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Send us Fan Mail Jennifer Brown is a leading diversity and inclusion expert, dynamic keynote speaker, best-selling author, award-winning entrepreneur and host of The Will To Change podcast, which uncovers true stories of diversity and inclusion.    What We Discuss with Jennifer Brown : How she dealt with the downplaying of a known stigmatized identity  Ways people cover themselves against exclusio...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jennifer Pieratt is the founder of CraftED, a project-based learning (PBL) curriculum. She's the author of Keep It Real with PBL . Today, she shares her story about how she got into project-based learning, the power of leveraging your book to grow your business, and why it’s important to keep it real.   What We Discuss with Dr. Jennifer Pieratt : What is Project-Based Lea...

Send us Fan Mail Angela Marshall, also known as “Author Stone,” is the author of Reality to Rags to Riches: The Story and Life of an Ex-NFL Wife . She is a motivational speaker, a columnist, and a creative writing consultant. Today, she talks about her leap from emptiness to a purpose-filled life.   What We Discuss with Angela Marshall : How she dealt with bullying and name-calling as she was grow...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew Simpson is the author of the book, Worth The Fight: Acting for a Better World, A Guide to Spirituality, Psychedelic Medicines and Overcoming Trauma . It’s a memoir with the hope of inspiring people to take action. Today, Matthew talks about the challenges in writing his book, the message behind his memoir, helping veterans overcome trauma, and finding flow into your life....

Send us Fan Mail Igor Kheifets is the author of List Building Lifestyle: Confessions of an Email Millionaire . Igor has mastered the skill of driving paid traffic. He is also the host of the podcast, the List Building Lifestyle Show. Today, he shares about marketing your book, niching down your market, and understanding the risk of failure.   What We Discuss with Igor Kheifets : The reason he wrot...

Send us Fan Mail Nick Loper helps people earn money outside of their day job. He's an author, online entrepreneur, and host of the award winning Side Hustle Show podcast, which features new part-time business ideas each week. As Chief Side Hustler at SideHustleNation.com, he loves deconstructing the tactics and strategies behind building extra income streams.   What We Discuss with Nick Loper...

Send us Fan Mail Cameron Herold is the author of Vivid Vision, Double Double, Free PR, and The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs . Today, he talks about creating your own miracle morning by developing healthy and happy morning habits as well as the power of incorporating morning practice and vivid vision into your life.    What We Discuss with Cameron Herold: How The Miracle Morning was based on t...

Send us Fan Mail Donaldas Duskinas is a public speaking coach and the author of Retorika . He is a member of the Born to Write Community.    Today, he talks about how 100% self-belief got himself a book publishing contract having only created a single sentence for his book. He shares some tips in having clarity to keep your momentum going as well as the five key elements in public speaking.   What...

Send us Fan Mail Josh Phelan is a Life Changr, working with entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, and everyday folks and helping them close the gap between where they are and where they want to be.    In his book, From Struggle Comes Strength , he shares the early successes and failures from his first business – Out of Bounds Training – that won best bootcamp in Orange County twice.    Today, Azu...

Send us Fan Mail Pat Flynn is the man behind Smart Passive Income. He is the author of the book, Will It Fly? and soon releasing his next masterpiece, Superfans . Today, he talks about how you can get your customers engaged, eventually building your superfans who will soon evangelize for you.   What We Discuss with Pat Flynn: The why behind writing his next book, Superfans Who are your superfans a...

Send us Fan Mail Christina Nicholson is known as the Media Maven. Today, she shares her knowledge about traditional media, how you can use it to get publicity for your book, releasing your book at its most appropriate time, and some tips and strategies to get the most out of your publicity efforts.   What We Discuss with Christina Nicholson: What is traditional media and why it matters The power o...

Send us Fan Mail Kevin Kruse is the Founder and CEO of LEADx, offering the world’s first leadership trainer and coach powered by IBM Watson. Kevin is also a New York Times bestselling author of nine books including Great Leaders Have No Rules: Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business (launching April 2019).   What We Discuss with Kevin Kruse: His motivation behind writi...

