Tag Archive: Money

Why ghostwriters should never take a piece of the profits as pay

You see them out there. People with these brilliant ideas. Brilliant ideas that will make brilliant, best-selling books. Except they can't write worth a damn. So they want to work with a ghostwriter. They want a pro to write it up all pretty and then hand it over. And they don't have any money to cough up to ...

Continue Reading »

It’s not cool to take advantage of people and expect them to work for free

Turns out my post on working for free was oh-so-timely. I got a call last night from a friend. An author and speaker. And he was pissed. He had been asked to speak at a luncheon. For free. He explained that he doesn't speak for free unless he can have a table and sell his ...

Continue Reading »

Before you launch a marketing campaign

Once you know what you’re selling, it’s time to think about marketing your product or service. Marketing's a no-brainer, right? You gotta spread the word and get people to start buying your product. ...

Continue Reading »