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Kevin
I didn’t like either title either. I just found Gypsy more objectionable and you did not give an option for not choosing either. hmmmm….
The basic title has been done, overcooked, stale, burnt, and carbonized as bad as all the sales copy everyone uses online with the narrow pages that scroll forever and give you carpal finger syndrome by the time you get to the ‘special offer’ at the bottom.
Get my point? I’m a visionary you know! 😉
Dare to be different, David!
Leslie
How about something like:
Abundance Flows While You Sleep – A Wealthly Gypsy tell all.
Home-body makes it sound like it’s easy – the lazy person’s dream (couch potato) … and let’s face it.. to start – it’s not easy.
Beth
Like much of the feedback neither title grabbed my attention, I liked the While you sleep bit, however the first bit needs some more consideration. Unfortunately I could come up with anything better and I not sure the other suggestions made inspired me either. “THE” title is out there thought happy searching.:)
Sharon Ann (Sassy)
I know, I know. I am long winded… You asked for feedback and I also liked –
Kay, 01/07 at 6:03 am: Her suggestion to your “Wealthy Gratitude – how to Share what you know and love, while you’re sleeping” was
“Wealthy Gratitude – while you are sleeping”
I liked the word “Gratitude” so maybe peek the audience with fewer words…
GRATITUDE OF WEALTH WHILE YOU SLEEP
PS A change to the sub-title in my first email…
ABUNDANCE!!! or RADIATE ABUNDANCE!!!
Share What You Know and Love plus Have a Good Night’s Sleep
Blessings to all again.
Sharon Ann (Sassy)
Unfortunately, David, I also would not pick up this book except for knowing your name and wanting to further read what YOU had put into print.
Words are “tools” I carefully choose to express as clearly as possible the “picture” that I want to “paint”. My intention is to share what I have learned, letting my audience take what they need and leave what does not resonate with them. My Joy is seeing the “a ha” moment in the audience I am sharing with, the knowing that in this moment this audience received through the words I used whatever gift needed to be shared in this moment. And with that “wordy” introduction I chose Gypsy because:
“Servant” equaled “Serving others for a Master” not “Serving a Master by sharing with Others” and
“Gypsy” equaled “Freedom to share…” but I could not erase the word’s negative impression of cheating the audience.
Is this your Autobiography or a Self-Help book?
What image in your picture did you want to paint with the phrase “While You’re Sleeping”? Is your audience tired?
Not sure your purpose for this book, but liked some of these comments:
Nancy, 01/07 at 10:56 am: Do her words express your purpose for the book? How about “Abundance! Joy!! Living Your Purpose!!!”
Tina, 01/07 at 6:38 am: The word “Servant” is why I picked up that book, thinking I would learn about serving Source. I believe I was correct because if I serve my clients with Truth, Honesty and Joy in my heart, then I am serving Source (and Abundance flows back to me).
You, 01/07 at 1:59 am: The word “Wealthy” appears most. Will the audience you want to share with be interested in “wealth” or would “Abundance” be more appropriate? I like “Be Yourself – Everyone Else is Taken” but I am guessing your perspective includes much more.
After running wealth & abundance through a Thesaurus, and wanting to peek the audience’s curiosity… how about –
ABUNDANCE!!! or RADIATE ABUNDANCE!!!
Share What You Know and Love with a Good Night’s Sleep
(behind the words could be a picture that “radiates” what you see, what your purpose for the book might portray to your audience)
Thank you for asking us. This has been a wonderful exercise for us as well as for you and your Team. Blessings to all.
Holly
Gypsy because I love the thought behind it. Be wealthy while living like a travelling gypsy not held down by your career. Can’t wait to read it!
Elana
Thanks for allowing us to ‘weigh-in’. I have to say neither title inspired me. I selected SERVANT only as a stand alone this word calls you to another level. I would agree with the comments on length and lack of real clarity of purpose. Hopefully, neither of these is the final one selected; I’m sure they would do a disservice to the good content you provide.
ellie
truthfully I didnt like either title, far too wordy and a bit obscure, probably would not catch my attention if either book was on the shelf!
Lorraine
I like the word gypsy but not the rest–too wordy.
It needs something short and pithy to grab people’s attention.
