Why Authors and Creatives Struggle to Sell (And How to Fix It) with Janine Bolon

Why Authors and Creatives Struggle to Sell (And How to Fix It)In this episode of Sales Made Easy, Harry Spaight sits down with Janine Bolon, serial entrepreneur, scientist, and author of Published Profitability, to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing authors and creatives today: why so many struggle to sell, and exactly what to do about it.Most entrepreneurs get it backwards. They pour money into marketing before they've ever made a single sale. Janine breaks down why sales has to come before marketing and how to make selling feel completely natural.Janine shares how she helps authors, artists, and creatives at "level zero" shift their identity around sales, build their first contact list from scratch, and start generating real revenue without spending a dime on ads.In this episode:Why "sales is gross" is a mindset problem and how to fix itThe master contact sheet strategy that keeps you busy for your first yearHow to sell without feeling like you're sellingWhy your business is a hobby until it has revenueThe difference between doing something to someone vs. doing something for someoneConnect with Janine: janinebolon.com/connect (Free Friday Coffee, open to everyone)MCS (Master Contact Sheet Lesson): https://janinebolon.com/2020/11/28/your-master-contact-sheet/How to download your FB contacts: https://janinebolon.com/howdoi/