Publish with Purpose: Self-Publish Your Journal on Amazon in 60 Days or Less

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN WHEN YOU ENROLL IN PUBLISH WITH PURPOSE:

Everything you need to know about Kindle Direct Publishing, how it works, & how you get paid!
How to generate (or fine-tune) your journal idea & become an idea generation machine!
How to easily format your journal without Adobe Products! (We use Canva & Apple Keynote) & design a gorgeous cover without stressing over dimensions, margins, or confusing software. I show you everything!
How to market, publish, and lauch your journal while building hype and excitement with your audience!
How to create EPIC content for recurring journal sales so you can turn your project into passive income!

One of the most valuable parts of Publish with Purpose is the LIVE Weekly Q&A Calls you'll be a part of that run 2x/year!

Each week during one of our 60-Day Sprints (June/July & September/October) we'll meet over Zoom to discuss everything you're working on, questions you have, and we generate ideas off one another!

Students have told me this is one of their favorite parts about the course!

In addition to weekly calls, you'll recieve:

Lifetime Access to all of the replays
A Private Facebook Group to ask questions and support your peers (I'm highly active here and usually respond in a matter of hours!)
A 30-Minute 1:1 Journal Focus Session with me to map out your journal, create a launch plan, or generate the perfect idea!
Journal Formatting Office & Co-Working Hours in Weeks 3-8 of our 60-Day Sprints to work on your journal and have me at your side as questions arise.

5 Modules With Everything you need to Create, Format, Self-Publish, and Launch your Journal in 60 days or Less!

Lifetime Access to Course Materials, Trainings, Checklists, & Tutorials

8 Weekly LIVE Q&A Calls via Zoom with Replay Recordings During our 60-Day Sprint Sessions (These Run 2x a year) Our Next Round of Live Calls start June 2nd!

Journal Formatting Office Hours during 60-Day Sprint Sessions

30-Minute 1:1 Journal Focus Session with Sarah

Private Facebook Support Group

Access to the Exclusive Alumni Group Upon Completion for ongoing support, trainings, and more!

Before Publish with Purpose, I wasn't sure where to start. The process of publishing felt complicated and daunting. Thankfully Publish with Purpose broke it down so that each step was clear and actionable. Publish with Purpose also gave me accountability, having someone to check in with throughout the process helped me stay committed and focused on my goal.

The level of support and accountability in Publish with Purpose cannot be overstated. It was so encouraging to have Sarah and the other members to ask questions and get inspiration from. It kept me accountable throughout the process

The live calls were the best part, as it got me excited about my journal each week and it helped me carve out time to dedicate to this project. If I missed a week or two, I still enjoyed watching the replays because I was still able to gain inspiration and clarity.

By going through Publish with Purpose, I was able to publish the Create Your Confidence Guided Journal: A Psychology-Backed Guide to Overcoming Insecurities and Learning to Love Your Body. But in addition to my published guided journal, I also gained a lot of confidence within myself through this process and I now have the knowledge and resources to publish even more journals in the future.

If you're considering self-publishing, you should absolutely give it a try. Creating something totally your own and later seeing people connect with what you created is such an amazing feeling. You'll have so much fun creating your journal and it won't feel intimidating at all once you get started. Give it a try, you don't have anything to lose and so much to gain.

Publish with Purpose went far beyond my expectations. I feel like I now have this resource that I can use for years to come. Well worth the investment in the long term.

Thank you for all your help, Sarah! I can tell you put a ton of work into this course and it really shows. I could not have done this without you. I can't wait to publish another journal!

-Laura Maloney, Author of Create Your Confidence Guided Journal

Creating my own planner was something that I had wanted to do for a while but I just really didn't have the time to try to figure everything out all by myself.

My biggest concern was whether my journal idea was any good and if anyone would be interested in it. The course helped me to get over those concerns and press forward. It was one of those things that I put on the back burner and told myself I'd try to do it "someday."

If you've ever wanted to create your own planner or journal, you will want to take this course.

It covers all aspects of the self-publishing process, from how to fine-tune your journal idea, choosing a size for your journal, how to format and design your journal, and how to publish and market your journal.

The content in the modules alone were amazing, but you also get direct access to Sarah through the live weekly calls, formatting office hours, and even a one-on-one focus session to help with any aspect of your journal or planner that you wish.

The accountability and support from Sarah and the other course members were invaluable to me in pushing me to keep working on my planner pages and hold me to my publishing schedule.

On top of that, Sarah went way above and beyond to help me fix a technical issue that I was stuck on.

Hands down one of the best courses I've taken!

I was able to create and publish my planner on Amazon in less than 60 days.

I was able to take an idea that had been in my head for some time and turn it into a tangible, physical planner that I created.

What a feeling!