Nancy
I didn’t like either title. The impression I get is “If your lazy and want lots of money, I can show you some great internet marketing tricks so you can collect money while you sleep. It seems a more appealing title would just be as simple as
“Make money while you sleep” or “Effortless Wealth”
That’s great and has appeal for a lot of people I’m sure, however; My interest is creatiing abundance in all areas of my life, and having abundance flowing through my life effortlessly because I am aligned with Source vibration and living my purpose in life. You’d have to take a totally different approach to appeal to me.
Carolyn
Hi David
I agree with the consensus-both are too long and passive. I chose Servant however because that’s where I am right now. For me, giving is the path to getting.
Give it more thought. You’re almost there. All the best!! Thank you for this opportunity.
Sorry did not like those…I did choose the first one. Maybe you could send out a little more information regarding the book and what you want to get across. Then you could have us all give you our best book title…maybe you could make it a contest! One thing I know for sure…I would not pick up those titles in a store and take them home. But with that said I can feel that you are on to something…good luck!!
Margaret
I chose Gypsy because it’s more interesting sounding than Home-body but I didn’t like either title and wouldn’t pick up either book if they were in front of me.
Debra
I chose Gypsy because I travel a lot in my profession-But I do agree that it does have a hint of negativity in its title. i am not a HomeBody-therefor I wouldnn’t even bother to look at the book
Servant = Help
Cher said it best (or was it worst)
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.
The word Gypsy has an unpleasant connotation.
Jacquie
I wasn’t sold on either title – chose Gypsy because it seemed lesser of both evils. Neither title would prompt me to lift the book from the shelf. I agree with the comment above that Gypsy has negative overtones to a European audience.
I like Servant over Gypsy. When I hear Gypsy I think of a person with all their belongings on a cart going from town to town trying to survive. When I hear Servant, I think of a person that helps others.
carmen lund
I also was not particularly stuck. However, perhaps While You Sleep with some great succinct subtitle to show what the book is about . Good luck, carmen
Aplogies for grammatical errors. Feel rather embarrassed that I didn’t check before submitting.
Chrissie
I chose Gypsy as being slightly better than the alternative – which I read as Service, not Servant. has it changed since the earlier posts? I agree that neither is perfect. Perhaps something in between the two ends of the spectrum that you have hear? Let us have some more ideas, David, to bounce back to you.
Chrissie
Handsome Mlauzi
I choose the book of my own understanding my Dinnetics of mind.You go for something just because of the way you understand it not the way you like.
I voted for Gypsy of the two, but after looking at comments here – I also like “servant” My most recent book buy was “The Servant” about leadership by James Hunter… and I think the title and subtitles sold me – I didn’t go in looking for that specific book. By the way, The Servant is awesome!
A bit like most others, I didnt really like either Gypsy or Servant. I picked Servant because as some others have mentioned, Gypsy has a more negative connotation coming from Scotland.
I was intrigued about “Home-body” – was that even a choice? Never heard the term before. I did like the “while you are sleeping” part and that did catch my attention.
Looking at your newer suggestions above – my favourite is the first one:
Wealthy Gratitude – how to share what you know and love while you are sleeping. Alternatively, for a shorter, more punchy title, how about:
Wealthy Gratitude – while you are sleeping.
Kay
Hey David
Without going into the deep semantics of the wording, the ‘gypsy’ title just catches the eye more…after all, a gypsy is pretty well known across the world, where as a homebody is a little more ‘American’, in my opinion.
The ‘Wealthy Gypsy’ just has a subliminal attraction…& conjures an emotional appeal straight off the bat
Great job David
-Grant
C Cook
If there had been a “neither” box I’d have gone with it.
Suggest you return to the drawing board as I wouldn’t have noticed either.
Ditto…neither really works for me. I prefer “Gypsy” because I aspire to travel and be a bit of a nomad. But I chose “Home-body” because it matched the image of “While You Sleep.” They just seemed more congruent.
Great process. I’m sure with all the support you’ve rallied, the right title will emerge.
~Venus
Shara
Ooh, I do quite like ‘Sleep, Share & be Wealthy’! Nice idea Mel!
Shara
Sorry David, but I wasn’t a fan of either of the original main titles (I picked home-body because gypsy has some negative connotations). However, home-body is a North-American term, something perhaps to think about if you’re trying to appeal to a more international audience?
Of your newer titles, David, I really like ‘Be You – Everyone Else is Already Taken’ although I’m not sure that it sells the idea you seem to be going for. Otherwise it’s ‘How to Become Wealthy Sharing What You Love’ which seems to have a nice mix of positivity and generating wealth.
