From the earliest age I can remember, the people I respected and looked up to the most were authors. Granted, early on, they were fiction authors. As I grew older (and, hopefully, wiser), I learned to find value in nonfiction, and the authors of my favorite nonfiction books are heroes. If you’re a successful executive, I’d like to help you become one of these heroes.
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What It Means to Be An Author
Being an author is one of the greatest feelings in the world. It means, first and foremost, that you’re an authority. Pick a topic, whatever it is you’re an expert at, and you are an authority. But what good is it to be an authority if you don’t enjoy the benefits of being an authority?
What are those benefits? Let’s count them:
- Increased recognition
- Greater respect
- Prestige
- Higher earning power
- More influence
- Better professional opportunities
And this is the short list!
Why I Like Business Executives
I like to surround myself with smart people. Successful people. People who are going places and who have been places most people only dream of. In other words, I don’t like being the smartest person in the room. If I am, I’m in the wrong room.
To me, executives are people who are high-level achievers. Just the kind of people I like to be around.
High-level achievers make great authors. But you don’t have to be a good writer to be an author, which is something most people think you need. Here’s the good news for you if you’re a successful executive: You don’t have to write a word to get your name on the cover of a book!
Let me write that out again: You don’t need to write a word to have your name on the cover of a book.
Hire a Ghostwriter
A ghostwriter is a person who writes something for someone else to put their name on. Guess what? I’m a ghostwriter.
Yes, I am the author of many articles, blog posts, books, white papers, and special reports. I’ve got my name in a lot of places. But I’ve also written a lot of words that I don’t get credit for. I’ve written blog posts, articles, white papers, and even books that someone else gets the credit for. And I’m okay with that!
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One of the questions I get asked a lot is, Do you ever feel bad that you write stuff that other people get credit for writing? And the answer: Nope, not at all.
You see, I don’t mind because those authors who get the credit pay me for putting their ideas in published form. It’s a win-win. They get all the benefits of being an author and I get to eat for a month. Plus, my wife likes it when I take her out to Red Lobster.
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Last year, I ghostwrote a book for a successful real estate executive in Texas. He referred me to another real estate executive, a woman with an extraordinary background, from New Mexico. I’m helping her write her book right now. For several years now, I’ve written thought leadership articles and blog posts for a real estate crowdfunding executive. This year, he wants me to write longer blog posts. Yowza! That made my wife happy.
So …
Going into 2020, I’d like to find two more executives to help become authors. I’ll write your thought leadership articles and help you write and publish a book. If this interests you, contact me today and let’s get that executive ball rolling.
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Hello! I'm probably not yet the type of successful you want, but I am interested in what you are doing! I have a unique story to tell, if that counts for something.
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Awesome, @ecoinstant. I'm always interested in hearing interesting stories!
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"I don't mind who gets the credit" That is what I found to be the secret of survival my friend. At Papillon, like yourself, we do the work and as long as we do the work all the credits belong to our supporters.
They love what we do on their behalf and we love to give the credits to them as a form of reciprocal giving.
I certainly hope that you will get some great responses to your call.
Blessings!
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Thanks a bunch. True leadership is building team cohesiveness and sharing the credit. Keep up the good work.
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Totally agreed my friend.
Blessings!
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What a great vocation/avocation you have, @blockurator! I also do a lot of ghost writing. I love it too. There is something so gratifying about helping someone to produce good work. I very often interview people, shape up the ideas a bit and share it back to them for review and they are amazed by their own wisdom! The fact is, many people have fantastic ideas and can share them in a fairly articulate manner. But if you ask them to sit down and write they completely freeze up.
These days I only ghost write blogs for people in the company where I work. But I will keep an eye out for clients for you!
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Yeah, I've found that people aren't really confident of their ability to write. They hire me to write for them and already have a lot of their manuscript written. It just needs a little cleaning up, some structure, but the writing isn't too bad. I'm happy to help them.
I'm glad to have found another ghostwriter. It's not for everyone. :-)
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Ha ha, no, it is a labor of love!
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It is indeed.
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Ghostwriting pays the bills. Not everything one writes gets to be published and not all writers land on a great publishing deal. Between masterpieces, there's real life with bills to pay.
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Ghostwriting does pay the bills. I just happened upon it. I actually like doing it.
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I won’t apply I am in it for fun
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Fun is good too. Thanks for stopping by. :-)
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That's interesting that you are a ghost writer!
I have a hard enough time just writing articles for my Steem blog!
It was actually getting involved on Steemit that got me back into writing again after I got kind of burnt out writing 3 volumes in my series "Bringing Out the Potential of Children".
I hope you find your two executives to write for and keep your wife happy!
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