\u00a0Partnerships<\/h1>\nInspiration shot October 2020<\/h3>\n<\/div>![\"Partnerships](\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Winwinwin.jpg\" "\\"Winwinwin\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\u201cIf you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.\u201d
\n~African proverb.<\/p>\n
You maybe know me to be a loner, so this topic may surprise you. Collaborations and partnerships – if chosen properly – can offer enormous added value. Preferably to ALL parties involved. The best partnerships are\u00a0win-win-win\u00a0situations. How do you recognize such opportunities and how do you create such a collaboration?<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, too many people approach a potential partnership by asking for a favor, instead of valuing their own contribution. “You’re probably not interested in …?” has never convinced anyone… However, if you can describe a win-win-win situation, where there is value for the person or organization that you would like to form a partnership with, value for you (you can be open and honest about that), and value for both your audiences or customers, then it is almost impossible to say ‘no’.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\u00a0MyBestseller<\/h2>\n<\/div>A good example is my new collaboration with the self-publishing platforms\u00a0mijnbestseller.nl<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0bravenewbooks.nl<\/a>. They offer an audience of new authors the opportunity to self-publish and print their book. So far they have focused on the publication rather than on the writing process. I have the content and tips on the writing process, but I don’t have direct access to a wide audience of authors. Writers, the third party, want as much guidance as possible to create a good book without having to re-invent the wheel. Better books and more book sales are desirable for all parties. The perfect win-win-win situation!
\nMy new Dutch book will be offered to all authors on the Dutch platforms and\u00a0‘This is how you write a book!’<\/a>\u00a0will be available to their international partner-platforms end of the year. Good for the writers, because that way they have guidance in writing. Good for the platform, because the result is more and better books and good for me because more authors will be buying and reading my book. Hopefully, some of them will also join a writing retreat or register for my new online program.<\/p>\nMijnbestseller.nl offered me to work with one of their designers and printed the first sample of my Dutch book, which I unpack here.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div>\u201cIf you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.\u201d
\n~African proverb.<\/p>\n
You maybe know me to be a loner, so this topic may surprise you. Collaborations and partnerships – if chosen properly – can offer enormous added value. Preferably to ALL parties involved. The best partnerships are\u00a0win-win-win\u00a0situations. How do you recognize such opportunities and how do you create such a collaboration?<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, too many people approach a potential partnership by asking for a favor, instead of valuing their own contribution. “You’re probably not interested in …?” has never convinced anyone… However, if you can describe a win-win-win situation, where there is value for the person or organization that you would like to form a partnership with, value for you (you can be open and honest about that), and value for both your audiences or customers, then it is almost impossible to say ‘no’.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\u00a0MyBestseller<\/h2>\n<\/div>A good example is my new collaboration with the self-publishing platforms\u00a0mijnbestseller.nl<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0bravenewbooks.nl<\/a>. They offer an audience of new authors the opportunity to self-publish and print their book. So far they have focused on the publication rather than on the writing process. I have the content and tips on the writing process, but I don’t have direct access to a wide audience of authors. Writers, the third party, want as much guidance as possible to create a good book without having to re-invent the wheel. Better books and more book sales are desirable for all parties. The perfect win-win-win situation!
\nMy new Dutch book will be offered to all authors on the Dutch platforms and\u00a0‘This is how you write a book!’<\/a>\u00a0will be available to their international partner-platforms end of the year. Good for the writers, because that way they have guidance in writing. Good for the platform, because the result is more and better books and good for me because more authors will be buying and reading my book. Hopefully, some of them will also join a writing retreat or register for my new online program.<\/p>\nMijnbestseller.nl offered me to work with one of their designers and printed the first sample of my Dutch book, which I unpack here.<\/p>\n<\/div>
A good example is my new collaboration with the self-publishing platforms\u00a0mijnbestseller.nl<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0bravenewbooks.nl<\/a>. They offer an audience of new authors the opportunity to self-publish and print their book. So far they have focused on the publication rather than on the writing process. I have the content and tips on the writing process, but I don’t have direct access to a wide audience of authors. Writers, the third party, want as much guidance as possible to create a good book without having to re-invent the wheel. Better books and more book sales are desirable for all parties. The perfect win-win-win situation! Mijnbestseller.nl offered me to work with one of their designers and printed the first sample of my Dutch book, which I unpack here.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\nMy new Dutch book will be offered to all authors on the Dutch platforms and\u00a0‘This is how you write a book!’<\/a>\u00a0will be available to their international partner-platforms end of the year. Good for the writers, because that way they have guidance in writing. Good for the platform, because the result is more and better books and good for me because more authors will be buying and reading my book. Hopefully, some of them will also join a writing retreat or register for my new online program.<\/p>\n