want to check local printers. I have one in my area that can publish a professional book in just a few days. Additionally, down the road from me is a printer that can produce HARD BACKED books in just a few days !

The sky is the limit if you are an author.

Millard

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by Millard Grubb

Yep.

It is hard to beat having a book with your name on it for boosting your credibility in the marketplace.

You might want to check local printers. I have one in my area that can publish a professional book in just a few days. Additionally, down the road from me is a printer that can produce HARD BACKED books in just a few days !

The sky is the limit if you are an author.

Millard

I'm 15 mins from 48 hour books, they do a massive amount of book printing, and less than an hour from BOOKMASTERS, who have a one stop printing company going. They can also fulfill, which makes things so much easier.

There are tons of print on demand, many with fulfillment, so writing a book is the easy part.

Selling books, well that is the challenge, isn't it?

But the Dan Kennedy way of using your book as a giveaway, as a promotion, is still a great idea, with the costs coming down for on demand, a book is still a terrific FRONT END piece to a marketing strategy, especially for getting clients and customers. You are right Millard, what a great time to be a writer.

Gordon

Originally Posted by GordonJ

Rick, we could write and publish a book in a day, I interview YOU, have it recorded, use Rev or someone to translate it, edit, send it to Print On Demand and YOU would have a book with your name on it, to be used as a foundation/guide for your program, and as a marketing tool too. If you were to co-op it, say with a food source which you recommend, it could be almost FREE for you to have one in circulation. Nothing beats a book in your hand with your pic and name on it, builds a lot of cred quickly.

Gordon

I like it! Let's do it! Then we'll turn it around and I'll interview you for your book. BTW, I've completed several books already. Full disclosure. They're ebooks (heavily rewritten PLR mostly) and they're components of my course.

But... I really like the idea of interviewing each other for self-published printed books.

Rick