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Growing Your Business Past 7 Figures Using a Book (How I Did It) with Chandler Bolt

August 11, 2017

Chandler Bolt is the host of the Self Publishing School podcast, author of 6 bestselling books, and the founder of Self-Publishing School, the #1 online resource for writing your first book.

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Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!

Audible –Get a FREE Audiobook & 30 day trial if you’re not currently a member!

Self-Publishing School.

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How To Finally Win – Create your dream life one step at a time.

The Freedom Journal – Set & Accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days!

3 Value Bombs

1) You can use books as a source of passive income.

2) Your books can work for you in two ways—as a product to sell, or as a lead generator.

3) Never forget to follow up—the follow up is where the real money is made in business.

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Show Notes

(click the time stamp to jump directly to that point in the episode.)

[01:26] – Chandler was a C-level English student and college dropout

[01:36] – Today, Chandler has helped thousands of people self-publish their books

[02:03] – Chandler was in Episode 888 of EOFire

[02:25] – This episode will be about how to start a $1,000/month passive income business in a weekend

[02:50] – Chandler’s ah-ha moment was when he wrote and published his first book

[03:29] – Passive income through real estate was not possible for Chandler because he was too young and didn’t have the money to invest

[04:24] – When his book made money, he realized it was passive income

[06:33] – As a C-level English student, the idea of writing a book seemed impossible

[06:54] – The 3-step process Chandler teaches:

  • Mind Map
  • Outline
  • Write or Speak the book

[07:15] – Repeat the process chapter by chapter

[08:09] – JLD shares stats about The Freedom Journal and The Mastery Journal

  • Use a book as a lead generator for your business

[09:22] – Give away an audiobook or a video at the beginning of your book

[10:05] – A book is a silent salesman for Chandler

[11:01] – The opt-in feature to join the email list is a lead generator from the John’s book

[12:28] – The Review Sweeper is one of Chandler’s favorite inventions

[12:59] – When someone gets Chandler’s book, they are dropped into the review sweeper sequence

  • 21 days after the purchase, an email is sent
  • When a reply is received, someone from Chandler’s team will reply back to get feedback
  • Most people won’t just jump up and write a review on Amazon
  • 2 more follow up emails will come a few days later

[15:21] – Amazon loves relevancy of reviews

[16:13] – Self-Publishing School helps people write and publish their first book in 90 days

[16:22] – Chandler has a lot of free trainings right now

[16:34] – Helping people overcome the mental block that books don’t make money is one of his main goals

[16:57] – “It’s the best way to get a business off the ground”

[17:27] – Go to EOFire.com/Book and sign up for a FREE Training on writing and publishing your first book

[18:23] – John has seen great results from Chandler’s Self-Publishing School

[18:50] – Chandler’s advice is to “stay in the course”

[19:16] – Connect with Chandler on Facebook

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1) The Common Path to Uncommon Success: JLD’s 1st traditionally published book! Over 3000 interviews with the world’s most successful Entrepreneurs compiled into a 17-step roadmap to financial freedom and fulfillment!

2) Free Podcast Course: Learn from JLD how to create and launch your podcast!

3) Podcasters’ Paradise: The #1 podcasting community in the world!

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