04/03/2025
Just finished this article on LinkedIn highlighting strategies we've shared to help authors become more profitable, faster:
10 Game-Changing Income Streams for Authors (Beyond Just Selling Books)
My Day Job: I help businesses grow and get funded. My Side Hustle: I write business & business fiction book.
Over the last 3 months our firm has been approached by musicians, social media influencers (as a Gen-X, I still have no idea what that truly means) and increasingly...authors.
Jay-Z (Sean Carter), makes a fantastic point in this verse in the remix of Kanye West's song "Diamonds from Sierra Leon" regarding that all of us in order to be successful are not businessmen/women, but BUSINESSES.
Success as a writer and author is more about THINKING OF WRITING A BOOK AS A BUSINESS, than literary excellence.
Here's a couple of game changing strategies that we shared:
1. 10 creative ways authors (fiction & non-fiction) can earn:
2. AI-enhanced book bundles & premium editions
3. Subscription-based stories via Patreon/Substack
4. Licensing deals for film, TV & gaming adaptations
5. Corporate storytelling & branding workshops
6. Turn books into online courses & paid training
7. Sell white-label content to businesses
8. Limited-edition prints, signed copies & merch
9. Host live virtual book clubs & deep-dive discussions
10. Branded sponsorships & strategic product placements
11. AI-powered audiobooks for passive income
Note: Note: All of the above listed strategies we are chronicling as case studies for future reference. If you'd like to view a list of past case studies of existing clients across a wide array of industries, go here: https://www.usasalescrew.com/case-studies
So, if you're waiting to write that fiction and/or nonfiction book...DON"T
Besides...another 6-letter word for author is E-X-P-E-R-T
Happy writing and earning money with your book.