I Wrote a Book as a Side Hustle...What Now? (Hour 1)
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The phone number is 888-825-5225. That's 888-825-5225. Jennifer starts this hour off in New York City. Hi, Jennifer. Welcome to the Ramsey Show.
Hi, thank you so much for taking my call.
How can writing a book become a successful side hustle?
Sure, what's up?
I have a question. We're on baby step number two, and to increase our income, I decided to write a book. Now, I recently finished it, but I don't know where to go from here. There are so many master classes and websites and all of these things out there, and you don't know if it's a scam or not to platform it. I don't know where to put it.
Okay. Good question. What's your book about?
How to Begin Your Gluten-Free Lifestyle When You Get Diagnosed with Celiac Disease.
Wow. Okay. Wow. Well, what we did, the very first book I did was called Financial Peace. And, you know, it was a very analog world in those days.
What are effective strategies for self-publishing?
There was no Internet. And so it was all about just... guerrilla marketing we called it just hand-to-hand combat uh and just how can we get the book out there today you've got some digital tools available to you that make it much much easier than the way i did carrying the books around in the trunk of my car and um so What I would tell you to do first is probably just jump on the Amazon platform. You can take your manuscript, download it, put a cover on it, and just sell it as a demand. And they'll print them, sell them on demand. They've got a whole publishing system there. And get started with that. It's not very economical. And so you don't make a ton of money on your first few thousand books, but you can get the book started, get it moving, make some money on it before you spend a bunch of money to market it, okay?
Okay. The second thing I would do is investigate on-demand printing other than Amazon, and then I would be looking for websites like the Celiac, anything having to do with Celiac, right? Right. And try to write articles with some keywords in it that bring up celiac. So people that are searching celiac will find that and then can link to your book.
How can you leverage digital tools for book marketing?
You could link them to your Amazon. That'd be okay to do, too. But somehow let that world that's out there know that you've got some ideas and opinions about it. George, you've done a lot of online marketing. Matter of fact, that's what you used to do before your personality.
And I'm blood free, so this is a great crosshair. Are you really? Yeah. Well, my wife is celiac, and so I didn't adopt it because of that.
Why did I answer this question?
I didn't know any of this. Well, the principles still stand, but I just had some ideas for on top of everything you said, which is great advice. First of all, as a side hustle, you may want a more reliable source of income. So you may want to go do something that can produce money today because the book may not take off like wildfire. This could be a five-year journey to get this kind of business off the ground.
What challenges do new authors face in marketing their books?
But something else you could do is nutrition coaching, and then the book can be a part of that as an add-on. So that may be something you can do today. We sit down with people who are recently diagnosed.
I'm just a person suffering from celiac. My daughter has celiac, and I just remember how overwhelming it was not to know where to start.
Oh, absolutely. I think it's a great resource.
I'm not an expert, but I just wanted to help the people.
There's a lot of Facebook groups that you can jump into and start offering some of your resources and say, hey, I was just diagnosed with this.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main focus of the Ramsey Show?
0:28–1:25
2
How can writing a book become a successful side hustle?
1:25–2:13
3
What are effective strategies for self-publishing?
2:13–3:32
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How can you leverage digital tools for book marketing?
3:32–4:18
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What challenges do new authors face in marketing their books?
4:18–5:18
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How can you balance a side hustle with a full-time job?
5:18–7:01
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What advice is given for managing family finances?
7:01–7:47
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How do personal stories influence financial decisions?
7:47–40:52