When I started writing online, I got very useful advice: Waste nothing.
If you write something, it should always be useful.
For the past six years, every piece of content I wrote has been converted into books.
All my books have originated like that.
I call it my Content-To-Books Flywheel.
I have further refined it.
I pick a topic and write 10 to 12 articles on it.
That allows me to go deep into the topic.
I publish them weekly.
Comments and discussion allow me to further improve them.
Then I publish it as a book.
All my books have originated from my content.
I have published 15 books so far.
More are on the way.
This is the ultimate way to repurpose your content.
And the easiest way to write books.
Write a chapter a week and get the feedback as you go.
Why turn your content into books?
Two reasons:
1) Shelf life
Shelf life of:
– A LinkedIn post is one day
– A newsletter is one week
– An online article is one month.
But the shelf life of a book is years. Sometimes decades.
2) To reach a different audience
Each platform has a different audience
– Medium audience differs from LinkedIn
– LinkedIn audience is different from Substack
– Substack audience differs from Amazon
By converting your content into a book, you reach more readers.
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