The POWER & Profitability Of Becoming A Published Author - Bridgett McGowan-Hawkins - 2021 HOPE

10 Feb 2021 · 3 min

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All right, guys, welcome to the continuation of day 8 of the 2021 Hope Business Summit. And I have a question for you. Have you ever heard a sound that stopped you in your tracks? Were you— or what about words that make you just stand still when you hear it? And long after the event has gone, you still have that phrase or that thought or that feeling inside of your mind. You know, you just remember. that word or that phrase or whatever that is. So today's guest, Bridget McGowan Hawkins, is an award-winning international professional speaker. So you're in for a treat. She's also a publisher who is known to be both comical or comical. I'm sorry, I can't say that word now. Comical and memorable. She will not just energize you and inspire you, but she will get you into the space and the place that you never thought you could go before. Today, Bridget is here to share with you her passion for books in a profitable publishing business and how you too can take what you love to do, wow others with it, and have them at the dinner table talking about you and how amazing you are. And I don't know about you, but that is how I want my clients to remember me. I want them to think about, wow, what she said was not just inspiring, but it really set me into action and believing that I can do it too. So I would love to welcome today's guest, Bridget McGowan Hawkins. She is going to be sharing all of her knowledge with us, the power and the profitability of becoming a published author. Welcome, Bridget.
Thanks a ton, Val. Thank you so much for the opportunity. And thank you to everybody who's tuning into this session. I really appreciate you. Let's get started with Print Your Passion. The power and profitability— profitability— we're both having challenges today— of becoming a published author. Too many Ps in there. I love alliteration, sometimes to my detriment. So before you turn your passion into a business, because I'm sure that's what a lot of you are thinking, before you, before you turn that passion into a business, you first need to establish yourself as an authority, as an expert, before people are willing fully willing to do business with you, they want to know what it is you know. They want to know that you know your industry.