Host of Entrepreneur to Author Podcast:Scott MacMillan
Entrepreneur to Author Podcast Host Scott A. MacMillan

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The Entrepreneur to Author Podcast with Scott A. MacMillan

The podcast that brings you practical publishing strategies for building authority and growing your business.

Additional Episodes of Entrepreneur to Author

Writing a book is an incredible feat and doing it while running a business is a whole different ballgame. As an entrepreneur, your time is ...

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E2A 055: Writing a Book While Running a Business

As entrepreneurs, it’s tempting to invest all profits back into our business. But that’s a risky proposition. When it comes to investing, diversification is your ...

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E2A 054: Replacing Your Salary with Real Estate with Donny Mangos

Passion and expertise help you write a book, however, when it comes to the final product, you need some fresh (and expert) eyes on your ...

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E2A 053: The Importance of Editing with Carolyn Jackson & Olivia Joerges

If you’ve chosen the entrepreneurial path, you know that scaling your business can be a chaotic and overwhelming experience.In this episode of The Entrepreneur to ...

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E2A 052: Scaling your business with Chris Green

As often as we say, never judge a book by its cover, it remains true that cover design can make a difference in whether someone ...

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E2A 051: Book Cover Design and Why It’s Key to Getting Your Book Read with Julia Kuris

Publishing and distributing a book can be quite expensive, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to foot the bill yourself. In this episode of ...

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E2A 050: Take My Money! Crowdfunding Your Book with Lisa Ferland

Every entrepreneur dreams of being a person of influence – THE go to person in their field. Our guest today has created a formula to ...

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E2A 049: Becoming a Key Person of Influence with Mike Reid

Online conversations with prospective clients all too often feels salesy…or worse, cringy. Even when we have the best of intentions, connecting to your soul-mate clients ...

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E2A 048: How to Connect with Your Soul-Mate Clients Online with Shani Taylor

Trying to run a business without effective systems and structure is a disaster waiting to happen. Having a plan, procedures and team accountabilities helps projects ...

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E2A 047: Scaling Your Business Through Systems with SYSTEMology Founder and Author David Jenyns

Computers and apps have been making our lives easier for decades, and while I don’t think we can fear a threat of a robot takeover, ...

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E2A 046: Can You Use OpenAI’s ChatGPT to Write Your Nonfiction Book Manuscript? And SHOULD You?

Many entrepreneurs dream of taking the stage, sharing their message with audiences as a public speaker. And a book not only acts as a brilliant ...

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E2A 045: Reaching an Audience with a Book and Public Speaking with Will Greenblatt

There are many paths to entrepreneurship. While that path looks different for everyone, the ‘right path’ is typically at the intersection between what the market ...

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E2A 044: Ghostwriters, Book Coaches, or Good Old-Fashioned Book Editors – What’s the Best Way to Get Your Book Written?

There are many paths to entrepreneurship. While that path looks different for everyone, the ‘right path’ is typically at the intersection between what the market ...

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E2A 043: Build a Million-Dollar Micro Business with Tina Tower – Turn Your Book into a Digital Online Course

There is something special about holding a physical book. With the advancement of the internet and technology, an author can get their book into the ...

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E2A 042: Physical book distribution in a digital world with Brenda James

Too often, what stops an otherwise confident entrepreneur from even penning, let alone publishing, their expertise-based, nonfiction book, is the momentous task of decoding and ...

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E2A 041: Charting the Path to Your Published Book with Jesse Krieger

So many entrepreneurs say they’d like to write a book. It’s now easier to publish one than ever before, and yet very few actually take ...

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E2A 040: Big Bad Book Blocker – the 3 main obstacles holding you back from authorship…and how to beat them

E2A 039: Data Science and Sustainability – Writing on Complex Topics with Alessia Falsarone E2A 039: Data Science and Sustainability – Writing on Complex Topics ...

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E2A 039: Data Science and Sustainability – Writing on Complex Topics with Alessia Falsarone

One of the best ways to learn is to observe others who’ve gone before to understand how they approached the task that you’re about to ...

