SPS 038: Using Books to Build Passive Income with David McKay

Self Publishing School: How To Write A Book That Grows Your Impact, Income, And Business

Chandler Bolt, Founder of selfpublishing.com

Courses, How To Publish A Book, Self Publishing, Business, Books, Arts, How To Write A Book, Education, Book Marketing, Traditional Publishing, Book Publishing

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this episode, we are joined by David McKay, a successful photographer and author who, along with his wife Ally, has built a thriving photography business called McKay Photography. David has leveraged his bestselling books and speaking engagements to propel their company to new heights. David is the author of the Photography Demystified book series and shares his insights on how he used his books to build his business and generate passive income. While the book itself may not recoup all th...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an
0:07.7	aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to
0:13.1	write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you
0:17.8	who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt, the founder
0:22.0	of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of
0:27.5	Selfpublishing.com. For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies,
0:32.5	go to self-publishing.com forward slash free training.
0:38.3	Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today is David McKay.
0:42.7	Now, David and his wife, Ali-owned McKay Photography Academy, a very successful photography
0:48.8	travel tour company that leads photographers around the world.
0:53.7	He's the author of Photography Demystified Series and currently has two international best-selling
1:02.7	books to his credit.
1:04.1	I'm excited to dive into this interview and really see, just kind of talk about how can a book
1:09.7	not only just benefit yourself yourself but how can it benefit
1:13.0	your business and what you're doing with your business so i'm excited to talk about that and talk
1:18.2	about this especially on a local level right with a photography business and then both local
1:23.3	and international level so david welcome so great to have you here. Thanks so much, man. I'm excited to be
1:29.2	on. So take us back to the beginning. What made you decide to write your first book and what did you
1:35.5	see as the purpose behind it? Sure. Well, you know, I've written, I've written some magazine articles.
2:00.0	Those went pretty well. But, you know, I think one of the things, Chandler, is I've realized, you know, in my 46 years of life, but being self-employed for since I was 17 years old, that, you know, everybody has a story. Everybody has a story within them.
2:03.6	And mine just happens to be, you know, about photography and life within that. And I just,
2:12.5	one day I woke up, I actually saw some of your self-publicish school sponsored stuff on Facebook,
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