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#145 – Elsa Kurt on How Can Authors Use TikTok? – Part 2
Elsa Kurt is a successful author of women’s fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books. She has proven that TikTok can be a terrific marketing platform for authors who want to sell more books. You can follow her on TikTok at “TheOtherElsa.”
#144 – Everett O’Keefe on Don’t Make These Self-Publishing Mistakes!
Everett O’Keefe is an International #1 Bestselling Author, having authored six Amazon #1 bestselling books. He is the founder of Ignite Press, a hybrid publishing company that specializes in helping entrepreneurs, as well as business and medical professionals, ignite their businesses by becoming bestselling authors.
#143 – Elsa Kurt on How Can Authors Use TikTok? – Part 1
Elsa Kurt is a successful author of women’s fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books. She has proven that TikTok can be a terrific marketing platform for authors who want to sell more books. You can follow her on TikTok at “TheOtherElsa.”
#142 – Dave Bricker on Don’t Make These Book Cover Designing Mistakes!
As a speaker, trainer, and coach, Dave Bricker helps remarkable people tell remarkable stories—through writing, speaking, graphic design, video, technology, and music. If you want to say it, share it, or sell it, bring him your story; he’ll help you tell it.
#141 – Dave Bricker on Don’t Make These Interior Book Designing Mistakes!
As a speaker, trainer, and coach, Dave Bricker helps remarkable people tell remarkable stories—through writing, speaking, graphic design, video, technology, and music. If you want to say it, share it, or sell it, bring him your story; he’ll help you tell it.
#140 – Ken Wachsberger on How Can Authors Negotiate Contracts?
Ken Wachsberger, The Book Coach is Vice President of Marketing, National Speakers Association-Michigan and a Contract Advisor, National Writers Union. He is available for professional contract advising and speaking in front of groups about book contracts as well as book writing and publishing. Ken is the #1 International Bestselling Author and Editor of “You’ve Got the Time: How to Write and Publish That Book in You.”
#139 – Steve Eriksen on How Authors Can Get on Summit Stages
Steve Eriksen is an integration specialist and automations nerd. When Steve hosted a summit for his own coaching business, he couldn’t find a good system to help him run his event. So he used his technical background in the events space, along with his real-world experience as an event host, and created EventRaptor, a system that makes virtual event management easy.
#138 – Wendy Strain on How to Get Feedback on Your Writing
Wendy Strain has been a newspaper journalist, editor, university instructor, tutor, grant writer, and ghostwriter. She now brings that expertise together to help clients tell their stories across multiple formats and platforms – from books to blogs, course content to content marketing. Her special talent is taking big ideas and translating them into everyday language and understandable metaphors.
#137 – Karen Dimmick on How To Design A Fantasy Book Cover
Karen Dimmick of Arcane Covers is a Fantasy and Paranormal book cover designer. She specializes in making genre-specific covers that sell books. She works with both indie authors and one traditional publishing house. There are usually some of her covers in the bestsellers lists and she has also done various re-covers for books already in the top 50 of their category, that have doubled their sales.
#136 – Janice Harper, Ph.D. on How to Write an Irresistible Back Cover for Your Book
Dr. Janice Harper’s writing has been featured in The Huffington Post and Psychology Today. She is the author of several nonfiction books and articles and the ghostwriter of over a dozen memoirs and nonfiction books. Dr. Harper’s expertise has helped beginning and experienced authors turn their stories, ideas, and visions into compelling and prize-winning books.
#135 – Diane Windingland on How to Write a Business Story to Get Your Message (or Book) Remembered
Diane Windingland, owner of Virtual Speech Coach, was originally trained as an engineer, but since 2011, has been speaking, coaching, and writing on communication skills, and has published 10 books. Diane often speaks on the importance of using storytelling to sell products, services, and ideas.
#134 – Penny Hopkinson on How Do I Structure a Franchise Operations Manual?
Penny Hopkinson is a franchise publishing consultant, content writer, and developmental editor who advises and coaches clients on how best to document their know-how and business systems so that franchisees can follow a franchisor’s proven system. Her expertise encompasses more than 40 years’ experience as sub-editor, copywriter, Editor-in Chief and Managing Editor in the trade, technical, and specialist sector.
#133 – Pat Iyer on How Authors Can Overcome Imposter Syndrome and Writer’s Block
Pat Iyer is an experienced author, coach, and writer who loves to help others polish their writing. Her expertise comes from writing or editing over 800 books, articles, case studies, online courses, or chapters.
#132 – Brian Jud on How to Sell a Truckload of Books
Brian Jud is the Executive Director of the Association of Publishers for Special Sales (APSS) – formerly SPAN. He is also the founder of Book Selling University and the author of “How to Make Real Money Selling Books.”
Brian offers commission-based sales of books to buyers in non-bookstore markets.
#131 – Kim O’Hara on What Is a Book Coach?
It took Kim O’Hara three decades to publish her first book. Yet, she was hardly a slacker. At the age of 25 she had produced her first million dollar movie. She loved making movies because she could lose herself in stories and bring to audiences the empathy evoked by story telling. Today, she has a thriving coaching business, serving dozens of published clients all over the United States.
#130 – Robert Plank on How Do I Create an Audiobook?
Robert Plank is the founder of Done For You Podcasting, host of the Marketer of the Day podcast, and author of WWHW: Why, What, How-To, What-If. He has helped thousands of entrepreneurs create online businesses through 840 podcast episodes, 15 books and 15 online courses. How can YOU use your podcast and book as an advertising, marketing and traffic tool to fulfill your wildest dreams?
#129 – Victoria Andersen on How Do I Write My Memoir that Others Can Relate To?
