Author U Your Guide To Book Publishing

Do You Have Klout? Using social media is all about your influence - and Klout is one of the primary measures of how successfully people influence their followers to take action on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Our special guest Susan Gilbert will discuss what Klout is, how it measures your influence and what you can do to increase your score! About our guest: An entrepreneur since 1987, Susan Gilbert (www.SusanGilbert.com) is the CEO of Online Promotion Success and has evolved years of traditional business experience into several cutting edge projects, which includes her web development, social media and search engine marketing promotions. As co-author of “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar”, she understands book promotion and has also been a regularly quoted resource in USA Today, Entrepreneur, Inc Magazine and many more. Another lively hour on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles at 6 pm EST, author of Show Me About Book Publishing and Creating and Developi

Twitter Can Rock Your Book Marketing! Is your book marketing feeling limp? would like like to reach out to mega thousands in just seconds? Have you thought about doing a video on Twitter--did you know you could? Your marketing will be 90% of your energy ... and your success... maybe 100% of the success! You have to ...yes, you have to, use the social media tools that connect with buyers and believers. Twitter is a terrific resource. ID the magic key to Twitterland. How to expand your followers with content. The 10 Mistakes to Avoid And so much more. Another lively hour on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles at 6 pm EST, author of Show Me About Book Publishing and Creating and Developing Your Author and Book Platforms.

Don't Leave Corporations and Other Non-Book Retailers Out of Your Book Marketing! Is your book done? Are you still writing? Or are you in layout, now thinking of marketing it? Your marketing will be 90% of your energy ... and your success... maybe 100% of the success! And it's work... Today's program is all about resources and ideas that are out of the ordinary. Brian Jud is an expert in selling any type of book outside of a bookstore. *How to ID prospects for buying your book. *How to get the military to buy and what are the key websites to use. *How to use social media and which ones work best with which types of books. And so much more. Every year, more books are sold to buyers in markets outside of bookstores than are sold in bookstores. And they can be sold more profitably on a non-returnable basis. Are you getting your share of these sales? In this radio show you will discover how to increase your sales and profits. Brian will also tell you how to prospect (search) for corporate buyers. Selling b

Calling All Fiction Writers and Authors! Have you ever wondered how a best-selling author picks his topics? How do you? In today's show, we will explore topics, research, interviewing, courtrooms and how to put together a real page-turner of a book. Joing Judith will be Harry MacLean, NY Times best selling author of several books, including In Broad Daylight. Harry will reveal: How he picks topics How to get people to talk to you about it and the subject. How to deep dive into records. How long it takes to do the reaserch for a book. What about being sued when the book comes out. How do you protect your research and your work. And so much more. Another lively hour on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles at 6 pm EST, author of Show Me About Book Publishing and Creating and Developing Your Author and Book Platforms.

What is the Execution Gap ... and how does it apply to authors? Set the Goals TODAY to get your book done ... to launch it ... to soar it to an amazing success! Gary Ryan Blair is known as the Goals Guy. He's a visionary and gifted conceptional thinker. Each year, he launches his 100 Day Challenge to kickstart and take you to the stratesphere in success ... however your magic wand has identified it to be ... for you, and for your book. He uses a non-nonsense, highly focused and disciplined approach to transform results for peole all over the world. Over 60 percent of the Fortune 500 use his products and services to maintain a competitieve edge. He creates mega-millions each year in sales from his books and their derivatives. Why not you? 1. How to close this year strong in book sales. 2. Learn the secret sauce to get ANYTHING you want in your book sales goals. 3. What is Everything Counts and how does it apply to authors? 4. How to sell over a million books. 5. The 100-Day Challenge

How would you like to create a gazillion books and products without reinventing the original one ... just a tweak and a morphing here and there? You can ... and Your Guide to Book Publishing will reveal how! Discover how to more quickly and easily leverage your Book and other written content. Our guest today is Jeff Davidson --who doesn't like to write! Yet he is highly prolific: he has written 59 mainstream books that have been translated an aggregate 141 times, 32 ghost books, 260 ebooks, and more than 3400 published articles. He is also the creator of 24 iPhone apps and 72 audios. In this illuminating session, Jeff will share his secrets for: • Drawing upon what you've already written; • Creating content (almost instantly); and • Leveraging your intellectual property to use over and over again. Join us to learn and share successful writing and distribution strategies, tactics, and tips. Jeff Davidson is prolific! Learn about him at: www.BreathingSpace.com Another lively hour

Joel Friedlander, The Bookman, returns to Your Guide to Book Publishing with a variety of ideas on how take a book--any book--and repurpose it in a variety of ways ... it's your book's "sweet spot." You will discover ways to leverage the content from your book and your own expertise to build your online presence and create related products. You will learn: How to make book reviews work. What the #1 thing is to drive traffic to your book. How to create multiple products from your book. How to turn your book into a membership site. How to create sustainable books sales and business. Joel Friedlander is the author of A Self-Publisher's Companion. Follow him at www.TheBookDesigner.com All that and much more on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles.