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E2A 038: A Book Blueprint Teardown of Systemology by David Jenyns

As a leadership coach specializing in the transition to senior leadership and executive roles, Ian Lees knew he needed to find a way to position ...

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E2A 037: Becoming a Leader of Leaders…and an Entrepreneur-Turned-Author with Ian Lees

Brand archetypes are a great way to align your book design with your overall personal and business brand.In this episode of The Entrepreneur to Author ...

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E2A 036: Aligning Your Book Design to Your Business Brand Using Brand Archetypes

The world of digital marketing can often be a tricky web of endless platforms and algorithms. It can sometimes feel like a bit of a ...

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E2A 035: The Acrobatics of Marketing Yourself – A journey from circus to business coach to author with Caelan Huntress

We can learn a great deal about writing by examining how others have structured their books. By being a student of those who’ve written popular, ...

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E2A 034: A Book Blueprint Teardown of Key Person of Influence by Daniel Priestley and Mike Reid

Health care is moving toward a value-based model where metrics and incentives focus on patient outcomes rather than simply delivery of services. There’s much that ...

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E2A 033: A Value-Based Approach for Health Care and for Business with Dr. Verena Voelter

Readers are a funny lot.They like novelty, but they’re comforted by familiarity.As an author, it’s important that you share new ideas, innovative perspectives, and effective ...

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E2A 032: A Book Blueprint Teardown of Work Less, Make More by James Schramko

Readers are a funny lot.They like novelty, but they’re comforted by familiarity.As an author, it’s important that you share new ideas, innovative perspectives, and effective ...

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E2A 031: The Anatomy of a Nonfiction Book – to make sure you and your book look and act the part of a legit pro

Many 9-to-5’ers have a dream. A dream of quitting the rat-race…building their own empire…charting their own course. Is it a pipe dream? Of course not! ...

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E2A 030: From Podcast Host, YouTuber or Blogger to Author – How to Write Your Book From Existing Content (the Right Way)

Many 9-to-5’ers have a dream. A dream of quitting the rat-race…building their own empire…charting their own course.Is it a pipe dream?Of course not!In this episode ...

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E2A 029: Starting and Building an Online Business with Kelsey Reidl – and doing it with content creation at the core

Gone are the days of huge advances for extravagant book tours, private jets, billboards and TV spots and for most authors. Did they really ever ...

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E2A 028: Guerilla Marketing with David Hancock – Taking Book Promotion into Your Own Hands

You can have all the tools, tips and strategies and even have a plan but for some people, writing a book still just seems too ...

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E2A 027: Cutting Your Writing Time in Half (or More) – Co-Authoring Your Book with Brent Lowe

Most service-based business owners get the importance of building credibility and how a book can really help. But what if you sell a physical product? ...

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E2A 026: Double Your Impact with Dr Paige Williams – Why You May Not Want to Stop After Just One Book

Most service-based business owners get the importance of building credibility and how a book can really help. But what if you sell a physical product? ...

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E2A 025: A Cabin in the Woods – Bunkie Life founder David Fraser on promotional contests, coffee table books and reeling in a 5-dragon deal on Dragon’s Den

Writing a book and running a marathon have a lot in common. You need a plan. You need dedication, days of hard work, and the ...

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E2A 024: Going the distance with Nick Muxlow – 3 ways to crossing the finish line with your manuscript from a 3x author and ultra marathon runner and coach

Relationships. They can make a good business great. But bad relationships make everything more difficult. Why do some relationships feel easy while others seem so ...

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E2A 023: Authorship, Podcasting, and The 5 Love Languages with The Personality Coach Kate Mason

Have you ever logged into LinkedIn and found sleazy sales messages in your inbox? Have you ever logged into LinkedIn and NOT found sleazy sales ...

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E2A 022: LinkedIn Lead Generation (Without Sleazy DMs)

A book…well-conceived and well-executed can serve as a master content asset that delivers results well beyond its initial publication.Done well, you’ll have nailed your message, ...

