{"id":933,"date":"2014-02-07T18:46:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T23:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?p=933"},"modified":"2021-12-06T09:25:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:25:38","slug":"creative-marketing-and-residual-income-streams-for-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/creative-marketing-and-residual-income-streams-for-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Marketing and Residual Income Streams for Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/?s=making+money\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-935\" style=\"width: 151px;\" alt=\"Creative Marketing and Residual Income Streams for Authors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sale-on-Kindle-Version-of-Make-Money-Writing-Books-by-Robert-W.-Lucas.jpg\" width=\"197\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a>Many authors often <em>leave money on the table <\/em>by failing to follow-up their book(s) with residual products and materials that can either enhance, complement\u00a0or add to their book content or serve as tangible reminders of content or characters. Think of how many well-known authors capitalize on the passion of their fans by creating a series of items that are purchased after they read\u00a0the author&#8217;s book(s). For example, consider the residual and passive income streams being generated by J. K. Rowling, Jack Canfield, Dr. Suess, and Rachael Ray. Visit the websites for these famous authors to get an idea of potential products and materials you might create.<\/p>\n<p>Authors can make money by creating product lines to complement and support their writing. They can also increase their personal and book brand by placing items in stores and online that remind people of books being published by the author .<\/p>\n<p>Depending on your book genre, here are some potential\u00a0sources of income\u00a0related to\u00a0your book(s):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audio products (<i>e.g.<\/i> MP3, CD, or Webinars) that contain readings from the book.<\/li>\n<li>Visual products (<i>e.g<\/i>. DVD or training sessions) of you or someone else teaching a session based on the content.<\/li>\n<li>Mobile apps for smart-phones and electronic devices based on book content.<\/li>\n<li>Slide presentations based on book content.<\/li>\n<li>Cups, hats and shirts with topic themed words, concepts, quotes.<\/li>\n<li>Workbooks that accompany the books.<\/li>\n<li>Journals where readers can jot down notes, thoughts, ideas, and action plans based on what they think of while reading the book content.<\/li>\n<li>Buttons with clever sayings or quotes.<b><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For additional ideas on ways to brand yourself and books while generating passive and residual income streams,\u00a0get a copy of <em><a title=\"personal branding strategies, making money as an author, creative book marketing, passive income strategies for authors, marketing books online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00CHXCAA6\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00CHXCAA6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rwlnfw-20\">Make Money Writing Books: Proven Profit Making Strategies for Authors<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many authors often leave money on the table by failing to follow-up their book(s) with residual products and materials that can either enhance, complement\u00a0or add to their book content or serve as tangible reminders of content or characters. Think of how many well-known authors capitalize on the passion of their fans by creating a series of items that are purchased &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Creative Marketing and Residual Income Streams for Authors\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/creative-marketing-and-residual-income-streams-for-authors\/#more-933\" aria-label=\"More on Creative Marketing and Residual Income Streams for Authors\">Read It Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[656],"tags":[41,572,568],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Creative Marketing and Residual Income Streams for Authors - Nonfiction Author and Writer Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwlucas.com\/wordpress\/creative-marketing-and-residual-income-streams-for-authors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Creative Marketing and Residual Income Streams for Authors - Nonfiction Author and Writer Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many authors often leave money on the table by failing to follow-up their book(s) with residual products and materials that can either enhance, complement\u00a0or add to their book content or serve as tangible reminders of content or characters. 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