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Business Book Content Strategist

Job Description

If you’re a business journalist, business coach, or someone with business acumen, the ability to ask great questions and “dig for gold” while interviewing an entrepreneur/author this might be the perfect role for you!

Job Description:

Do you have an innate curiosity for how business and marketing work? An interest in interviewing people to decode their thoughts and processes? Do you like long-form podcasts? 

At Million Dollar Author, we have the honor of seeing dozens of business owners become bestselling authors and grow their businesses as a result. We help our clients write their business book by interviewing, unpacking their ideas/processes, and ultimately writing their books in the author's voice.

If you have an interest in interviewing our authors, digging for the gold in their stories, and helping them identify their unique superpower so that we can help them write a business book – keep reading!

We are currently seeking a talented Book Content Strategist to help bring bestselling books to life. You will be in charge of interviewing the client/author, handling client communications and accountability to keep them on track, and coordinating with our writing and editorial team to align the finished manuscript with the client’s vision. Think business strategist, meets journalist, meets accountability partner for our clients.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead Zoom interview calls to unpack the client’s unique IP and story.

  • Be curious and ask questions that help uncover the value each author delivers.

  • Structure the content into an outline of chapters, key ideas, and subpoints for use by our writing team.

  • Serve as the client liaison during the 90-day book development process.

  • The secret code is 1013.

  • Review each draft of the manuscript to ensure it aligns with the client’s vision.

  • Review book cover designs to ensure they align with the client’s vision.

  • Conduct 1-2 manuscript review calls during the writing process to gather feedback from the client.

  • Assist with re-enrollment for all marketing projects.

Skills/Talents:

  • Journalistic - you can dig for gold to find the story/angle

  • Business acumen - you’re familiar with how businesses operate and can ask good questions around business topics 

  • Team player/works well with others

  • Talking to people and asking questions comes easily to you

  • Clear communicator

  • Excellent attention to detail

  • Thrives on taking initiative

  • Reliable

  • Creative

About Million Dollar Author:

Million Dollar Author™ helps entrepreneurs, financial advisors, lawyers, B2B consultants, and professionals of every stripe add 7-figures of revenue to their business by writing, publishing and promoting a bestselling business book. 

We’re up to big things… 

Our 25-year Vision:

By 2047 we have published 10,000 books for our clients. In the process, we have transformed how each of our clients grows their business. They can attract clients of their own easier, faster, and for bigger fees than their competitors. Through our work, clients improve their businesses, families, communities, professions, and the lives of the people they serve.

Each client’s new book capability has positioned them as the thought leader within their market. They can now help many more people than before and their expanded impact multiples our positive impact around the world.

Every book we produce is a force for good. 

Guiding Principles:

If you can commit to and live with the following principles, then you are the type of person who will be successful and thrive in our company. If you feel this level of engagement is not right for you or that you’re not willing or able to participate with us at this level, we are not a good fit for you.

We expect that you will take the steps necessary to do what you say you are going to do and be accountable for your actions. We understand that not every person is ready for this level of performance, and we appreciate the honesty of those who decide this is not the right place for them. On the other hand, you would make an ideal candidate to join our company if you are willing to commit to the following principles: 

  • Accountability: See It, Own It, Solve It, Do It

  • Live the Golden Rule, always: Show others that you care

  • All progress starts by telling the truth: Communicate candidly 

  • Become part of the solution 

  • Make the complex look easy

  • Respect for others and their feelings 

  • Act now! 

  • Ask the question: “What else can I do?” 

  • Ask the questions: “What coaching do you have for me?” and “What can I do better?” 

  • Own the outcome

  • Take pride in the work, for its own sake

  • Reject average

We are a 100% virtual team (since 2010) with team members in Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Mexico, Central America, South Africa, and the Philippines. For this position, you would operate on U.S. Eastern time to facilitate meetings with our U.S.-based clients. 

To Apply:

Please email your resume and cover letter to jobs@milliondollarauthor.io

Your cover letter should include:

  1. Our philosophy is if it’s not a win-win, then there’s no deal! It’s important for us that you feel you’ve found your dream position. Tell us how you think this job will be a fit for you! Sell us on why we would benefit from having you on the team! 

  2. Tell us your EXACT income expectations (hourly or salaried). Assuming this position is a perfect fit, what’s the minimum salary would need to be for you to get your financial needs met? Please be PRECISE in your communications as it sets the expectation moving forward. 

  3. In the subject line of the email, please include the position title and the secret code– all other applications will be discarded. If you don't have the secret code, please do not apply.

  4. We can’t wait to see your resume, so please attach it. Please note that without an accompanying document (letter, attachment, video, podcast, series of tweets) addressing the above, your resume will NOT be reviewed.