September 6-7, 2013 will change your authoring life …
Experience two full days of Judith every September … no guest speakers, no pitches, just Judith Briles Unplugged delivering an amazing depth of publishing, authoring and marketing information that she has derived from her 30 plus years in the publishing field and as The Book Shepherd.
Create the best-seller you dream of … turn into the award-winning and sought after author you aspire to. Judith has done it multiple times and she will show you how.
- If you are just starting down the authoring and publishing path, you will come away with a personalized strategy to create and develop your book.
- If your book is ready to birth, you will come away with amazing steps and ahas on how to soar its official launch and develop your next steps.
- If your book, and you, want to create a book launch that sells books and gets you noticed, you will learn how.
- If you want to make serious money as an author, you will come away with strategies that are doable and how to do them.
- If your book is currently available, no matter how old, your current marketing concepts and strategies will be turned upside down.
- If you want to look at crowdfunding, you will learn the ins and outs of a campaign.
- If you want to create a speech that uses the key elements of your book and expertise, you will learn insider tips on how to and how to niche yourself into “your” market.
- If want to know tricks of the social media marketing whirlwind, you will learn which platforms work best for which books and how to drill down into them.
- If you are still noodling on what a Platform is, you will not only get it, but you will drill down into yours.
- If you haven’t done a GamePlan for your book, no matter what stage it’s at, you will … and discover amazing “ahas” along the way about both You and Your Book.
- If you want to make serious money as an author, you will come away with the how to strategies that are doable.
Judith Briles Unplugged is not just another publishing conference where you sit in your seat and take notes—expect extraordinary high interaction, plenty of “to-do” Activities—you will not only listen and hear The Book Shepherd, you will immediately implement what she says. Judith believes in feeding your brain and your belly.
It is your next, next step to authoring and book success. Be there. You and Your Book can’t afford not to be.
Call Judith, determine if this is the “right fit” for you and your book now. Call 303-885-2207 or email Judith@Briles.com. Don’t delay. www.TheBookShepherd.com
In other words, your life as an author will be morphed.
Judith Briles Unplugged delivers extraordinary high interaction, plenty of “to-do” Activities and Hot Seats—you will not only listen and hear The Book Shepherd, you will immediately implement what she says. As the author of 30 books, many best-selling and award-winning, she knows publishing. Her latest book, Author YOU: Creating and Building the Author and Book Platforms will be used throughout … and a book that has earned three national awards in 2013, shortly after it was published: In the Writing and Publishing categories, it was the WINNER at the International Book Awards, the Indie Excellence Book Awards and the International Book Publishers Awards. Limited to a small number of participants, each will receive individual attention and walk away with a personalized GamePlan for his or her Book and for Self, as the Author.
It is your next, next step to authoring and book success.
If that’s your goal, be there. You and Your Book can’t afford not to.
Save these two days in 2013: September 6th and 7th … they will change your publishing life. Who better to captain your journey than Author and Publishing Expert, Dr. Judith Briles?
Location: Denver, Colorado … our Falls are spectacular.
Cost: $497 for Early Bird signups now, ends July 8th. You will get an immediate savings of $100 at checkout. Continental breakfast is included each day along with a Friday night reception.
Site: Doubletree Hotel SE, 13596 E Iliff Place, Aurora, CO 80014.
Room Rates: $84. Call 303-337-2800, Neighborhood Rate
Are you ready to promote your new book?
Perhaps you don’t know what questions to ask or what promotional options are available to you. Author U and expert Literary Publicist Stephanie Barko have answers for you.
Brunch and Learn Registration
Cost: $35 for members, $55 for nonmembers
Signups after Thursday, September, 19th will add $10 at the door.
Date: Saturday, September 21st
Time: 10 am to 1:45 pm
Location: Doubletree SE, Aurora
Bonus Session – Author U members only- 3 SPOTS left
Cost: $30
Bonus Mastermind Session from 2 – 4
Location: Doubletree SE, Aurora
NO refunds 30 days prior to event.
When it comes to promotion and publicity for authors and books, it’s easy to get lost and confused. Three questions usually pop up with authors around promotion and publicity.
- What works and what doesn’t work for today’s author?
- What works best for you and your book?
- What will it cost?
This workshop surveys book promotion from the 50 foot level, exposing the author to a wide panorama of promotional elements.
You will learn the how and why of these elements in book promotion.
- Blogging
- Social Networking
- Media Kits
- Interviews
- Trailers
- Press Releases
- Features
- Live Events
- Virtual Tours
- Timelines
Writers will get a feel for what they might want to do themselves and what might best be delegated by listening to examples from real campaigns and comparing cost to benefit.
Participants will walk away with a general understanding of modern book promotion and a broad sense of direction for their specific project.
BONUS Session
Stephanie is flying in from Austin, TX to present this amazing workshop, and will facilitate a deep-dive MasterMind for a limited number of attendees after brunch. Think of it as personalized laser coaching. Limited to 20.
Stephanie Barko, Literary Publicist was voted Preditors & Editors Best Book Promotion Service in 2011. Her award-winning clients include traditional publishers and their authors, small presses, and independently published writers.
Visit with Stephanie at www.StephanieBarko.com
eVolution is part of your publishing empire. It has to be. Like a menu in a restaurant, eBooks are something that you should create when you create your print book. Or create an eBook, than maybe, create a print book. Then there’s an “a” book—audio.
eBooks now amount to 25 percent of all book sales… and there are strong indications of a flattening of the market with a cross over now to tablets … yet many eBooks can’t be read on a tablet and many tablet books can’t be read on eReaders, like Kindle and Nook. What’s an author to do?
Designer Nick Zelinger will walk you through the step-by-step process; how and why you need to think differently for your covers; what venues you should use to upload and broadcast and so much more. There’s lots to learn and you will get the visuals and the how-tos to make your “e” empire rock and roll.
At this Brunch & Learn, you will come away with:
- The How-tos of eBook formatting … what works and what definitely doesn’t.
- The differences between “fixed” formats and “flexible” formats and when you should use them.
- What works in a standard eBook and what doesn’t.
- How to include art, tables, graphics.
- Why “e” covers need a twist.
