My new book, Will It Fly?, is now a bestseller!
It hit #1 in all business related categories on Amazon this week, including #1 in Entrepreneurship, #1 in Startups, and even #1 in Self-Help/Motivational. Furthermore, the paperback copy of the book got up to #80 Overall Best Seller (out of all books!), and the Kindle version climbed to Top #22 Overall Best Seller in the Kindle Store.
And at one point, both the Kindle and Paperback copy were both #1 and #2 in the Entrepreneurial category, which was super cool to see:
It’s still pretty crazy to me to see it do so well in the rankings, surpassing several authors I admire and well-known books that have been around for ages. Of course, I’m coming off the excitement of the launch and the true test is how well will the book do over the long haul, but based on many of the comments from readers, it’s set up to be a big game-changer and one that should have some good legs to it.
Almost a dozen people have called it “the next 4-Hour Work Week,” which is an incredibly amazing comment to hear, especially because that book helped change my life. I’m hoping my book will do the same for others for a long time to come.
Thank —all of you—who have helped support the book in one way or another. Whether you purchased a copy, many copies, or simply shared it with others, I’m incredibly thankful for you and your support.
And if you have yet to pick up the book, click here to get it now!
Where Will It Fly? Was Featured
I wanted to take this opportunity to give a shout out to those who helped promote the book. Some of the links below are to interviews on podcasts and blogs that were planned months in advance, and others reviews and mentions were done without me even knowing it, which is awesome!
If you happen to write a review about Will It Fly? on your blog, or feature it in a podcast of your own, shoot me an email at [email protected], and I’ll include that link and highlight it here too.
Will It Fly Book: Business Validation Strategies from Pat Flynn [LNIM090] (Late Night Internet Marketing)
YOU150 – Conquering Self-Publishing & Asking Ourselves ‘Will It Fly?’, with Pat Flynn (YouPreneur with Chris Ducker)
MBA506 Guest Teacher: Pat Flynn – How to Define Your Ideal Customer (The $100 MBA)
Starve Wars – Will It Fly w/ @PatFlynn (Jared Easley on Starve the Doubts)
Test Your Business Idea Without Wasting Time & Money with Pat Flynn (Jaime Tardy and EventualMillionaire.com)
Freedom Hackers Q&A With Pat Flynn [Webinar] (Kimra Luna)
Will It Fly? An Interview with Pat Flynn (Hal Elrod)
How to Test Your Next Business Idea (Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield)
SFN140: Got a Business Idea? Make sure that it will work, with Pat Flynn (Start from Nothing with Andy Drish)
Will It Fly? with Pat Flynn (Build Your Tribe with Chalene Johnson)
Pat Flynn on How to Know If Your Business Idea Will Work (Ray Edwards)
#TLS #118: Proactively Parenting with an Entrepreneurial Mindset with Pat Flynn (The Lively Show with Jess Lively)
101: Will It Fly? How to Validate Your Business Before You Invest, With Pat Flynn (My Wife Quit Her Job with Steve Chou)
Building Business Ideas That Succeed: How to Preflight Your Ideas (The Social Media Examiner Show with Michael Stelzner)
434 – How Do You Know If Your Idea Will Succeed? An Interview with Pat Flynn (Podcast Answer Man with Cliff Ravenscraft)
Are you as good as you’re gonna get? (48 Days with Dan Miller)
SA 86: Pat Flynn Wants You to Fly (The Social Authority Podcast with Amy Schmittauer)
Pat Flynn | Will It Fly? [Episode 483] (The Art of Charm with Jordan Harbinger)
1198: Will It Fly? Pat Flynn Shares How to Test Your Next Business Idea So You Don’t Waste Your Time (Entrepreneur On Fire with John Lee Dumas)
Pat Flynn: How To (Profitably) Launch Anything (Freedom Fast Lane with Ryan Moran)
