I once saw an Instagram video with an author who was almost inconsolable. Her book launch had not gone to plan and she was devastated because she was running out of time to make the bestseller lists. Oh, and by the way, she was wrong. Utterly and completely wrong. She...
If you live in the U.S. and watch television morning shows like The Today Show or Good Morning America, or you read any news sites online, it’s easy to think you can’t get media attention for your book or message right now. But actually you can. And if you’ve got a...
I was nervous the day I showed up for my big interview on a New York City talk show. I looked for reassurance at my then teen-aged son who was standing in the back of the studio. He had accompanied me on our trip to the Big Apple from Chicago. I took a deep breath...
In the thousands of media interviews I’ve seen in my TV career, I’ve noticed something interesting about nonfiction authors. Many of them mistakenly think they are there to sell their books. And actually…they’re wrong. (Stay with me!) For...
Marketers often talk about how important it is to address the key pain points of your audience. That makes a lot of sense because you have to know what your audience struggles with before you can offer help. But do you know what no one ever seems to talk about? The...
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