- The ins and outs of Amazon’s KDP program.
- Strategies to market your “e” product line.
Book Celebrations can be a Launch or a Hoopla. How do you create an event that is both awesome and successful … meaning your sell lots of programs?
- Determining what type of event to create.
- Examples of alternatives to traditional book signings.
- Getting a crowd there.
Author U Chief Visionary Officer Judith Briles has been creating successful author events for years. She’s going to walk you through a variety to ideas to launch and celebrate your book that takes you way beyond the table in the bookstore. Be ready to come away with a flood of ideas to make you and your book stand above the book crowd–she promises that it will be Snappy, Sassy and Salty!
Cost: $30 for members, $45 for nonmembers
Date: October 12th Time: 10 am to 2 pm Location: Doubletree SE, Aurora (225 and Iliff)
Register now!
Do you have characters or stories in your books? Will your reader love ’em, hate ’em … or just not care? It’s a critical question that every author needs to deal with.
You can have the most compelling and creative plot out there, but without good characters your story just won’t move. But how do you come up with compelling characters that readers can relate too and get behind? That will be the subject of this webinar. We will delve into the creation of characters, and even how to write bios for them so we have something to refer back to when writing. So please come join me as we go over how to create engaging characters. Date is Wednesday, January 7th –details on the Events tab on the website. Freebie for AuthorU.org members. Get ready for Publish Smarter … Not Harder. Watch for the dates and get them on your calendar. Archives will be in the Logged in Members Only section. Check this month’s webinars under the Events tab.
Date: January 7th
Time: 6 pm Eastern, 4 pm Mountain
Location: Anywhere your laptop is.
Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9178102207940740098
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Author U Extravaganza! May 7-9, 2015
Join Us for Author U’s Extravaganza
May 7-9, 2015 at the Renaissance Denver Hotel
reserve your room at 800-HOTELS-1 or 800-468-3571 and ask for AuthorU rate
About
Make It So! You will be engaged over the 3 jammed-packed days, learning and working with amazing book marketing strategists, publicists, Internet gurus … all done in an intense workshop environment. A HUGE Thank you for IngramSpark for sponsoring WI-FI for all three days to all attendees and Exhibitors.
Bonus Session on Thursday, May 7th will be with Heather Lutze, one of the top Social Media Internet Marketing and Social Media Strategists and author of The Findability Formula, Thumbonomics and her just released Marketing Espionage. You and your book can’t afford to miss this session.
Hayley Foster will walk you through how to create a TED and short talk, John Kremer will soar your Boards with his awesome marketing strategies using Pinterest, Hunter Boyle will soar your eMail Marketing, Joan Stewart will divulge Free Graphics Tools for Authors and How to Use Them for Publicity and Social Media Campaigns, Lori Gama will reveal New Social Media Marketing for Authors, Joel Comm will knock your socks off with his moxie on all things marketing and tricks of the trade within social media & how to be an Awesome Author and Daniel Hall will be back to reveal an astonishing variety of new tools to use to boost your presence and monetize your products (a product is a book!), you will get the inside scoop on all things in the Book Review area … and so much more.
You will find workshops on the latest in eBook Strategies for Creation and Selling, , Google Authorship, Children’s Books (including how to morph yours into one), Selling Your Book to Foreign Markets, Getting the Right Book Reviews and What to Do When You Get Them, The Anatomy of CrowdFunding, Mastering Amazon and so much more.
HOT! Jimmy Wayne is coming to the Extravaganza to entertain and delight attendees on Friday evening. A donation will be made to CASA, the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association. Jimmy is the national spokesperson.
His book, Walk to Beautiful, will be available to purchase onsite.
DON’T MISS: An Evening with Jimmy Wayne…
His Journey, His Book, His Music.
Extra tickets available ($60) for Jimmy Wayne Entertainment and Gourmet Dinner!
If you’re registered for the Extravaganza, your ticket is already included.
A huge country music star, he’s also the author of the just released Walk to Beautiful which will be available to purchase onsite and get signed. Jimmy is a former foster kid turned country music singer/songwriter whose songs and story highlight his mission to bring awareness to kids who age out of the foster system and become homeless. With hits such as Put Your Hand In Mine, I Love You This Much, and Paper Angels, he released Do You Believe Me Now, his biggest hit to date for which he earned the millionaire award for having 100,000,000 radio spins in America.
In 2009, Jimmy toured with Brad Paisley and recorded Sara Smile with Hall & Oates. The next year he became CASA’s national spokesperson and released the novel Paper Angels. In 2012, Jimmy helped get the bill passed extending the age of foster care to 21 in both California and Tennessee. Jimmy lives in Nashville and continues to raise awareness for kids by writing, singing, and speaking.
Jimmy walked halfway across America to raise awareness for foster kids–from Nashville to Phoenix. Don’t miss this amazing man!
Walk to Beautiful is the powerfully emotive account of Jimmy’s childhood and the unconditional love and acceptance Russell and Bea Costner gave to Jimmy. This elderly couple provided a stable home and the chance for him to complete his education. Jimmy says of Bea, “She changed every cell in my body.” After his high school graduation, Jimmy went on to earn a degree in Criminal Justice because, as he says, “I knew a lot about it.” But in his heart Jimmy wanted to write songs and sing.
A music company opened its doors to Jimmy, and he moved to Nashville to pursue his dreams. He had several memorable hits, such as I Love You This Much, Paper Angels, and Do You Believe Me Now, which remained at #1 for three consecutive weeks on the Billboard Chart.
But success was not satisfying. Jimmy remembered where he came from, and he wanted to give back. With his Meet Me Halfway campaign—a 1,700 mile walk from Nashville to Phoenix—Jimmy walked halfway across America, raising awareness for foster children. Along the way he not only found a lot of crazy things, such as coins, keys, a plastic Jesus, and a Lucille Ball ashtray; but he also found himself. And more important, he found a way to forgive the people who had hurt him. Jimmy learned how to walk to beautiful—and so can you.
