Let’s Publish Your Planner!
Learn How to Create, Format, & Self-Publish Your Paperback, Hardcover or Spiral Bound Journal or Planner in 60 Days or Less!
It's the future and I have a message for you!
You've published your own journal or planner in 60 days!
People are buying it and talking about it all over the interwebs!
You now have a physical product people can buy!
And it's so beautiful!
You've created all of this yourself and you did it in two months!
This can be YOU!
Students inside Publish with Purpose have been crushing it since this program started in 2019 and you can do the same thing!
What You'll Learn When You Enroll in Publish with Purpose:
How to create a high value and action driven journal or planner in paperback, hardcover, or coil bound with black and white or color interior pages.
Everything you need to know about using Kindle Direct Publishing effectively & efficiently (without spending hours trying to search through help files), & how you get paid! 🕰 💰
How to generate (or fine-tune) your profitable and high-value journal idea & weave it into your business model. 👩🏻💻
Tools & trainings to help you become an idea generation machine! 💡
How to market, publish, and launch your journal sustainably without burning yourself out 🌳 and while building hype and excitement with your audience (+ avoiding paid ads)
How to create EPIC content for recurring journal sales 😍 so you can turn your project into "passive" income. (We all know passive income still takes work but I'll show you how to make it fun & easy!)
🤩 Watch How Easy it is to Customize Your Planner Pages!
✨ Canva Planner Page Templates!
Inside Publish with Purpose you'll now find a growing library of customizable Canva templates & tutorials to choose from to easily get your journal or planner started! All templates have been tested & pre-approved within KDP to ensure margin requirements! 💛
Take it from Amanda!
If you are confused about the best way to move forward, what to fill your planner pages with, or any part of the process, Publish with Purpose is worth investing in.
You will walk away with all the knowledge you need to know to succeed on KDP. I have taken so many courses as an online creator, and this has to be my favorite.
If you want to create high-value journals, this is the course to be in.
-Amanda Cross, Author of Client Calls Simplified & The Ambitious Freelancer Planner
What's Inside Publish with Purpose:
MODULE 1 - Understanding Self-Publishing with KDP
We'll walk through how to setup your KDP account, complete your Tax Interview, setup your dashboard, and navigate the site.
NEW BONUS MINI COURSE - Create Your Spiral Bound Planner with Lulu
In this brand new mini course I'll walk you through setting up your Lulu account with step-by-step instructions on how to create a spiral bound version of your planner, buy it directly or use the Lulu Bookstore to sell it to your customers!
MODULE 2 - Generate Your Profitable Planner Idea & Identify Your Outcomes & Objectives
In this section I'll walk you through generating your profitable high value journal or planner idea. You can watch this module or listen to the private podcast version on the go. You'll learn how to identify the outcomes and objectives of your journal and facilitate change.
Heads up: We don’t use AI tools for this process. I show you how to come up with an original idea without using chatbots. The result: innovative results for your audience they won’t find anywhere else.
MODULE 3 - Create Your Journal Outline
In this module we'll use the outline template to identify your planner structure, map out your content, and identify key components of your planner and page content.
MODULE 4 - Setup Your Planner in KDP & Make a Copy of Your Canva Templates
In this module you'll make a copy of your planner fast track templates. This includes the Canva planner template library & cover design files.
MODULE 5 - Design Your Planner Brand Board
I'll walk you through designing your planner brand board; selecting your colors, fonts, and where to find and license design elements.
MODULE 6 - Formatting & Design Tutorials for Canva & Keynote
In this module we'll jump into the fun part: Creating in Canva or Apple Keynote! I'll show you fun and easy ways to design and format your interior pages and quick tricks for streamlining the process.
MODULE 7 - Finalize Decisions & Design Files
Say goodbye to being stuck with planner decisions! Together we'll wrap up and finalize your planner content, design, keywords, categories, and description.
MODULE 8 - Outline Your Launch & Marketing Plan
In this module we'll use your Launch Templates & Swipe FIles to create a unique marketing and Launch plan for your planner!
MODULE 9 - Post Publishing Processes
From ordering proofs and author copies to KDP sales reporting and creating your Author Profile, we'll walk through these steps together and you'll be a planner publishing pro in no time!
MODULE 10 - Creating Epic Content for Recurring Journal Sales
In our last module we'll go over journal photography tools & ideas. I'll share swipe copy for ongoing journal and planner promotions and I'll walk you through prompts I've designed that will have your audience flocking to your planner over and over!
Oh Hai! I'm Sarah Steckler!
I help you organize your brain and business so you can turn your ideas into journals and so much more!
I believe that mindfulness is the key to living a life full of intention, self-awareness, and growth that allows us to take action from a place of ease rather than constant hustle.
In the first year of self-publishing I sold 475 copies of my journals and planners resulting in over $4700 in sales. And while the money is nice, it was always about something bigger.
Creating the Mindful Productivity Guide & The Daily Productivity & Brain Dump Book has allowed me to help people live more mindfully productive lives, which is my biggest mission in my business.
If you decide to join me inside Publish with Purpose, I'll help you to do the same thing, bring your ideas to the hands and minds of the people who need them!
There is no guarantee that past student results can be replicated nor do we guarantee that you will see specific sales results.
Support, Resources, & Community
While the course content will be available to you instantly upon enrollment, we all know the difference it can make to have a community surrounding you who's also doing the work at the same time. Your journal or planer idea is unique and your business is special, because of this, Publish with Purpose has been developed to provide you with ongoing support, feedback, and implementation strategies so you can take action and feel confident every step of the way.
Private Support Community
Ask questions in a welcoming and encouraging space of creatives! Get answers from other amazing planner publishers and creatives who are just as jazzed as you are to self-publish! Find me in there on the regular to answer your unique questions! From interior page designs to how to start talking about your journal for the first time, every question is welcome! You get to take full advantage of a space designed for creatives to thrive and showcase their ideas. You will learn SO much from the other students inside this space and they are going to learn so much from you!
Click here to view our current support schedule.
LIFETIME Access to personalized support.
Our Private Community inside of HeartBeat provides a space for you to get ongoing group and individual feedback (from me) at the time(s) that work best for you. Submit materials, ask questions, and get personalized feedback from me (often with a detailed video or as part of our ongoing support podcast) that you can watch/listen to on your time without needing to be on a LIVE call. No future or surprise renewal or membership fees here! Your enrollment includes LIFETIME access to our community and my support. Really. Many students have created 2-3 (or more!) planners and have gotten feedback from me at every step of the process.
FAQ Database and ongoing course updates
You know when you have a super urgent question but it's 12am and you really really want an answer immediately but you know people who run programs also have to sleep? I created a solution for this! Inside Publish with Purpose I've created a completely self-serve system that allows you to search for and find answers to just about any question you might have about creating, formatting, uploading, and self-publishing your journal. For real!
Plus our program gets an annual audit and update so you never have to wonder what’s changed with KDP, Canva, or other software updates.
Join us in our Private HeartBeat Community for ongoing support and feedback!
Imagine a proof of your journal arriving in the mail...
Christie continues to create MULTIPLE journals
inside Publish with Purpose!
Enroll in Publish with Purpose
A self-study program with LIVE Support Calls & Implementation Rounds that provides everything you need to create, format, and self-publish profitable high value journals &
planners on Amazon & Lulu in 60 days or less!
Open Enrollment starts soon! Register for the workshop to learn when doors open 👇
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This course, this sales page, and all materials included were created by me, Sarah Steckler, not AI.
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