Hope this helps! 😉 x
Mel
Like many others here, I didn’t like either title , but went with Gypsy because of the feeling of freedom. I quite like the subtitle but its a bit lengthy, how about Sleep, Share and be Wealthy 😉
Stuart
Both titles seemed lenthy and enigmatic and as i have no idea what a homebody is, chose the title with ‘gypsy’ in it. Hope this helps.
Sorry david but I also agree with the others but ‘while you sleep’ caught my attention on its own. Unless you consider yourself to be a gypsy then that doesn’t appeal, so I chose home body at a push….if I get a better idea then I’ll let you lnow x
Eric
I was not necessarily inspired nor motivated by either title but would choose Servant over the two simply because that is a better description of where I am. Furthermore, I believe that choosing between Gypsy and Servant says more about the person making the choice than about their respective motivations to buy. There is also a disconnect between Servant and getting Wealthy while you sleep in my mind anyway… 🙂
Hilary Jane
Hi David, I chose GYPSY but like so many before me I would pass over both titles. Servant gave a connotation that you were still working for someone else – someone else controlled you – among other things. I chose Gypsy because I know you travel about a lot and I hope to myself but it wouldn’t be enough to get my interest interest in a bookshop. Also it is too long and passive. Needs to wake up the browser. It’s great that you can trial it on here. All the best,
HJ
wow! thanks guys – please keep the ideas coming.
i’ve picked these gems out of the above:
Wealthy Gratitude – how to Share what you know and love, while you’re sleeping
The Wealthy Life – how to share….
The Wealthy Traveller – how to share…(or on vacation)
The Wealthy Sleeper
Wealthy Slumber
The Wealthy Vagabond
The Wealthy Snoozer
Wealthy Siesta
How to Become Wealthy Sharing What You Love
Sleep Your Way to Wealth – how to share what you know and love, while asleep or on vacation.
be you – everyone else is already taken
The service ladder to success
The Wealthy Servant worked for me since I believe it is through service we gain all the wealth – financial security, love, friendship, etc – of the world.
Dave Verburg
Chose the word Gypsy as it conjours up ideas of freedom for me. I would never choose the servant as if you are a servant you must have a master and that just doesn’t appeal!!!
Meira
I picked homebody because gypsy has a negative connotation. A wealthy gypsy probably is a professional thief! But I don’t like it either, Back to the drawing board, David!
Good Luck!
Meira
In truth, David, neither appealed, as with other commentators.
Gypsy has somewhat negative connotations in the UK.
So, picked servant, but would prefer a different title.
Hope the feedback’s useful 🙂
Best wishes,
Vinden
Hi,
I picked Gypsy but I agree with an earlier response that this word has a negative meaning here in Europe.
What about Wealthy Vagabond instead?
I really look forward to reading it, whatever you name it.
When it is out there, come to me for a Swedish translation!
Emily
I voted “Gypsy,” but really didn’t like either title. I liked the middle line of both titles, “How to share….”
FYI, it’s my understanding that the Romani (formerly called Gypsy) community as a whole considers ‘Gypsy’ to be a racial epithet. I forgot that until the moment after I voted; had I remembered earlier, I would have chosen the other title as the least worst.
Marsha
I agree with several others. I chose “Home-Body” as the lesser of 2 evils, but think both are too wordy.
I do like the Wealthy Servant. Conjures Biblical impressions, being of service. Wait — Wealthy Steward? Stewardship — taking good care of what’s given to us?
Keep throwing ideas around — one’ll stick!
I choose Gypsy also as the lesser of two evils. If I were to have to come up with title it would probably be something like this.
Abundance in Bloom
How to harvest while you sleep.
run low on energy and few hours sleep best I can do for now/
Farhana
Both of these titles seem like 2 different themes…(I chose the Wealthy Gypsy)
If you are going for the freedom aspect of making money from anywhere perhaps :
“Have Laptop, Will Travel”
Or perhaps its from the be paid for who you are angle:
“Be You ~Everyone Else is Already Taken”
Or perhaps it is the service aspect that speaks most loudly to you:
“Get to Give ~ and Getting While You Give”
“Overflowing Heart, Overflowing Pockets”
“Service – The Ladder to Success”
“Marmalade Curry” – no particular reason for this one, it just came out 🙂
Looking forward to seeing where you land…
~f
Jan Heine
Voted for Wealthy Service but really didn’t like either title. Boring– and neither would “grab” me while I’m hurrying through the bookstore.
WhileI have other suggestions I’m sure you have had plenty.
