Nothing, and I mean nothing, establishes authority and gravitas as strongly as possessing the title, “Author.” Nothing.
And an autographed copy of your book is an absolutely great gift to donors who contribute at a certain level.
Indeed, you could essentially be “selling” your book for $25, $50, $100 or more – for a book that only costs you a couple of dollars to print, depending on quantity.
But you could never write a book, right?
Wrong.
First, your book need not be 7 gazillion pages long. Nor does it need to be hard-cover. Nor does it need to be published by one of the big publishing houses.
A self-published paperback of around 100 pages is perfectly acceptable and relatively inexpensive to do.
Secondly, you don’t have to “write” the book…and if you follow this tip, you could have your finished book written, typeset, designed and printed in less than 30 days.
Start with an outline of what you want to include in your book. The outline will serve as the “Chapters” of your book.
For example, let’s say you want to publish a book outlining your ideas for fixing the government’s problems on certain issues. You might do an outline along these lines…
- Chapter 1: Biography
- Chapter 2: Education
- Chapter 3: Taxes & Spending
- Chapter 4: Health Care
- Chapter 5: Creating Jobs
- Chapter 6: Etc., etc., etc.
Now for each chapter, you’ll create talking points, such as:
Education
- Parental involvement
- Discipline in the classroom
- Ending teacher tenure
- Ending social promotions
- Charter schools
- School vouchers
- Reducing administrative staff
- , etc., etc.
Now, instead of writing about each of these talking points in each chapter, here’s what you do…
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Dr. Chuck Muth, PsD
THE CAMPAIGN DOCTOR
Professor of Psephology*
(homeschooled)
* Psephology (see-FOLLOW-gee): The study of campaigns and elections