Victoria Andersen was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, she experienced personal, social, and environmental transformational events, such as the death of her mother, riots, and natural disasters, including a major California earthquake. While running a successful antique business with her husband, she was guided to move to Albuquerque, New Mexico…
#128 – JoAnne Funch on What Content Does LinkedIn Value?
JoAnne Funch has helped professionals become seen and build influence on LinkedIn since 2008. She works with business owners, salespeople, entrepreneurs, and corporate leaders who want to leverage LinkedIn and their relationship-building strategies to gain more exposure for their brand so they ultimately have more impact, income, and credibility.
#127 – Catharine O’Leary on How to Get More Ideal Prospects to Read Your Book
Catharine O’Leary has spent her entire 25 year career crafting market research and consumer insights for Fortune 100 companies across the globe. As a fellow entrepreneur Catharine knows how hard it is to grab the attention of the ideal customer, engage, and get to know them as people should, so they become raving fans.
#126 – Devin DeVries on How to Fill Your Seminars with LinkedIn
Devin DeVries is Indie Books’ publishing project quarterback. She is responsible for shepherding each book through all the stages of the publishing process and ensuring each author walks away with a book they can be proud of. In addition, she puts her over eight years of web marketing and e-commerce experience to use in helping authors and speakers promote their books through websites and social media.
#125 – Gini Graham Scott on The “Make My Book A Movie Scam” All Authors Need to Know About
Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., has written and published about 200 book – 50 with traditional publishers, 150 through Changemakers Publishing. She has also written and executive produced 6 film projects, which include 4 feature films, a pilot for a TV series, and a documentary, as a co-producer through Changemakers Productions.
#124 – Ken Lizotte on How to Work With a Literary Agent
Ken Lizotte, CMC is author of seven books including his newest The Speaker’s Edge: The Ultimate Go-To Guide for Locating and Landing Lots of Speaking Gigs (Maven House Press) as well as The Expert’s Edge: Become the Go-To Authority that People Turn to Every Time (McGraw-Hill). He is also a columnist blogger with Huffington Post.
#123 – Adam Hommey on How to Make Money with Podcasts
Adam Hommey is a speaker, author, trainer, and consultant with nearly 20 years’ experience helping business creators, like you, WIN at the game of business and marketing so you can thrive from YOUR intersection of YOUR brilliance and YOUR passion while making a difference for your community, market, and audience. He is creator and founder of The R.E.A.C.H. System.
#122 – Kris Ward on How to Write Your Book Fast
Kris Ward is the founder of the Win The Hour, Win the Day philosophy. She helps entrepreneurs with productivity and creating their W.I.N Team (what is next) team so you can get your ideas to implementation and make your ambitions come alive!! Kris has been interviewed by one of the original sharks from Shark Tank, Kevin Harrington, and ABC’s The Secret Millionaire – James Malinchak.
#121 – Adam Hommey on How to Turn Your Blogs Into a Book
Adam Hommey, Founder and Creator of The Business Creators’ Institute™, helps entrepreneurs and business creators, like you, Emancipate the POWER of INFORMATION™ and WIN at the Game of Business and Marketing™ so you can thrive from the intersection of your brilliance and passion! He is the author of the international Amazon bestselling book Groundhog Day is an Event, Not a Business Strategy
#120 – Barbara Ingrassia on What Authors Need to Know About Copyrights
Barbara C. Ingrassia is the president of Manage Copyright. She is a copyright compliance and content protection strategist, speaker/workshop facilitator, trainer, and digital content licensor. She has studied the “murkiness” of copyright law with the Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland, the Special Libraries Association, Duke University, copyrightlaws.com, and the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School.
#119 – Claudia Volkman on How Authors Can Keep Their Voices
Claudia Volkman is the owner of Creative Editorial Solutions. She has more than thirty-five years of experience in acquisitions, product development, editing, and typesetting, and has worked full-time for several trade publishing houses. Now, as the owner of Creative Editorial Solutions, she assists publishers, authors, entrepreneurs, and speakers with their editorial needs.
#118 – Brian Feinblum on Publicity Tips to Promote Books
Brian Feinblum, the creator and author of BookMarketingBuzzBlog, was the chief marketing officer for the nation’s largest book promotions firm, Media Connect, and has been involved in book publicity and marketing since 1989. He has served several book publishing companies as a publicist, book editor, and acquisitions editor.
#117 – Lou Bortone on Why Every Author Needs to Use Video
People call Lou Bortone “The Video Godfather,” because he’s been doing this a long time, and he’s really damn good at it. He spent 20 years in the television business and another 15 in digital marketing. He’s been doing video marketing since long before it was a “thing.” When it comes to creating your video marketing plan, he guides you through the process, step-by-step, and set you up for success with video.
#116 – Jackie Lapin on How Authors Can Get on Stages
Jackie Lapin has been a lifelong pioneer and innovator. Her current role as founder of SpeakerTunity®, the Speaker & Leader Resource Company, and leading expert on getting booked to deliver your message on multiple platforms, is the most recent evidence of her instinct for identifying and filling an evident need… and blazing new pathways.
#115 – Books Publishing Scams (to Avoid) for New Authors and Experienced Writers
Tom Antion has never had a job. He’s an Internet Multimillionaire “guy next door” and founder of the only licensed, dedicated Internet marketing school in the country. He’s the subject of a Hollywood Documentary “The American Entrepreneur” premiering fall 2021.
#114 – Melanie Herschorn on Marketing Strategies Every Author Needs to Know
Melanie Herschorn is a Content Marketing Strategist and Coach on a mission: to support women business owners to land more clients by conquering their content marketing challenges. Through her company, VIP Digital Content, Melanie provides the strategies necessary for her clients to attract their ideal clients, nurture leads, and position themselves as experts in their field.
