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title: "The Quiet Way to Reach the Readers Who Actually Need Your Story"
description: "For sensitive, intuitive writers who've been told to hustle louder: three concrete steps to find the readers who already need your story, without turning up the noise."
type: "courses"
eec_slug: "colleen"

# Optional italic line under the title, for handling an objection up front.
hero_subhead: "You don't need a bigger microphone. You need the one reader who's already looking for you."

# Optional image shown in the hero, below the subhead.
hero_image: "/images/gift-colleen.png"

# Optional label on every "Send me day one" button across the page.
cta_text: "Send me the PDF"

# Optional "who's teaching this and why" section. Both fields are independently
# optional — set either or both.
credibility_heading: "Written by Will Estes, who's..."
credibility_bullets:
  - "Noticed that most advice on selling your book is marketing advice about hustling louder."
  - "Believes that if there's one reader who needs your story, there's more than one. You just have to find them, not shout until they find you."

# Optional curriculum preview.
curriculum_heading: "Here's what's inside"
curriculum_intro: "Three short steps, not another growth-hacking checklist."
curriculum_items:
  - label: "Step 1."
    text: "Find the review that proves someone already needed your story."
  - label: "Step 2."
    text: "Thank that reader in a way every future reader can see."
  - label: "Step 3."
    text: "Share what they connected with so the next reader who needs it can find it."

# Optional heading above the repeated signup form at the bottom of the page.
repeat_cta_heading: "Ready to find the readers who need your story?"

# Optional override of the enroll form's post-submit message (rendered as markdown).
success_message: "Your pdf will be in your inbox in a few minutes. Can't find it? [Grab it here](/gift/colleen-thanks)."
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