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Are you ready to Make It So? … as in make your book a success? Make you a success? Sell your book for foreign rights? Take your branding and positioning to the next level? Get the latest and greatess the social media worlds? Be totally findable in the cyber world? Be an awesome author? Get your book reviewed? Create a killer podcast that brings you sales and business? Do your book marketing on a shoestring budget? Working with the latest in the “E” world? Getting your book distributed and book orders fulfilled? Crafting a speech that brings in money and sells books? Designing the book you’ve always wanted? Creating and Crafting products from your expertise and book?
BONUS TIME
Bonus #1 The Author Shark Tank is back and will be held late Thursday afternoon. There are 4 spots in the Tank–are you ready to dive in and see what AuthorU’s Friendly Sharks can do for you? Cost is $500 … ONLY 2 spots left.
There are a total of 4 HOT sessions available … only ONE Attendee can get his or her toe in the Author Shark Tank at a time. Our panel will listen for a few minutes to your pitch (hear/read that: LISTEN) and then decide IF and HOW they will help the author in the book and publishing quest. The Author Shark Tank will be held late Thursday afternoon, May 7th. ONLY 2 spots left.
The Friendly AuthorU Sharks like passion, persistence and excellence. They will provide incentives to writers and authors who demonstrate it in publishing and authoring through a variety of awards that pertain to their own expertise and product line. To enter the tank, there’s a fee.
Bonus #2 Don’t miss the Deep Dive Dinner Workshop that will be presented by Heather Lutze on Thursday night right after the Eagle and Eaglet sessions. Findability for You and Your Book is the Focus PLUS How to Spy on Your Competition. Be there–it’s included for all who register for Friday and Saturday through March, then it’s a separate pay item.
Bonus #3 The WINNERs of the Draft to Dream Book Competition will be announced on Thursday during Dinner and just before Heather’s Lutze’s not to be missed Deep Dive Workshop.
Bonus #4 The Exhibits will OPEN at 2 pm on Thursday … and be available to the public until dinner starts. Tell your friends–it’s a great time to meet those who make books happen right here in Denver.
Bonus #5 EXTRA TICKETS are available for the Evening with Jimmy Wayne–these include the complete dinner.
Bonus #6 Sizzling Hot! AUTHOR PHOTOS Award winning author photographer Ashlee Bratton will have her lenses ready to focus on up to 20 attendees for personalized Author Portraits. There’s magic in her eyes as she creates photos for your books, blogs … anywhere. The cost is only $250 per session. You get a CD to use anytime, anywhere. Call 303-885-2207 to book your slot now!
At A Glance
Who’s speaking at the Extravaganza this year?
You and Your Book
Thursday, May 7, 2015 | ||
9:00-9:20am |
Dr. Judith Briles You and Your Book |
The Business of Authoring and Publishing |
9:25-10:15am | Hunter Boyle |
Your DIY Digital Marketing Action Plan |
10:15-10:30am |
Break | |
EAGLES |
EAGLETS | |
10:30 – 11:15am | Judith Briles Pre-Publication Marketing with Crowdfunding |
Nick Zelinger Nuggets for Newbies and Trends in Cover Designs |
11:20 – 12:05pm | Marty Dickinson/Gary Jezorski How to Sell More Books…Faster…and Keep More of the Money! |
PANEL: Everything You Need to Know about Book Reviews Moderator: Dr. Judith Briles Joan Stewart, Patti Thorn and Victoria Sutherland |
12:05 – 12:50pm |
Lunch on your own | |
12:50-1:35pm |
Susie Scott Creating a Video Book Teaser Trailer |
Steve Replin Legal Hot Potatoes: How to Stay Out of the Fire When It Comes to Your Book and Blogs |
1:40-2:25pm | Mara Purl Creating Dialogue, Scenes and Killer Copy |
Bill Van Ordsel How to Fuel Your Book |
2:25-2:35pm |
Break | |
2:35-3:20pm |
Kelly Johnson Gizmos and Gadgets: Creative and Easy Tools for Authors |
Joan Stewart Free Graphics Tools for Publicity and Social Media |
3:25-4:10pm |
Angela Bole What’s Happening in Indie Publishing Today |
Nick Taylor eBook Strategies That Roar |
4:15-6:00pm | Shark Tank | |
6:00-6:40pm | Dinner and Book Awards | |
6:45-9:00pm | Heather Lutze – Workshop: Findability for You and Your Book and Spy on Your Competition |
Friday, May 8, 2015 | |
8:00 – 8:20am | Dr. Judith Briles Welcome |
8:25 – 9:30am | Joel Comm How to Be an Awesome Author |
9:35 – 10:35am | Hayley Foster Short Talk … Big Impact – Creating a TED Talk |
10:35 – 11:15am | Break and Exhibits |
11:15 – 12:15pm | Sandra Beckwith How to Build Book Buzz |
12:15 – 1:15pm | Lunch |
1:15 – 2:15pm | Joan Stewart How to Become the Go To Expert in Your Topic or Niche |
2:20 – 3:20pm | Lori Gama New Social Media Marketing for Authors: Are You Soaking It Up? |
3:20 – 4:00pm | Break and Exhibits |
4:00 – 5:00pm | John Kremer How to Market Your Books Using Pinterest |
5:10 – 6:15pm | Rounds With The Pros |
6:30 – 9:00pm | Dinner and Entertainment |
Saturday, May 9, 2015 | |
7:05 – 8:15am | Sunrise Workshop with Amy Collins How to Beat Amazon at its Own Game |
7:05 – 8:00am | Coffee and Exhibits |
8:15 – 8:25am | Dr. Judith Briles Welcome Back |
8:25 – 9:45am | Daniel Hall Creating High Profit Info-Products (Even If You’re A Fiction Writer) |
9:45 – 10:30am | Break and Exhibits |
10:30 – 11:20am | Lori Ruff Build Your Influence and Amplify Your Brand |
11:25 – 12:15pm | Robin Cutler The Business of Indie Publishing: Integrated E & P Solutions That Work from Ingram Spark |
12:15 – 1:25pm | Lunch and Final Exhibits |
1:25 – 2:15pm | Lisa Hale and Nancy Chen Positioning and Branding Yourself for Profit: Your Prereq for $ucce$$ |
2:20 – 3:10pm | Victoria Sutherland Selling Foreign Rights |
3:10 – 3:20pm | Break |
3:20 – 4:10pm | Rebecca Finkel Books Open Up – Readers Fall In: Design … What’s Between the Covers |
4:15 – 4:55pm | Dr. Judith Briles Crafting a Podcast: Growing your Book Business |
4:55pm | Wrap Up and Drawing for FREE 2016 Extravaganza spot |
Exhibitors
Accommodations
Note: Be conference savvy … stay at the hotel, even if you are a local–these are long days. Author U has a block of rooms at the Renaissance Denver Hotel, our Extravaganza site, at a reduced rate of $119 that can include days three days before the Extravaganza and three days post–online booking is higher than this rate!
