Mikkelsen Twins AI Publishing Academy Course Review - My Results After 3 Years
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In today's video, I talk about my experience with the AI Publishing Academy over the past 3+ years and share my monthly royalties earned through KDP. I think this gives you an idea of what to expect in the long term if you do the work and publish books according to the course.
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Thanks for this video - it's very reassuring. I had just signed up and finding your vid has taken a lot of the nerves away. Thanks so. much. Pity I didn't see it before hand to use your link.
Glad it was helpful! My best advice is to just treat it like university and be a good student. If you follow everything they tell you to do you will be successful.
Cheer Trevor. @@TrevorSomerville
How’s it going?
Thank you for the information I signed up two days ago! Wish me luck
Good luck! Just stick to the course and you wont need my luck :) - If you signed up with my referral link below send me an email and ill send over your bonuses. Thanks.
How’s it going?
How ate you doing 3 months in? I'm 2 days in and on the 9th vid in module 1.
Hey Trevor, I just signed up and started module 2 tonight. Thanks for the review. I didn’t see it asked…. did you join or consider joining the Accelerator program?
Awesome! Congrats on joining. I can't comment on the accelerator because it didn't exist when I joined. I think it's a great idea if you're "ALL IN" but if this is something you're just doing to make some side income and not taking it super serious then the course and calls are enough.
Hey Trevor! Between picking a topic, posting a ghost writer, paying to give out free books to get enough reviews, how much do you think it would cost all in to upload my first book?
Hey Kenneth. This is a question I get really often, and the answer is always, "It depends". The course teaches you how to publish for pretty much free and you do everything yourself, but if you want to outsource it all and create a longer book say 30,000 words it could be over $1000.
My books right now I invest usually about $700-1000 and outsource it all. Usually get 100 percent of it back in 2-3 months then the rest if profit going forward.
Hey Trevor I just signed up and I’m so nervous. 😅 your video calmed me a lot. Thank you so much. Looking forward to success.👍
Glad it was helpful! You made a great decision. Just stick to the course like glue and you'll do fine.
You got this, Gloria. You will be blessed with the crown of life from God. And riches...thanks for sharing Trevor I am next.
I'm in the same boat! We should stay in touch
@@LawStudent2014 so did you have success in their program?
Hi Trevor, I want to start with the AIA program but I have a question. Do I need a Seller Central Account to start publishing books?
No you don't. You will just need to setup an Amazon KDP account it's very easy to join.
Hey Trevor! Thank you for your prompt reply from before! I do have a follow-up question. The videos say it takes 6 weeks to finish the course? In those 6 weeks a person isn't generating any income, right?
The way the course is setup now it won’t take 6 weeks to complete the course but it could take that long to get your first long form book out that has the potential to make a lot of money. You get faster once you’ve learned everything.
There is something called the 7 day challenge most people start with so you can actually be earning your first royalties after a week.
I realize this may be a foolish question, but I'm wanting to create supplemental income right now and then transition to a permanent change due to some injuries I've had that affect my full time work. How much time would I need to dedicate each week to complete the course and implement the program. Is this something that's like 1hr day for a month? Is it several months of studying to figure out how to do this? I'm very interested in a Passive Income business that can take me forward to reach my financial goals. Right now, my business requires me to start over every day I wake up and 35 years of it has worn me out. Thanks!
It's not a foolish question at all. They have purposely revised the course to make it easier and faster to learn. An hour a day M-F for a month would be more then enough to learn everything.
I actually made a Time Management bonus for the course because this is asked a lot.
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Once you understand everything the process is 10x faster.
Trevor, you mentioned that books are much cheaper to get made now but you didn't put it in perspective. How much did you used to pay for a book, and how much do you pay now?
Yeah I’ve broken the costs down in other videos and many comments. I used to pay $50 to 700+ depending on the length of the book. I can get the work done 10x faster now a a quarter of the price or free if I want to do it all on my own through AI.
Hey Trevor! I'm looking at doing this :). I'm from Canada as well and wondered if there is anything different I would need to know. The videos I've seen is that all royalties are mailed by cheque to the person?
Hey Jennifer. Awesome :) - You can have the cheques mailed but it's much easier to just connect your bank account. You can have them convert your royalties into Canadian or later on you can open a cross borders bank account and keep it in USD like I do. (RBC, TD, CIBC etc) all have this option.
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Inspirational review of the AIA Publishing. I joined last week. If I had seen your video before I joined, I would have used your link. Do you have a review of the AIA Accelerator Program
Thanks Elizabeth. Unfortunately I don’t because it didn’t exist when I got started but knowing what I know now I’d of loved to have that kind of access to coaches.