Sorry, but thanks for requesting input.
Aamer
I imagined myself in a bookstore and felt I’d pick Gypsy, just to browse, if nothing else. At the same time I feel more options for a name should be explored…can’t suggest any right now, though!
Sorry David,
I felt both titles were disjointed. I voted for the gypsy title but beware only in America is that something positive ~ the rest of the world views this group in a VERY negative way. (picture someone spitting at the thought of them) I learned the hard way being an American gypsy myself. Still our (American) notion of gypsies is far from the reality.
Best of luck.
I also did not like either title…
I think there is a better one out there..
Gypsy is more appealing to the adventuress in me… but I would probably not buy the book based on either title. Good luck finding the right one.
Marian
I chose wealthy gypsy but neither title really grabbed me either.
While I am all for giving and all for being carefree, I think servant sounds menial and enforced while gypsy could sound irresponsible.
What about Sleep Your Way to Wealth.
Or Get Rich by Giving.
I hope you get there – not far now 🙂
I chose the “Gypsy” title because it sounded better than the “Service” title. I do take the point, though, that gypsy can be seen as having a negative connotation.
Frankly, at first glance I thought there were three different titles – “Wealthy Service’, “How to Share What You Know and Love” and “…While You’re Sleeping”. Then I realized that the latter two were a subtitle of the first. Really, I don’t like either title, and the subtitle is not connected at all to either title. Please try again and we will vote.
Maybe “Sharing What You Love Can Make You Wealthy”… or “How to Become Wealthy Sharing What You Love” or “How to Become Wealthy Doing What You Love” or “Wealth in Spades – Doing What You Love and Earning The Income You Want”…it’s late here and these are the best I can come up with on short notice but you will want to come up with some other titles than the ones you gave us to choose from.
Julia
I saw Wealthy Service (not “Servant” I went back and checked) and Wealthy Gypsy. The first makes no sense at all to me. I chose the second, but agree with the Nomad suggestion. Or, the wealthy hippie….but also feel neither is going to make any best seller list.
Not having been on your list long I don’t have the inside view of what’s in the book, but from what I gather it’s about coaching and marketing coaching.
Build on your previous titles? (I don’t know them). So here’s some duds for the Brainstorming pool.
The personal coach goes to marketing school. /Market your mouth/The exponential coach/Selling your advice /email them in your sleep/ Golden Advice /Love what you do-all the way to the bank/Helping others for fun and profit
If you just want to evoke the gypsy image how about:
Footloose and Fabulously Wealthy
Neither title really grabbed me even though I chose ‘Wealthy Service’ – maybe ‘wealth’ instead of ‘weathy’ I’m not sure. Good luck!
Juliet
“Gypsy” tends to have a negative connotation when presented to the masses, nomadic traits are often looked upon as irresponsible, afraid of commitment, etc. “Servant” isn’t a lot better, both words tend to illicit negative responses; however it is the less bad of the two. Alternate terms that have a higher appeal to the masses and may be worth considering are “the wealthy traveller”, “the wealthy life: how to share…”
I don’t like to sit around in the daytime. I’m out playing tennis or at the beach or just driving around.
I chose Gypsy, mainly because I have been called that half my life, so it would seem to be something I could relate more too. Although my life calling has seemed to be more in serving field.
For a title on a “how to” I would go more with doing what you love as others has said above.
Peace and smiles
Janee'
Hi David,
I voted for “Servant” as that is the idea and philosophy we should all have – to have the servant attitude – as did Jesus to his followers. Leadership (and coaching) does teach one to have such the attitude. To me, gypsy seems to represent one who may, or may NOT, be there “tomorrow.” Good luck!
Janee’
sid rosenthal
i go with gypsy because to me it means freedom by choice which is the real wealth , also i have a rom gypsy heritage which works well for me.The sub headers work well too.
Aine
Some ethnic groups consider “gypsy” a slur. I think “nomad” might be a better word if you go that direction.
(I still think you can come up with something even better than what you’ve had so far!)
Joseph
“Gypsy” is a power word…it connotes allure, mystery, and a certain freedom. Together with “Wealthy”, it will grab attention.
I second what Diane is saying………………..hmm………I like the idea about making money while you sleep…..do you want some ideas…………….
How about: ” I Hate Marketing – An Easy Alternative – How to Share What You Know and Love While You are Sleeping”
or “Forty Winks to Success – How to Share What You Know and Love While You are Sleeping”
or “While You are Sleeping – How to Share What You Know and Make Money on the Internet”
Sorry – I’m drained tonight and the right brain isn’t springing into action!
