Is writing a short book on your 2012 list?
Sold out. Sorry to disappoint. Due to enormous interest, the March – May 2012 session of Beta Author Boost is filled. I invite you to scroll down and sign up for an early alert about the next Beta Author Boost and other new Voxie Media programs and services. You can also shoot me an email here. I’d love to hear from you. – Debbie
Beta Author Boost is a unique online workshop led by author and 2.0 publisher Debbie Weil that helps up-and-coming business authors write a short, kick-ass eBook for Amazon Kindle. Hence our tagline: Big Ideas, Short Books™ .
The emphasis of the program is on the writing process. In addition to 1-on-1 book coaching with me, you get access to a private resources page on the Voxie Media site and a private Facebook group where the other Beta Authors lend support and offer useful feedback. The program also includes teleseminars with (amazing) guest speakers on topics such as:
- best practices in cover design for an eBook
- how to choose a killer title that sells your book
- how to price your eBook to sell
- what you need to know about formatting a manuscript for Kindle
- guerrilla tactics to launch an eBook on Amazon
- and more
Debbie Weil
Founder & CEO, Voxie Media
email: contact Debbie
phone: 202.255.1467 Eastern
twitter: @debbieweil
web: http://voxiemedia.com
blog: http://debbieweil.com/blog
What the first group of Beta Authors are saying
I found the individual coaching incredibly helpful: Debbie is a perceptive listener and editor who is able to hone in on where you are (or are not) in your writing process and expertly guide you to the next level. She provided a rich and deep resource of practical information that I was able to put to immediate use, drawing on her own experience as a published author, and including the guest experts as well as articles, books and other very current sources of information.
- Cheryl Dolan, www.cheryldolan.com
I needed someone to get me out of the decision-making rut, to help me evaluate traditional publishing vs. the new self-publishing. This whole journey and adventure is lonely without someone to lead the way. I needed a mentor. Debbie is that person. I would pay anything for that.
- Mayra Ruiz McPherson, www.ruizmcpherson.com
More than being a potential income stream, an eBook is a very necessary tool for communicating credibility, developing a network of fans, and marketing me and my business. Unfortunately what technology doesn’t provide is the wisdom or critical thinking that takes “a good idea at the time” to completion. And that’s where Debbie Weil enters my life and my business. She just “gets it.” A successful business owner and author in her own right, Debbie provided insight, guidance, assistance, and direction in just the right way when and where it was needed. I can’t recommend Debbie or her program highly enough.
- Mark Wayland, thelast3feet.com.au
*That’s Mark above, Skyping with me from Sydney, Australia
I jumped right on the opportunity to be one of the first participants in the launch of Debbie Weil’s Beta Author Boost program. I met Debbie online in 2004 when she was leading the charge to convince corporations they needed to start blogging. She was a pioneer in the corporate blogging space, and now she’s pioneering in an even larger and I believe far more important space, the business eBook. I had any number of book ideas floating around in my head, notebooks and electronic files. I was going to get around to it someday. Debbie threw down the challenge to make someday today, and provided the support and guidance to give us all traction.
- Don Dunnington, twitter.com/dunnington
I had decided to either publish or abandon the book that had been lingering on my Half Done list for years when Debbie Weil’s email arrived inviting me to join her Beta Author Boost program. She promised to guide us through the writing process – but I was already a writer. Couldn’t I do this alone? Maybe not. I’d read Debbie’s newsletters and The Corporate Blogging Book, I knew she knew her stuff. And her hype-free promotion told me there would be no fluff. For me, the most beneficial aspect of the program has been Debbie’s feedback, original ideas and encouragement for my specific project. And she’s made it fun. By providing me with the right mix of challenge and support, Beta Author Boost helped me reach the point where I can proudly publish. How cool is that?
- Sue Johnston, author of Talk To Me: Workplace Conversations That Work (to be published spring 2012)
Given how this area of publishing is so new – and while it’s being developed and refined, and standards are being established, changed and tested – Debbie, your vision to launch a program like this for us is breaking new barriers. I for one, feel kin to a cosmonaut… getting all the training and discussions but never having flown into a new space, not sure of where to begin and knowing I need a support system with proven expertise. You have beautifully provided that and more. Thank you!!
- Susan Trinter, susantrinter.com
* Colored pencil image courtesy Contently
