Once in a while, someone will write me an email asking something along the lines of:
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“Hey, Alex! I’ve got all of these amazing ideas I want to work on, write about, and share with people—maybe even make a living while doing so—but I’ve got no idea where or how to start. Can you help me out?”
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Sure thing bucko.
But I can promise you this, you won’t like what I’ll have to say.
Not because it’s bad advice or because it’s difficult—not at all. In fact, quite the opposite.
It’s simple, straightforward, and you’ve heard it a thousand times before already.
So much so that you’re probably tired of hearing it.
The reality is that most people who ask those types of questions don’t really want an answer. Instead, they want some magic pill. Some hidden secret that will make everything happen on its own and remove all the difficult things in life. Or maybe they want me to discourage them from even trying and saving them all the trouble, pain, and problems that will eventually come up.
So if that’s you, tough luck.
That’s not how the world works.
My answer is simply this: stop asking those questions and just get to it.
Start writing down your ideas. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how or why. Just do the first thing that comes to your mind. You’ll almost immediately learn whether your idea works or not. If it didn’t, then try the next. If it did, then keep doing it.
Stop overcomplicating things and stop asking other people how to do everything (including living your life).
Next thing I know I’ll start getting questions from people asking me how they should go about wiping their butt (FYI: front-to-back is the only correct answer).
But if you’re still not satisfied with this answer, then check out my book titled, “The Art of Loving to Write”.
And more specifically Chapter 11 which will get you started writing (and even profiting from it) right away.
Click here for more information about the book: https://alexvandromme.com/loving
P.S.: I’m also giving away a bonus behind-the-scenes marketing plan if you buy AND send me your Amazon receipt before the deadline of Friday, July 19th at midnight CET.
I call it "Building an Entertainment Business Universe".
It's the entirety of my marketing plan, what I've done and what I'll be doing for the next coming years, explained as best I can and with lots of examples, reasons why, and arguments (both for and against) as to why I'm doing what I'm doing and how it might benefit you as well.
If you buy The Art of Loving to Write (print or Kindle) and send me your receipt by the deadline you'll get it entirely for free. I won't come up with an imaginary price or value. I've never sold this information before and I likely never will.
All I can say is that it's worth its weight in gold (multiple times over). In a way, it's THE report showing you everything I've done, am doing, and will do (as well as why and how).
Here are just some of the things you can expect to learn from this bonus:
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The secret psychological reason why businesses such as Disney, Marvel Comics, and Dungeons & Dragons grew into such household names and how I plan on using the same framework to grow my very own entertainment empire.
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Why you’re in the entertainment business whether you like it or not (and how to turn this into your advantage).
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A step-by-step guide to each of the 5 phases I’ll go through from start to finish throughout the lifetime of my business to go from a no-name nobody to a name so big nobody in your industry can ignore anymore.
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How to never struggle with freeloaders who leech off your time, energy, and resources and never plan to buy anything ever again.
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Why so many people mess up at the very start of their business plan (yet they often don’t realize it until many years later—not to mention the amount of wasted time and money!)
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2 of the best, most effective, and scalable ways to generate high-quality traffic filled with people who’ve already proven to be suitable customers who are eager and ready to buy
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Exactly what to sell (and who to sell it to) in each stage of the game regardless of what market you’re in (get this wrong and you’ll never sell anything no matter the quality of your offers!)
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How to use (and re-use) all your writing continuously for years to come so you never waste a single word you’ve ever written and every additional word you write only increases the amount of profit you’ll generate.
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The “DNA-String” method you can use to give a unified feeling to everything you create without diminishing the uniqueness of your offers by doing something you never expected any business or entrepreneur to do, yet it works like magic and it can turn even the most basic and average guy into someone who’s always top of mind in everyone’s head (I only know of 3 people who did this and they each became highly successful individuals because of it).
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The first two questions every independent business owner or creative should ask them if they want to build a reliable and sustainable source of revenue (which you can use to further develop all of your other business endeavors).
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Why every game plan shorter than 5 years (sometimes even 10 years) will miss out on 80% of the results you’re otherwise able to achieve (yet you’re probably already doing most of the things you need to, only without seeing the vast results of your labor).
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How to never again have to think about any of the design aspects of your offers (hint: your very own content decides the design, you just aren’t looking hard enough).
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How to all but eliminate your competition entirely by doing something so drastically different (yet something that’s at the core of my marketing plan) that nobody can get even close to the amount of authority and credibility you’ll develop).
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Why you should think of yourself as a publisher first and what it means for your business and everything else you think about, create, and sell.
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And much, much more…
One last time, to get the "Building an Entertainment Business Universe" bonus (which is a digital PDF) you must (1) buy The Art of Loving to Write on Amazon (print or Kindle) before Friday, July 19th at midnight CET AND (2) send me your receipt to show proof of purchase (also before the deadline).
Failure to do both by the deadline will result in you not receiving said bonus.
No excuses.
Anyway.
Here's the link to buy The Art of Loving to Write: https://alexvandromme.com/loving