By Judith Briles Have you ever been at a conference or a presentation and the person introducing the “Speaker” is awkward or stumbles over the pronunciation of the speaker’s name? Even what you think is a simple name? The reality is it happens often. If...
By Joan Stewart Ask 10 book coaches their favorite way to sell books, and I’ll bet at least half of them say through public speaking. Selling a book at the back of the room to an audience member who has just seen your dazzling performance is easy peasy. You’ve already...
By Betsy Graziani Fasbinder The world of speaking opportunities keeps expanding, and that’s good for authors. Speaking to live audiences is one of the best platform-building activities available for both fiction writers and subject matter experts. But how to...
Most of us who sell our print books through CreateSpace or other print on demand vendors, and our ebooks through Kindle Direct Publishing or other ebook retailers and distributors, usually focus our marketing online. This make sense. A lot of business and marketing...
If you write nonfiction, you might be surprised at the many benefits of doing live speaking engagements. I’m specifically talking about authors of nonfiction that is instructive, educational or information-based. This isn’t as true for authors of literary...