Pat Flynn Asks, “Will It Fly?” M&M Podcast 15 (Money & Media Podcast with Philip Taylor)
092: Pat Flynn: Validate Your Idea Before You Leap (The Portfolio Life with Jeff Goins)
Pat Flynn: Will It Fly? How to Validate or Find a Profitable Topic For Your Online Business (Entrepreneurs Journey with Yaro Starak)
How to Turn Your Product Daydreams Into Reality (Problogger Podcast with Darren Rowse)
312 | Will Your Business Idea Fly, An Interview with Pat Flynn (Internet Business Mastery)
377: Pat Flynn: Test Your Business Before You Invest (The Solopreneur Hour with Michael O’Neal)
How to Get Your Big Idea Off the Ground (Michael Hyatt Blog)
Change Maker: Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income (Teachable Blog)
Will It Fly? Pat Flynn Knows the Answer (Write to Be Read with Ani Alexander)
GBL059: My Advice to Those Dreaming About Starting an Online Business (Get Busy Living Blog with Benny Hsu)
Pat Flynn’s New Book Soars (Dot Cannon from Two Maverix)
Will It Fly? Book Launch Team and Book Review (Testing the Muse)
Will It Fly (Make Money with Words with Karmen)
Will It Fly: Book Review (The Seasonal Diet with Sarah)
WNOP 070: Jak przetestowa? swój pomys? na biznes, aby nie zmarnowa? czasu i pieni?dzy – opowiada Pat Flynn (Michal Szafranski)
Will It Fly Book Review (Pat Flynn is So White) (Franki from FBK Write)
How to Test Your Idea Before Taking the Plunge (Sam from My College Life Coach)
How to Validate a Business Idea (Will from Will You Laugh)
Testing Your Business Idea (Frank from Franc C Jones)
I’d Also Like to Thank…
The launch team, of course, who had an amazing impact on the success of this book. Plus, a whole lot of people who picked up pre-order copies of the book that I promised to say thanks to publicly here on the blog. This includes:
Adam Preiser: WPCrafter.com
Jason Logsdon: ModernistCookingMadeEasy.com
Shimeka Williams: EscapingcubicleCaptivity.com
Monica Louie: OurDebtFreeFamily.com
Walt Breuninger: CanIPlayThrough.com
Tyler Philbrook: IAmtheFutureMe.com
Sam Gavis-Hughson: byte-by-byte.com
Dave Koziel: DaveKoziel.com
Mark Mason: latenightim.com
Scott Maderer: ChristianStewardshipCoaching.com
Brandon Richardson: FBAroadmap.com
Darek Chojnacki: BusinessRunway.com
Susan Rampson: MidlifeFreedom.com
Chris Gilbert: tagrtime.com
Meggan Hill: CulinaryHill.com
Stephanie Dennis: FindingtheBestFit.com
Joe Baird: LearnitMakeit.com
Beth Anne Schwamberger: BrilliantBusinessMoms.com
Jason Resnick: rezzz.com
Vicki Mager: Eyedbands.com
Jeff Lord: WeReadEveryday.com
The 5DayDeal Team: 5daydeal.com
Jeff Agostinelli: JeffAgostinelli.com
LaTesha Burroughs: OptimizePlayer.com
John Meese: JohnMeese.me
Mitzi Eaker: MitziJaneMedia.com
Dylan Tanner: glaance.com
Karen B: FlexFitStudio.com
Ken Blevins: metrowestres.com
Christine Murphy: mythankyousite.com
Anil Agrawal: LeadershipFocusHQ.com
Robin “Kaley” Shorter: spacetosmile.com
Joseph Paun: wrestlingdad.com
Ryan Rhoten: RyanRhoten.com
Ree Klein: PrivateLabelPreneur.com
Grant Brott: HauntedHouseStartup.com
Tripp Fuller: HomebrewedChristianity.com
Sarah Heredia: Eventparty.supplies
Todd Faulk: PsoriasisNow.com
Rick Coplin: RickCoplin.com
Bill Gordon: wgordon3.com
Fumnanya Bernard: TheLimitBreaker.com
Bennett Coughlan: WeLearnWordpress.com
Bryan Kesler: ultimateCPAexamguide.com
Erik VanLandingham: DrivenKid.com
Matthew Smith: SqueakyCleanTeeth.com
Christian Karasiewicz: SocialChefs.com
Carlos Lall: assume-wisely.com
Matt D’Angelo: FlyingJourney.com
John Pullum: Pullum.com
Kenny Azama: BrandAmbassadorWorld.com
Evan Paquette: MagicEvan.com
Molly Mahoney: ThePreparedPerformer.com
Heather Green: lifeinthegreenroom.com
Tanya McGill Freeman: DigitalSophisticate.com
Layne Johnson: LayneJohnson.com
Ethan Robish: EthanRobish.com
Oxana Holtmann: OxanaHoltmann.com