Make your reservations NOW … call 800-HOTELS 1 (800-468-3571). Make sure that you ID the Renaissance Denver Hotel and the AuthorU group rate.
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Bonus-You may register additional friends, colleagues or family members for a reduced fee who are not already AuthorU members. Most meals are included. You will be invoiced and your credit card charged the balance split on February 15th. Make It So and Count me in for the Author U Extravaganza 2015!
Just click on the price below that is for your event(s)-or print out and fax in to 303-627-9184 … and we will Count YOU in!
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EVENT OPTIONS | MEMBER | NON-MEMBER | MEMBER | NON-MEMBER |
1st Registration | $445 | $545 | $495 | $595 |
Additional Registration | $275 | $325 | $295 | $375 |
Deep Dive Session | $75 | $95 | $85 | $105 |
Eagle Session -Thur | $75 | $95 | $85 | $105 |
Eaglet Session – Thur | $75 | $95 | $85 | $105 |
Friday Only | $275 | $325 | $295 | $345 |
Saturday Only | $225 | $275 | $245 |
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Checks should be payable to Author U, a 501(c)6 organization. Registration may be faxed to 303-627-9184 or mailed to: Author U % Judith Briles ~ 14160 E Bellewood Dr. ~ Aurora CO 80015 or completed online.
There will be no refunds for cancellation 0- 31 days BEFORE the start of the Extravaganza. There will be a cancellation fee of $200 if cancelled 32 or more days before the scheduled Extravaganza. A non-refundable deposit of $100 reserves your registration cost.
Reserve your room at 800-HOTELS-1 or 800-468-3571
October 26th Salon:
Everything You Need to Know About CrowdFunding and You Didn’t Know to Ask … Start Building Your Campaign Tonight!
There’s nothing like having cash to fuel your book project. You can use your own; you can borrow it; you can have a massive garage sale … or you can do it the OPM way—other people’s money.
Judith is going to walk you through how to create a CrowdFunding campaign, step-by-step. She’s worked with several authors who have all succeeded. Yes, it’s work—but how else are you going to get moneys that you don’t have to pay back? If you don’t think you have the ultimate winning lottery ticket, here’s where to start.
Don’t miss this Salon for GOLD and BestSeller members only. You will have extensive handouts with it.
Must have to participate in this session: Your laptop, images that can be used to enhance any slides you start to create—the more the better. If you have key phrases and quotes that link to what your expertise is and your book is about, have them already written in a file. You will get video tips as well. Expect a few hot seats.
When: Monday, October 26th DINNER INCLUDED
Time: 6 to 9 pm
Where: Judith’s Offices, Aurora
Cost: $30 – You are encouraged to get Judith’s book on Amazon and bring it with you that night, The CrowdFunding Guide for Authors & Writers.
Time: 6 to 7:30 Eastern on Wednesday, June 8
Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5859541930907013378
If you want to sell books, you need publicity. If you want the maximum publicity possible, you need a Media Kit for your fiction or nonfiction book.
Seven important audiences, including journalists, will expect one. And if you don’t have one, hope you never get a phone call from a journalist who hears about your book, wants to interview you and asks, “Can you send me your media kit?’
Publicity expert Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound and a former newspaper editor, will explain the 10 essential elements in every media kit, when she’s my guest during a special 90-minute webinar at 6 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 8. This is for authors who have written fiction or nonfiction, and for those who haven’t started their books yet.
You will learn:
- How to use a media kit and how not to use it.
- The seven important audiences for your media kit, and what they expect to see in it.
- The correct format for writing a press release for a fiction book and one for nonfiction.
- Why you should have more than one bio, and the exact word count of each one.
- Tips for using photos in your kit to make the media’s job easy.
- How to shave weeks off the tedious chore of creating a media kit from scratch.
As a special bonus, Joan will give away three 15-minute consultations, but you must join us on the call to be eligible.
- Get Ready to Create the Press Release Every Author Needs for Promo! Bring your questions … there is a live Q&A within the webinar.
- Many listened into the superb free webinar Joan Stewart on how to create an off-the-charts media kit. Are you ready to now listen in to learn the step-by-step process to create an off-the-charts press release?
- One of the most difficult tasks in a book launch is writing the press release for you book.
- It can’t sound like a free commercial that screams “Buy My Book!”
- It must be interesting.
- It must communicate clearly and concisely the target audience for your book and what they will learn, feel or experience when they read it.
Get ready to be the “piper” to lead buyers to you and your book!
Joan Stewart, aka The Publicity Hound a former newspaper editor, will walk you step by step through two press releases–one for fiction and one for nonfiction. You’ll learn not only how to write it, but how to use it in your publicity campaign.Judith Briles, The Book Shepherd and book publishing expert, will be your moderator.
- Date and Time: Wednesday, July 20th at 5 PM Mountain (4 PT, 6 CT, 7 ET)
Location: Anywhere your computer is
REGISTER: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5528808833818352642
Get ready to create a variation of your book and expertise that Marvel Comics would be proud of! With the ability to tap into Amazon’s CreateSpace and IngramSpark, you too can join the crowd that had gotten the “how-tos” of creating workbooks, guidebooks, comics … even adult coloring books (not to mention kiddos). If you publish children’s books and adult coloring books or even if you publish nonfiction … OR, are thinking about doing it … you’ve got to see how this is done … and learn how quickly you can convert ANYTHING into a snappy and sassy new product.
