With 46+ million books on Amazon, here are 5 new ways social impact authors can stand out by nominating their book to the Annual Goody Business Book Awards by the Final Deadline: September 30th here. 

Winners will be announced by November 15, just-in-time for your holiday book promotions.

And all Winners and Finalists will be promoted via a public relations campaign that includes press releases, blogs, website pages, custom banners, custom videos and compelling social media posts.

Goody PR Founder Liz H. Kelly created the Goody Business Book Awards to honor 100% social impact authors, who are helping others improve their lives. The awards seal is a hot air balloon, which illustrates their mission to “Uplift Author Voices” above a sea of competition.

Authors, publishers, agents, and fans can nominate any book published in the last 5 years until September 30^th at 11:59pm PST.

You can Nominate Your Book in 1-50 categories in 8 genres, which include: Business, Entrepreneur, Health, Leadership, Marketing, Money/Wealth, Self-Help and Technology.

So think about how is your book helping readers, and select a category that best represents your work and book’s mission and message. 

Here are 5 ways Social Impact Authors are helping readers:

1. Be More Successful in Business

If your book is helping people build their business, inspire their employees, and/or increase revenue, here are some categories that could be great for your book.

Business – Career Success

Business – Big Ideas

Business – Problem Solver

2. Be a Better Leader

Leaders are always learning, and social impact authors can provide insights on how to get a team engaged or motivated. If you wrote a book that is helping CEOs, Founders and Executives be more successful, here are 3 categories that you should consider when nominating your book for Goody Business Book Awards:

Leadership – Motivation

Leadership – Team Building

Leadership – Mentoring/Coaching

3. Be a Better Marketer and Increase Sales

All business leaders are looking for new ideas for marketing to increase sales. In this case, social impact authors can select from several book awards categories, which include:

Marketing – Branding

Marketing – Digital Marketing

Marketing – Sales

4. Increase Wealth

While money does not buy happiness, it certainly helps people accomplish their dreams and goals. Does your book help people grow their savings, invest in real estate and/or manage their money better? If yes, consider nominating it to one of the following Goody Business Book Awards categories:

Business – Real Estate

Money – Personal Finance

Money – Wealth Management

5. Improve Health and Happiness

And finally, and most importantly, did you write a book that is improving people’s health and happiness? Social impact authors often provide invaluable joy to readers through their words. If you wrote a book that is helping people feel more inspired, live longer and/or improve their relationships, please Nominate Your Book today for one of our Health or Self-Help categories, which include:

Health – Diet and Exercise

Health – Psychology

Self-Help – Happiness

And when you Nominate Your Book, you will be asked 1 question: How is your book helping others?

In one paragraph each, social impact authors will be asked to explain HOW your advice tips are enhancing lives.

Your answer is limited to a maximum of 150 words, and this paragraph will be promoted on our Goody Business Book Awards website for all Winners and Finalists. The judges will look closely at the answer to this question, so take 5 minutes to write a clear, concise and compelling summary that will attract more book sales and readers.

The world needs to know your life-changing advice tips, and book awards is a great way to draw more attention to your work. 

So stop procrastinating, and help us shine a light on social impact authors who are changing lives by Nominating Your Book before the final deadline on September 30 here: https://goodybusinessbookawards.com/nominate-book/

To help you increase your chances of winning book awards, here are three new author success secrets from the Annual Goody Business Book Awards.

We want you to stand out in a sea of 46+ million books on Amazon, and offer these helpful tips to ensure you win more book awards and elevate your brand as an author.

And with our final deadline coming up fast, don’t forget to Nominate Your Book to the Goody Business Book Awards here by September 30: https://goodybusinessbookawards.com/nominate-book/

So here are our top 3 Author Success Secrets for Winning Book Awards:

1.  Publish a High Quality Book in sync with Your Author Brand

Because your book represents your author brand, it’s very important to publish a high quality book that supports your message and goals. Our judges are not only reading your book to see if the content is engaging, they are also looking at the title, book cover and social impact.

We recommend starting a book project by first writing an outline with the different chapter names. You can also draft your Introduction with the top ways you want to help readers.  And then walk away, think about it, and then go back and revise it. Great writing is also about great editing, and so it’s important invest in an editor.

All of these writing exercises are top author success secrets to help you select a powerful book title and cover that are unique. Ask yourself, will your book title stand out, connect with your desired audience, and move your readers to buy? 

The book cover graphics will also make a lasting first impression on book award judges. Please invest in a great book cover designer for your cover. For our “8-Second PR: New Public Relations Crash Course”, we chose a book designer who had done work for books by Random House. She charged twice as much as the other quotes, and it was so worth it.

And most importantly, ask people for feedback along your book writing journey. Show your outline, title and cover to friends, agents, publishers and even strangers in a coffee shop. You can also post potential titles and covers on social media, and ask people to vote. This feedback will directly impact your book sales, success and whether you win book awards.

2. Write thoughtful answer to: HOW is your book helping others?

Our second author success secrets tips is that the most important thing that our judges review is to the answer to our one question: HOW is your book helping others? 

When you nominate your book, it’s an easy 3-step process, which includes 1. Uploading the book as a PDF, 2. Uploading the book cover as a jpeg, and 3. Answering this social impact question.

And because the Goody Business Book Awards are 100% social impact book awards, the HOW is the top thing the judges review. So take 5 minutes, go for a walk, and really think about the best way to explain your book’s mission in a short and concise paragraph.

You can Nominate Your Book in 1-50 categories in 8 genres, so write an answer that applies to the categories that you select. The eight genres include: Business, Entrepreneur, Health, Leadership, Marketing, Money/Wealth, Self-Help and Technology.

For example, if you’re nominating for the Leadership – Think Differently category, you should mention how your book helps people find new solutions or ideas.

And if you are nominating your book for the Health – Diet and Exercise category, you should elaborate on what specifically the book teaches people to help people live longer, lose weight, gain strength, and/or have more energy.

3. Encourage and Share Book Reviews

Our last author success secrets tips for winning book awards is to attract and share positive book reviews on your website and Amazon page. While our judges read the book, they also research to find out what other people are saying about your book.

Along with doing public relations campaigns and media interviews to encourage book sales, we encourage you to focus attention on getting honest reviews. You can submit your book to professional reviewers such as BookLife and Midwest Book Reviews, who will provide an objective book review of your work. We also recommended begging friends and family to write reviews. 

And as a bonus author success secrets tips, when reading over your book reviews on Amazon, look at what people are saying about your book. Their feedback can help you answer our main question: HOW is your book helping readers?

Book awards are one of the best ways for authors to increase sales, fans and social impact. Use these author success secrets to win more book awards, attract more media interviews, reach more readers, and ultimately uplift your author brand above the competition.

And when you’re ready, please Nominate Your Book to the Goody Business Book Awards by our final deadline: September 30th at 11:59pm PST here: https://goodybusinessbookawards.com/nominate-book/