Georgie joined Girl Friday Productions in 2018, after authoring three books of her own and as a lifetime reader inspired by favorites including A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Auntie Mame. Her passion for helping authors achieve their unique version of success makes her a client favorite.
Top Business Leaders
#188 – Karen McNally Upson on Rise Above the Rest: Crafting High-Quality Books Beyond Amazon’s KDP
Karen McNally Upson has been with Girl Friday Productions for seven years. She’s passionate about helping authors achieve their goals and ensuring an excellent client experience. Areas of expertise include end-to-end book production, complex book design, and illustration management, as well as all stripes of print management.
#187 – John Li on How Authors Can Check Their Gut Feelings by Using Surveys
John Li is a co-founder of PickFu and has been a serial entrepreneur for over a decade. With degrees in Computer Science and a strong product background, John is passionate about building systems that help others succeed.
#186 – Ken Lizotte on New Trends in the Speaking Industry that Authors Need to be Aware Of
Ken Lizotte is Chief Imaginative Officer (CIO) and founder of emerson consulting group inc., a consulting firm that transforms individual business experts, companies, executives, law firms, and professional services firms into “thoughtleaders.”
#185 – Tom Antion on How to Make More Money From Your Books
Tom Antion, our fearless leader, has never had a job. He’s always had his own business. Starting with nothing, he owned five apartment buildings and a hotel BEFORE graduating college. Tom has actually been entrepreneurial since he was nine or ten years old. Tom’s dad came from Syria through Ellis Island in the early 1900s, became an entrepreneur, made Tom into an entrepreneur, and Tom has helped thousands of people start, run, and improve their businesses.
#184 – Michael Whitehouse on How Authors Can Sell More Books at Virtual Events
Michael Whitehouse is The Virtual Event Guy. Having run events since 1996, he was fascinated by the potential of virtual events when everything went online in 2020. Focusing on interaction over opt-ins, he creates events which are a truly human experience across a virtual platform.
#183 – Geri England on How to Tell Stories to Make Your Book Come Alive
Geri England is the creator of the Discover Your Story to Success© System and founder and President of Janus Resource Group, LLC dba Positive ChangeWorkz, a company dedicated to inspiring and helping leaders and entrepreneurs to achieve their deepest aspirations and highest potential through the power of their stories.
#182 – Anne Janzer on How Can Ghostwriters Capture Their Clients’ Voices?
Anne Janzer is an award-winning author, armchair cognitive science geek, nonfiction author coach, marketing practitioner, and blogger. Her books have won numerous awards, including the Independent Book Publishers IPPY award, the Foreword Indies Book of the Year, Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal, and the IndieReader Discovery Award.
#181 – Marjory Wildcraft on How to Get a Six-Figure Advance From a Major Publisher
Bestselling author Marjory Wildcraft is the author of “The Grow System: True Health, Wealth, and Happiness Come from the Ground.” She is an expert on sustainable living and the founder and CEO of The Grow Network, the online home of a global network of people dedicated to self-reliance, community, and protecting the planet through homegrown food.
#180 – Jess Todtfeld on Launching a Publicity Campaign for Your Book with Artificial Intelligence Tools
Bestselling author Greg Godek has sold more than 1 million copies of “1001 Ways to Be Romantic.” He has appeared on Oprah and Today Show. Jay Leno once joked about the book during his monologue. He’s been featured in the Sunday New York Times and Playboy (not naked).