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E2A 021: Using Anchor Content to Superpower Your Content Creation Machine

He’s a fitness trainer. A good one. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, he realized he needed to do something different from all the other ...

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E2A 020: The ‘Magic Key’ to Standing Out in a Crowded Market

Some suggest great ideas are like shooting stars, gone in a flash. That is unless you write them down. But then what? How does that ...

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E2A 019: Getting Your Book Written in 2022 with Kelly Irving

ROI. Return on investment. Is it just a mythic and elusive goal for the entrepreneur-turned-author? Unless you’re writing only for the love of it or ...

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E2A 018: 3 Key Strategies for Monetizing Your Book

As an entrepreneur, you write your book for a reason: to build your authority and grow your business. ‘Business growth’ may mean different things to ...

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E2A 017: The Foundational Strategy – How to Build Your Authority

After the writing and publishing is done, next comes promotion. How will you let the world know about your newly minted book?In this episode of ...

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E2A 016: How to Promote Your New Book

The internet changed the game when it comes to book distribution.The narrow channels that were once the norm have now expanded allowing first-time authors access ...

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E2A 015: Selecting a Book Distribution Formula – How Will Your Book get into the hands of Your Ideal Customer?

Who doesn’t love the feel and look of a fresh, crisp hardcover book. It’s impressive. It has gravitas. But, that hardcover or even your paperback ...

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E2A 014: Selecting a Book Format – Will Your Audience Read or Listen to Your Book?

Readers go through a series of micro-decisions as they decide whether to buy and read your book. This is called the Book Consideration Funnel and ...

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E2A 013: Choosing Your Title for a Nonfiction Book – and the Book Consideration Funnel

With your manuscript locked, it’s time to get it published.This is certainly one of the most important final furlongs in this journey called authorship.But how ...

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E2A 012: Four Publishing Models and How to Choose

Your manuscript is written, and now a second pair of eyes is vital. Especially when those eyes are looking through the lens of a professional ...

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E2A 011: Demystifying Different Types of Editing

You’ve written your manuscript. It’s full of interesting ideas, novel concepts, and great stories and anecdotes. You’re pretty proud of it…and of yourself. But you ...

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E2A 010: Test & Self-Edit

We have the first draft of your new book! Yes, it’s rough around the edges…but you’ve got a solid foundation. In this episode of The ...

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E2A 009: Round Out the First Draft

It’s time for your thoughts, your creativity, and yes…your fingers…to come alive! In this episode of The Entrepreneur to Author Podcast, your host Scott MacMillan ...

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E2A 008: Ready to Write…Rough In the First Draft

Writer’s block is real. And so is wasted time writing content that ends up cut during editing. But can all this be avoided?With a clear, ...

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E2A 007: Building Your Book Blueprint (detailed book outline)

There are many types of books on the market. Do you know what type of book yours will be? What types of books are best ...

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E2A 006: The 4 Major Nonfiction Book Types for Entrepreneurs Writing a Book

Now that you’ve decided to leverage your expertise throughout authorship, what are you going to write about!?It's a world where content is meaningful, impactful. Content ...

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E2A 005: Creating the Content Strategy for Your Book

Not every entrepreneur is ready to write a book. And, often, it’s their business that isn’t ready. But if your business isn't ready to benefit from a ...

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E2A 004: Creating a Reader Strategy for Your Book

Not every entrepreneur is ready to write a book. And, often, it’s their business that isn’t ready. But if your business isn't ready to benefit from a ...

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E2A 003: Are You Ready to Write a Book? Is Your Business?

If you're not acting with purpose, writing a book to build your authority can be a grind, so you'd better have a clear idea of ...

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E2A 002: 8 High-Impact Goals for First-Time Authors

The power of publishing a book...of articulating and sharing your knowledge and expertise in a long-form, written work for the world to read, and becoming ...

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E2A 001: Authority Through Authorship – Taking Your Business to New Heights

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