Last week, I wrote this: “People think ghostwriters just write.” This makes sense if you think about it. You watch a movie or a TV show that features a writer, and he or she is seen as a solitary figure sitting at a desk writing or pounding away on a keyboard. What it doesn’t show…
When I worked as a copywriter, before my ghostwriting career took off, I attended various networking meetings and sold myself as one who could fashion a winning, compelling 30-second elevator pitch. I hardly got any interest, and I soon saw why: Everybody seemed to think that if they could come up with a rhyming tagline,…
I recently had a first conversation with a ghostwriting prospect. Toward the end, she asked a very standard question: “What makes you the right person for me?” My answer: “I can’t say I am right. That has to come from you.” This might seem like I was passing the buck. What I really did was…
I recently received an email query from a woman who basically wanted someone she to call “your ghostwriter.” This was for either a speech or a book. In her six-paragraph inquiry, which she titled, “A story worth telling?” she asked me several questions: “Am I crazy? Brave? Both? Most importantly, does this sound like something…
Dear Future Client: We haven’t met yet because you’re still looking for a ghostwriter. That’s okay. When you hire me as your professional ghostwriter, you’re not hiring me just to write your book, speech, website, blog, or anything else. You’re hiring someone to protect your project, even when life gets in the way. “Life gets…
When I meet a prospect for the first time, I always ask four questions. The second one is, “Who is your target audience?” In many cases, the prospect will say, “everybody,” to which I respond, “Well, no book is for everyone. The widest read book is the Bible, and not everybody reads it.” Usually, the…
I saw a report from Verified Market Research that valued the ghostwriting market at about $3.3 billion in 2024 and that it was expected to reach $6.2 billion by 2032. A different report, from HTF Marketing Intelligence in 2023, forecast the market’s value to reach $8 billion in 2030. I would say both reports didn’t…
I recently wrote about how a ghostwriter can make an income of at least six figures. Read it here. The first point I made was to a assemble a team. I recommended including a search engine optimization (SEO) company as part of the team. I had been using a web designer friend to manage my…
A website is not enough. You need SEO, too. Busy areas have competitive SEO markets where you may need our services like a ghostwriter in NYC. Last week, I wrote about how the best way to find a ghostwriter is to find a ghostwriter’s website. This week, I’m going to twist things around and address this…
Need a ghostwriter? Find the website. It’s mid-January. You feel like this is the year you’re going to tell your story. You’ve been itching to for some time now, and you can no longer wait. You also know you can’t write it yourself. You need a ghostwriters in NJ. Lee Barnathan can provide book editing services…
