Happy New Year, and welcome to another episode of the Book More Show.

We're starting 2020 by diving a little deeper into some of the basics steps everyone should be doing to promote their book, and though some of these may sound familiar, it's surprising how easy they are to overlook.

The New Year is a time to reflect, and sometimes be surprised by how fast the last 12 months have gone, and this episode, in part, was sparked by a conversation Betsey had yesterday when someone who worked with us last year asked for tips to 'do more' with their book, but who had yet to put some of these simple steps in place.

So often we're looking for a secret, but the great news is, the simple things can get you a lot of the way.

We wrapped up by talking about a few examples of when to use additional material in your book; something that can often trip people up, and a timely reminder that New Year is a great time to seek out the people who will be talking about, and interested in, the thing your book will help them with.

So, a great show to start the year. I know we're excited about the year ahead and working with you to get more books created, and more conversation started.

Today on the Book More Show, I caught up with Dean to do a kind of year in review of 2019.

We're recording in the break between Christmas & New Year, so it was a great opportunity to pick his brain, and look at the trends that have changed, the things were still pretty bullish on, and the experiences we've had, coaching and helping people build their business using a book over the last 12 months.

There are some really interesting insights here, particularly the psychology of how people perceive requesting a book versus taking another action, and knowing this, what we can do to make that step as beneficial as possible.

Today on the Book More Show, we’re closing in on the end of the year, so I grabbed some time with Betsey to talk about one of the Book Blueprint Scorecard mindsets - Beneficial Constraints.

The end of the year is always a great time to plan for the year ahead, but also to look back & realize how fast the last 12 months have gone!

This idea of Beneficial Constraints looks to help us understand that sometimes less allows us to achieve more, and what are the real and artificial constraints we can use to our benefit, to get a book out there, building our business.

If you want to read along with us and think about your score, then head over to BookBlueprintScore.com and complete your own scorecard.

There is a lot to get from this episode, especially at this time of year as we’re looking down the barrel of 2020, and all it’s possibilities.

Today on the Book More Show, I'm talking with Betsey about all the great initials… BCC's and CTA's, as we dive into your back cover copy and call to actions.

We've talked about some of these in the past, but it ties in nicely with the show over the last couple of weeks when we looked at your tables of contents and then last week when I spoke with Dean last week about your email followup.

Your back cover copy, and the step you want someone to take next is very specific to the context of how you use your book, so today we have two great examples to go deep into.

If you've ever questioned what the best next steps are, or how to guide and orchestrate people's thinking into an action, rather than just reading for the sake of reading, then this is going to be a great show for you.