Keith Shimon: body-activation.com
Lily Fouts: LilyAnnFouts.com
Jeremiah Candelaria: WeChooseWonder.com
Chris Goosman: BaselineAudio.com
Joella Castillo: JoellaCastillo.com
Shira Nelson: MomBeyondBaby.com
Jared Caya: OrthoticProstheticStudyGuide.com
Ben Shatto: ThePhysicalTherapyAdvisor.com
Teri Black: tbcrecruiting.com
Kathleen Thompson: KathleenAnnThompson.com
Heather Newton: get.ourstory.online
Dane Gilson: DaneGilson.com
Lee Hills: MrExplainer.com
Sally Miller: SallyAnnMiller.com
Karen Smith: FindingPurpose.com
Brian CdeBaca: techtalklearn.com
Ryan Grant: OnlineSellingExperiment.com
Ryan Maher: RyanMaher.net
Megan Finkelstein: HandmadeBrooklyn.com
David Neff: HealFissures.com
Paul Osborne: mealbyte.com
Nick Horowski: Evo-health.com
JJ Mayo: FuelforEndurance.com
Ian Gordon: StartupDaddy.com
Chris Conley: GravityTank.com
Connie Ragen Green: ConnieRagenGreen.com
Megan Harrison: MeganKHarrison.com
Tyler Power: StealthTrips.com
Jacob Yanez: VentureFeasibility.com/
Travis Wilkerson: TraderTravis.com
Shane Addinall: InkfishDigital.com
Travis Allison: gocamp.pro
Shoukri Kattan: dreamjobexec.com
Jeffery Wood: sweatyshop.com
John Biglin: InterphaseSystems.com
Meredith Eisenberg: timetradersclub.com
Jonathan Looi: TheTravelGearReviews.com
Julia Darcy: LearnDoLabs.com
Alton Skinner: AltonSkinner.com
Deborah Helen: DeborahHelen.com
Frank Jones: FrankCJones.com
Nathan Ballash: NathanBallash.com
Kurt Libby: theaxiom.org
Christopher Olaes: tshirtdesigncoach.com
Charlie Cichetti: gbes.com
Adam Wallschlaeger: UnsubscribefromtheCubicle.com
Haydee Montemayor: loveandtreasure.com
Rob Jordan: KnowHowtoProfit.com
Allura Slater: heartmindkids.com
Ryan OLoughlin: englishformydream.com
Samantha Hoppes: hellobellastudio.com
Joe Barnosky: TheWorshipAcoustifier.com
Joshua Seadia: FoundMyPassion.com
Danielle Spataro: dreamjourneysecrets.com
Trevor Larcheveque: TheAmateurMaker.com
Keith Champion: HowtoRentaRoom.com
Dave Mooring: supersimpl.com
Brandon Jubar: BrandonJubar.com
Jill Morenz: DesignForRealPeople.com
Samuel Augustin: necessaryfit.com
Matt Barfield: autismmissionary.com
Robert Farrington: thecollegeinvestor.com
Diana Lopez: disruptivefounder.com
Jonah Kelly: testingthemuse.com
Rob Peters: madjack3dprints.com
Erik Johnson: PodcastTalentCoach.com
Doug May: WSGear.com
Kinsey Roberts: vistaviewevents.com
Mikel Billstrom: fromthebottom.net
Nathan Shearer: rapidstartup.io
Lucinda Lions: lionwriting.com.au
Meredith Hurston: MeredithHurston.com
Sue Sundstrom: SueSundstrom.com
Christina Gmyr: fleetinglife.com
Michael O’Sullivan: KimberlyCarrHomeDesigns.com
Dave Tng: SmartPassiveCashFlow.com
Mihai Herman: MihaiHerman.com
Nils Smith: NilsSmithSolutions.com
Gisèle St. Hilaire: sunyatamovementstudio.com
Edward Prieto: eyefordesigns.com
Rob Orr: RobOrr.net
Vince Carter: bootstrappingit.com
Nick Weisenberger: coaster101.com
Courtney Slaziik: clickitupanotch.com
Brent Warner: edtech.tv
JP Camara: JPCamara.com
Sam Montoya: TheCuriousNovice.com
Michael Hall: financiallyalert.com
Roxanne Gilmore: RoxanneGilmore.com
Paul Fredette: MaryClaireAndPaul.com
Iris Gonzalez: evolutionari.com
Ron Kelleher: RonKelleher.com
Safiyah Satterwhite: fearlessandfree.tv
Robert Taylor: preachnet.com
Eddie Ferguson: FergusonFirearmsTraining.com
Benji Walklet: thecoffeeconcierge.net
Astrid von Weittenhiller: lifecatcher.de
Shannon Bradford: richcareernation.com
Mama Natural: MamaNatural.com
Seth Price: CraftofMarketing.com
Pete Nicolay: howtoanalyst.com
Jon Toy: Jon-Toy.com
Jason Linett: TransformationZone.com
Jason Heninger: guitartree.com
Christian Akesson: YourGuidetotheInternet.com
Jake Mensing: TheTurfSpot.com
Sarah Hammond: BestADHDLife.com
Gary Ware: breakthroughplay.com
Heidi Bender: tonsofthanks.com
David Hooper: redpodcast.com
Benny Hsu: getbusylivingblog.com
