Yann’s success story
Yann Toutant wrote a book for his business in two weeks
“I never thought I could write a book. I did realize that I have a lot of knowledge and experience in a specific niche: subscription models for product-based businesses. And that companies really need that right now. But I had no idea how to write a book, where to start, and most importantly: how to find the time. Esther triggered me with her ‘Reverse Writing’ method, I decided to give it a try and booked a writing retreat and another one a few months later. This was the only time I could free up to work on the book.
Starting with the back cover was magical. It allowed me to test my book idea in the market. To my surprise, I immediately received a few hundred orders for the book. Now I HAD to write it!
The next surprising step was to have a cover designed. This really brought the book to life. The photo of me, the typewriter, and my book was taken while I was still writing it. In fact, I had a completely different book in my hand: we just photoshopped the cover of my book on it…This way I could promote my book before it was ready.
Then I had custom illustrations made and found a professional editor and a designer who created the inside of my book. In total it took about two years, but I finished it. Now I ordered a proof version from Amazon and am doing one last round of proofreading. It will be released in the next few weeks. And I’m so proud!
There is one additional result that I did not expect. By creating an outline for the book and defining the different themes, I unknowingly laid the foundation for my new company Black Winch, in which my team and I help companies kickstart or upgrade their ‘As-A-Service’ models.
The book gives me the authority, visibility, and it brings leads and certainly also the confidence that there is a real need for advice in this specific niche market! ”
“I never thought I could write a book. I was too busy with my work. Turns out that it is really possible and that the book gives a huge boost to my business!”
Yann Toutant
Are you serious about writing your book?
Don’t reinvent the wheel, like I did. As the author and co-author of more than 30 books, writing coach for hundreds of people and organizer of 30 writing retreats, I have finally found the best system for writing a good book: the ‘Reverse Writing’ method. If you begin at the end and create a good structure before you start writing, you will be able to follow your energy, instead of the page numbers.
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The book ‘Reverse Writing’
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