#113 – Shel Horowitz on Creating a Social Movement With a Book
7 of Shel Horowitz’ 10 books have won one or more awards and/or been translated and republished by publishers in other countries (his US publishers include Simon & Schuster and John Wiley & Sons). A TEDx Talker and International Platform Association Certified Speaker, Shel has given talks like “Impossible Is a Dare” and “Making Green Sexy” as far east as Istanbul and as far west as Honolulu.
#112 – Erik K. Johnson on Why Authors Should Produce Podcasts
There are many podcasts and coaches who teach you the technical side of podcasting. Erik K. Johnson is the premiere coach focused on the art of podcasting. Erik has been near the top of the radio ratings since 2000. He has also coached many others to do the same with even greater success. He is a nationally recognized talent coach, on-air personality, and radio program director.
#111 – Bob Kulhan on Improv Tips To Improve Your Writing Process
Bob Kulhan is an elite improviser and an adjunct professor at both Duke University and Columbia University business schools. Bob is also the Founder & CEO of Business Improv® – a 21-yr-old consultancy linking improvisation to business through behavioral sciences. He is the author of GETTING TO YES AND (Stanford University Press).
#110 – W. Terry Whalin on Why You Need a Book Proposal
W. Terry Whalin understands both sides of the editorial desk–as an editor and a writer. He worked as a magazine editor and his magazine work has appeared in more than 50 publications. A former literary agent, Terry is an Acquisitions Editor at Morgan James Publishing. He has written 60+ books through traditional publishers in a wide range of topics.
#109 – Al Jensen on How to Turn Your Speech Into a Book
Al Jensen is fiercely committed to guiding entrepreneurs, authors, and subject matter experts to achieve confidence in sharing their genius with the world from stage. He works with them to identify their signature story and prepare to share that story to gain the trust and confidence of those they want to influence.
#108 – Melanie Benson on How to Create Your Podcast Book Tour
Melanie Benson, host of the Amplify Your Success Podcast, is the Expert-preneur’s Authority Amplifier. For 20+ years, online business owners, course creators, authors, speakers, and service professionals have used her proven strategies to STAND OUT in a crowded market, create a magnetic message that generates a flood of ideal leads and exponentially increase revenues by leveraging their Unique Profit Amplifier.
#107 – Leah Fink on How to Speak Your Reader’s Language
Leah Fink is a registered social worker, who has been supporting people with their personal development for over 11 years. Her passion and expertise encompasses providing experiential activities that foster a better understanding of self. Her company supports individuals iby facilitating experiential opportunities that develop social emotional learning skills.
#106 – Cloris Kylie on How to Sell More Books with Podcasts
Cloris Kylie, MBA, is the bestselling author of “Beyond Influencer Marketing” and host of the top-rated “Beyond Influencer Marketing” podcast. With a background in industrial engineering and digital marketing, she helps expertise-based entrepreneurs build authority, grow their list, and get ideal clients by collaborating with influencers.
#105 – Judy Weintraub on How to Turn Your Manuscript into a Book
Judy Weintraub is an accomplished entrepreneur, business executive, and attorney and is a bestselling author of The Essentials of Negotiating Effectively and the author of How to Build Successful Business Partnerships. She is the founder of SkillBites, providing book writing and publishing services designed to help business owners and professionals get their books written and published easily and quickly.
#104 – Ellen Finkelstein on Turn Your Book into a Product
Ellen Finkelstein is a recognized expert, speaker, trainer, and best-selling author on PowerPoint, presentation skills, and speaking. She teaches speakers, writers, and experts to get their knowledge out to the world with a knowledge-based online business. Her articles have appeared in numerous magazines, newsletters, and blogs.
#103 – Debbie Allen, Author of The Highly Paid Expert
Debbie Allen, CSP has decades of business experience and innate business skills allow her to see beyond simple solutions, to visualize outcomes and results far into the future. She then lays out a path and a proven process for her clients to follow to ensure they achieve success. She has the ability to relate to entrepreneurs, business owners, managers, and sales teams at any level.
#102 – Belinda Pollard on Why Authors Need a Developmental Editor
Belinda Pollard is a writing coach, accredited book editor, author, blogger, and podcaster with twenty years’ experience and degrees in both journalism and theology. Her writing and editing workshops feature at major conferences. She manages a popular blog on her website and publishes crime novels, Bible meditations, and humorous memoir.
#101 – Mary Kate Gulick, Creator of Get Known for Your Expertise
Mary Kate Gulick is Founder of Real Deal Content Coaching, Amazon bestselling author, and award-winning, 20-year content marketing veteran. Over the years, Mary Kate has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, small businesses, nonprofits and global enterprises do one critical thing – share their unique know-how in a way that solved problems.
#100 – Dan Janal, Author and Creator of Write Your Book in a Flash
Dan Janal works with top business leaders who want to elevate their reputations and set themselves apart from their competition. As a book coach, developmental editor, and ghostwriter, he shapes stories and strategies that can transform a career or business. No matter where you are in the book-writing process, Dan can help.
#099 – Arvee Robinson, Author of Speak Up, Get Clients
Arvee Robinson, The Master Speaker Trainer, International Speaker, and Author will give you the tools, and confidence, to become a speaking Superstar in your industry! For over a decade, Arvee has been successfully training business owners, service professionals, and entrepreneurs how to use public speaking as a marketing strategy.
#098 – Bryan W. Mattimore, Author of Idea Stormers: How to Lead and Inspire Creative Breakthroughs
Bryan W. Mattimore is Cofounder and “Chief Idea Guy” of the Growth Engine Company, a twenty-year old innovation and creativity training agency based in Westport. In his marketing consulting career, Bryan has managed over two hundred successful innovation projects, leading to over $3 billion in new sales for one-third of the Fortune 100 companies.
