Independent
publishers are by nature outliers, but one in particular stands out: Jim
Blasingame.
The self-made,
multi-media personality has a lot to say about the publishing industry, the
crux of which is this: Write books. Publish them yourself. Keep the money.
But for Blasingame,
there’s a twist. He writes, he publishes, but he also entices corporations to use
his books.
Tens of thousands of them.
In a multi-pronged
approach, Blasingame folds his books into other services he offers, such as
speaking engagements or consulting contracts with companies.
“I don’t think it’s
a big deal to sell 2,000 books,” said Blasingame, whose latest, The Age of the Customer, is a multiple
award-winning book with more than 60,000 copies sold. “Most people want to sell
the books, but I show companies how to use my books. There’s a difference.”
Although he won’t reveal
who his customers are, the industries he sells to run the gamut from insurance,
to technology, to online sellers.
For Blasingame, it’s
not about dropping a pallet of books off at the dock. He’s all about adding
value.
“I say to them, how
many customers you got? Prospects? Salespeople? I will show them how to use the
book to reach those customers,” said the syndicated radio host, whose three
books have sold more than 150,000 copies to date.
Beyond the corporate
sales, Blasingame has also used his books as a value-add tool for his speaking
engagements.

While he’s not
afraid of Amazon and sells a lot of books “onesie,
twosie,” Blasingame says one of the biggest mistakes authors make is equating
success with being published by a major house.
“There are people
who are publishing house snobs who don’t think they are successful unless their
book is chosen by a publisher,” he said. “A sale is a sale. That’s what I tell
people.”
Jim Blasingame is
one of the world’s leading experts on small business and entrepreneurship. He
is the creator and award-wining host of the syndicated radio program, The Small
Business Advocate Show, now in its 19th year; syndicated columnist;
and award-winning author of The Age of
the Customer: Prepare for the Moment of Relevance (SBN Books). For more,
visit www.smallbusinessadvocate.com and www.ageofthecustomer.com.
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