Updated: Aug 21, 2019 As a publisher, I work with a wide array of professional speakers, some of the best in the business. Frequently I hear from the platform ideas and philosophies that are what I call “truisms” and have been used over generations. If you’re in the information business, you probably know just what I’m saying. Many messages you …

Very few speakers and authors have staff they can leverage to manage the dreary tasks associated with managing their own publishing, marketing, accounting, customer follow-up and social media. This makes it tough to get ahead and focus on the tasks that really matter – the ones that generate revenue. How can a speaker or author keep up with the demands …

You might say one is a car, while the other is an automobile. One is serviceable, and the other is inspiring. One is a set of wheels; the other is a throaty, road-hugging, gravity-inducing Experience. If driving a muscle car – or a sportscar, or a luxury sedan – is so great, why doesn’t everyone do it? What’s the barrier …

Updated: Aug 21, 2019 Have you ever noticed that no matter how successful you become, there’s always someone who likes to knock you down a peg? Maybe it’s an older sibling, an in-law or a friend of yours from your high school days. Maybe you are the exception that makes the rule, and you don’t have anyone who fits this …

Even as recently as ten years ago, there was little chance for a reader to get involved in an author’s work except by writing to the author, or maybe showing up at a lecture or book signing. Thankfully, all that has changed. In the age of digits and downloads, the author’s website is, well… electric, and even electrifying. Now it’s …

Christian author David Dusek is a #1 best author, with ebook release Rough Cut Men: A Man’s Battle Guide to Building Real Relationships with Each Other, and with Jesus Author David Dusek’s book Rough Cut Men reached the #1 position on Amazon.com in the Men’s Christian Living category in August 2015, surpassing best-selling books Wild at Heart by John Eldridge …

For authors seeking that elusive “best seller” status, self-promotion can be your best tool for driving laser sharp traffic and increasing book sales. In this post, I’ll walk through a book launch press release example to help you understand what goes into writing one. It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content …

Audiobook distributors specialize in developing worldwide distribution for an audiobook recording. Made for Success Publishing started audiobook distribution in 2005 and quickly developed into one of Audible.com’s top 10 publishers. Today, we distribution audiobooks in 5 unique formats: Digital version sold on leading audiobook retail sites like Audible and iTunes Physical Audio CD in retail packaging geared towards bookstores MP3 …

Your brand is the core of your marketing, the central theme around your products and services. When it comes to your bottom line, your brand is not just the sizzle. It’s the steak. I am working on a book launch for a book themed around the ancient Greek story of Mt. Sisyphus. If you’re not branded, you may feel like …

Who is the most effective conversationalist you know? What makes them stand-out in the crowd? Public figures like Cicero, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan live on today because of their verbal prowess. They knew how to move nations with their ideas. In communicating your ideas in a conversation, have you given thought to the structure you use to …