Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Financial Planning Book

What title is best for my books?

a) Financial Planning: Practical Steps
b) Pocket Guide to Financial Planning
c) Practical Financial Planning
d) Financial Planning Primer

In the survey, most people said that the price should be $5 to $10. Some suggested a lower price (less than $5) and a smaller number suggested a higher price (more than $10).

Most people like the book to have more content and to be in more depth. This is now being done.

More views welcomed.
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6 comments:

hongjun said...

If the size of the book is small and handy, (b) will be good.

Otherwise, I would go for (c)

September 15, 2009 12:34 PM
hongjun said...

Sorry, correct me. I would go for (a) for the otherwise part instead.

September 15, 2009 12:35 PM
Vincent Teo said...

Dear Mr Tan

If you are just taking into account of those few chapters that you have written, I am afraid it is simply too brief and lacks depth.

At most you can just compile it into a booklet and distribute it free maybe to FISCA member. You should add more chapters and look into more in depth discussion and analysis. When you are quoting figures, you should also mention the source of those figures you arrive at. At least that will make the figures more credibility.

I also suggest that you include what you have written in this blog in the past, for e.g. the "It is easy to be cheated" series, "Learn about Insurance" series etc and incorporate them into your new book. That should make your financial planning book a more comprehensive one.

Just my 2 cents worth of opinion.

September 15, 2009 2:44 PM
Chong said...

Received a mail two days ago on the Draft 3a of my book "Financial Planning - Practical Steps" is now available for free downloading. Go to my website. This is valid for a
limited period only.

Surely two days is rather short to take down the download page, isn't it, Mr. Tan?

Eagerly awaiting to download to read it.

September 15, 2009 3:20 PM
Anonymous said...

Protecting Your Wealth

September 15, 2009 5:34 PM
Junyang said...

With the current size of the book, I would go for the title "Pocket Guide to Financial Planning". An alternative title is "Basic concepts to Financial Planning".

Though small in size, the book gives valuable advice. Knowing these basic concepts can easily translate to tens of thousands of dollars worth in savings.

Do not price a book by its sheer number of pages. Underpricing may be counter productive as people may perceive it a "lower value". Rather, it should be priced reasonably. Think "Who moved my Cheese". Look at the number of pages, how it is priced, and the impact of the book on people.

Mr Tan, you might want to consider something equivalent. Weave a story like "Who moved my Cheese" around the financial planning concepts introduced in your current book. People learn from analogies.

September 15, 2009 7:03 PM

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