Good morning everyone,
This morning I wanted to give some updates on the book that I am writing and the process that has gone into writing it.
As you may know from reading my blogs that I am very passionate about selling and serving the customer. I never thought in a million years when I was in college that I would want to end up in sales, but I am glad I did. By taking the leap I was able to see how to help others get to a better place when trying to make an investment whether it be in their business or themselves.
To that point as I started gaining traction in sales I wanted to know why and how I was able to do so. It was a decade of me studying the process and seeing where I would get hung up and how I got through road blocks. I studied all the sales books dog earing them, marking them up, and outlining the map to have consistent sales success.
At the beginning of this year I set out to write a book on the sales process so others could have an easy to follow roadmap of the process and how to implement it. What I learned was that writing is difficult. I can talk to people and help them see the vision, but putting this into words was difficult.
I wrote my first draft and had my wife read it. To which point she had come back to me and said she didn’t understand. Talk about a kick in the…insert word you would use. Then I went back to rewrite and make it more clear. I found a great editor through another speaker and author that had completed the content edit for me. She did a great job at going through the book and editing with comments all over. When we got on the coaching call we went through the edits. She was very nice as she helped me understand that I actually had two books, or I really needed to go back through and rewrite the book in a different structure.
Now I have gone back through and restructured the book, rewrote sections and am hoping for the book to be better. This has been around 8 months so far. My wife has now gone back through and done her reading to which point she said it is a great deal better. I have yet to see her mark ups and am hoping she isn’t just being nice because she does not want to see me tail spin into self-doubt.
After this then the editor is going to go through another edit for this book. I am now seeing why not that many people actually complete writing their books due to the length of the process. I am hoping to have this book completed by the Christmas holiday. We will see if that is going to happen.
I will provide updates hopefully next month along with cover options that I will need your help with.
Until then, have a great weekend.
Sincerely,
Kevin Sidebottom
Sales and Leadership Enterprises