-Wendy Neal, Author of Organize Your Mind: A 6-Month Priority Planner to Help Creative Thinkers Get the Right Stuff Done

When you enroll in Publish with Purpose you'll get instant access to all course materials that walk you through everything you need to create, format, and self-publish your ideas into a physical planner on Amazon in 60 Days or less!

What's even better is that 2x/year I host 60 Day Sprint Sessions inside the course.

What are these? Each year in June/July & September/October you'll get access to:

8 Weekly Live Q&A Calls over Zoom (+ recordings)
+ Journal Formatting Office Hours

While the course is ready with all the tutorials and guides you need to binge through to create your amazing journal or planner on your own, I know how powerful a live component can be.

That's why TWO times a year you can join me and other students inside the course in a 60 Day Sprint Session to map out, create and self-publish your next journal.

Trust me, once you create one, you're going to want to create more!

You get LIFETIME access to these calls, meaning you can join ALL of them every single year.

These are a great way to get live feedback, share your ideas with other students, and get additional support as you make your way through the course materials.

I know what you might be thinking, "should I enroll now or wait until the next live session starts?"

I'm incredibly confident that the course materials will allow you to create your journal in no time as you go through it - many students have completed their journals this way without even attending one live call!

There's no reason to wait for the live sessions if you want to get started on your journal idea - the world needs it now!

With our Facebook Group, you'll also have added support from me and other students!

I can already hear you saying these things, because I did the same thing...

What if NO one buys this?!

What if I make a mistake or someone finds a spelling error?

What if I get a 1 star review on Amazon?

What if people DO buy it and THEN they hate it?

The bigger question is, What if you DON'T do this?

What if NO one ever gets to experience your ideas and your process?

What if NO one ever gets to feel the same excitement you have for the pages you've created?

What if you don't even give yourself the CHANCE to SEE what will unfold if yoy do this?! Aren't you curious!?

Plus, as my students have discovered, any hiccups along the way are easily solved and tend to be "no big deal" once we tackle them together.

You're in good company and if you decide to join us inside Publish with Purpose, you'll look back amazed at how much you've accomplished as you hold a physical journal YOU created!

I went into Publish with Purpose with the idea to create a 2020 year planner. Throughout the course my idea changed into something better... The Positivity Planner. Because of Publish with Purpose, I created a planner more valuable and more unique than I had originally planned.

The most helpful part of Publish with Purpose is having Sarah as our coach, she is truly amazing and the best coach I've ever had. Each of us had a 1-1 focus session with Sarah, during my session I gained a lot of clarity on my planner idea.

My favourite part of Publish with Purpose was our weekly group calls. They were so much fun and I made sure I attended all of them. We all shared our ideas and supported each others journey. And of course, we had Sarah in each call to answer any questions we might have.

I attended every single call because they were so useful and fun! It was incredibly motivating to know that you're all working on your planner together, and to have these weekly calls to ask questions, share your work, get feedback and hear how everyone is getting on.

Sign up! It's honestly so much fun. PWP made the entire process of self-publishing seem effortless. Sarah has so much useful information within her course and she's always available if you need help.

-Laura Beeson, Author of The Positivity Planner

I was able to recreate old journal pages in a fresh, sleek, eye-catching way thanks to the tutorials in the course. Using Canva is an absolute game changer, and I learned so much about how to use it thanks to PWP.

I now have way more confidence when it finally comes to launching a project I've been trying to launch for four years. It's now polished and professional-looking because of what I learned in this course.

If you're even semi considering self-publishing a journal or planner, take Sarah's course! Seriously, even as someone who's gone through the whole process several times on my own, I learned SO MUCH. It was invaluable. I'd hands-down make the decision to take this course again in a heartbeat, so you won't regret it.

-Michelle Kampmeier, Author of Discover Yourself - Morning Routine Journal

I always knew that I wanted to create a planner but I had no idea how to do it, I always thought that it would be so time consuming and I thought that I would join Publish with Purpose later when I had more time to work toward it because I work a 9 to 5. But this course made it so easy! Before joining I had no idea what I was going to create, I just knew that I was going to create some sort of planner. This course helped me from brainstorming to actually launching this planner in just 2 months and it as unbelievable!

-Nav Kaur, Author of the Side Hustle Success Planner

1) What should I expect to spend to publish my journal?

The cool thing about KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) is that its completely free to use! I know, amazing right?! You should expect to spend anywhere from $5-30+ to order a proof copy of your journal. Additional proof copies or author copies are up to you.

2) Is this only available in the US?

Not at all! The KDP platform allows you to ship worldwide and you can publish your own journal from most countries. When you self-publish through KDP, your journal is eligible for global distribution, meaning it will appear on Amazon sites in Japan, Italy, France, UK, Canada, etc. Students inside Publish with Purpose have published their journals from Canada, London, the UK, and Indonesia!

And as of late 2019, KDP now ships proofs and author copies to Australia!

Please note that I do host all of the video tutorials in the course platform through Vimeo so you will want to ensure that Vimeo is not blocked in your country.