Dixie
David, I think I see what you are working toward with the titles but there are several disconencts. First, as many here mentioned, the connotation of both a servant and a gypsy is highly subjective based on your culture and experience. Second, the connection between the titles and the subtitle isn’t strong. A title should make me want to read on the subtitle (if there is one) should cinch the sale. The subtitle is appealing but not at all unique – I get at least one email a week saying they will teach me to do just that. So I voted for gypsy because I have a fondness for them (again, subjective based on culture and experience) but neither title or subtitle would cause me to pick up the book.
I am a bit of a gypsy at heart and love the romance, a feeling of what a gypsy has to do to become wealthy. Thanks for the opportunity to vote David.
Priscilla
I agree with most of the above comments. It was the better of two titles I didn’t really care for. I ended up chosing “Servant’ because it was more in alignment with the idea of service. However, my first image was of a servant in someones house. I think you might want to create titles to choose from .
Diane
Chose Gypsy but like many others was not really rapt on either title.
Hi David!
I agree with one of the people above who said they didn’t really like either title. I went with the Gypsy since there is an air of mysticism around Gypsys and if it was all about wealth, then there must be a connection of some kind to that mysticism, hey a whole new way to attract wealth, I’ll pick that one up.
Hope this helps David.
Karen
Well it think its unanimous. I didn’t like either myself. I chose Gypsy as Servant just doesn’t have a nice connotation to me. And I, too like the subtitle, but the two don’t seem congruent, so it confused me as to what the book is really about.
Alex
Because it is one of the things I do best, I chose “How to Share What You Know and Love.” I think it covers a lot of ground, especially in the human services field. However, it would have been nice to have other title selections.
Wow. Thankfully, I wasn’t the only one not happy with either (yes, I too voted for Gypsy), but I like the subtitle. You’re a heartbeat from the right title, David. Maybe Effortless Wealth?
I’m not clear what is meant by gypsy vs. home-body, nor what it has to do with how you share what you know and love while you’re sleeping….. I picked gypsy because it’s not as mundane as home-body. But honestly, I don’t see the connection between the title and the ‘how to’ part. A wealthy home-body seems like a work from home type entrepreneur and a gypsy is…well…a nomad. It’s confusing.
While neither title really appealed to me, i chose Gypsy … it says, “exciting”, “interesting”, “exotic”, “mysterious” as opposed to home body which sruck me as boring / uninteresting, etc.
My dislike of the choices is two-fold:
Too long
Non descriptive re the content
Linda Aragon
I have to agree with many others, I really don’t like either…the title says nothing of what is within…please try again.
meg
Neither title appealed to me, but if I had to choose one I would choose the gypsy over servant. Servant conjurs up a visual of a slave. I did not like the idea of that. Both titles were not reflective of the energy and enthusiasm that is David Wood.
Meg
Bonnie
I agree with both above… although I chose gypsy as lesser of two bad choices, I agree that it has negative connotations. homebody has very negative image to me. Servant is better than other two choices, but title still too long
Bob
While I choose Gypsy I don’t like it either. It’s a case of the lesser of two evils. Another down side to Gypsy is the negative first impressions for a European audience. i think you should go back to the think tank before trying either one in a dog and pony show. I would want you to have a negative judgment of the book based on the title on the cover.
Carol
Sorry, but neither of them did the trick for me. The title needs to be MUCH more concise for me to pick it up. Nice try, though…*S*
I love the Wealthy Servant…
It reminds us that we are all here to serve…..
bliss,
Rebekah Vandenberg
I agree with the others. I am not sold on either title. I picked Gypsy because of the subliminal thought of adventure over “couch potato”. Don’t know that I would pick either book.
I picked GYPSY. Home-Body is too not serious, not professional, staid, fuddy-duddy. My concern about Gypsy is that it means something to us, because we’ve been hearing it from you and doing calls about it. But will it communicate to someone who’s seeing it for seconds for the first time? I really don’t know. I’d really recommend that you keep looking with the phrase.
Susan Gammage
I don’t like either of them either – though just “While you Sleep” might catch my attention, without all the other words – I found both titles too wordy.
Having to choose between the two, I prefer SERVANT because it makes a great contrast with WEALTHY. And knowing what I know about being of service, that would catch my attention.
Angelo
Truthfully, I don’t like any of the titles particularly
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