#097 – Christine Monaghan on Reverse Engineer Your Book
Christine Monaghan is your human-potential champion! She believes stress is optional and when understood sources fresh potential in life. She IS a master motivator, influencing the next best version of you. She will nudge you through resistance, fear, old habits to get from where you are to where you crave to be with fresh vibrancy and opportunities.
#096 – Susan Harrow on Sell Yourself on Podcasts Without Selling Your Soul
Susan Harrow helps CEOs, speakers, entrepreneurs, authors, start-ups and business leaders double their revenue with media interviews by using sound bites effectively. For the past 31 years, she has been the brains + heart behind Harrow Communications Inc., a media coaching + marketing agency based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
#095 – Bob Hooey on Pandemic Publishing Tips
Bob “Idea Man” Hooey works with leading-edge business owners and independent professionals who want to profitably enhance their leadership and careers; as well as organizations that want to remain competitive and profitable, to motivate, educate, and empower their staff, improve client acquisition, increase sales, and become even more profitable.
#094 – Rebecca Morgan on Turn Your Slide Presentations into a Book – a Slook!
Rebecca Morgan has authored 28 books, including two bestsellers which have sold 250,000 each. She has been helping improve people’s skills for decades. She works with corporate, small business, and individual clients to enhance their effectiveness and success. She is the inventor of the “slook” – a book based on slide presentations and multimedia.
#093 – Mike Capuzzi on Your 100-Page Book
Mike Capuzzi is an Amazon bestselling author, publisher and coach for business owners and sharp, aggressive entrepreneurs looking to get to the next level in their business. Throughout his 25 years in marketing and 21 years as a consultant, Mike’s diligent and innovative use of High Impact Marketing has consistently surpassed the expectations and outcomes of traditional “corporate” marketing concepts and business strategies for his clients.
#092 – Liz J Springer on Revising Your Book
Liz J Springer is the Innovative Strategist specializing in business strategy and video marketing techniques and her industry experience spans over 15 years. She is an author, speaker, and she has her own podcast show “Innovators Influence” and a video marketing agency. She helps businesses to get their message across using the power of video.
#091 – Gerald J. Leonard, Author of Workplace Jazz
Gerald J. Leonard is the CEO of Principles of Execution (PofE), a Certified Minority Business Enterprise, Strategic Project Portfolio Management and Culture Change consulting and coaching practice with over 20+ years experiencing working with large Federal and State Governments and Multi-National Corporations.
#090 – Susan Crossman, Creator of Awakening Author
Susan Crossman is a communications professional with more than three decades of top-tier experience in the areas of journalism, government and corporate communications, marketing, and creative writing. She is also a speaker, the Amazon best-selling author of five traditionally published fiction and non-fiction books, and a content marketing expert.
#089 – Stephanie Chandler, Creator of The Nonfiction Authors Association
Stephanie Chandler is the founder of the Nonfiction Authors Association and Nonfiction Writers Conference, and author of several books including “The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan” and “The Nonfiction Book Marketing Plan.” A frequent speaker at business events and on the radio, she has been featured in Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek, and Wired magazine.
#088 – Kon Apostolopoulos, Author of 7 Keys to Navigating a Crisis
Kon Apostolopoulos is the Founder and CEO of Fresh Biz Solutions, LLC, a Human Capital Management consulting group that provides performance improvement and training solutions to help organizations develop their people, improve business results, and reap the benefits of a comprehensive Talent Management strategy.
#087 – John Corcoran on Why Authors Need a Podcast
John Corcoran is the author of three books about relationship building and client acquisition and has written for Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Lifehacker, The San Francisco Chronicle, and more. He has hosted the Smart Business Revolution podcast since 2012 and interviewed hundreds of CEOs, founders, authors, and entrepreneurs.
#086 – Jim Kerr on Writing a Business Fable Book
James M. Kerr, founder of Indispensable Consulting and author of Indispensable: Build and Lead a Company Customers Can’t Live Without, specializes in supporting inspired leaders achieve their vision for the future. He does this by co-creating solutions with them and their team of experts that enables his clients to become the company customers can’t live without.
#085 – Susan Friedmann, CSP, Author of Riches in Niches
Susan Friedmann, CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) is a well-respected niche marketing expert who’s on a mission to wipe out sameness and add vitality and differentiation to your author marketing. For over 25 years, through her company, Aviva Publishing, she’s coached over 400 non-fiction authors, to use their books to become the recognized trusted authority in their field.
#084 – Jeff Davidson, Author of Breathing Space
Jeff Davidson, the Work Life Balance Expert®, can move an audience like few others. Jeff offers dynamic learning keynotes and seminar presentations. He combines outstanding content with humor, flair, and inspiration to help listeners manage information and communication overload. Jeff supercharges his audiences to master their to-do lists, manage interruptions, and take action.
#083 – Marc Haine, Author of Lights! Camera! Action!
Author, speaker, facilitator and coach, Marc helps your teams ignite their passions, enable your leaders to recenter their focus, and drive continuous improvement through connected and engaged employees. This will allow you to realize your competitive advantage with a connected purpose and consistency of customer experience across your brand.
#082 – Lisa Tener, Author of The Joy of Writing Journal
Lisa Tener is a book coach and author. She is an enthusiastic advocate for the power of the written word to transform careers, businesses, and people. Her latest book, soon to be launched, is called “The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day,” a journal with prompts.
