TheNextAce:


I am interested

Sent.

Do you brand your publishing business around you or around a pen name?

A lot of students ask me this question.

It depends on a number of factors..

1. Are there plenty of authority figures in that niche?
2. Do you understand that niche very well?
3. Do you plan to monetize that niche by creating a backend course or upsell?

If there are plenty of authority figures in that niche and, more importantly, you notice the authority figures tend to do a lot better than the unknown self-published authors, then it's perhaps better to brand it around your name.

However, if all those authors are based in the USA and your customer base are mostly US people, you might be at a disadvantage being an author from Africa. Customers may be more comfortable buying from a fellow US author than from an African author. So, if you're going to go this route, you might want to use only your English name(s).

Secondly, whether you use a pen name or your English name will depend on how well you understand the niche and the topic of your book. Customers will email you from time to time to help them with stuff in the book they don't quite understand. As a pen name, you can perhaps hide behind your computer and get away with it. But, if you've put yourself out there as an expert and you're unable to address their question to their satisfaction, they might go the review section of your book to lay out their grievances and/or call your authority to question.

So. if you're going to put yourself out there, make sure you know your stuff.

Finally, if you plan on monetizing that niche is some way e.g. if you're in the health and fitness niche and you also happen to be a fitness trainer, it makes more sense to brand it around your name so your customers know you personally. This way, you can sell them a fitness program as a back end upsell once you have them in your email list. They can visit your gym and work out under your guidance

Do you brand your publishing business around you or around a pen name?

A lot of students ask me this question.

It depends on a number of factors..

1. Are there plenty of authority figures in that niche?
2. Do you understand that niche very well?
3. Do you plan to monetize that niche by creating a backend course or upsell?

If there are plenty of authority figures in that niche and, more importantly, you notice the authority figures tend to do a lot better than the unknown self-published authors, then it's perhaps better to brand it around your name.

However, if all those authors are based in the USA and your customer base are mostly US people, you might be at a disadvantage being an author from Africa. Customers may be more comfortable buying from a fellow US author than from an African author. So, if you're going to go this route, you might want to use only your English name(s).

Secondly, whether you use a pen name or your English name will depend on how well you understand the niche and the topic of your book. Customers will email you from time to time to help them with stuff in the book they don't quite understand. As a pen name, you can perhaps hide behind your computer and get away with it. But, if you've put yourself out there as an expert and you're unable to address their question to their satisfaction, they might go the review section of your book to lay out their grievances and/or call your authority to question.

So. if you're going to put yourself out there, make sure you know your stuff.

Finally, if you plan on monetizing that niche is some way e.g. if you're in the health and fitness niche and you also happen to be a fitness trainer, it makes more sense to brand it around your name so your customers know you personally. This way, you can sell them a fitness program as a back end upsell once you have them in your email list. They can visit your gym and work out under your guidance

Available resources

1. Kindle Blueprint N20,000

Currently available at a 25% discount - N15,000

2. Keyword research video N10,000

Owners of the blueprint get it for N8000

3. 10 profitable keywords in Self Help niche N10,000

Available to blueprint owners for N8000
Available to mentees for N5000

4. 10 profitable keywords in Cooking niche N10,000

Available to blueprint owners for N8000
Available to mentees for N5000

5. 10 profitable keywords in Computer and Technology niche

Available to blueprint owners for N8000
Available to mentees for N5000

Once in a year 50% discount offer on the Kindle Blueprint ends TOMORROW

After this, you'll either get it for N20,000 or at best N15,000

Take advantage of this special offer while its available

50% December Discount Bonanza

Until 10th December 2019, you can get the Blueprint for N10,000 (Returns to N20,000 after 10th Dec)

In the Kindle Blueprint, you'll discover how to:

1. Do keyword research the correct way and publish books in niches that sell well
2. Brand your business to differentiate yourself from your competition
3. Design QUALITY ebook and paperback cover yourself for FREE
4. Dominate niches that are highly profitable
5. Maximize the royalties you earn from your Kindle and paperback book
6. Increase the number of books you have without paying to get more books written (Bundling is not the only way)
7. Increase the customer lifetime value of my readers by selling to them over and over again - instead of once
8. Maximize your earnings from page reads - I've earned over $8000 in 3 years from page reads alone
9. How to publish audiobooks even if you're living in Nigeria (this strategy was added to the blueprint recently)
10. How to take advantage of the Christmas effect and maximise sales in Q4 (you learn about the kind of books that do extremely well in Q4)

And much, much more.