Send us Fan Mail Aileen is the author of the Alpha Girl series where she ended up selling 300,000 copies and landing on the bestselling list of USA Today. In this episode, she talks about why you should treat publishing your book like a business, things you can do to overcome writer’s block, and some helpful strategies when you’re looking to writing a series.   What We Discuss with Aileen Erin: Ho...

Send us Fan Mail Marlon Walters, Ph. D. is an executive, speaker, educator, consultant, and author. Today, he talks about his book, The Invisible Executive: Crushed by Career, Forgotten by Family, Restored by Faith. From an innocent book writing journey, Marlon shares how this became a transformative experience for him. He seeks to inspire people through the idea of being visible and showing your...

Send us Fan Mail Kristina Mand- Lakhiani is a serial entrepreneur, international speaker, artist, mom of two and much more. Along with husband, Vishen, they founded Mindvalley, a small meditation business that quickly grew into a global educational organization offering top training for peak human performance to hundreds of thousands of students all around the world.   What We Discuss with Kristin...

Send us Fan Mail Cory Calvin shares all about his journey as an author, a blogger, and a traveler. He also talks about his book I Almost Became Me : A Memoir. Cory's mission is to inspire one million people by the time he reaches the age of 50 (he turned 40 in 2019). What We Discuss with Cory Calvin: When he conceived the idea of writing a book Figuring out which stories to tell in the book F...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan Levesque is the Inc. 500 CEO of The ASK Method ® Company , and the #1 national best-selling author of Ask , which was named by Inc. as the #1 Marketing Book of the Year. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Entrepreneur and over 250,000 entrepreneurs subscribe to his email newsletter offering business advice. He is also a co-founder an...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew Pollard is the author of The Introvert’s Edge: How the Quiet and Shy Can Outsell Anyone . He's an incredible sales professional and a fellow introvert. His client list includes multiple Fortune 500 companies. He's one of the top 30 global sales leaders in the world. Today, he talks about how introverts can actually excel in sales through following a process and t...

Send us Fan Mail Alex Barker is the author of Indispensable: The Prescription for a Fulfilling Pharmacy Career . He is an entrepreneur and the founder of The Happy PharmD. Listen to his journey from being a reluctant writer to someone who wishes makes an impact within an industry that surprisingly deals with the consequences of burnout. What We Discuss with Alex Barker: How he got down the pharmac...

Send us Fan Mail Jill Soley is the author of Beyond Product . She talks about how exceptional founders embrace marketing to create and capture value for their business. She is currently the Head of Product for a startup company Cloverpop, helping companies improve their decision practices. She is the mother of two amazing boys. Beyond Product is a startup marketing book for nonmarketers. It helps...

Send us Fan Mail Jadah Sellner is the Co-Founder of Simple Green Smoothies. She has an incredible amount of success in growing her Instagram profile with almost 400,000 followers, building a six-figure into a seven-figure business – until she decided to leave. She went on to build her own brand. Today, she talks about some behind-the-scenes of her book writing process. What We Discuss with Jadah S...

Send us Fan Mail Barbara Hinske is a successful lawyer and the author of several books including The Rosemont Series . She talks about how self-publishing and marketing her book landed her on the bestselling list – but this requires tenacity and hard work. What We Discuss with Barbara Hinske : What got Barbara into writing The Rosemont Series Barbara’s writing process and hiring a writing coach Wh...

Send us Fan Mail Cameron Herold is the CEO Whisperer. He is the Founder of COO Alliance, where he helps people, who are 2nd in command, deliver value to the organization. He's the former COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? and took that company from $2 million to $106 million in just 6 years. Cameron has written books such as Double Double, Vivid Vision, The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs (co-written w...

Send us Fan Mail Sean Cannell is the co-author of Youtube Secrets: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Your Following and Making Money as a Video Influencer along with Benji Travis. Sean shares some marketing strategies built around building relationships, serving vs selling, and tapping into the power of YouTube through the 7 C’s!   What We Discuss with Michelle Kinsman : The strength and weakness of s...

Send us Fan Mail Michelle Kinsman is the author of Real-World Feminist Handbook: Practical Advice on How to Find, Win & Kick Ass at Your First Job . Michelle and Azul met at Camp GLP, run by Jonathan Fields. Today, she shares with us what got her to write the book, her book writing process, and some marketing strategies she used.   What We Discuss with Michelle Kinsman : The intention of writi...