Last August I self-published my first book and to date it has sold a little over 20,000 copies. March 2 of this year I self-published my second book and it has sold 5,150 copies so far. The second book got so much exposure I was offered several publishing contracts. I signed a 4 book deal with Sound Wisdom Books. I went from being self-published to having the book in print with no agent or book proposal.<\/p>\n
The only way I sold books was through social media. I studied and learnt what makes people share your work; I didn’t spend any money on any advertising. I have been featured on some of the largest websites in the world.\u00a0I also have done several interviews and podcast (you can see them on my about page) all of these were very successful because of leveraging social media.<\/p>\n
I have spoken at several local events in my hometown of Milwaukee about chasing your dreams and building a profitable business. I spoke at The Bam Social Media Conference 2012 in Huntington, WV at the end of May, and at WordCamp 2012 NYC. I will also be speaking at the Hawaii Social Media Summit 2012 on October 17 in Honolulu.<\/p>\n
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