Ever since Trump won the election two days ago, I've seen speakers and writers that I love express either jubilation or outright despair on Twitter and on Facebook. I understand that emotions are high. But I want to encourage all of you who feel called to speak or write to remember your main purpose, and to never, ever let politics jeopardize Continue Reading
The 1 Thing You Need to Move Your Ministry Ahead-Right Now
If you want to build your ministry and impact people, while also providing at least a little bit of income, you need two things: A newsletter list Something to sell (your book, your online course, even your speaking engagements!) Okay, technically you need 3 things. You also need people ON your newsletter list. Seriously, though. Continue Reading
How to Make Guest Posting Work For You
Whether you're a speaker, writer, or blogger, guest posting on other blogs is a great way to help generate word of mouth for your ministry and website traffic for your site/blog. So today I want to help you figure out how to make guest posting work for you! Maybe you have your own blog, or maybe you're a speaker or an author with a website, Continue Reading
How Co-Schedule Makes Scheduling My Social Media Shares Super Easy!
We all know that the key to building a speaking and writing ministry today is social media. And yet most of us hate social media. It takes so much time; you don't always see the results; and you'd rather be doing something REAL. But before you complain, "Facebook is dead anyway!", I want to tell you that I get 2,000 visitors to my Christian Continue Reading
My Emergency Kit I Take with Me When Speaking
You spill ketchup on your dress pants on the way to the event. You come down with a bad cold right before you have to speak. The church can't use your USB drive with your Powerpoint, and now you're stuck. Every speaker needs an emergency kit--things that you take with you so that if trouble comes, you're still able to climb up on that stage and Continue Reading
How to Get Published
I get asked frequently how I got started in writing, and what I could suggest to people. It's hard to sum up easily, so let me give you some resources to get you started. If you're interested in writing a book, here's a little bit of my take on that. It is really hard to break into book publishing right now. I mean really hard. That doesn’t mean Continue Reading