For three days ONLY, this book is available for half price...the most discount recorded this year until now was 25%...after December, there'll never be another 50% discount

Take advantage of this while it's still available.

Anybody can be successful with publishing, you don't have to be on the outside looking in at others doing well. You too can do it and give your testimony

For bank details, email Obinnaezeanaka@yahoo.com

50% Discount Offer ends 10th December 2019 11:59 GMT

Alibaba’s Jack Ma’s lessons for African entrepreneurs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LToLyCg0zeI

encrypt:

I also sent you a mail

Replied

Zain007:


Hi helioshay, sent you a mail in regards to getting the kindle blueprint. Expecting your response in soonest. Thanks

Done

Interesting thread

You might want to add

- Dropshipping
- Forex Trading
- Blogging
- YouTube
- Stock Market etc.

sammysticks:
Good day
I would like to talk to you
How can I reach you?

You can reach me at Obinnaezeanaka@yahoo.com

50% December Discount Bonanza

Until 10th December 2019, you can get the Blueprint for N10,000 (Returns to N20,000 after 10th Dec)

In the Kindle Blueprint, you'll discover how to:

1. Do keyword research the correct way and publish books in niches that sell well
2. Brand your business to differentiate yourself from your competition
3. Design QUALITY ebook and paperback cover yourself for FREE
4. Dominate niches that are highly profitable
5. Maximize the royalties you earn from your Kindle and paperback book
6. Increase the number of books you have without paying to get more books written (Bundling is not the only way)
7. Increase the customer lifetime value of my readers by selling to them over and over again - instead of once
8. Maximize your earnings from page reads - I've earned over $8000 in 3 years from page reads alone
9. How to publish audiobooks even if you're living in Nigeria (this strategy was added to the blueprint recently)
10. How to take advantage of the Christmas effect and maximise sales in Q4 (you learn about the kind of books that do extremely well in Q4)

And much, much more.

For three days ONLY, this book is available for half price...the most discount recorded this year until now was 25%...after December, there'll never be another 50% discount

Take advantage of this while it's still available.

Anybody can be successful with publishing, you don't have to be on the outside looking in at others doing well. You too can do it and give your testimony

For bank details, email Obinnaezeanaka@yahoo.com

50% Discount Offer ends 10th December 2019 11:59 GMT

myjourneysofar:


I have been begging the OP for assistance which he refused but that doesn't mean he is fake.
One Mohammed made $1.5 million in DS and is selling his course for $495 that doesn't mean he is not making money in his business.
iLegend is making his money. I asked of help and he refused too.
Eliok has been helpful and has written a book for me which has made a sale.
You see in life people are different and you don't blame them for your actions.
You don't expect the OP to tell you his secrets for free. It is not done anywhere.
I still envy the OP and I am blaming myself for this delay for hearing about KDP in 2014 when I have a very strong support but decided to be nonchalant.

However I will ever remain grateful to Obamartins. I don't know him, but he has given me two titles which are constantly selling

You guys have to realize something. You only value something once you pay for it.

I personally paid a mentor thousands of dollars to learn what I know today and a couple of people have paid over N100,000 to learn from me. This does not discount those that settled for the blueprint at a much cheaper price compared to the mentorship. All these people paid their hard-earned money to get valuable information...not because they're stupid BUT because they know the value of what they're getting and they're truly COMMITTED to changing their lives.

There's no worthwhile gain without personal sacrifice.

Secondly, I can't give to person B for free what person A paid their hard-earned money for. I'll lose my integrity as a businessman doing that and I don't intend to be that kind of person.

I remember when the only package available was the mentorship. People were doubting and procrastinating. Nine months later, a lot more packages have come out at much cheaper prices compared to the mentorship and there's a lot more screenshots of my earnings. YET, some people still choose to doubt and procrastinate

If you people truly appreciate the value of what you know...you won't take it lightly. You all know the power of kindle publishing and what it can do for you all (you've seen it from my earnings and a few others here on Nairaland). I've earned over N45 million this year alone and someone is still doubting whether this is real or not. Others are still procrastinating whether to pay N20,000 for the blueprint or not

..maybe in 2025 the person will look back and start wishing he took action back in 2019 when he came across this thread and saw those screenshots

It just goes to show you..not everybody wants it bad enough. Just like customers on Amazon, people that truly want to change their lives vote with their wallet. If you want something bad enough, nothing will stop you from getting it. If you want that level of success bad enough, nothing will stop you from getting it..as long as you're willing to do what it takes. Nothing is free

