1156. My 19-Point Plan to Sell 100,000 Books
Release Date: 06/29/2026
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info_outlineAfter five book launches, Kelly is convinced: a book launch is the single best strategy on the planet for growing a business. And she's about to attempt her biggest one yet.
In this episode, she takes you inside the strategy room: first, she shares what the Miracle Hour launch taught her about the power of radical focus, the clarity that led her to walk away from scaling a business most people would kill for, and then opens up her full 19-point playbook for the Sacred Art of Selling launch, including the goal she admits her team might kill her for saying out loud. If you've ever written a book, want to, or just want to watch a master strategist map a campaign in real time, pull up a chair.
What's inside:
- Why focus on one offer, one message, and one launch beats everything else
- The clarity moment that made Kelly choose not to scale
- Her 19 pillars for selling 100,000 copies
- Why a launch should be the kickoff of a movement, not a one-time event
TIMESTAMPS:
- 02:00 — How one message took the business from 7 to 8 figures
- 03:30 — The Miracle Hour launch timeline and the objectives behind it
- 05:00 — Our goal through Q1: one focus, one offer
- 06:15 — Engineering the celebrity of the system
- 07:30 — Community-led growth and the path to 8,000 customers
- 09:00 — How Sacred Art of Selling and Miracle Hour both feed VBS
- 11:00 — Why the VBS model wins (and the staff-of-50 contrast)
- 13:00 — The clarity moment: choosing not to scale high-ticket
- 15:30 — Giving yourself permission to change directions
- 16:30 — The big goal: selling 100,000 copies of Sacred Art of Selling
- 17:30 — The 19-point plan begins (podcasts, teaching sessions, street team)
- 20:00 — Influencer boxes, corporate bulk buys, the TED Talk, and PR
- 22:00 — Substack, weekly webinars, leading with bulk buys, book clubs
- 24:00 — Amazon ads, TV placements, the in-person pre-order event, and the book tour
- 25:00 — Close: treat your launch as a movement (and the USA Today + agency wins)
Resources & Mentions
- Subsribe on Substack for behind-the-scenes content from The Sacred Art of Selling, Kelly's forthcoming book: https://kellyroachofficial.substack.com/subscribe
- Grab your copy of The Miracle Hour: https://a.co/d/01MDFtYT
- Learn more about the Virtual Business School (VBS): https://www.virtualbusinessschool.com/virtual-business-school
- Follow Kelly on IG: https://www.instagram.com/kellyroachofficial