Register here (even if you can’t attend live, you will get the replay the next day): https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1767883132402882306
If you could do this quickly and easily, you can increase your monthly passive income with a snap of a finger (well kind of).
Here’s your question: Are you ready to catch a new wave of ideas and repurposing for you and your books? One that coattails to a top selling trend for adults?
There are a lot of sticky details when it comes to publishing physical books and physical color books that you will want to throw your laptop into the ocean because it could be so confusing! This webinar will be your lifeline … learn how and discover how you can add income to your cash water-way.
NEW! SPEEDBOAT Printing and Publishing Webinar on Thursday, August 11th—it’s another freebie. There’s so much you can do to create new products that are a variation of what you currently have. The time is 4 PT, 5 MT, 6 CT and 7 ET. Expect a fast hour.
Even if you can’t attend “live”, register to get the replay: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1767883132402882306
Are you aware that adult and kid coloring books are hot in book sales? Would you like to know how to convert what you have written and create them? How about spiffy newsletters, guides, and workbooks?
Get ready for a speedboat of a webinar. We are going to show you how to make a full-color book fast. It’s all in this week’s WebinarGold on Thursday, the 11th.
Get ready to receive the Perfect Gift for yourself; your book, your authoring success all week!
This week, and this week only, the AuthorU Elves have picked the best of the best … an exclusive one time only Re-run of our top Webinars with their discounted offerings on ‘live’ through New Year’s Day. It’s an Author Marathon Webinar Derby!
From now until midnight on January 1, you have the opportunity to listen and view each any time, any day, a total of 7 excellent information packed webinars.
Join Judith Briles as she hosts Joan Stewart for Soaring with a Hot Media Kits and Creating Press Kits that Hook the Media’s Eye; Amy Collins for Getting Your Book into Libraries and Selling to Independent Book Stores; Daniel Hall with the How-tos of Creating High Profit Info Products and Morphing Your Book to Say Hello Hollywood; and Kathy Meis’ Bublish Delight.
Below is the link to each Webinar Replay. Remember: all are available from now through midnight January 1 … then they go away.
From Joan Stewart,
Creating Press Kits that Hook the Media’s Eye July 20 Replay page: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/9065635374375223298
Soaring with a Hot Media Kits June 8 Replay page: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7951153896718334722
From Kathy Meis,
Bublish Delight https://youtu.be/2W2OYo3Wjk4
Note to all: The code date at the end of the webinar on the slides has been reactivated and will carry the January 1 deadline.
From Amy Collins,
Getting Your Book into Libraries
http://realfastlibrarymarketing.com/briles/
Selling to Independent Book Stores
http://realfastindiebookmarketing.com/briles/
From Daniel Hall
How-tos of Creating High Profit Info Products
http://RealFastInfoProduct.com/briles
Morphing Your Book to Say Hello Hollywood
http://realfasthollywooddeal.com/judith/ or
http://realfasthollywooddeal.com/briles/
Many of us experience dread when thinking or talking about using social media venues to sell our books. Yet, as authors, we need to break through these fears in order to sell our books, attract future readers and influence the media. Attend this event to learn about ways to blast through your phobias, sell your books faster and build the number of followers (aka potential readers).
Speakers:
- Debra Jason, How You Can “Create a Thunder” to Sell Your Book (Brag: Sold an additional 200 books in 30 days using this social media platform!)
- Laurie Weiss, Featured Author of the Month (Brag: She can help you reduce anxiety about anything!)
- Erin Cell, Increasing Sales through Twitter (Brag: She’s the mastermind behind the inaugural Social Media Day Denver event!
How You Can “Create a Thunder” to Sell Your Book
After spending a year working on my book, I proudly held the physical proof in my hand. As I began planning the official book launch, I was introduced to a cool online marketing tool that helped me achieve a broader reach – broader than I could have ever imagined.
This cost-effective marketing tool helps you “create a thunder” as your announcement travels across social networks. It resulted in my book having a social reach of more than 1.4 million viewers and ranking in Amazon’s Top 10.
The good news? You can do this too when launching your book!
- Create a buzz around your book before it launches.
- Amplify your message across social media.
- Build your social reach without asking your network to dip into their wallets.
- Launch a thunderous online campaign in 3 simple steps.
- Design an attention-grabbing graphics even if you’re not an artist.
Debra Jason is an author of the award-winning book, Millionaire Marketing on a Shoestring Budget™, Debra Jason is also a speaker, copywriter, and multi-faceted marketing mentor. A recipient of the Boulder Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year Award, she started The Write Direction in 1989. Her mission is to empower you with the cost-effective marketing strategies you need to gain exposure for your book so that you attract a steady stream of happy readers.
Featured Author of the Month: Dr. Laurie Weiss
After over 40 years practicing psychotherapy and coaching, Relationship Communication Expert, Dr. Laurie Weiss had no intention of starting a new phase of her career. Then a colleague helped her resolve a persistent, stressful problem using an amazing new technique. She was astounded that he did it in just a few minutes, using only words while standing on the sidewalk outside of a restaurant. As a Psychotherapist, Coach and Consultant Dr. Laurie has been helping clients reclaim life energy and find joy in life since 1972. She has taught professionals in 13 countries and authored 8 books that make complex information accessible to anyone. Her latest, Letting It Go, reflects her expertise in the rapid anxiety and stress relief process she first encountered that fateful evening. She is a long time member of AuthorU.
Dissolve Social Media Blocks—Yes, Really!
- Identify what scares you most
- Picture your “why”
- Use 3 sentences to change the picture and dissolve the blocks
Increasing Sales through Twitter
Looking to increase book sales through the use of social media, more specifically, Twitter? We will start with the basics & learn the language of Twitter. Building a Twitter Tribe is key to increasing your exposure on the platform, we will walk through engagement and follower tips & tools. As with all marketing, you need a plan, learn how to create a winning content & engagement strategy for Twitter to help you increase your online sales.