Finally, it's never too late to start. Yes, the best time to start kindle publishing was way back then when it was still relatively unknown. But that doesn't mean its no longer profitable to do it now...I think my screenshots are more than enough proof of that

ambitiouschap:


congratulations I know I too will post this soon , even if I don't have any blueprint or mentor, I am not giving up

Congrats bro. Keep it up

December Sales Has Been Very Encouraging

Over the last 3 days, paperback sales has returned to their explosive levels. Hopefully this continues for the rest of December

Mistakes Beginners Make When Publishing

Mistake #3

Not Proofreading their work after its returned by the Ghostwriter

Some newbies proceed to publish the manuscript immediately its returned to them without bothering to proofread it in order to correct for typos and make sure that the whole thing makes sense. As a result, they're unable to capture mistakes early and when customers come across them after the book is published, it more often than not leads to negative reviews. No matter how good your book is and how well it's selling, a negative review will impact it.

bolu96:


Does this means you will not take on student until after your service.

Once I settle in and understand what my schedule is like I'll be in a better position to decide whether I have enough time to take on students or not

No point making a commitment I wont be able to fulfil later

MacSmart:


Wait, what? U r serving now? Wow
Meaning u started KDP while still in school? Wow
That is impressive. Very impressive.

I studied abroad and started working after I graduated..so no time to travel to Nigeria to do NYSC. Now I'm working for myself I have the time to come and serve

ambitiouschap:
helioshay how much is the mentorship programme. and the blueprint

Mentorship - N100,000

Kindle Blueprint - N15,000 (returns to N20,000 today 11:59 GMT)

I'm not taking mentees at the moment as I'm currently undergoing youth service.

Mistakes Beginners Make When Publishing

Mistake #2

Not creating a book outline

You've nailed down a profitable topic to publish a book on. You then rush off to your ghostwriter and ask them to help you write a book on so so and so topic and that's it? wrong!

I once made this mistake. When I was new to this business, I went to upwork to hire a ghostwriter to write a book on a topic I had researched. She promised heaven and earth and told me the book will be ready in 3 days. I was very excited and given that the book was only 10,000 words, I didn't think too much about the 3 days delivery (which, in hindsight, was slightly too good to be true)

True to her word, she delivered the project in 3 days. I ran the book through Copyscape to check for plagiarism and it came out 100% clean. This was what spooked me..surely this can be. I went on Amazon to check similar books and, low and behold, I found a competitors book that was the exact replica of my book - word for word. This ghostwriter sold me a manuscript she already sold to someone else or probably stole from someone else!

I immediately went back to upwork and complained. My money (which thankfully was still in escrow) was released back to me

Imagine what would have happened to my publishing account if I published that book and Amazon found out I plagiarised another publisher's work?

In this business, you can't be too careful.

A book outline will help you avoid this situation and it'll also help you differentiate your book from that of your competitors. In the updatd version of the bueprint, I show you how to write a great book outline

Ifysamuel101:
can you tell us the names of the books that you wrote. if not I don't believe all those royalties.i cant just believe it.after all those royalties u still collect money for mentorship.u should be investing in gold, bitcoin etc not mentoring. am just saying. I legend still remains the best iv seen on niraland.he makes that money for real.not all those fake hungry mentors.like eliot or what does he call him self.tell us the name of your books and how many are the.

It's not by force to invest in mentorship and its your choice whether to believe the royalties or not.

You'll have to look around Nairaland and tell me how many other so-called gurus update monthly and CONSISTENT screenshots to back up their claims.

Thanks

idealeverage:
How much is your budget for a book . Ghostwriting /editing /book cover?

For a 10,000 words book around $140-180

Student Testimonial

One of my students just posted a testmonial on Whatsapp..he has only 2 books and guess what? he made $521.26 on audiobook last month

Hardwork pays

Mistakes Beginners Make When Publishing

Mistake #1

Not publishing in a profitable keyword

It still surprises me when people approach me asking whether they can publish their school project or any random thing they thought about etc without any research to back it up. In the publishing world (and indeed the business world), you give customers what they want as opposed to what you want or what you THINK customers want. Beginners need to learn how to conduct effective market research to find out what customers DEFINITELY want.

How do you know its definite? because these customers have voted with their wallets/credit cards and continue to do so.

There are a lot of ways you can approach it.

First of all, you can try to jot down ideas you think might do well on Amazon. After that, you extract keywords from those ideas e.g. your idea could be about "Advise for people getting married", the general keyword would be "Marriage"

You go on Amazon and check whether that keyword is profitable. Does it satisfy all the criteria specified in the Kindle Blueprint?

