The pandemic has favoured digital business models, but how can you transition to online sales when you run an in-person business? How can you move from one stream of income to multiple streams? Guy Windsor has lots of ideas for your author business in this fascinating interview.
In the intro, fear-based decision making [
Kris Rusch];
Amazon and MGM; Product focused vs Process focused [
Dean Wesley Smith]; Royalties on second-hand print books [
Guardian]. Plus, working titles, getting out of the house, and
my cycling trip in the Cotswolds.
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Guy Windsor is a consulting swordsman, teacher, and author specializing in Medieval and Renaissance Italian swordsmanship. He runs Sword School and is the host of The Sword Guy Podcast.
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Show Notes
* How Guy transitioned to multiple sources of income that have seen him though the pandemic* The challenges of print books and using QR codes to link to videos* Lessons learned from creating online courses* Creating a deck of sword fighting cards as an alternative teaching tool* Guy’s post on the
key principles of crowdfunding* On the intersection of podcasts and audiobook sales
You can find Guy Windsor at
GuyWindsor.net and on Twitter @guy_windsor. Guy has also created a useful landing page with examples of the things we discussed at
Guywindsor.net/joanna/
Transcript of interview with Guy Windsor
Joanna: Guy Windsor is a consulting swordsman, teacher, and author specializing in Medieval and Renaissance Italian swordsmanship. He runs sword school and is the host of ‘The Sword Guy Podcast.' Welcome back to the show,
Guy.Guy: Nice to see you, Joanna. Thanks for having
me.Joanna: It's great to have you back. Now, for everyone listening, you were on the show back in