- Twitter Talk – Learning the Language
- Building Your Twitter Tribe
- Creating a Winning Strategy for Twitter
- Twitter Tips & Tools
- Increasing Sales through Twitter
Erin Cell is a social media strategist, consultant & speaker who is passionate about helping businesses (and authors) understand the power of social media. She has helped thousands of authors, business owners, entrepreneurs, and executives improve their online presence while saving them time and money. She is the mastermind behind the inaugural Social Media Day Denver event in partnership with the Colorado Women in Social Media. She speaks regularly around the Denver area to a variety of groups, including SCORE Denver, Polka Dot Powerhouse, Denver Start-up Week, and hosts her own Social Success Club Meetup.
REGISTER NOW … costs go up on the January 28th.
Gold members need to login to Member site to register.
What do Actors Jack Black and Nathan Lane have in common?
2 words: The outrageous and comedy writer Steve Kaplan … and so can you!
We have a DOUBLE HEADER BOOKCAMP in March!
March 4 … Sharpen up your writing with Hollywood’s premier comedy writer.
March 5 … Learn tips and tricks to transform your work to the big screen.
A very special BookCamp is coming your way with comedy writer, trainer, author and mentor to the inside club of Hollywood’s entertainers is coming to AuthorU and Denver. Steve Kaplan is bringing the Comedy Intensive to us … you will learn tips and tricks on how to humor up your writing when appropriate; how to engage an audience when speaking that you’ve never thought about; and so much more. http://www.KaplanComedy.com/
Get ready for a dynamic duo: The Comedy Writing Intensive BookCamp: A Weekend Workshop for Authors, Writers and Screenwriters. Attend one day … or both. Your choice … you choose.
Whether you’re writing a novel, short story, a comedy screenplay, working on a sitcom script, or producing or directing a comedy film, Steve Kaplan has been the industry’s most sought-after expert when it comes to comedy. From the industry’s top stars to first time comedy writers producers directors and performers, Steve Kaplan has worked with and developed the best.
The proven and practical methods and principles contained in his famed Comedy Intensive course reveals the hidden tools and principles that help you understand comedy from the inside out. If you went to Steve, you would pay $395 for this course (plus air, plus food, plus hotel). AuthorU is bring the amazing, outrageous and hilarious Steve Kaplan and the Hollywood factor to you … and you can sleep in your own bed.
Don’t miss this … Register Now! Early Bird ends on February 8th.
SEATS: Space is allowed for ONLY 40 attendees … register EARLY for this one.
Saturday, March 4th … Comedy Author Writing Intensive and Prose
Whether you’re writing a comic novel or just want to inject more humor into your prose, your books, your speeches … this all day workshop will open avenues you never envisioned.
Learn
- How to Create Great Comic Characters
- The Power of Not Knowing
- Funny You Should Say That: Writing Comic Dialogue
- Unblock the Block
- And more!
An intimate, supportive day that will include creativity and brainstorming techniques, solo and group writing exercises, and lots and lots of laughter!
Steve Kaplan is a master in Hollywood comedy and will delve into the sometimes elusive art of writing comedy. He’ll will explore this potent and popular form by distilling its basic principles, bringing them into the lingo and jargon you get … and can use. Combining hands-on writing exercises with story analysis and other interactive activities, this one-day event will help you find your own comic voice and offer guidelines on how to write humor with confidence, honesty and clarity.
Here’s Steve on Why Most Romantic Comedies Suck … http://bit.ly/1S3jmBc
Sunday, March 5th … Comedy Intensive for Screenwriters (and Screenwriters-to-be), Performers and Filmmakers
- How do you write funny?
- How do you act funny?
- How do you direct funny?
- How do you be funny?
Get ready to deep-dive and discover the hidden tools and principles of comedy
- what comedy is,
- how it works,
- why it works,
- what’s happening when it’s not working
- what you can do to fix it,
Your take-aways include proven and practical methods and principles. The workshop includes exercises, solo and group writing activities, as well as a liberal use of clips from current and classic comedies to illustrate our points and principles. It’s a very interactive experience, and we tend to laugh. A lot!
Get ready to alter your thinking, your style and your outcomes!
Don’t miss this … Register Now!
TIME: 8.30 to 4.30 includes lunch each day
WHERE: CADA – Colorado Automobile Dealers Assn, 290 E Speer Blvd., Denver CO
COST: AuthorU GOLD Members:
Early Bird $99 per day or both days for $180 until February 8;
Gold members need to login to Member site to register.
AuthorU GOLD Members Regular Rate: $129 per day or $250 for both days after February 8
ALL Other Participants:
1 Day – March 4th
BASIC and NON-Members Regular Rate after February 8th: $169 and $310
SEATS: Space is allowed for ONLY 40 attendees … register EARLY for this one.
There are no refunds 21 days before the event and a $40 Administrative fee will be charged.
This month we will focus on showcasing you!
- Are you ready to sell more books?
- Do you know how to create a brand that shows off your best side, on and off camera?
- Are you aware of how to consistently influence, market and pitch yourself to get noticed?
- Are you ready when a publicist or event planner calls for a TV or radio spot?
All of you know that walking your talk is an integral part of personal and professional branding. As an author, you need to look and sound your best. When you pitch your books, you’re pitching yourself! When you get that long awaited call, you want to be ready. Too often when you get the call, you focus on scripting what you’ll say and forget to plan on how to look. Remember, over 80% of what people hear is what they see!
This morning will provide a practical approach that can save you, both men and women, from wishing for a do-over! Today’s speakers will help us look our best in person and sound our best on paper! They will share their secrets of how to become successful. When you leave, you will be ready to fine-tune your brand and ready to win the pitch.
Success is knocking! Are you ready to sell more books?
Speakers:
•Rhoda Johnson, Hollywood Secrets to Showcasing You (Brag: Image Consultant and
Columnist, former Hollywood makeup artist)
Want to increase book sales? How you look in front of the camera and on speaking engagements tells a bigger story. Learn how to improve your personal brand to optimize your social media presence and attract potential readers. Discover the Hollywood secrets of maximizing your image to engage your audience. Note: authors Ronald Beach and Connie Pshigoda have graciously agreed to be models!
