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How can I return the favor?

By Anonymous
Being a writing mentor and helping others out with the process of self-publishing, I'm often messaged for quick help. As I tell people: don't hesitate, my door is always open (email ariana@arianabrowning.com) and they're welcome to message me. I try to get back to you as quickly as possible and give you as much information as you need.

The biggest return is how they can help me since my advice is [for now] always free. I am not interested in charging hundreds of dollars for a small packet of information when I can message you really quickly and you get helped as much as I. I love to help. That is generally my return. However, my time is valuable to me so upon thinking about how many times I'm asked that, I thought I would make this post up so I could just link people to it. I need to get better at saying, "this is how you can help me." 

There are a few ways you can return the favor if you'd like to help me as well.

Depending on where you are following me: reshare content I share about my books or the advice I post. Tell people about my page/Twitter/etc. where they too can follow and gain advice. Let them know I can answer their questions too. Comment on things I post, like them, and follow me on my sites. Join my Newsletter. Post recommendations or reviews on my LinkedIn profile or other review places. 

The other way is a small donation which I can put back into this site and the other sites I manage no matter how much you can afford. The link for that is always on my site here (on the bottom of every blog post) and you can fill in whatever you want. Even just a dollar helps me pay for this site and the others I run. Every penny counts. I won't push that, but it still does help me.

Maybe one day when I end up with far too messages to get to during the day and they start backing up, I will charge a fee. In that case, it would be a small charge as the one thing I don't want is for only the "rich" to have a chance at what I do. So many programs I see right now aren't focused on YOU. Yes, they offer quality content, but if they're charging thousands of dollars for stuff that you can find for free with a lot of research, then they are saying YOU aren't their focus. I don't ever want that. I want the average Joe and Jane to be able to do something for themselves, not just the "elite." Those who will make it will, but at least I will give everyone a fair chance. 


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