Making Millions from Your Book with Cameron Herold
Jun 7, 2023
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Cameron Herold, founder of the COO Alliance and an expert in scaling businesses, shares insights on monetizing authorship. He discusses how a book can significantly boost speaking fees and enhance business income. Herold emphasizes the power of direct media engagement over traditional PR, and reveals clever strategies like adding an 800 number on your cover. He also highlights the importance of a 'vivid vision' for achieving impactful career goals, showcasing how authentic storytelling can build a strong author brand.
Cameron Harreld emphasizes that writing a book can significantly enhance professional credibility and create lucrative speaking opportunities.
Effective media publicity strategies, including personal outreach and engaging with journalists, can maximize a book's impact and reach.
Deep dives
Emerging Author Program Overview
The Emerging Author Program provides aspiring authors with an opportunity to create an authority-building book at a significantly reduced cost compared to traditional coaching programs. Participants receive comprehensive courses that detail proprietary methods and techniques, along with one-on-one coaching to implement the provided information effectively. This program also enables authors to publish under a reputable imprint, helping them to avoid the self-publishing stigma. Those willing to invest time and effort will find this offering advantageous in their journey to becoming a recognized author.
Transforming Books into Business Tools
Successful authors often launch books that serve as powerful marketing tools and enhance their professional credibility. Cameron Harreld, a guest on the podcast, illustrates how he generated millions not merely from book sales, but from the speaking engagements and clients he secured after publishing. He emphasizes the importance of intentional book launches, highlighting the difference between simply having a book on a shelf and one that actively supports a business or career transformation. By leveraging the book as a marketing asset, authors can significantly amplify their reach and impact.
Strategies for Maximizing Book Exposure
Harreld discusses effective strategies for gaining media publicity without employing a publicist, emphasizing the importance of identifying the book's target audience and actively reaching out to relevant media contacts. By utilizing social media and engaging with platforms like Twitter, authors can create meaningful connections with journalists and sell their story ideas. Harreld's approach includes not just sending emails, but also making phone calls, as personal communication can yield better results in garnering attention from busy journalists. He advocates for giving away copies of books to audiences at events, viewing this as an investment that leads to more speaking opportunities and potential clients.
Creating a Vivid Vision as an Author
Crafting a vivid vision is a crucial exercise for authors aiming to define the future impact of their books on readers and their own careers. This technique involves projecting three years into the future to articulate the desired outcomes from the book, including audience engagement and media coverage. By clearly outlining what success looks like, authors can develop actionable steps to bring their vision to life, ensuring that their intentions align with their efforts. This strategic approach not only helps maintain focus but also drives motivation throughout the writing and publishing process.
Cameron Herold is the Founder of the COO Alliance & Second In Command Podcast as well as the author of five books and an international public speaker. By the age of 35, he’d help build his first TWO $100 MILLION DOLLAR companies and by 42, he engineered 1-800-GOT-JUNK?’s spectacular growth from $2 million to $106 million in revenue.
So you get it. The guy's a machine. And he's a machine well worth talking to about what a book (let alone five) can do for a career, seeing as his have added millions of dollars to his bottom line. He also knows how to engineer a fantastic book launch, since he's an expert on generating PR (exhibit A: his 2019 book, Free PR). Exhibit B: his tactics have landed him everywhere from The New York Times to Oprah.
In this episode, we talked about how to get the media to care about you (hint: it involves picking up the phone), why to put an 800 number on your book cover and how paying for 1000 copies of your own book to give away may be the smartest business decision you can make.