Set the Goals TODAY to get your book done ... to launch it ... so soar it to success! Gary Ryan Blair is known as the Goals Guy. He's a visionar and gift ed conceptional thinker. He uses a non-nonsense, highly focused and disciplined approach to transform results for peole all over the world. Over 60 percent of the Fortune 500 use his products and services to maintain a competitieve edge. Why not you? 1. How to morph your book into a series of properties. 2. How to get your book to stand above the book polluted crowd. 3. What is Everything Countss and how does it apply to authors? 4. How to sell over a million books. 5. Determining your niche. 6. Building your informational empire. 7. Creating 9 Lives for your Book. 8. Tips on repackaging and repurposing your book. Authors aren't born ... they are made ... and the shaping is done by the auhtor. Oh, there are plenty of influencers out there in the author's path ... but you, dear author set the goals and get there. Another lively hour

Get Reporters to Call YOU! USA Today called Dan Janal “a true cyberspace pioneer.”Pioneer PR pro Dan Janal will reveal inside tips on authors need to know when it comes to PR. Should you or shouldn't you? You'll learn: 1. The easy steps to become a media superstar overnight - even if you have no media experience and/or a brand new book. 2. How you can be the next “go to” expert the media calls. 3. The science behind press releases and why you must master them. 4. Why you don’t need “news” to have a “news release.” Media superstars aren't born - they're made. The people who have mastered how to joyously promote their business, books in press releases are the ones who sell books and get the fame. Join Dr. Judith Briles and her special guest, pioneer PR specialist Dan Janal this Thursday onYour Guide to Book Publishing. Dan Janal is one of the Founding Fathers of Internet Marketing and Publicity. He wrote one of the first books on Internet Marketing back in 1994. He taught the first Intern

Back again is master book publicist Stephanie Barko to reveal inside tips on Book Blog Tours and getting the best, and right, Endorsements for your book. -Do Endorsements sell books? -4 steps authors should take to get them. -How do Book Blog Tours work? -What are the critical components needed for a Book Blog Tour? -3 steps to take to make your Book Blog tour exceed your expectations. Join Dr. Judith Briles and her special guest, book publicist Stephanie Barko this Thursday onYour Guide to Book Publishing. She knows books and she knows how to promote them. Stephanie was honored with the 2011 Preditors & Editors’ Readers Poll for Best Book Promotion Service. Also joining Judith will be Phil Knight from Color House Printing who reveals a variety of printing tips. Another lively hour on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles at 6 pm EST, author of Show Me About Book Publishing and Creating and Developing Your Author and Book Platforms.

More Author and Book Apps to Rock Your Publishing World Back again is the Author's Nerdy Best Friend. Today on Your Guide to Book Publishing, listen (and join in on the conversation!) with Dr. Judith Briles and her guest Beth Ziesenis on all the nifty and free (or very cheap) apps to use to make your life as an author rock and roll—there's lots of them. Beth is the author of Upgrade to Free: The Best Free & Low-Cost Online Tools and Apps. You will discover that she will be your favorite nerdy best friend. Beth will reveal how to: -Identify the latest gadgets for authors -Get low-cost tech/design help -Get "prevent hacking" tools -Find and use the right tools for authors -Tools to creating the portable office Meet Beth Ziesenis, your own personal Nerdy Best Friend. Beth Z keeps up with all the new online applications and downloads that can help you look like you’re working with a team of marketing, computer and productivity experts, even if you suffer from a shrinking staff and a disappearing budget.

Authors NEED a Book Fulfillment Partner Having a book fulfillment relationship isn't just for the heavy book sellers. Any author who has a book, who has a mission, who wants to get the word out about their book, ideas and marketing ... needs it. Find out the tricks and hot tips to maximize your book sales experience. Everyone publishing a book is at a different stage. Do you ship your own books, or do you get help? Questions you should be asking include: -How does fulfillment work? -Is book fulfillment for me? -What does it cost? -What is "consumption obstruction"? -Can an author really make any money if -someone does all the shipping? -Do you want to know the #1 secret for upselling your books? -What else can a fulfillment company do besides books? Don't miss the latest updates from WaveCloud, the unique Author-Reader community! If you have a book and you want to sell it (and other stuff), this program is for you! Another jam-packed session on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles. Her

Show July 26th ... Authors NEED Social Media ... and that Includes LinkedIn. Contrary to popular belief, LinkedIn is just not for business. Any author who has a book, who has a mission, who wants to get the word out about their book, ideas and marketing ... needs it. Find out the tricks and hot tips to maximize your book promo with LinkedIn. Everyone using Social Media is at a different stage. You may be brand new to the space or you may be using it every day. Questions you should be asking include: Is your book selling as well as you would like it? Do you know how to maximixe your participation in LinkedIn's Groups? Have you created a Group that you lead? Do you want to know the #1 secret for LinkedIn success? If not, this program is for you! Another jam-packed session on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles. Her guest expert for this hour will be Carol McManus, the LinkedIn Lady.