- Your personal brand should help you, not hurt you
- Simple techniques that will attract people to you
- Be prepared to look your best on camera
- Current trends to use and ones to avoid
- Looking your best sells more books
Rhoda Johnson received a Fashion Merchandising Degree from Brooks College in Long Beach, California and has studied makeup artistry at Cinema Secrets in Burbank California. She received a license to teach Personal Development from John Robert Powers in Cerritos, California and JF Images Talent Agency in Denver, Colorado. Rhoda has over 35 years’ experience collectively as an Image Consultant, Makeup Artist, Jewelry Designer, and Motivational Public Speaker. She also writes a monthly beauty and fashion column for 50 Plus Marketplace News.
Jill Christensen, How to Become a Noted Influencer (Brag: Recognized by Engagement101 as one of the Top 100 Employee Engagement Global Influencers of 2017, alongside Richard Branson and others.) Featured Author of the Month.
Book sales, speaking engagements, and your reputation will soar if you can position yourself as a thought-leader and noted influencer on the topic of your book.
How to Become a Noted Influencer
1. Pick a Lane
2. Determine Your Target Audience and Research Where They Are Online
3. Develop a Strategic Plan to Position Yourself as a Thought-Leader in Your Space
4. Gauge Your Progress and Course-Correct if Necessary
5. Be Open to Building on Your Success – Do Not Rest on Your Laurels
Jill Christensen has three decades of consulting, speaking, and most importantly, real-life, in-the-trenches global Fortune 500 executive-level experience. She has served as the head of global Internal Communications at both Avaya and Western Union, has a Six Sigma Green Belt, authored the best-selling book, If Not You, Who? Cracking the Code of Employee Disengagement, and was recently named one of the Top 100 Global Employee Engagement Influencers of 2017.
Marilyn Heywood Paige, Leveraging Media to Sell More Books (Brag: Former event planner with B&N!)
Earned media is one of the most powerful marketing tools because it’s not you telling people how great your book is, it’s a trusted media outlet telling them. Earned media opens new audiences to you and gives you more credibility.
Today you will:
- Learn the do’s and don ts of pitching to the media
- Discover how and when to approach journalists and bloggers
- The elements of a good pitch
- How best to leverage a media placement once you’ve earned it
Marilyn Heywood Paige is the Vice President of FiG Advertising and Marketing in Denver, a full-service marketing agency that moves the needle for small businesses. She was the marketing and public relations manager for Barnes & Noble for ten years where she worked with over 600 authors, helping them market their books more effectively.
Date: Saturday, May 6
Time: 8.15 Networking
8.45 Intros and Announcements
9.00 Program begins
Location: 290 E Speer Blvd., Denver CO
(remote registration available for video)
Cost: $40 Gold Members starting May 1; $55 Nonmembers
Gold members need to login to Member site to register.
Are you ready to tap into an ADULT craze that doesn’t to appear to have an end in the short-term horizon?
Did you know that adult coloring books are rocking it in book sales?
But consider this…
Adult coloring books and other low content types of books are easy to create and profitably publish IF you know how to use complicated graphics like Photoshop or Gimp Shop.
But what if you don’t? As you like the idea … but where is the Dummies version?
Get ready … this webinar has that solution for you.
On Wednesday, November 8th, we’re going to show you a brand-new way starting at NOON Mountain time—11AM Pacific and 2 PM Eastern.
Here’s the other great thing you can use this to create:
- Adult coloring books
- Children’s coloring books
- Maze Books
- Game Books
- Action Guides
- Journals
- Diaries
and much, much more!
Get ready to create new products that compliment what you have now. Create something spanking new. And have fun.
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8441475619286147586
Woot—get you book in front of 8,000 librarians! The ALA MidWinter annual meeting is in Denver February 9-12. We have a table in the Small Press section. Display Your book and Patti Pate in the booth. Fee is $75 for the first book and $25 for each additional book. There are only 15 spots available.
NOTE: we can do Author Signings in the Booth–if you want to do this–Judith needs to know by November 21st … this will allow us to get your name into the Program that all authors can see. Author Signings mean you are giving away books–not selling them at this event.
EXHIBIT HOURS:
Friday, February 9: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Saturday, February 10: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday, February 11: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Monday, February 12: 9:00am – 2:00pm
Location: Colorado Convention Center. Denver, CO
Meeting Dates:
February 9-13, 2018
Exhibit Dates:
February 9-12, 2018
$75 for the first book
$25 for each additional book
NOW … If you participating, email Judith Briles at Judith@Briles.com with: your ISBN, retail price, distributor, title, genre and one line to describe it. We will be making a catalog to give out onsite to any librarian who visits us. And if you want to do a Book Signing, we need to know that as well. Book signings mean you give away FREE books. And of course, if you are in Colorado, consider volunteering at our table–meaning you don’t just pitch your book, your support ALL books displayed.
Get ready to snap, crackle and truly POP using the social media platforms for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram PLUS how to get to your ideal target market. It all happens in the BIG 5 May Webinar series.
AuthorYOU will deliver an every Thursday live session beginning at 11 a.m. Mountain Time throughout May. Each will last up to 90 minutes, depending on the question. This is a special PAID webinar series, not a freebie.
Put the 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 on your calendar now. If you are registered, you will get the replay. It will not be available to the public.
There are two ways to participate.
- Get all 5 for $100 (saving $25)
- Cherry pick which ones you want at a $25 each
Session 1 (up to 90 Minutes):
How To Identify & Connect With Your Target Market Using Social Media
In this interactive 1-hour session with Karen Liz Albert, you will conduct exercises that will help you gain clarity on your target market, how to locate that target market on the internet through strategic keyword research, and use the top social media platforms to increase brand awareness and book sales.
Session 2 (up to 90 Minutes):
How To Strategically Use Facebook Business Pages to Increase Reach & Engagement
In this 1-hour session with Karen Liz Albert, you will learn the most effective ways to post, when to post and what to post to gain massive exposure and community engagement. In addition, you will learn powerful action-steps that will help you connect with strategic referral partners and find relevant content for your community using your Facebook business page.
Session 3 (up to 90 Minutes):
How To Gain Followers & Increase Brand Awareness Through Your Instagram Business Page
In this 1-hour session with Karen Liz Albert, you will learn the most effective ways to use your Instagram business page to increase followers through business page optimization, strategic use of hashtags, images, and call to actions.