#081 – Charmaine Hammond on The Sponsorship Game Plan for Authors
Charmaine Hammond has been in the business of changing lives for more than 25 years. This former Correctional Officer (yup! She worked in jails) and Corporate Dispute Resolution Expert now travels the world teaching the principles of leadership, business success, and collaboration. In business 21 years, she has owned several businesses in Canada and the US.
#080 – Alinka Rutkowska, Author of Outsource Your Book
Alinka Rutkowska is the CEO of Leaders Press, a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling press, where she creates books for entrepreneurs from scratch and launches them to best-seller with a 100% success rate. Alinka is an official member of the Forbes Business Council and her cutting-edge book creation process has been featured in Entrepreneur magazine.
#079 – JoAnne Funch on LinkedIn Tips for Authors
JoAnne Funch’s #1 core value is connection. That value defines what her business believes and is the key principle for guiding other professionals from making random connections to making strategic and high-value connections that result in more profitable, long-term opportunities.
#078 – Kimberly Hobscheid on Turn Your Book Into an Audiobook
Kimberly Hobscheid is co-founder of I’m Hearing Stories which connects authors, narrators, speakers, and listeners. Her mission is to get entrepreneurs seen and heard in a huge way – from live stages to podcasts, web summits, and TV. Because if you aren’t being seen, you’re being overlooked!
#077 – Janine Kelbach on Writing for The Medical Market
Janine Kelbach, RNC-OB, started writing for different healthcare blogs and websites in 2012. Currently, Janine is currently writing articles and social media content for publishing companies and various clients. She enjoys the beach, outdoors, working out, running, but most of all, she loves being a busy mom.
#076 – Claus Raasted, Author of The Innovation Cycle
Claus Raasted is an executive coach specializing in innovation and storytelling. He’s had the good fortune of having worked with some impressive organizations; from assisting IKEA Centres with rolling out global strategy to having Disney Imagineers visit his events for inspiration.
#075 – Lisa Tener on Write Your Book With a Ghostwriter
Awarded the Silver Stevie for “Mentor/Coach of the Year” by the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, Lisa Tener is an inspiring book writing and publishing coach, author, entrepreneur, and speaker. She has specialized expertise with helping authors write successful book proposals. And one of Lisa’s specialties is referring aspiring authors to high quality ghostwriters to write and publish exceptional books.
#074 – Mitchell Levy on Writing Sound-Byte Books
Global Credibility Expert Mitchell Levy is a TEDx speaker and international bestselling author of over 60 books. As The AHA Guy at AHAthat, he helps to extract the genius from your head in a two-three hour interview so that his team can ghostwrite your book, publish it, distribute it, and make you an Amazon bestselling author in four months or less.
#073 – Nadia Bilchik on Working With a Co-Author
Nadia Bilchik is an internationally renowned television personality, communication training expert, best-selling author, and keynote speaker. Her approach to communication skills training comes from her extensive experience idelivering keynotes, training workshops, and coaching business professionals globally.
#072 – Weston Lyon on Turn Your Manuscript Into a Published Book
Weston Lyon is Founder of Plug & Play Publishing which helps coaches, consultants, speakers, and education-based service providers write and publish books to position themselves as authorities in their field and grow their business. He is the author of 19 books (including his newest book, Stop Chasing Prospects), and has given over 480 presentations.
#071 – Mari Ryan, Author of The Thriving Hive: How People-Centric Workplaces Ignite Engagement and Fuel Results
Mari Ryan is a workplace well-being strategist guiding organizations to create people-centric workplaces where employees thrive. She has worked with businesses of all sizes from start-ups to global powerhouses such as Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and Northrup Grumman. She brings a wealth of experience and expertise.
#070 – Claudia Gere on How to Find a Literary Agent
Claudia Gere, author of Name Your Book: 94 Nonfiction Title Tips, speaker, author consultant, book coach, and literary agent, helps business leaders, consultants, speakers, and other entrepreneurs develop their best writing and publishing strategies to realize their aspirations of becoming an author.
#069 – Leslie Ungar, Author of Horse Talk: Lessons in Leadership for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Everyone In-Between
As president of Electric Impulse Communications, Inc., Leslie Ungar helps individuals and corporations supercharge their leadership. Benefit from Leslie as Coach, Speaker, and Speechwriter. As you listen to and study with Leslie you will hear about how excelling in the horse show ring is similar to excelling in your own area of expertise.
#068 – Patricia Fripp on Turn Your Book into a Speech
Patricia Fripp simplifies and demystifies the process of preparing and presenting powerful, persuasive presentations. She delivers her message through keynote speeches, breakout sessions, and in-depth customized training and coaching. Patricia is now virtually everywhere with FrippVT, her interactive, learn-at-your-own-pace, virtual presentation skills training.
#067 – S. Paul Moehring, Author of Get Squared: Goal Getting with Balance
S. Paul Moehring is a Certified Business Coach, Speaker, and Author. His knowledge, expertise, and coaching abilities aid to the success of small business owners; from personal achievements to their professional development. His experience covers over two decades of guiding and coaching new business owners.
#066 – Nancy Juetten, Author of Bye-Bye Boring Bio 2020
Since 2009, Bye-Bye Boring Bio Workbook Author and Get Known Get Paid Mentor Nancy Juetten has upgraded bios for speakers, experts, and authors who once struggled to spell out their greatness and broadcast their brilliance on paper or online.
#065 – Melissa Davies, Author of How Not to Act Like a Bleep at Work
Melissa Davies, an internationally respected coach, trainer, and project facilitator, consistently delivers a deep level of cultural team training, leadership skills and professional development to all her clients. She has developed innovative professional development and training programs.
