Crowds of people rushed into the bookshop to buy your book. It’s the latest must-read title – a sizzling hot best seller, climbing and dominating the charts for weeks on end. Or that’s how the story goes.
Getting published off-line is something I’ve thought about a lot over the past few years. You? Have you ever thought of getting published off-line? If so, why? It’s a large undertaking and I’m curious as to why people do it.
I would love to discuss this topic with you in the comments.
Mountains of opportunity

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Book publishing,
Building revenue,
Building sales,
Business development,
Business success,
Commercial focus,
Commercial mindset,
Commercialising ideas,
Getting published,
Growing sales,
Making money,
Personal productivity,
Revenue generation,
Thinslicing success,
Writing books
An essential part of helping people quickly understand that they should be doing business with you is to project a crisp, sharp, business-like image.
Here’s a list of ten simple actions that will instantly sharpen how you are perceived professionally, so that you become clearly associated with business success.
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Adding value,
Business advantage,
Business development,
Business skills,
Business-like image,
Commercial focus,
Commercial skills,
Effective meetings,
Increasing your value,
Meetings,
Personal productivity,
Productive meetings,
Professional image,
Professional standards
BLACK CHAIR: BUSINESS MENTORING TV
Episode 10: How to get a diamond-tipped focus
Welcome to Black Chair. The single-minded purpose of Black Chair is to help you succeed in business.
“A diamond-tipped focus is extremely useful in business.”
In this episode, we get focused – diamond-tipped focused – on what really counts to make your business work.
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Black Chair,
Building revenue,
Business advantage,
Business advice,
Business development,
Business mentoring,
Business skills,
Business tips,
Commercial conversation,
Commercial focus,
Commercial mindset,
Commercial skills,
Diamond-tipped focus,
Focus,
Video tutorials
BLACK CHAIR: BUSINESS MENTORING TV
Episode 9: Sales made simple
Welcome to Black Chair. The single-minded purpose of Black Chair is to help you succeed in business.
“Black Chair is about keeping things very simple and very focused.”
In this episode, we focus on business development – what has to happen to grow your business, get the sales in and get increase your revenue.
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tags |
Black Chair,
Building revenue,
Business advantage,
Business advice,
Business development,
Business mentoring,
Business skills,
Business tips,
Commercial conversation,
Commercial focus,
Commercial mindset,
Commercial skills,
Commercialising ideas,
Communication skills,
Effective communication,
Focus,
Revenue generation,
Sales avoidance,
Sales development,
Sales reluctance,
Video tutorials
BLACK CHAIR: BUSINESS MENTORING TV
Episode 8: Ideas that make money
Welcome to Black Chair. The single-minded purpose of Black Chair is to help you succeed in business.
“The enemy is the good idea.”
In this episode, we shatter the myth of the good idea and focus on what makes an idea commercially successful.
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tags |
Black Chair,
Business advantage,
Business advice,
Business development,
Business mentoring,
Business skills,
Business tips,
Commercial conversation,
Commercial focus,
Commercial mindset,
Commercial skills,
Commercialising ideas,
Communication skills,
Developing ideas that sell,
Effective communication,
Profiting from your ideas,
Selling your ideas,
Video tutorials
BLACK CHAIR: BUSINESS MENTORING TV
Diamond Tips Edition: Episode 1
Welcome to Black Chair. The single-minded purpose of Black Chair is to help you succeed in business. This is the Diamond-Tips Edition, where we interview the top performers for their best business tips – their diamond tips!
“Have the courage to pioneer the most bumpy roads.” Andrew Dickinson
In this episode, we interview Andrew Dickinson—a top performing, world-class martial artist, who’s taken this passion to the next level and converted it into a very successful business model.
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tags |
Andrew Dickinson,
Black Chair,
Business advantage,
Business advice,
Business development,
Business mentoring,
Business skills,
Business tips,
Commercial conversation,
Commercial focus,
Commercial mindset,
Commercial skills,
Diamond Tips,
Video tutorials
BLACK CHAIR: BUSINESS MENTORING TV
Episode 7: The most powerful way to communicate
This episode of Black Chair focuses on the most efficient and effective way to communicate in business.
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tags |
Black Chair,
Business advantage,
Business advice,
Business development,
Business mentoring,
Business skills,
Business tips,
Commercial conversation,
Commercial focus,
Commercial mindset,
Commercial skills,
Communication skills,
Effective communication,
Video tutorials
BLACK CHAIR: Business Mentoring TV
EPISODE 6:
This episode of Black Chair looks at why not all referral business is good – and what to do about it.
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tags |
Black Chair,
Business advantage,
Business advice,
Business development,
Business mentoring,
Business skills,
Business tips,
Commercial conversation,
Commercial focus,
Commercial mindset,
Commercial skills,
Differentiating yourself,
Full fee,
Maximizing profit,
Premium pricing,
Referral business,
Word of mouth,
Word-of-mouse
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