Table of Contents
A potential client contacted me about ghostwriting a memoir of his father’s life. His father was 85 years old, and the story would have been incredible: a lifetime of adventures traveling around the world just before World War II. After six months of delay, the client decided to move forward. On that day, his father had a heart attack. He survived, but the book was shelved forever. A story of the incredible adventures of a phenomenal man will now never be written.
I tell that story because the most common thing I hear from prospects is “I’ll get to it eventually.” Eventually is not a plan. It is how books die unwritten.
I have completed 54 ghostwriting projects and published over 113 books. The clients who moved forward changed their careers, their businesses, and their legacies. The ones who waited are still waiting.
What a Book Actually Does for Your Business
A book is not a vanity project. It is the most powerful credibility tool available to a professional, and every client outcome I have seen confirms this.
A Fortune 50 executive in Europe was stuck. Senior management position, deep expertise in digital transformation, but no visibility and no path forward. We spent twelve months building a book that positioned him as a visionary in his field. The result: $30 million in venture capital raised, four or more paid keynotes per year, university recognition, and a complete career pivot from overlooked manager to founder. That was my first ghostwriting project under The Writing King brand.
A Canadian tech entrepreneur needed more than a resume. His book secured a TEDx talk, speaking opportunities, and opened doors for business expansion. The book did not just document what he knew. It positioned him as the person other people wanted to hear from.
A financial strategist turned his methodology into a client-facing book called Paycheck to Prosperity. It became the tool he hands to new prospects. Instead of explaining his approach in every meeting, he gives them the book. They read it, they understand his value, and they come back ready to hire him.
One of my earliest clients wrote a book to get noticed by his CEO and land a few speaking engagements. He got far more than he expected. The CEO wrote the foreword. He now regularly gets booked for speaking engagements and is noticed by the press. His book became a textbook in several universities.
These are not exceptional outcomes. They are what happens when a professional puts their expertise into a well-crafted book and uses it strategically.
The Book as a Sales Tool
I walked into the office of a business coach once, looking for help defining my image. As he led me into his office, I noticed a shelf filled with books, each with his name and picture on the cover. He saw my glance, smiled, and handed me a copy. My impression of him changed immediately.
As we talked, he used the book to illustrate his points. He made a show of signing a copy and presenting it as a gift. I walked out a new customer. That book defined his brand. It included a few chapters of his life story, a description of his philosophy, and the rest was about his services and why they were relevant and helpful.
A book gives you a platform to communicate exactly what you want people to understand about your expertise, your values, and your approach. It is your message, delivered on your terms, without the compression of a website or the noise of social media. When a prospect reads your book, they spend hours with your ideas. No other marketing tool produces that level of engagement.
Why Now and Not Later
The 85-year-old father’s heart attack is the extreme case, but the principle applies everywhere. Businesses evolve. Markets shift. The window for a particular book to have maximum impact does not stay open forever.
A book intended to support your business starts producing returns the moment it is published. Every month you delay is a month without that credibility tool working for you. The executive who raised $30 million could not have raised it without the book. The financial strategist would still be explaining his methodology in every meeting instead of handing prospects a book that does it for him.
If you have been thinking about writing a book for your business, the best time to start was years ago. The second best time is now.
How to Get It Done
If you want to write it yourself, my handbooks at masterofworlds.com cover every aspect of the craft, and book coaching at $200 per hour gives you professional guidance with every session recorded for review.
If you want it written for you, ghostwriting at $1 per word with milestone-based payments produces a professional manuscript built around your voice, your expertise, and your goals. Fifty-four projects and counting.
Either way, start with a conversation. We will figure out which path fits your project, your timeline, and your budget. You can also explore my case studies to see the full range of outcomes.
7 Responses
This is exactly what I need to hear right now. I have been delaying writing my book and this is the sign I am looking for.
Thank you for the tips and the resources that you shared. Will check them out.
Writing a book is something that people who are deep in thinking and have a wide imagination because they can write a wholesome book that people will love.
This is interesting, I’ve been hesitant to start writing although I LOVE writing a book. Wrote a few stories before but was taking so much to write and blog so I stopped the stories but saved them for the future. Because I’m planning to write again. Amazing post!
I’ve been seeking to write a children’s books for years but yet have started. This is such a great post and you’re offered some very useful insights, maybe I just need to stop procrastinating and just do it!!
You’re right, almost everyone I know has said at one point, that they’d like to write a book. I imagine the rewards are exponential for those who do a good job at it and find the right way to drive sales to it. It certainly would be a point of satisfaction to have one done and published, for those who have that dream and it seems easier than ever to publish these days. Back in my youth, when I considered it, you’d have to write a query to a hundred bazillion publishers and hope to get a hit. There was even a book that helped you find the write people to content… Writer’s Market (?), I think. 🙂
This insightful guide offers inspiring insights and practical motivation to kickstart your writing journey.
I really should finally start writing my book. I’ve had the idea kicking around in my head for years, and I just never got up the nerve to sit down and do it.