#064 – Todd Cherches, Author of VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life
Drawing on his unique and diverse background (which features many years of experience in the media and entertainment industries, Todd Cherches is known for his innovative approach to management training, leadership development, presentation skills, and executive coaching.
#063 – Peter Montoya, Author of The Brand Called You: Make Your Business Stand Out in a Crowded Marketplace
Peter Montoya’s business acumen, inspirational journey, human behavioral insight, and decades of real-life experience have helped him to become one of the most sought-after speakers and coaches in the United States.
#062 – Carolyn Strauss, Author of The Code: A Man’s Rules for Living Life, Having Fun, and Getting Dressed
Carolyn Strauss has studied and worked with some of the foremost experts in the world on gender communication, transacting in the marketplace, and voice dialogue. Carolyn brings unmatched expertise to serve her clients. She communicates her hard earned knowledge to each of her clients with a keen sense of humor and an engaging delivery.
#061 – Bonnie Budzowski, Author of Does My Business Need a Book?
Bonnie Budzowski, principal of Gravitas Press, works with entrepreneurs, consultants, business owners, and executives who want to write a book to establish themselves as thought leaders. Some of their success stories over the past decade are detailed in Bonnie’s book, Does Your Business Need a Book: Six Reasons the Answer Is a Resounding, Yes.
#060 – Nina Durfee, Author of Say It Simply: 8 Easy Steps to Turn Readers into Clients
For more than 20 years, Nina Durfee has assisted lawyers and judges with her instinctive editorial eye, drafting, editing, and proofreading legal documents and correspondence, knowing full well that a misplaced comma can change the meaning from innocence to guilt. She has authored multiple books, and her work has been showcased in a variety of publications, including Writers’ Journal.
#059 – Dr. Gail Hayes, Author of The Power of a Woman Who Leads
When looking for an internationally recognized Executive Leadership Coach, communicator, and award-winning author who ignites the atmosphere with contagious enthusiasm and a passion for purpose, you have but to look directly at Dr. Gail Hayes. She has unique ability to help her clients “untangle” challenging communication lines and see solutions.
#058 – Milo Shapiro, Author of Public Speaking: Get A’s, Not Zzzzzz’s!
Milo Shapiro has been coaching and running corporate classes in public speaking skills since 2004. His interactive programs use improvisation games, story sharing, and even “Simon Says” to wake up the house and make an impact through his uplifting blend of play and information.
#057 – Tamara S. Raymond, Author of Careering: The Pocket Guide to Exploring Your Future Career
Tamara S. Raymond, author of Careering: The Pocket Guide to Exploring Your Future Career, is a certified leadership development and career coach/strategist committed to professional, career and leadership development for adults and emerging leaders; as well as guidance for teens in determining their career paths.
#056 – Lisa Levy, Author of Future Proofing Cubed
Lisa Levy is the Founder and CEO of Lcubed Consulting. Lcubed elevates organizations in adapting and transforming quickly for achieving their strategic goals. A nationally recognized authority on organizational change management, Lisa has contributed as a guest expert on numerous media outlets including NBC, ABC, CBS and FOX.
#055 – Kris Ward, Author of Win the Hour, Win the Day!
Kris Ward is the leading authority in building your business by building your team. Kris is the founder of the Win The Hour, Win the Day philosophy. She helps entrepreneurs easily double their income and triple their time off, and has completely changed the landscape for entrepreneurs by sharing successful practices.
#054 – Per Sjorfors, The Price Whisperer™
Pricing has always been an interest area for Per Sjorfors, founder of Atenga Insights. He used pricing as the leaver to turn around several European and US companies, and while setting up a number of Joint Venture companies in Asia he gained additional insight into pricing practices from a global perceptive.
#053 – Anne Janzer, Author of Writing to Be Understood: What Works and Why
Anne Janzer is an award-winning author, nonfiction writing coach and marketing practitioner on a mission to help people make a positive impact with their writing. She supports and encourages writers, authors and marketers through her books, blog posts, online courses, webinars, and teaching.
#052 – Shawn Casemore, Author of The Unstoppable Organization
Shawn Casemore is an entrepreneur, an owner of multiple businesses, and known internationally for growing small businesses. He has worked with small business owners as well as multinational organizations with thousands of employees.
#051 – Robbie Kellman Baxter, Author of The Forever Transaction
Robbie Kellman Baxter is the founder of Peninsula Strategies LLC. Her clients have included large organizations like Netflix, the Wall Street Journal, and Microsoft, as well as dozens of smaller venture-backed companies.
#050 – Sam Richter, Bestselling Author and Hall of Fame Speaker
Bestselling business author Sam Richter, CSP, is considered one of the world’s foremost experts on Sales Intelligence prospecting and sales meeting preparation. Sam was just named one of the “15 Highest Rated Speakers for Virtual Events.”
#049 – Jill Lublin, Author of The Profit of Kindness
Jill Lublin is a master strategist on how to position your business for more profitability and more visibility in the marketplace. She is CEO of a strategic consulting firm with 25+ years of experience working with over 100,000 people.
#048 – Mark Faust, Author of Growth or Bust!
Mark Faust has conducted hundreds of sessions for clients from companies such as Apple, IBM, Monsanto, Cable & Wireless, John Deere, P&G, Syngenta, Bayer, government agencies, nonprofits, and a host of other companies.
#047 – Scott Plum, Author of Taking Off Into the Wind: Creating Lift Out of Life!
Scott Plum is the President of the Minnesota Sales Institute and facilitates most of the classes taught. His goal for students is to “inspire growth and change in your presence and have it last and continue in his absence.”
#046 – Joel Comm, Author of The Fun Formula
An expert on harnessing the power of social media and mobile applications to expand your brand’s reach and engage in active relationship marketing, Joel Comm leaves you inspired to create a new media campaign that will explode their business.