3) I have no idea how to format....anything... is this course still for me?

YES! I'll be providing in-depth, step-by-step formatting tutorials as well as ideas for your pages. You'll be amazed at what you learn and how easy it can be to create and format you very own journal or planner.

4) I have a basic journal idea but might need help fine-tuning it. Will this course help me with that?

YES! in fact, Inside Module 1 I walk you through a 50-minute Journal Idea Generation training and it will blow your mind. Students have told me that they started with one semi-focused idea and left the training with over 15 ideas for journals and planners!

5) Do I need to invest in expensive software like Adobe suite products to create my journal?

Nope! You certainly can but I'll be showing you how to use Canva & Keynote to create your journal pages with ease!

6) How do I ensure that my journal gets seen? Will you touch on marketing/promotion?

Absolutely! A huge component of being successful with your journal is making sure people KNOW it exists. We'll be talking about keyword research, what to put in your description on Amazon, and ways to use content marketing to get people excited about your journal! The cool thing about KDP is that it automatically lists your journal on Amazon for FREE - no seller's fees. And since Amazon is often used as a search engine with millions of daily active users, your journal can start appearing in search results.

7) How long is this program? When does it start? How long will I have access? When are the live calls?

You will get instant access to all course materials as soon as you enroll! Get started instantly with the suggested course pace schedule!

We will be meeting live on Zoom for weekly calls for 8 weeks at 8AM PST / 11AM EST / 4PM London on Tuesdays during our 60-Day Sprint Sessions that run 2x per year (June 2nd - July 21st & September/October). This is an opportunity for you to ask questions and get support creating your journal. All calls will be recorded and added to your course dashboard to re-watch anytime. You will be able to submit questions if you cannot attend live and replays will be available.

During weeks 3-8 of our 60-Day Sprints I will be hosting Journal Formatting Office hours for you to co-work with other students over Zoom and ask questions as you format your journals!

8) Do I need to pay for shipping or worry about taxes for each sale?

Nope! Amazon works as the distributor and POS (point of sale) in this situation so you get to sit back, create, and watch the money roll in. You'll pay taxes at the end of the year on your gross sales.

9) What if I decide to enroll and then find that I have to do the work at a later time?

Preferably you are applying to this program with the intention of doing the work in the time frame provided. However, things happen. Should you be unable to do the work or finish your project in 60 days, you will still have lifetime access to all course materials, videos, and Q&A replay calls, along with the Alumni Facebook Group. I also offer an extention plan to join a new round of live calls should you need it. I may reach out to you at a later date to check in on your progress :)

10) What happens after the 8 weeks of the course? Will I still have access to materials?

Yes! Once you enroll, you'll recieve lifetime access to all course materials. Upon completion of the 8 weeks you'll also gain access to the Publish with Purpose Alumni Facebook Group where you can ask questions, get feedback from other journal creators, and important updates about KDP and bonus materials!

11) How is the course delivered?

After you enroll you'll be sent an email with your unique credentials to login to my membership site and access the materials all in one place. The course is comprised of video and text lessons with the option to speed up videos and watch at your desired pace. All materials will become available on February 3rd for you to binge or go through them with us as group with the provided course schedule. You'll also find links to register for all live calls and get them added to your calendar for the new year!

12) How much support can I expect to get from you (Sarah) during the program? How quickly will you be able to respond to my questions?

I am VERY active inside the PWP Facebook Group & Via Email. I devote my time to this course during each cohort so my students get my best energy and support. You can expect a response from me with 24-48 hours but typically you'll hear from me much sooner :)

13) I am legit terrified of formatting errors and all the tech stuff. Will this course help me through this?

Absoultely! In fact, only 3 of my students from round one had a technical or formatting issue that they needed my help with and we were able to solve them quickly, easily, and with a lot less stress than they originally thought!

14) Can I created hardback or spiral bound journals with KDP?

Kindle Direct Publishing allows you to create paperback books in a variety of sizes (standard print sizes and even custom ones!) and choose between a glossy or matte cover finish. You can also decide on a black and white or color interior (although color will result in higher printing costs). Spiralbound and hardback are not available at this time but the journals are high quality with bright white paper that works great for planners, workbooks, and anything you might want to create!

15) How much does it cost to use KDP and self-publish my journal?

KDP is free to use and when you publish through them, your journal is listed for free right on Amazon! No sellers fees like Amazon Seller accounts require. In PWP we'll be using Canva & Apple Keynote which are both free to use (keep in mind that advanced features in Canva require a pro account but a 14-day trial is available. Apple Keynote is free on Mac computers and in iCloud). Apart from any design elements you may wish to purchase and proof copies you order before publishing to Amazon, your overhead to create your journa will be next to nothing! I personally spent $50 to launch the Mindful Productivity Planner and most students spent about the same creating their journals.

16) Do you have examples of some of the interior pages that students created? Yes!

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