Latest
What an AI Detector Score on Your Manuscript Is WorthThe One-Hour Call Before I Quote Your BookWhen a Client Thinks the Ghostwriter Used AIMonthly or Milestone: How Ghostwriting Gets BilledWhen Your Memoir Should Be a NovelWhat It Costs to Fix an AI-Written ManuscriptThe Clients Who Pay and VanishThe Quotation Marks That Get Authors SuedThe Work You Would Never Have StartedWhen Your Own Memoir Sounds Like BraggingWhat Belongs on a Copyright PageThe Hugging Face AI Agent Attack: An Operations ReadingBehind the Book: The Mysterious Island, Neb’s SideHow to Organize Decades of Memories Into a MemoirWhy Rotten Tomatoes Sucks: The Score Does Not Mean What You ThinkWhy Amazon KDP Sucks: They Terminated My Account OvernightIngramSpark: How I Publish Now and WhyWhy Fiverr Sucks for Ghostwriting: The Buyer’s SideWhy eBay Sucks Now: A Seller’s Numbers and a Buyer’s WarningThe Ghost Story TraditionThe Gothic TraditionThe Christmas Ghost Story TraditionResurrection as a Narrative StructureBooks to Give a WriterThe Beach Read ArgumentWhy It’s a Wonderful Life Failed on ReleaseWhat to Read in SpringWhat to Read in SummerWhat to Read in OctoberHow Warner Bros. Dismantled a $17 Billion Cartoon EmpireThe Imaginary Scarcity TrapThe Graph That Goes Vertical Is Usually Somebody Else’sSubstack Is Not Collapsing. The Promise Was.The Disasters That Happen to Ordinary PeopleToba: The Winter That Almost Ended UsJay Stifflemire: Nothing Ever Gets Written DownGeorgie-Ann Getton: I Forgot I Had Free WillAI Detection Cannot Be Evidence, and Publishing Is Using It That WayAI Consciousness Left Philosophy and Entered the LaboratoryThe Office Block Where the Bedrooms AreThe Web Got Fenced: What AI Search Costs Small SitesBlack Tuesday: The Web Ring War Nobody Outside It NoticedWhat the AI Visibility Industry Sells, and What the Evidence SaysBlack Tuesday: The Original ring-master.net Page, 2000Behind the Book: Peacekeeper, The Dissolution WarsBehind the Book: Real World SurvivalBehind the Book: Publish Your BookBehind the Book: ReincarnationBehind the Book: Sell Your BooksBehind the Book: Show Don’t Tell
The Writing King Your Ethical Ghostwriter. Your Story, Done Right.

← All Case Studies

Case Study

How I Sold 15,000 Copies in 3 Days: LinkedIn Branding Book Case Study

Project at a Glance

  • Client: Richard Lowe (Author, Personal Project)
  • Project: Focus on LinkedIn, Professional Branding & Career Book
  • Duration: ~3 months from concept to launch
  • Result: 15,000+ sales in first 3 days, Kindle bestseller, #43 overall on Kindle
  • Use Case: Authority-building, lead generation, digital product success
  • Book: Focus on LinkedIn
  • Location: Florida

The Client

Before becoming a full-time ghostwriter, I worked as a senior LinkedIn branding expert with LinkedIn Makeover, where I wrote and optimized over 100 profiles, mostly for CEOs, ambassadors, government officials, and C-suite leaders. I learned how powerful a LinkedIn profile could be when it came to shaping perception, building trust, and unlocking opportunity.

The Journey

After years of doing this work at a high level, I realized I’d developed a rare, behind-the-scenes understanding of how personal branding works on the world’s largest professional platform. So, I distilled those insights into a book, clear, practical, and battle-tested across hundreds of real profiles.

I self-published Focus on LinkedIn and launched it with a targeted marketing push focused on professionals looking to grow their personal brands, land jobs, or attract clients. The book wasn’t fluff, it was a guide grounded in real experience and success stories.

The Finished Book

Focus on LinkedIn is a strategic, no-nonsense guide to building a powerful LinkedIn presence. It walks readers through profile optimization, headline crafting, summary writing, networking strategy, and more, all with real examples and templates drawn from my experience working with high-level professionals.

Amazon Testimonials

“Wow, this book was like meeting with a consultant on how to create your LinkedIn profile… Overall, this is an excellent book that’s a lot less expensive than meeting with a consultant!”

Susan Neal, Verified Amazon Review

“This is a great resource… I wish I’d read this book a lot sooner. The author provides easy-to-follow explanations of LinkedIn’s features and benefits. Without reservation, 5 stars.”

Wayne Davies, Verified Amazon Review

“Richard published a wide and sweeping overview of LinkedIn that will prove invaluable to newbies, or to those who wish to revisit the mechanics and how-to's.”

, EAC-V, Verified Amazon Review

“I’m inspired and ready to implement new strategies. This book is full of ideas, tips, resources, and examples… well done and worth your time to read.”

Jean Wise, Verified Amazon Review

Afterward

Focus on LinkedIn continues to be one of my most successful digital products. It proved that when you package real expertise in an accessible format, the market responds. More importantly, it showed the power of a well-positioned book, both as a credibility asset and a lead generator.

Impact

  • Sold 15,000+ copies in 3 days
  • Became an official Kindle bestseller
  • Reached #43 in all Kindle books across categories
  • Result : 15,000+ sales in first 3 days, Kindle bestseller, #43 overall on Kindle
  • Garnered dozens of 5-star reviews praising clarity and usefulness
  • Led to inbound client inquiries and speaking opportunities
  • Cemented my authority in the personal branding and LinkedIn coaching space

Impact Summary

Focus on LinkedIn turned deep professional experience into a bestselling book, generating 15,000+ sales in its first 3 days and establishing Richard Lowe as a thought leader in LinkedIn strategy and executive branding.

Thinking About Telling Your Story?

If your expertise deserves to reach a wider audience, the right book can change everything. Let’s talk about what your story could become.

Want a book like this of your own?

Explore Executive Ghostwriting »