How’s it going for ya so far?
Are you being paid to promote this product? 😒
Nobody is paying me to put up this video or the original one I posted three years ago.
I am an affiliate though so you can sign up with the link in my description and get half a dozen bonuses that compliment the course and how you can get to 6 figures.
That being said AIA changed my life and TH-cam is just for fun. I make all my money selling books.
@@TrevorSomerville I ask bc if this is so successful/so many people have found success with it, wouldn't there be tons of video reviews? Looks like it stops at you.
Would love to get your bonuses, but already a AI member- can I purchase them?
I first saw add for AIA publishing in Dec, but was on fence for months mostly becasue of the many negative reviews of the course ( tho vast majority of these "reviews" were just click bait to promote another product ).
It was your old videos that convinced me to take the plunge, but unfortunatley at the time AIA didn't have an affiliate program so I signed up directly a few months ago.
I'm in no hurry to rake in the cash willing to learn fully as I go along. Currently on the 7 day challenge which I decided to turn into a higher content book so will take a bit longer.
The biggest initial cost of publishing a book seems to be the ghost writing; but starting out on the cheap it seems very possible to use AI - such as chat GPT-to rapidly write a book.
Currently strategy to do that morphed into:
1. Jot down general ideas for a chapter. Ideas are from online, youtube, already in your head- where ever.
2. Run ChatGPT prompt such as; In fun, conversation, and concise manner re write: ( the joted down material goes here via copy/paste)
3.Copy/paste chat GPT answer in document and read thru and dress up a bit.
This takes very little time and produces results better than most books I've read! I can knock out 1000 words per hour, and I'm not very fast at things like this.
THANKS for the VIDS ! Keep them comming please!
Hey Jack! Thanks so much for watching the videos and I'm glad you decided to take action. This course completely changed my life and it wasn't nearly as good as it is today when I first joined.
Stick to the course and join the live Q&A sessions and you will succeed. I also highly suggest joining one of the mastermind groups and finding people who are already making money that can help you get those first books live.
As for the bonuses I'm not going to charge you anything since you took action before they had a referral program. Send me an email and when all the new bonuses are ready ill send them out to everyone who joined.
Keep us posted on your results! :)
Hey Trevor, thank you for these videos. I was in the signing the agreement process when I stopped and found your videos. Now I'm excited and definitely going to follow the course process and put in the work to make this happen.
@@michelecolvin7929 That's awesome! Keep us posted on your progress. And if you use my link in the description to sign up ill send you my bonuses :)
How’s it going for ya?
Wow, thanks for the update. I stopped the payment process because all the reviews i saw seemed to be only opions, not been there, and I'm still doing it. I am investing into this because I see long term profits not get rich quick. Besides you Canadian cats seemed to be more truthful lol.😂 Thanks again God bless.
I'm glad it's helpful! Truthfully, many people are doing really well with AIA and self-publishing in general, but they keep quiet and don't have TH-cam channels. So you only get negative videos or people who haven't taken the course :)
Hi Trevor, does publishing academy charges commission or royalties?
No, you just pay for the course, and they teach you how to make royalties. You don't have to pay them any of your earnings.
Let me know if I didn't understand the question.
@@TrevorSomerville thanks for reply,
But, some of the students have complained that there account has been blocked by Amazon who have taken the course can you explain or give me some idea in which situation the account gets blocked. Appreciated
@@MrViraj682 I don't really know of anyone losing their account, but if that happens its because they tried to cheat the system and get fake reviews, copyrighted material etc.
As long as you aren't trying to take short cuts you will never have any issues.
Great video! How many books did you have published to make that income?
On this account it’s around 20 and 5 of them do most of the work. I’m going to grow the account a bit more end of the year and add another 4 or 5.
@@TrevorSomerville Nice! I'm here for the journey.
Hey Trevor -- thanks for the review. No offense is meant by this question; I am curious...do you make more money from the self-publishing you learned from the course, or through your affiliate link for the course? Also, how many books had you uploaded that produced that monthly $8k from June of 2023? Thank you!
Hey Marsha. No worries, none taken. The course hasn't had an affiliate program for very long and it makes up maybe 1 percent of my income lol. TH-cam and teaching publishing is just a passion project and it's nice I can make a few bucks off providing it.
That 8k in June (slow season) was about 25 books maybe. Now in December I've done $58,000 with those same books.