#045 – Erik Pelton, Author of Building a Bold Brand: The Foundations of Trademark Protection
Erik Pelton has been in the field of trademarks for more than 20 years, worked as an Examiner at the USPTO, registered more than 2,500 trademarks, and has been actively involved in a variety of intellectual property organizations.
#044 – Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks, Author of Lead Yourself First!
Dr. Karen Y. Wilson-Starks is President of TRANSLEADERSHIP, INC.® with 30+ years’ experience as a trusted advisor for executives in corporations, the US Military and Federal Government, and non-profit leaders in faith based organizations and Foundations.
#043 – Jamie Crump, Author of Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity
Jamie Crump has focused her career in strategic sourcing and supplier diversity across a variety of industries including: banking, catastrophic insurance, heavy equipment rental, IT, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and welding and medical supply.
#042 – Phil Symchych, Author of The Business Wealth Builders
Phil Symchych is focused and driven to help owners of privately held companies improve their business operations and financial results, increase their value delivered to their customers, and build their shareholders’ business wealth.
#041 – Richard Citrin and Michael A. Couch, Authors of Strategy-Driven Leadership
Richard Citrin, Ph.D., MBA brings more than 25 years of business leadership and consulting experience to his clients and their organizations. Michael A. Couch has years of experience building work cultures that have a positive impact on the bottom line.
#040 – John DeSimone, Author of The Road to Delano
John DeSimone is a professional memoir ghostwriter, editor, and novelist. He has guided authors through the developmental process of refining their voice and subject matter for publication, and edited over a hundred books, both fiction and nonfiction.
#039 – Lin Eleoff, Author of Gutsy Glorious Life Coach
Lin Eleoff is an Internet business lawyer, coach, and author. She developed The Woman UP Protocol using brain science, transformational psychology, and years of experience coaching women how to go after everything they want.
#038 – Kris Putnam-Walkerly, Author of Delusional Altruism
As a philanthropy expert, advisor, and award-winning author, Kris Putnam-Walkerly has helped over 90 foundations and philanthropists strategically allocate and assess over $500 million in grants and gifts.
#037 – Kaihan Krippendorff, Author of Driving Innovation from Within
Dr. Kaihan Krippendorff was elected to the Thinkers50 RADAR list as one the 30 management thinkers to look out for in the coming and shortlists as one the 8 most influential innovation experts in the world. His work has generated over $2.5B in new annual revenue for his clients.
#036 – Mark Amtower, Author of Selling to the Government
Mark Amtower advises companies on all facets of marketing to the government. He specializes in helping companies develop thought leadership positions and leveraging social media to gain targeted visibility in the government contracting market.
#034 – Speaker Paul Ross, Author of Subtle Words that Sell
Speaker Paul Ross is an author, speaker, trainer, Master Hypnotist, and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming who has taught tens of thousands of people the power of language to persuade, sell, heal, and more.
#033 – Joanna Martinez, Author of A Guide to Positive Disruption
Her book focuses on her experiences working though the ups and downs of the corporate world to make positive changes at companies. It provides readers with a framework to become change makers themselves.
#032 – Captain Jim Palmer, Author of DECIDE: The Ultimate Success Trigger
Captain Jim Palmer, author of a dozen wildly-popular business books, is a marketing and business building expert and in-demand coach. He is the founder of the Dream Business Mastermind and Coaching Program.
#031 – Mark David Gibson, Author of Served in Silence
Despite a life foundation built on shifting sands of denial, secrecy, shame, and guilt, Mark David Gibson found a place to call home in the Air Force long before the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy as an unwritten rule.
#030 – Linda Popky, Author of Marketing Above the Noise
Named one of Silicon Valley’s Top 100 Women of Influence and a member of Alan Weiss’s Million Dollar Consulting® Hall of Fame, Linda J. Popky has extensive experience in marketing – in industry, agencies, and consulting.
#028 – Dr. Roger Firestien, Author of Create In A Flash
Dr. Roger Firestien has trained more people to lead the creative process than anyone else in the world. He is the Senior Faculty member at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at SUNY Buffalo State, and President of Innovation Resources, Inc.
#027 – Rita Gunther McGrath, Author of Seeing Around Corners
Rita Gunther McGrath is a world-renowned thought leader. professor at Columbia Business School, and is widely recognized as a premier expert on leading innovation and growth during times of uncertainty.
#026 – David DeLong, Author of Graduate to a Great Job
Dr. David DeLong is an author, speaker and president of Smart Workforce Strategies, a consulting firm that helps organizations find solutions to critical skill shortages and risks of knowledge loss.
#025 – Meridith Elliott Powell, Co-Author of The Best Sales Book Ever/The Best Sales Leadership Ever
Voted one of the Top 15 Business Growth Experts to Watch by Currency Fair, business growth expert Meridith Elliott Powell is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, and business strategist.
#024 – Mark Hunter, Author of High-Profit Prospecting
Mark Hunter aka “The Sales Hunter” delivers highly sought-after training seminars and keynote addresses to companies like Salesforce, Novartis, Mattel, Lenovo, and others. He is the author of High-Profit Selling.
#023 – Dr. Tasha Eurich, Author of Insight: The Surprising Truth…
Dr. Tasha Eurich, principal of The Eurich Group, is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and NYT best-selling author. She’s built a reputation as a fresh, modern voice in the business world by pairing her scientific grounding in human behavior with a pragmatic approach to professional development.
#022 – Lisa Earle McLeod, Author of Selling with Noble Purpose
Sales Leadership expert Lisa Earle McLeod created the Noble Purpose Methodology after her research revealed organizations driven by Noble Purpose outperformed the market by over 350%. Selling with Noble Purpose has been a game changer at global firms like Flight Centre, Hootsuite, and Roche.
