What My 5 Things a Day Has Looked Like, Month 6 of Book Promotion

I’m testing what I’ve seen work for others with my new “Profitable Author” book, starting with this daily practice

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To hold myself to my commitment (and my advice to all authors) to do 5 Things a Day, Every Day to promote my book, The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books, and to give you a sense of the ebb and flow of this practice, how it unfolds over time, and what counts as “a thing” to do, I’ll be documenting everything I do this year on behalf of this book and measuring reviews, book/author/business exposure, book sales, and business impact along the way.

Creating a Sustainable, Income-Generating Author Life You Love, Step 4 of 7: Do 5–10 Things a Day

Month 6

Below is my sixth month’s worth of 5 things a day, with some things I want to note first:

1. Doing things that others won’t is a great business rule of thumb. This month I leaned in to this idea, e.g., contacting a Polish bookstore, favorite coffee shop, etc.
2. This month’s emphasis were all…