Self-Publishing Training Manuals And Focusing On Your True Fans With Guy Windsor

What needs to go into a training manual if you are teaching physical skills? How can you focus in on your super fans and create only for them, while still making a living from multiple streams of income? Guy Windsor explains more in this interview.

In the intro, Amazon celebrates a decade of Kindle Unlimited (https://press.aboutamazon.com/uk/news/books-and-authors/2024/9/amazon-celebrates-a-decade-of-kindle-unlimited) and indie authors do really well!; Written Word Media has announced a new partnership with RetireHub (https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/press-release-written-word-media-retirehub-partnership-announcement/) , an innovative online community for retirees; Levels of author success [Draft2Digital (https://www.draft2digital.com/blog/become-successful-author-eight-levels/) ]; Indie Writers Club (https://www.indiewritersclub.com/) ; Blood Vintage book trailer (https://jfpenn.com/bloodvintagetrailer) and Kickstarter campaign (https://www.jfpenn.com/bloodvintage) .

Plus, Oprah’s AI special [Variety (https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/oprah-winfrey-ai-abc-special-bill-gates-sam-altman-1236124394/) ]; Women using AI less than men [The Economist (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/08/21/why-dont-women-use-artificial-intelligence) ];
Amazon is revamping Alexa to use Anthropic’s Claude [The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/30/24232123/amazon-new-alexa-voice-assistant-claude-ai-model) ]

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Guy Windsor is a consulting swordsman, teacher, and author specializing in medieval and renaissance Italian swordsmanship. He runs SwordSchool and is the host of The Sword Guy Podcast.

• Creating freedom with multiple streams of income
• Automating and outsourcing non-creative work
• Key aspects to consider when creating a training manual
• The importance of photo quality in print books
• Why write a book instead of produce an online course?
• Marketing a very niche genre
• Tips for building your online author store

You can find Guy at Swordschool.shop (https://swordschool.shop/) or Swordschool.com (https://swordschool.com/) .

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