#021 – Lee Ellis, Author of Leading with Honor®: Leadership Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton
Lee Ellis is President and founder of FreedomStar Media®, a publishing company that provides leadership resources and training, and Leading with Honor®, a leadership and team development consulting and coaching company. He authored a book by the same name.
#020 – Henry DeVries, Author of Build Your Consulting Practice
Henry DeVries is the CEO (chief encouragement officer) of Indie Books International, a company he cofounded in 2014. He works with independent consultants who want to attract more high-paying clients by marketing with a book and speech.
#019 – Alexandra Watkins, Author of Hello, My Name Is Awesome
Brand name expert Alexandra Watkins is a leading and outspoken authority on brand names with buzz. She is author of “Hello, My Name is Awesome… How to Create Brand Names That Stick” (an Inc. Magazine Top 10 Marketing Book).
#018 – Mary C. Kelly, Author of What Comes Next
Dr. Mary C. Kelly is an internationally renowned author and keynote speaker on leadership, productivity, and business growth; and author of 11 books on business growth and leadership.
#017 – John Jantsch, Author of The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur
John Jantsch, creator of the Duct Tape Marketing System is a marketing consultant, speaker and best-selling author of Duct Tape Marketing, Duct Tape Selling, The Commitment Engine, The Referral Engine, and SEO for Growth.
#016 – Pamela S. Harper, Author of Preventing Strategic Gridlock
Pamela S. Harper is founding partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc., enabling visionary CEOs and leadership teams of successful companies to ignite and sustain momentum for game-changing results; and is featured in a variety of media.
#015 – Tom Corson-Knowles, Founder of TCK Publishing
Tom Corson-Knowles, founder of TCK Publishing, teaches new and established authors how to achieve incredible success by mastering the fundamentals of writing, publishing, and marketing great books.
#014 – Stephanie Chandler, Author of The Nonfiction Book Publishing Plan
Stephanie Chandler is founder and CEO of the Nonfiction Authors Association, a vibrant community for writers, and the Nonfiction Writers Conference, a traditional writers’ conference experience conducted entirely online.
#013 – Stacey Riska, Author of Small Business Marketing Made EZ!
Is your business struggling to get more leads, more customers, clients or patients, more sales, and more money? Stacey Riska aka “Small Business Stacey” helps you skyrocket your business growth by getting your marketing into ACTION!
#012 – Susan RoAne, Author of How to Work a Room
Susan RoAne®, Mingling Maven is the leading international authority and original expert on How to Work a Room®. She helps people, companies, and organizations develop, build, and manage client relationships that increase business growth.
#011 – Jim Kukral, Author of Your Journey to Becoming Unskippable™
Jim Kukral is recognized as an expert in online marketing and branding. He delivers insightful and entertaining keynotes on attention-getting marketing, creative branding and understanding how customers think, react and most importantly, buy.
#010 – Justin Brady, Author of Mind to Millions
Justin Brady works with the most forward-thinking brands on earth to increase their exposure and engage their employees. His media work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, iHeart Radio.
#009 – Mark Levy, Author of Accidental Genius
Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation LLC, a positioning and branding firm that helps consultants and other thought leaders increase their fees by up to 2,000%. His latest book, “Accidental Genius” has been published in ten languages.
#008 – Adam Hommey, Author of Groundhog Day is an Event, Not a Business Strategy
Adam Hommey helps entrepreneurs and business creators – like you – Emancipate the POWER of INFORMATION™, WIN at the Game of Business and Marketing, and thrive from your intersection of your brilliance and your passion!
#007 – Robin Ryan, Author of 60 Seconds and You’re Hired!
The Boston Globe calls Robin Ryan “America’s top Job Search Expert”. A popular trainer and speaker, Robin has been a keynote speaker at numerous national and regional conferences and is also a weekly columnist for Forbes.com.
#006 – Noah St. John, Author of Get Rid of Your Head Trash About Money
Noah St. John, author of “Get Rid of Your Head Trash About Money”, is a bestselling author and keynote speaker who’s famous for inventing Afformations® – a new technology of the mind – and helping busy people achieve more personal and financial freedom!
#005 – Dr. Linda Henman, Author of The Merger Mindset
Dr. Linda Henman, author of “The Merger Mindset” works with executives and boards of Fortune 500 Companies and small businesses that want to think strategically, grow dramatically, promote intelligently, and compete successfully, today and tomorrow.
#004 – Lisa Anderson, Author of I’ve Been Thinking
Lisa Anderson, author of “I’ve Been Thinking”, is ranked Number 16 in SAP’s Supply Chain Influencers and recognized as one of the top 1% of consultants worldwide. She has deep experience partnering with manufacturers and distributors to maximize value.
#003 – Chris Mullins, Author of Law Firm Conversions
Law Firm Conversions™ was founded by sales and marketing expert, Chris Mullins. For more than 30 years, through her proprietary and guided training and programs, Chris and her team have helped hundreds of law firms around the country convert more prospects into profitable clients.
#002 – Diana Jones, Author of Leadership Material: How Personal Experience Shapes Executive Presence
Diana Jones, author of “Leadership Material: How Personal Experience Shapes Executive Presence”, brings over 30 years of experience achieving results through better relationships. Diana assists leaders make sense of feedback they have received so they learn how they are perceived and understand their impact on others.
#001 – David Newman, Author of Do It! Marketing
David Newman, Author of “Do It! Marketing”, specializes in working with speakers, authors, consultants, and independent professionals who want to stop throwing money into a marketing black hole and attract, engage, and win more clients.