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Thanks for your quick response! I can’t find your books on Amazon; are you using a different name?
@@marshawhitt718 No problem. I don't have anything published in my name. Unfortunately if I did people would copy them (or try to) because they make lots of money.
Id say 90 percent of publishers use pen names though. Unless your name and face is the actual brand you're building.
@@TrevorSomerville Ok. Three more questions (and thanks for your patience!).... 1) About how much cash did you lay out after purchasing the course, on things like ghostwriting, marketing, etc., before you made back your initial course investment? 2) Do you build the brand(s) for your pen name(s), and sell higher-ticket items like courses (as Jacob Rothenberg suggests)? 3) If someone were going to try to copy your successful books, won't those same people do it anyway if they run across them on Amazon?
@@marshawhitt718 I was completely broke when I got into the course, but this was a while back. One of the bonuses I offer with the course is how to start with very little budget, but in an ideal world id love to have 1-2k available to get my first couple books out quickly.
Yes, I do build brand names for some of them, and selling things on the back end is a great idea, but honestly, if you're new to the business, I'd just focus on book sales first.
And yes some people will see them and try to copy them, but it's much different then having thousands of publishers who already know your books are successful vs someone assuming what they earn.
Hey there Trever. I am trying to figure out how big of an investment this will be. On average, how much does it cost to get your first medium content book published? I just bought the program and a little apprehensive about how much money
I will have tied up in this
Hey David. Well, first off, congrats on taking the jump and joining AIA. This course can change your life if you let it.
You could use the AI tools and release a medium content book entirely for free. They also have a no/low budget section if you're concerned about money getting started.
If I were you, I'd ignore TH-cam and get stuck into the course and community. My initial investment for the course was pretty small will you consider I've done over a million dollars since.
I have a business model that I want to write about. I'm not sure the AI Publishing Academy is the best platform. Can you tweak the content which I don't think AI will come up with?
Judy
Hi Judy. Absolutely you can and if it’s a topic that is really detailed you could even have a ghost writer help you with it. You might be surprised what AI can write about if you give it the right information though.
im ready to go are you able to do a 15 min zoom call before i start?
Hey Joseph. I'm off for a couple weeks traveling but send me an email I can set something up or answer any questions. (aiabonuses at gmail .com)
Hey Trevor! Great info. You mentioned several times spending money on advertising. Can you speak to that anymore? For instance, how much an advertising do you spend on each book? Is there some type of formula you use? And are those advertisements specifically on Amazon?
The course talks a lot about the creation, but never about spending money on advertising, and this little piece of information would be very valuable to people, considering jumping in. Thanks in advance for any info!
No problem. You can only advertise books, not audiobooks, so you can make great money without advertising. Some do it, and others don't just depends on your approach.
I try to do things, so I spend $1 and get $5-10 in return, but it's too much to cover in a comment. Perhaps I'll add it to my bonus section for the course.
I have 2 questions about getting reviews: 1) I thought Amazon frowns on giving your book away in order to get a review. Isn't it part of the procedure to get reviews by giving your book away according to the AI Publishing Academy Course? (Unless I misunderstood the promotional info they give to prospective "students". ) Another question: Can you use a pen name? because I already publish my creative projects under my real name. Thank you for your review. very helpful!
Good questions. When it comes to Audiobooks, you're given promo codes specifically to give away to other people in exchange for a review. And for KDP (Print & Kindle) you aren't supposed to be incentivizing reviews, but you can give your book away in hopes of getting reviews. Their rules are just entirely different depending on the format.
As for pen names, you can absolutely use one or many. I'd say 95 percent of publishers use a pen name unless they're building their brand around their own name or business. Even famous authors many used pen names, so it's really up to you.
Hope this helps!
@@TrevorSomerville Yes. A big help. I understand the difference now, in just giving your book away and maybe they will review it , rather than explicitly asking for a review in return. Thank you for clearing that up for me.😊
@@oracleofaltoona No problem!
Thanks for the update and glad to see you doing well. While there's other great opportunities out there, publishing always serves as a backbone as a business model that's truly semi-passive with relatively low overhead
Hey Jacob. Great to hear from you.
It absolutely isn't the only way to make a buck, but even I'm surprised by how passive it's been over the years.
I think the average person could work a normal job, have KDP on the side, and be a 1 percenter.
Are you still doing much publishing? I thought id seen you got into a new field.
thx, i appreciate it, whats your niche?
No problem I hope it was helpful. I'm in half a dozen niches now but I built quite a large brand in the kids niche. If you sign up don't forget to take advantage of my free bonuses.