Jose Maldonado: DiabeticCaveman.com
Yasir Shah: basitsolutionsgroup.com
Scott Wasserman: VisionedMedia.com
Ronen Bekerman: RonenBekerman.com
Marietta Stalcup: ievolvellc.com
Paul Tinsley: containercraze.com
Albert Thomas: educopilot.com
Maria Murillo: CostaRica-Authentic.com
Karin Joan: KarinJoan.nl
Mike LaPierre: MikeLaPierre.com
Fernando Ramirez: PowerUpMM
Laura Mabille: LauraMabille.fr
Joona Tuunanen: iamjoona.com
Julie Santosuosso: millennialboss.com/
Lawrence Davis: dropthatgut.com
Martin Diaz: tuvistasana.com
Randy Braatz: flyboytoys.com
Lana Camiel: LanaCamiel.com
Jon Albano: LodgingMetrics.com
Matt Handal: HelpEverybodyEveryDay.com
Nikki Massie: bariatricfoodie.com
Victor Miller: VictorMiller.co
Carin Clark: carinkilbyclark.com
John Shirk: rehealthyourself.com
Lise Halskov: onlinehaj.dk
Yehudit Steinberg: thinkgrowlive.com
Amy Smith: SaratogaArms.com
Tommy Venuti: modernfitnessandfatloss.com
Wes Winsor: WesWinsorLaw.com
Walt Sparling: functionsense.com
Monica Metz: MonicaMetz.com
David Conklin: VirtueYou.com
Nicola Semple: howtobuildyourbusinessonline.com
Mark Schinnerer: patrioticexpressions.com
Michelle Stephens: ProWebCopy.com
Mike Bayer: VacationRentalFormula.com
Marc Johanssen: motoanswers.com
Katanna Castille: GetLifeCoached.com
Joseph Muench: PharmacyJoe.com
Tracie Kim: sixdegreesgirl.com
John Zenkert: reviewcraft.com
Kevin Tang: vyper.io
Angel Anderson: AngelAnderson.com
Randy Overly: uddermarketing.com
Gerard Gonzales: redbarn.toys
Skye Coleman: engineeredpath.com
Wayne Morgan: uselife.com
John Guidroz: SnapSoccer.com
Lain Ehmann: LainEhmann.com
Andrea Tabler: tablerpartyoftwo.com
Nayo Carter-Gray: 1stStepAccounting.com
Gilda Avila: GildaAvila.com
Peter Kang: groveave.co
Teresa Shindle: weelittlemebooks.com
Roger Graves: TheAutomationPro.com
Hank Osborne: homeschoolsupport.net
Peter Morrison: simple-nourished-living.com
Dina Virrueta: YourBrandtasticPodcast.com
Greg Harrington: actioneersmobile.com
Jens Hilgedieck: ParttimeEntrepreneur.de
Paul Potter: PaulPotterPT.com
Benjamin Arellano: benpreneur.com
Anthony Surrette: AnthonySurrette.com
Jennie Kesselman: happyhealthylady.com
Matt Lichtenwalner: dragonbones.net
Mitch Vogel: medicalbusinessacademy.com
Eva Rawposa: launchyourbliss.com
Josh Haroldson: OurFirstDrink.com
Owen Anderson: businessboostexperts.com
Jason Hobbs: learn.withbitsoflogic.com
Matt Lovell: MattLovell.net
Anthony Niebo: AnthonyNiebo.com
Rebecca Franklin: RebeccaFranklin.com
Nate Comerford: hackingyourbudget.com
Jeff Prewitt: JeffPrewitt.com
Susan Marett: canineconfidenceuniversity.com
Linda Curty: LindaCurty.com
Khaleef Crumbley: knsfinancial.com
Dan Horner: ProgrammingDecoded.com
Gary Foote: theunstucklife.com
Lauree Sayne: dancingdishanddecor.com/
Peter Lowles: thelandingpagecoach.com
Kenneth Titus: GovernmentJobHQ.com
Charlie Cichetti: sigearth.com
Kat Abianac: katabianac.com
Alessandra Colaci: influencebuzz.com
Wendy Kim: yourdreamrealized.com
LaTonya Walker: JustTonya.com
Barry Stott-Brookes: thearchitectsatelier.com
Lindsey Aleson: blogmelovely.com
David Parra: DavidParra.com
T Wong: exetermedicalacupuncture.co.uk
Cath Andrews: raising-happy-chickens.com
Jose Mario Hilario: virtualcareersbook.com
Keith Mc Manus: redesignmyexistence.com
Sebastian Czypionka: bonek.de
Jonathan Hall: awesome40s.com
Karo Paszkowska: TrustKoaching
Seph Fontane Pennock: positivepsychologyprogram.com
Ross Worden: conquestmaps.com
John Richmond: rich-productions.com
Hannah Rose: wholefoodiechallenge.com
Alessio Rozzi: SpringsteenBootlegCollection.com
Rich Sadler: profitfromparadise.com
George Laurentiu Saioc: beonweb.ro
Jamie Francis: francisbrothersfilms.com
Vandana Taxali: entcounsel.com
Allan Ngo: DigitalSolopreneur.com
Mayank Gupta: simplestartup.net
Jacquie Treagus: roamingcooking.com
Daniel Pallaras: ModernEducation.com.au