
Writer on the Side
Most employees want to write a book but don’t have the time to write or don’t know where to start. This podcast will show you how to get your nonfiction book published while working a full-time job. You'll also get simple tips about launching and marketing your book.
Latest episodes

Apr 27, 2022 • 17min
094 How to Write and Publish a Book in 4 Hours
Here's a step by step example of how I wrote and published a book on a Sunday afternoon by repurposing some older material.

Apr 13, 2022 • 1h 2min
093 How to create online courses that sell with Daren Smith
A live Twitter Space conversation with Daren Smith about different strategies that help you create courses that sell

Mar 30, 2022 • 49min
092 $1.6M from Writing on LinkedIn with Justin Welsh
In 3 years, Justin Welsh went from 0 to 150k+ followers on LinkedIn and generated over $1.6M in income with zero ads. Here's how he did it.

Mar 16, 2022 • 6min
091 A Quick Update
A quick update about "Create & Sell an Online Course on the Side" launching soon

Mar 2, 2022 • 22min
090 How Anyone Can Create an Online Course That Sells
Five quick tips that help you create & market a course while working a full-time job (even if you don’t know where to start).

Feb 16, 2022 • 35min
089 How to 10x Your Rates from a Book with Alexandra Watkins
Here’s how Alexandra Watkins, author of “Hello, My name is Awesome,” was able to increase her rates from $500 to $5,000 after writing her book (and made $500K in sales last year as a result of it).

Feb 2, 2022 • 45min
088 Should you Give Away Your Book for Free?
A live conversation with Josh Duffney (on Twitter Spaces) about whether it makes sense to write a book and give it away for free.

Jan 19, 2022 • 5min
087 A Quick Personal Update for 2022
A short update about the last month and what's coming in 2022

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Dec 22, 2021 • 47min
086 Dickie Bush on the Top 3 Mistakes Digital Writers Make (And how to avoid them)
Dickie Bush is a portfolio manager, digital writer, and captain of Ship 30 for 30. On this episode, he talks about how he grew his Twitter account to over 100K followers, how he writes viral threads, and how he creates attention-grabbing headlines.

Dec 8, 2021 • 27min
085 How to Sell a Book Before Writing it (Real Example)
Here’s a simple 3-step process about how to presell a book using Gumroad’s pre-order feature. The total cost is $0 (plus ~2hrs of your time) and the risk of failure is minimal.
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