Books and Speaking Are Like Peanut Butter & Jelly Whether you are an author, speaker, expert, consultant, coach or entrepreneur speaking is one of the fastest ways to more business and credibility. Speaking is a business it establishes your expertise, while marketing you at the same time and lifts your business or service to the next level. And SELLS LOTS of BOOKS! Here are a few items that we are going to share with you and yes we will answer your questions. Bring them on. UNDERSTAND why speaking is one of the most powerful marketing tools you have at your disposal. SECRETS to marketing your book that will give you credibility, visibility and immediate new clients – even if you have never spoken before! STEPS for building a profitable speaking practice. DESIGN a masterful presentation package that attracts meeting planners to hire you RESOURCES for finding speaking engagements Another jam-packed session on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles. Her guest expert for this ho

Publishing Secrets from a NY Insider Show 7-12-12 -What makes a NY Times bestseller? -What are the best months to launch your book? -How can you get the local bookstore (or any bookstore) to become your best cheerleader? -Why does a publishing house say "yea" or "nay" to an author? -How does an author get create a blog tour and get the support of the mega blogs? and so much more! Cindy Ratzlaff is a passionate brand evangelist, buzz marketer, social media strategist, author and experienced publishing executive. She led 150 books to NY Times bestseller status while with Simon & Schuster and Rodale. She's Judith's guest on Your Guide to Book Publishing today at 4 Mtn time.

At some point, authors need help. When is it time to bring in someone else? Do you need them physically in the office or can they do your work remotely? All that and lots more as Judith Briles interviews Kelly Johnson, principal in Cornerstone Virtual Assistants. 1. How can working with a Virtual Assistant be an asset for my business? 2. What are some projects a Virtual Assistant may manage for me, especially related to getting my book completed and printed? 3. What are some key factors to understand regarding the client / virtual assistant professional relationship? 4. What's the difference between Wordpress.org and Wordpress.com and how should you use them? Kelly Johnson works with authors to manage technical, creative, and administrative projects for their businesses and books. She’s an article writing coach, does blog and website maintenance, knows how to implement an online shopping cart strategy, and is the principal of Cornerstone Virtual Assistance. She can be reached at kjohnson@corners

Are you thinking of promoting your book? Would you like to be successful? Do you know what it costs? Discover online book review sites. Do you know what traditional publicists are all over Twitter? Do you know who you need in your social media tool kit to make it happen? Do you know what doesnt' work? Do you know where your book sales will come from? Would you like to? Have you lost your email address on Facebook account? Here's how to get it back. Savvy strategies on creating a successful contest using Facebook. Get the #1 spot to get a book review online--free. Joan Stewart is the Publicity Hound. Brilliant on social media strategies for marketing and PR. She will show you the ins and out of savvy book marketing strategies in today's social media world. Find her at www.PublicityHound.com Another lively hour on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles at 6 pm EST, author of Show Me About Book Publishing.

July 21, 2012 The Dollars, Cents and Sense of Publishing -Are you thinking of publishing? -Would you like to be successful? -Do you know what it costs? -Do you know who you need in your Publishing Village to make it happen? -Do you know who to avoid? -Do you know where your book sales will come from? -Would you like to? Judith Briles has published 30 books under her own name. She's helped write and been the Book Shepherd to hundreds of others and spoken to thousands of authors-to-be. She will show you the necessary number crunching that needs to be done so that you don't become an author-that-was! Another lively hour on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles at 6 pm EST, author of Show Me About Book Publishing. Follow on twitter: @AuthorU and Facebook: Facebook.com/AuthorU

Join Judith Briles and her guest Mike Daniels will show you the dos and don'ts when it comes to printing overseas. Learn: What are the pros and cons of printing overseas; Why would an author or publisher look to manufacturer a book in Asia? What can Asian printers do that a U.S. and/or Canadian printer cant'? What is involved with U.S. Customs and delivery when overseas shipping happens? What types of books are Asian manufacturers best known for? Mike Daniels is the Great Plains territory Manager for the Four Colour Print Group--with offices in the United States, China and Korea. www.FourColour.com Another lively hour on Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles at 6 pm EST, author of Show Me About Book Publishing. Follow @AuthorU

Join Judith Briles and her guest Nancy Juetten will teach how to get seen, heard, celebrated, and COMPEN$ATED for their expert status. Why do authors struggle with writing their own stories for self promotion? What are some of the biggest mistakes authors make when writing their bios? What is the five-point system that makes telling a better story a whole lot easier? What kinds of successes can your story well? How can we share our story to get seen, heard, celebrated and compensated? Nancy “Broadcast Your Brilliance” Juetten is a storyteller, workshop leader, and author who shows mission-driven experts how to get seen, heard, celebrated, and COMPEN$ATED for their expert status. Nancy created Bye-Bye Boring Bio PLUS! to guide service professionals, speakers, authors, coaches, and those serious about earning expert status to prepare and share their stories so they can prosper in the spotlight. Nancy’s essential advice is this: “It’s your story. Tell it well.” Another lively hour on Your Guide to B