Session 4 (up to 90 Minutes):
How To Maximize Your Use Of LinkedIn
In this 1-hour session with Karen Liz Albert, you will learn the importance of being found by the right LinkedIn contacts and finding the right LinkedIn contacts to establish powerful connections that will increase your sales force.
Session 5 (up to 90 Minutes):
How To Strategically Use Twitter To Gain Brand Awareness and Book Sales
In this 1-hour session with Karen Liz Albert, you will learn Twitter tips & tricks that will help you strategically manage your twitter account to connect with the influencers and your target market.
Count me in for all 5: $100
I want just a few ( identify which):
Session 1 – Target Markets $25
Session 2 – Facebook $25
Session 3 – Instagram $25
Session 4 – LinkedIN $25
Session 5 – Twitter $25
Choose Your Sessions Below
Note: You will receive email invitations to register/join the webinar a few days prior to each webinar date that you sign up for. Keep a look out for the email. The replays will also be available to you.
Audiobooks are booming in popularity, and they’re only growing.
With so many people craving audiobooks these days, if you’re not providing them, you could be losing out on extra royalties every month.
My friend Derek Doepker has a short audiobook that regularly sells 120+ copies each month without ANY audiobook marketing on my part.
This is all passive sales.
The cool thing is, unlike ebooks, it’s not overly crowded so you stand a much better chance of having your books be seen and sold there.
I’m doing a free webinar training with Derek on how you can start profiting with audiobooks.
You can join us at Thursday, November 7th at Noon Mountain HERE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5824343292459092493
Derek will answer all your questions about whether it’s best to do it yourself or outsource.
Even if you live outside the US and UK (ACX distribution territories) you can still us ACX and another resource with some special secrets he’ll share.
On this webinar you’ll discover:
- How audiobooks are generating hundreds to thousands of extra dollars in royalties for some self-published authors on auto-pilot.
- How you can produce audiobooks on any budget, and distribute them from anywhere in the world.
- The critical facts you have to consider before deciding whether to outsource or produce your own audiobooks that could save you thousands of dollars.
- Where to hire professional audiobook narrators if you wish to outsource.
- The exact microphone, software, and equipment you need to produce limitless top-quality audiobooks on a shoestring budget.
- Your audiobook questions answered personally.
Ready? I am … see you there.
I have something for you to put a smile on your face; something that will add a NEW product to add to your “influencer” deck; and it’s the perfect webinar to jump into in the “hunker down” mode that we are all in. So, stay put—it’s all happening via your computer.
-Learn how to create an awesome Deck of Cards that will compliment your book and your expertise.
-Expand your creativity with what you have already written; what you are currently writing; and thinking forward with.
-Discover the 3 questions you must answer to get started with your Card Deck.
-Learn why a Card Deck is a perfect add-on for your authoring and publishing business.
-Very cool ways to leverage and use your Card Deck.
-How to use an “E-Strategy” developed by Rosie Batista to create your customized Card Deck.
-How you can do this yourself!
Your presenter is Rosie Battista, aka Queen of Card Decks. Rosie has created an easy-peasy method to put together your own Card Deck
Be there: TUESDAY, March 24th … It starts at 3 p.m. Pacific – 4 Central – 5 Mountain – 6 Eastern. YES, I’m recording … but you need to be registered to get the replay. Your name will be added to our preferred email list.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6008951298160096013
The Path to Total Visibility & Massive Impact
Do you want to get on more stages and platform faster and easier? That should be a YES!
There are millions of stages out there just waiting for you—on a vast number of platforms—live and virtual stages, podcasts, radio shows, videocasts, virtual summits, TEDx events and more . If you aren’t taking advantage of them, your business or your book are likely underperforming! Access them as a speaker and you will see an instant turn-around!
But finding and getting on these stages can be daunting and intimidating. Do you have the time to do this research?
Get registered for The Path to Total Visibility & Massive Impact and hear booking expert Jackie Lapin on all the shortcuts available to you to help you get booked on all of these platforms! Whether you plan to do the booking yourself or outsource the outreach, she’ll give you answers to all the roadblocks that have stifled your speaking—and sales–in the past!
You will learn:
- How do you identify the right podcasts and get booked on them.
- Where to start when it comes to live and virtual speaking.
- How to identify the right TEDx event to make your mark.
- How to get featured on a Virtual summits.
- The power of speaker, author, book and podcast one-sheets.
- How to write the pitch or proposal letters that get you booked.
- Other options if you are not a DIYer.
This live webinar will be recorded. All who are registered will get a copy within 24 hours of presentation.
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 1 at NOON MT.
Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6766084915537003534
Creative Juice for Writers and Authors
Feeling stifled? Uninspired? Tired of the blank page?
Feeling as if writer’s block is an unwelcome houseguest that never leaves and eats all the ice cream?
It’s time for a little creative juice!
In this webinar, Melody Jones, Writing and Creativity Coach, will help you move past the writing blahs by tapping more deeply into that creative core we all have.
Tuesday, April 26 at 4 p.m. MT … REGISTER: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2465273717260940558
What we’ll talk about and you will learn:
- What is creativity – exactly?
- A dog’s life, and what that has to do with creativity.
- Artistic expression, and no, being able to draw a stick figure is not a prerequisite
- Your body as a creative tool.
- Valuing creative energy in the ordinary.
- Structure as a framework for creativity.
You’ll leave with a refreshed mind and new ideas and tools for moving past the writer’s doldrums.
Interaction and questions are encouraged!
Melody will send all participants handouts, and everyone who attends this special AuthorYOU webinar hosted by Judith Briles qualifies for a special discount on an upcoming creativity event. Join us!
REGISTER: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2465273717260940558
Melody Jones is a published author and poet and loves all things creative. She was an early adopter of Etsy, selling numerous handcrafted paper and jewelry items. Melody has worked with hundreds of writers and authors since 2011 as a social media consultant. After 30 years in the Denver metro area, she moved back home to Colorado’s Western Slope last year and is now the President of the Western Colorado Writers’ Forum. Visit her website at www.MelodyJonesAuthor.com.