There’s no one way to achieve success with your book. Success might look different for everyone; it depends on your goals, and why you chose to write the book in the first place. Though success differs, most authors find their success utilizing similar strategies. As an aspiring author, the best way to find your unique road to success is to learn from the authors who came before you. And the guest in this episode will give you a complete 360° view of all that it took her to succeed.
Robin sits down with Keisha Blair, author of Holistic Wealth Expanded and Updated: 36 Life Lessons To Help You Recover From Disruption, Find Your Life Purpose and Achieve Financial Freedom, and founder of the Institute on Holistic Wealth. In this conversation, Robin and Keisha discuss the viral article she wrote called, “My Husband Died at Age 34 and here are 40 Life Lessons I Learned from it” and how it was the seed that eventually grew into her book. Keisha shares some of her insights from the writing process, such as deciding what information to include and what to leave out. She also reveals how she was able to land some very influential endorsers for her book, such as Arianna Huffington and actress Kelly Rutherford, who wrote the foreword for Holistic Wealth.
Key Takeaways from This Episode:
- How an article posted on Thrive Global eventually reached 50 million views and became the catalyst for Keisha’s book.
- How Keisha was able to secure endorsements from Arianna Huffington and Kelly Rutherford.
- How to reach out to the right people for book endorsements.
- Why her seemingly “instant” bestseller was actually the result of nearly a decade of work.
- And much more…
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