The Smokin' Hot Books® Show

%%first_name%%, If you’re the kind of person who has been transformed from a process, you know what the real prize is. 🏆 🏃🏽‍♀️ If you ran a marathon, posting on Instagram about it wasn’t the real prize, was it? Training for the marathon, the 5 AMs, the vomit, and letting out the unhinged version of you who has no limits, was the prize. 🧠 If you’ve sold a company, or started a business, the mon...

Hi %%first_name%%, Whether you’ve published 1 book or 6, wouldn’t it feel great if your book was well-received? Maybe you bought a KDP course and it didn’t work out. Or maybe you bought a business course teaching you how to write a book. Maybe the last publisher you went with let you down. Either way, you still haven’t experienced what it’s like for your book to go viral. For your book to fund you...

Hi authors, In 2021, I was the most depressed I had ever been. I was saving 60% of my income & on track to retire by 35. So why was I so unhappy? I wanted to travel, to retire to Bali, and have money coming out of my ears. So why wasn’t I experiencing that? In this episode, you will discover: * What your family of origin and your culture has taught you about money that is holding you back * Why yo...

Hi authors, Before 2021, all I knew was working hard. This was the paradigm my Asian parents lived in and I learned as a kid. Work hard, make money, and rest once you’ve earned it. It was the fastest way to the most depressed I’d ever been. In 2021, I learned a new way to see the world. It’s helped me have more fun, travel the world, and make more money with more ease. It wasn’t easy. It required...

What if social media was the most fun you ever had? What if it could help you have more fun, make more money, and do more of what you love? Today’s Substack Live interview is with author brand strategist, Lauren Grace Flowerday , who helps authors get clear on who they are and how they want their audiences to feel on social media. So that they can sell more books around the year, while enjoying mo...

Hey authors! Today’s Substack Live is with my friend Mikaela Mathews — the book coach entrepreneurs call when they want to attract high-level buyers. 🤑 Mikaela has been helping entrepreneurs write bada*s books that get them seen and paid. She uses a core theme you’ve heard here at SHB before: great books aren’t about something. Great books are for someone. 🔥 We talk about: * Why it’s ok to write...

He started drinking at age 10. He never stopped — until it threatened everything he knew. Tyler Wagner and his team at Authors Unite help his clients consistently hit the USA Today Bestseller charts. Most of his authors are self-published. He works 22 hours/week, plays tennis in his off time, and runs an 8-figure book marketing business. And yet, as you know , there’s got to be more to this story...

Precision-led social media. That’s what Emma and her team at Ninety Five Media focus on for their clients. This year, 2 of their clients retired their husbands. Not from chasing virality. Not from focusing on follower count. But from focusing on the things that matter: Conversion metrics. Tune into this episode to get Emma’s nuggets on how professional posters think (and steal their strategy! (I c...

I get it. You’re publishing your book to give away copies. You’ve heard it can help you close business — and it has. For some, giving books away can close millions in deals and pack their pipeline for the next 3-4 years. But here’s why selling your book will actually pay you more, more easily, for longer, than giving it away ever could. 👇🏽 A free book is a discounted book. Discounts are not valu...

What if your income was only as good as your questions? This is a lesson I learned firsthand. In school, questions are bad. We’re taught that answers are better than questions. In school, asking challenging questions get us in trouble. That’s the “get-in-line-and-stay-in-line” mentality. But as an entrepreneur, you have bigger dreams. And the success of your dreams is determined by your capacity t...

Hi Smokin’ Hot Fam, Welcome to another edition of The Smokin’ Hot Books® Show. Today is a special guest episode with Kory Kirby of Kory Kirby Books. Kory is a talented publishing strategist, who helps experts turn the thoughts in their head into a product worthy of closing 6-figure deals. Kory’s main focus with his clients is to think about books first as a product. That means ensuring the book so...

Hi business authors & leaders, I’m baaaack! After 2.5 weeks in Greece. More on that to come. Today I felt compelled to share something that’s been on my heart. That I keep seeing pop up. With clients, in TV, with you all. It’s the fear of telling your story. It’s so normal. So how do you let go of that fear? Many of you all wrote your book from a place of personal transformation. But when it comes...