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Kinda nervous after signing up… so hopefully it works out!
Awesome. You've made a good decision! If you used my referral link send me an email and I'll send out your bonuses this weekend.
How’s it going?
Yes how are you doing 3 months in? Are you just side hustling or all in. I'm a retired disabled vet and I'm 2 days in and almost done with module 1. The twins are very good, if not the best I've seen for an online business as far as changing the way we think as humans. Short vs. Long term.
@@tradeo8899 good man. I am happy I signed up!
@@JRsVsO it’s a side hustle for sure until I can figure out how to get it running to full capacity !
Thank you, Trevor. I am doing my research about Passive income options and your video is very reassuring not just because of how easy to understand you make it, but also because I haven't seen many people as genuine as you. Many blessings to you and your business.
Hey Mell. I really appreciate the comment! I'm usually just getting negative comments haha. I tried a lot of things in the Internet marketing world before self-publishing and its the most beginner-friendly business I know of.
If you do decide to join AIA use my link in the description and ill send you a bunch of really helpful bonus videos.
@@TrevorSomerville I will surely do. Thanks again.
What type of camera is this shot on? A blackberry?
What camera made your head look like a potato
@@Rogerfuk Mitsubishi Lancer back-up camera
Haha yeah, it was either that or my Motorola.
@@Rogerfuk Blackberry
I wouldn't dish if I couldn't take it dawg@claudejeremiahgreengrass
Hi Trevor, I'm already a member of AIA and am struggling with Amazon Ads. I've gone over the videos in the course, but am still at 90% acos. I don't have $550 a month to hire someone to do my ads quite yet, but I was wondering if you could point me towards some other learning resources that have helped you?
The first questions I always ask is how many reviews do you have, and is your book cover good? There are many factors that affect their performance, but typically if those two things are done correctly having successful ad campaigns gets much easier.
@@TrevorSomerville Thanks for sharing. What is the typical number of reviews I should have to have a successful ad campaign ?
@@JD123874 If you do a good job on the book cover you can start running ads after you have 10 reviews. Those sales will come in and help you get the number up to like 30 and then it should convert pretty good.
@@TrevorSomervilleThank you. That helps a lot
I just signed up but im very scared.
No reason to be scared! You should be excited because if you commit to the course it could be a major turning point in your life.
Hi! I used your link to enroll a few months ago and have emailed you twice about the bonuses! Hoping commenting here might ping your attention. :)
Hey Heather! Yikes, that's a long time. Did you use the email in the description to contact me or the one on the website? We are currently improving and updating bonuses and adding a private group, but you should have received the originals already.
I'll get this sorted out. Thanks for messaging me on here.
Hi! Following up on this. Happy to send info if you get me whatever your up-to-date email address is.
@@user-rh2zl8re1r Please use my email under the "About" section, so you don't have to place yours in the comments. Well, get it straightened out.
How’s the Academy working for ya?
So im on the fence on this bc of scams but the process makes sense. Although cheating with ai and not writing from the soul is a crime. It' could be said that one day the reader will meet the creator that helped them through ai and have no idea what the reader is talking about. Because it didn’t come from the ♥ of the creator. Just 000 & 1111's
AI is there to assist with all the writing tasks including book outline, title, description etc but at this point I’m not advising using AI to write the book for you nor does AIA. However things have gotten much easier from when I started.
If you decide to sign up use my referral link in the description because my bonuses will be a huge help and soon we’re including a support group.
@@TrevorSomerville thank you for the reply Trevor. I can say by January next year food and water will be the new commodity for exchange of good and services. Or by May.
@@imnotmelvin3 I actually think an online business is the best protection. Global marketplace, work and live anywhere.
@@TrevorSomerville I think you right but the satellites might not be operating at that time
@@imnotmelvin3Why do you say that? 😅 That’s what your book should be about
All the published authors I know are poor as f. All of them have day jobs! This is such BS. He makes it sound so easy. Write a bunch of books and get rich.
I think a lot of Indy authors don’t make much because they write out of passion they aren’t running a business like in AIA. Just about everyone I’m friends with who publishes this way makes six figures a year now. However I can understand from the outside looking in it seems too good to be true. (It’s not)
@@TrevorSomervilleDo they all use Ghost writers? If I sign up I will surely use your link 🙏
@@tradeo8899 Not all of them, but I'd say the majority use ghostwriters. I'm not a writer. However, there are modules in the course showing you different books you can make without any writing skills.