Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
First and foremost, I am a Husband and Dad to two amazing girls, they keep me on my toes and keep me honest. They are the best coaches any guy could wish for.
On the side, I’m a keen cyclist and surfer, DIY enthusiast and love speaking and motivating audiences.
Then I’m a Business Coach based in the UK, working with service/client businesses. Specifically other coaches and consultants, therapists, freelancers and at the corporate end £1m accountancy and law firms.
I’ve written 5 books now, but my most notable are Online Business Startup and Take Your Shot, both of which have amassed well over 550 reviews now across the various Amazon sites.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is called Take Your Shot.
It’s a story about a guy called Russ, who is a struggling golf professional who happens to meet a business coach who helps Russ to turn things around.
Russ is actually my first coaching client from 3-4 years ago and I found myself repeating Russ’ story at every possible occasion until someone prompted me to put it into a book.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Plenty, but my favourite writing habit is to dictate my content into my phone and then get it transcribed by Rev before post-editing it into “useful” content.
I find typing quite laborious, and I type at maybe 50 words per minute but speak at 90-100. So, I can’t type as fast as I think.
It made sense to dictate the content, and after getting over the fact you feel like a right plum talking to yourself it’s fun and flows much better.
It’s sped my writing up no end.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I’m a big fan of storytelling so this has influenced my choices:
The Lean Startup by Eric Reis
Built to Sell by John Warillow
Go For No by Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz
The Goal by Jeff Cox, Eliyahu Goldratt
The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim and Kevin Behr
Sell or Be Sold by Grant Cardone
The Prosperous Coach by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin
The Big Leap by Gay Hedricks
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
and of course:
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
What are you working on now?
I’ve just finished the first draft of my next book which is going to be my entire coaching programme in a simple, easy to use manual. Which will be closely followed up by a workbook to accompany it.
I know my toolkit helps people so I want to get my coaching tools out to a broader audience.
That will probably be it, writing-wise for a while…although having said that I’ve planned out a sequel to Take Your Shot!
So, maybe 2019 has two more books to add to the collection.
Business-wise, I’m working on a Content Marketing platform for small business owners to help them research and publish content, blogs and articles for their businesses more regularly.
It’s at investor stage already which is very exciting.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Speaking gigs, my Fearless Business Facebook Group and Podcast Interviews have so far proved to be the most fruitful when promoting my books.
Plus a well-honed launch process helps to get the books out there into the charts on Amazon.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t think about the publishing process.
Plan your book/chapters first.
Base your chapter plan around a single message which might be made up of several core pillars.
And then…
…WRITE!
Don’t think about what you’re writing, don’t be tempted to go back over and edit it.
Set yourself a word count goal and write until you hit it.
This is your first draft.
The hard part it now done.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Your message is unique, and someone will want to and benefit from hearing it. So, if you don’t publish your book now, Robin, you’re being [expletive] selfish!!
What are you reading now?
Launch by Jeff Walker (again!)
What’s next for you as a writer?
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Think and Grow Rich
and then probably 3 books by Ray Mears, Bear Grylls and Chris Ryan on survival skills and bushcraft!
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