Hey business & nonfiction authors, Today we have an interview with Peter S. Bergeron . Not only is he a client at Smokin’ Hot Books®, but he also wrote his latest book, The Trapped Operator , from a place of deep personal experience. The Trapped Operator is the guide for the small business owner that covers the topics EOS or E-myth haven’t touched on yet. The one who started his or her business wi...

Hi business & nonfiction authors, What would $20M you do? Who is the person who already has what you want? Would you constantly examine your bottom line, and feel addicted to worry? Or would you act from your top line? So you can grow and expand? We have an excellent conversation today with six-figure ghostwriter Jonathan Jordan about the key beliefs that grew his business, but he didn’t always ru...

Hey business & nonfiction authors, Today we have another client spotlight interview with Ann Babiarz, PositiveStrategist-Ann Babiarz ! Ann has published 7 books to little avail, and was all about to give up. She and her husband had spent thousands with other gurus, but it didn’t work like they thought. Until she joined the Smokin’ Hot Books world. Ann had important epiphanies about her past books...

Hi business and nonfiction authors, Welcome to another Substack Live! Today we had a half-muted conversation (but fully fun) interview with author Gunnar Habitz , who has published 33 books to date and now helps other busy professionals write their own book in record time. Gunnar has brought in over $250k in book royalties over 25 years, and knows a thing or two about the traditional and self-publ...

Hey business & nonfiction authors, You want to sell more books. So you can help more people. Sell more courses. Land more 5-figure speaking gigs. The 10,000 Copies Book Launch System helps you get there. In this video, we cover the exact strategy that has helped my clients book top podcasts, land on Good Day PA, sell 1,300 copies in 90 days, and reach $200k ARR in their paid Substack (and more). I...

Hi business and nonfiction authors, Excellent day 2! There are 4 main beliefs that keep authors stuck in failure mode: * You market your book like your brand (no one from Tiktok is buying it) * You wanted your publisher to market for you (news flash: they don’t) * Your title/cover are confusing (you never tested them) * You’re posting your book everywhere and anywhere (you run out of steam) Today...

Hi business & nonfiction authors, We have a very special interview for you all. With client and Viral Author Academy student Michael A. Babiarz . Michael worked with publishers to publish books in the past, who didn’t do much to help his book find its audience. He tried social media, Youtube, and more. But nothing quite helped his books take off. Until he found a new way. Inside this tell-all clie...

Hi business & nonfiction authors, Today was Day 1 of the 10,000 Copies Book Launch System workshop. Your Magnetic Origin Story. How to tell your story so that you magnetize your ideal readers. So that when you appear on a podcast talking about your book, people are immediately drawn to who you are (hello, right-fit clients!). There’s still time to RSVP to the event. Registrants get recordings, sli...

Hi business authors, I just moved into a new home. My new neighbor asked me, “Why do they need you in the age of AI?” Because anyone who asks that question doesn’t need me. * They’ll write an average book. * Design an average cover. * And get average results. My clients are winners. They’re high-performers. They want winning results, and nothing else will do. They say they want to sell 10,000 copi...

Hi business authors! What if you could turn your book into a board game? Or a soap? Or a T-shirt? What if the limits of your IP didn’t have to stop at a course, or consulting services? That’s exactly what we explore in this awesome Substack Live with Shadley Grei , a creative strategist who has worked in branding at Disney and Condé Nast. Shadley has created products that intersect at Hasbro x Tee...

Hey business & nonfiction authors! Today’s interview is with one of the O f*cking G’s. Daniel Locke. Former head coach of a company teaching 50,000 students how to publish & profitably sell books. This is where my journey began: A coaching call with Dan in 2021, and him telling me to get my sh*t together. Dan is the real deal. He’s a straight talker. And he’ll tell you why your book isn’t selling,...

You launched your book. Now you want to turn your readers into clients. In this conversation with Esther from Cottn Owl Agency, we get the scoop on how to fill your funnel with your readers so they book a call and become your high-ticket clients. BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! We are in the same sales bootcamp together, and break down the intangibles that determine the difference between an entrepreneur...

Hi business & nonfiction authors, Today we’re upgrading your operating system. For many nonfiction authors, even those of us who are successful at running companies, we’re running on an old system regarding our book. The reason I know that is because I’ve talked to hundreds of you. I sat in Jack Canfield masterminds with owners of businesses who wanted to publish their memoir. Only to pay $100k to...