Once it satisfies all or most of the critieria, you can then proceed to check whether the keyword is trademarked. By doing so, you protect yourself and your publishing account.

You only proceed with creating a book once you've confirmed that a market exist for that book and publishers in that market are making money

How Andrew Carnegie Became The Richest Man In The World


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNYkor8IDoA

libertyinc1:
Hello Michael, welcome back. i was wondering where you ran off to. Great to have you around and welcome to Nigeria.
Your Report for November? you mean you just earned that amount (about 3.5m) while you were at the orientation camp as in you did nothing extra?

Also for these ones:
(a)10 Profitable Keywords In Self-Help Niche (N10,000)
(b)10 Profitable Keywords In Computer & Technology Niche (N10,000)
(c)10 Profitable Keywords In Cooking (N10,000)

I think you should also give a discount also as buyers of the KINDLE BLEPRINT and also will those keywords still be still as juicy as when you first posted them as profitable?

Please Respond

Thanks bro.

With regards to your first question, I was in orientation camp. No laptop, poor network..hence the reason why I did nothing. All I could do was log in occasionally (from my phone) to see how sales were going BUT I couldn't publish or optimize anything. It was completely passive.

With regards to your second question, blueprint owners get 20% discount on all the other resources...those who are neither mentees or owners of the blueprint pay the full price listed above. Mentees get 50% discount

As for your final question, profitability is dynamic not static. What was wildly profitably in quarter 4 (Oct, Nov, Dec) may not be as profitable in quarter 1 (Jan, Feb, Mar) etc but by and large, a keyword that is profitable is profitable. All you can do is avoid keywords that are wildly seasonal in terms of their profitability (I go more into that in the blueprint).

If a keyword is profitable at one point and wildly unprofitable later in the year, its best to avoid it. The keywords listed in the book aren't the seasonal type

Made $12,144 in October, Closing in on $10,000 in November 2019

Audiobook royalty income for last month (October) came in from Audible yesterday and I made more than I expected ($4320.17). With that update, estimations for last month earnings went up to $12,144.

With regards to this month, total income is currently $9681.54.

The income for this month has been completely passive as I've barely managed it given that I travelled to Nigeria and I'm currently doing my youth service - hence little to no time to do anything. Now that I'm out of orientation camp, I intend to ramp things back up as much as possible.

Income Breakdown

Audiobook Royalty - $2940.8

Paperback Royalty - $4803.93

eBook + KENP Royalty - $1400.08

Ingramspark Royalty - $536.73

2019 November month to date Income - $9681.54 (N3.49 million)

2019 Year To Date Income - $127,489.26 (N45.9 million)


Resources

For those interested in learning my publishing strategies, a number of resources are available for you. Some are currently on discount and others aren't. See below for more information

Kindle Blueprint - N15,000 (Returns to N20,000 after Nov 30, 2019)
Kindle Research Video - N10,000 (N8000 for Kindle blueprint owners)
10 Profitable Keywords In Self-Help Niche (N10,000)
10 Profitable Keywords In Computer & Technology Niche (N10,000)
10 Profitable Keywords In Cooking (N10,000)

For enquiries, email Obinnaezeanaka@yahoo.com

ambitiouschap:



I didn't have any blueprint boss, but won't mind one from you. I know it's payed one but you can just give me a tip.

You can get a copy of the blueprint now it's at a 25% discount.

That being said, the key thing when publishing a book is that the keyword is profitable and there isnt much competition. Once you have these two things in place, you dramatically increase your chance of making sales

Ofcuz to maximise sales, you have to ensure you have a good cover, good description and a lot of other factors you need in place. But the key ones are profitability of keyword and number of competition. The blueprint goes in more details about all of the above

MacSmart:


Pls how can I get the blueprint and how much is it? Thanks

The price of the blueprint is N20,000 (currently discounted to N15,000). I will email you a copy as soon as payment is confirmed.

For bank details, email obinnaezeanaka@yahoo.com

Discount promo on the book end 30th Nov 2019 11:59 GMT

ambitiouschap:
Helioshay , make a sales of 3.87$ since November 15 stuck since then 2 books make 1 sale each.
What happened?

If you followed the strategies in the kindle blueprint you should have got more sales than that

ForkDragnet:
Beware he's a scammer he also operate the account stallion44

His days are numbered already

Please, stop referring to me as a scammer. I dont recall dealing with you and my dealings on this thread are transparent for everyone. In addition, I don't operate more than one account.

People who have transacted with me can attest to my integrity.

Thanks