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The Problem

Why Is Marketing Advisory Services So Hard?

Being able to do advisory is not the same as being able to market advisory — which is definitely not the same as being able to sell advisory.

If you're an accountant in 2025, you're likely experiencing the most challenging period the profession has ever faced. Every conference, every publication, every consultant delivers the same message: "transition to advisory services or die."

They're not wrong. Advisory services offer higher fees, more meaningful client relationships, and protection from automation. The firms that have made this transition are thriving.

But despite knowing that advisory is the future, most firms struggle to make the transition:

The traditional advice sounds hollow: "Just raise your fees." "Market more aggressively." "Educate your clients." It's like telling someone who wants to lose weight to "just eat less and exercise more" — technically correct but unhelpful in practice.

"A book is worth a thousand social media posts — if it's the right kind of book."

The Insight

The Mistake Most People Make With Business Books

A book is the ultimate authority builder. You probably already know that. Maybe you've thought about writing one. Maybe you already have.

And it probably moved the needle — a little. But not as much as you hoped.

Here's why: Most business books are books by you. They showcase what you know. Your methodology. Your expertise. Your credentials.

The problem? Your prospects don't buy expertise. They buy people.

They buy from people they feel they know. People they like. People they trust.

A book about your methodology doesn't create that feeling.

A book about you does.

A Book BY You

  • Showcases your expertise
  • Explains what you know
  • Tells readers your methodology
  • Educates and informs
  • Proves your credibility
  • Gets finished... and shelved

A Book ABOUT You

  • Reveals your personality
  • Shows how you think
  • Demonstrates how you relate
  • Creates emotional connection
  • Builds genuine trust
  • Gets finished... and acted on
The Solution

Not Just Leads. Presold Clients.

Your book is a "business novelette" — a fictionalized, based-on-real-life account of what it's like to be one of your clients.

It immerses potential clients in a story that closely relates to their own experience — what it's like to have (and with your help overcome) the challenges preventing them from achieving the results they want.

It engages them at an emotional level, allowing them to vividly imagine working with you. Which is where all buying decisions actually get made.

We call this the Emotional Buying Urgeâ„¢.

In your book, we make YOU the main character in a fictionalized story based on what you do and who you do your best work for. Through interaction and dialogue with the other main character — an avatar of your ideal client — we:

After reading your book, potential clients will:

"The book that tells your client's story better than they can tell it themselves."

The Advantage

This Is Your Elusive USP

A Unique Selling Proposition is the holy grail of marketing. With a genuine USP, growth becomes exponential instead of incremental.

The problem with intangible services like advisory? Coming up with a USP is notoriously hard. How do you differentiate advice? How do you stand out when everyone claims to be a "trusted advisor"?

Your book is the USP.

There is no other CPA in your city who has a book like this. Not a dry "how-to" manual. Not a credential-stuffed biography. A story — featuring real locations in your city, real situations your clients face, and you as the guide who understands them better than anyone else.

Your prospects have never experienced anything like it. And they can't get it anywhere else.

The Contents

17 Chapters That Do Your Selling For You

Each chapter demonstrates a different aspect of your advisory value — through story, not lecture.

Chapter 1

The Treadmill

Why "having a great year" doesn't feel like it

Chapter 2

The Unexpected Introduction

The networking event she almost skipped. The napkin that changed everything.

Chapter 3

The Question Nobody Had Asked

"What's your gross margin?" Four words. A business owner's worldview, shattered.

Chapter 4

The Busiest Month That Lost Money

Revenue up 40%. Profit down 60%. The math most accountants never show.

Chapter 5

The Three Types of Business Owner

Maintainers, Dreamers, and Drivers. Which one are your clients?

Chapter 6

The Number That Changes Everything

The calculation that revealed she was earning $26 an hour.

Chapter 7

The Cash Flow Confession

Profitable on paper. Broke in reality.

Chapter 8

The Customer She Should Have Fired

20% of her clients were consuming 80% of her energy.

Chapter 9

The Scorecard

Seven numbers. One page. The weekly ritual that created control.

Chapter 10

The Other Business Owner

Meeting someone who'd been exactly where she was, eighteen months earlier.

Chapter 11

The Conversation She'd Been Avoiding

The pricing discussion she'd been dreading. Why it went nothing like she expected.

Chapter 12

The Tax Bill That Didn't Have to Happen

The $47,000 check she wrote to the IRS. The planning that would have made it $12,000.

Chapter 13

The Growth Question

"Do you want to grow? Or do you want to be free?"

Chapter 14

The Exit Conversation

She wasn't planning to sell. So why did this matter more than anything?

Chapter 15

One Year Later

32 hours a week. 40% higher profit. A vacation with her phone off.

Chapter 16

The Ripple Effect

Her transformation didn't just change her business. It changed her marriage.

Chapter 17

The Invitation

What she wishes she'd known seven years ago. And what she wants you to know now.

The Author

Why I'm Uniquely Qualified to Write Your Book

John speaking to business owners at Royal Bank of Scotland

For 35 years, I've been selling my own business consulting services and helping accountants create and sell their own advisory offers.

I know what makes advisory clients tick — the emotional triggers, the hot buttons, the moments when skepticism transforms into trust.

I know what reservations clients have about buying consulting and advisory services, because I've faced those same objections thousands of times.

And I know how to translate that knowledge into a story that doesn't just inform — it transforms how readers see you.

This isn't ghost-writing. It's strategic positioning disguised as storytelling.

Questions

Suppose You Like What You See...

Here's what you might want to know next.

How long does it take to have the book written?

30–90 days depending on which package you choose. Most clients have their complete book within 60 days of our initial conversation.

A book sounds expensive. How much will it cost?

Probably less than you think. Because I specialize in writing advisory books for accountants, I'm not starting from scratch each time. Most clients are able to get a 100% return on investment within one or two clients — and many see that return before the book is even finished.

I'm busy. How much time will I have to put into it?

Traditional ghost writers often require dozens of hours of your time. Because I've already developed the frameworks we'll be sharing, I need less than two hours to get your service dialed in — but mostly to get your characterization right. This is your book. It needs to sound like you.

But how does a book actually get me clients?

This is not a vanity project. The book you'll be holding in your hands 60 days from now is just 20% of what we provide. The plan for getting the book into the right hands — the systematic distribution strategy — is 80%. We provide both.

Will I end up with a garage full of books?

No. Apart from a half-dozen copies to have on hand, you'll use a 48-hour print-on-demand service that we'll set up for you. Books are printed only when needed. No inventory. No storage. No waste.

What if my city is already taken?

Then this offer isn't available to you — but you'll want to check. Many cities are still open, and once a city is claimed, it's closed permanently to other accountants in that area.

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