Start a Desktop Publishing Business While Keeping Your Regular Job
Introduction
Anyone can write a few books and easily start self-publishing their own books. The hard part is becoming a financially successful self-publisher. The reality of publishing is that most authors and self-publishers make little or no money from publishing. You need to understand that it is going to take a lot of time and effort on your part to get your posts to start making money. Here are some great ways to get started, without going crazy or upsetting your family.
1. Keep your current job and think long and hard about what you’d like to post.
Do a lot of research and do some soul searching on the topic you are going to write about. What will be your speciality, experience or niche?
2. Keep your current job and write and publish a topic you love.
You are going to spend many hours writing, promoting, marketing and selling, etc. You won’t get far if you’re not passionate about your topic (niche).
3. Keep your current job and involve your family in your plans, especially your spouse.
Your spouse, in most circumstances, should be your partner in your new business. They have as much to gain or lose as you do. Therefore, they will be highly motivated to help make it a success.
4. Keep your current job and get professional help for your business.
This means an accountant (for financial planning and taxes) and a lawyer (for copyrights, trademarks, and business formation). These are not topics you should be trying to do on your own to save a few bucks.
5. Keep your current job and keep your new business in shape (keep expenses to a minimum).
Smart use of the Internet gives you the ability to run an entire business from home, very cheaply, efficiently, and without employees.
6. Keep your current job and become an amazing employee at work.
You must continue to perform well at your job; lose it and you could lose everything.
7. Keep your current job and save your business profits, reinvesting them when needed.
Use the proceeds to establish the business infrastructure (LLC, copyright, computers, etc.) your business needs.
8. Keep your current job and create a schedule for your writing, your business, and your personal time.
Make to-do, to-do, to-do lists to keep you and your new business on track for success. And always make time for your family, without exception.
9. Keep your current job and don’t complain about your challenging work schedule, especially when you’re at that job.
Co-workers don’t want to hear it, and it will damage your reputation at work. And never let your family hear you complain, it will upset everyone. Once your desktop publishing business has been running for a while, scheduling and time management are less of an issue.
10. Keep your current job and wait longer than you want to leave that job.
At least until your self-publishing can provide enough income to cover all of your living expenses. If you have a family, then double or triple the amount of income needed. If your work is what gives you credibility in the eyes of your readers, which will help you sell more copies, then you may want to keep that work.
conclusion
Now you need to understand that if you already have a paid job, the best way to start and maintain your new desktop publishing business is to keep your paid job and do both at the same time. And, in most cases, it’s pretty easy to keep your regular job (for medical benefits, retirement savings, regular paycheck, industry contacts) and also run your desktop publishing business (for extra income, fame). , credibility, business for retirement). and income, creative outlet) at the same time. Also, staying employed while building your desktop publishing business is the best way to dive into the entrepreneurial waters. Good luck.