Before The Bestseller

Today’s guest needs no introduction but I’ll give you one anyway. Here's the hint: He’s Mr. Kindlepreneur . Not just by his own naming but by Amazon - which actually calls him that themselves. While overseas in the military, he started building websites. One of his sites, Kindlepreneur, eventually took off with hundreds of thousands of visitors each month. After hearing about the struggles of...

Craig Ballantyne has written five books, including “The Perfect Day Formula: How to Own the Day and Control Your Life,” which has sold over 25,000 copies and has over 400 reviews on Amazon. His book, Unstoppable, is a WSJ bestselling book. His videos have been watched over 7 million times on YouTube. He’s built five 7-figure businesses in five different industries, including a $5.5 million/year Tu...

Bryan is one of the most prolific writers I know. His site, https://becomeawritertoday.com/ has turned from a side passion to a full time business where his team blogs about various time management, reader-tech, and writer topics along with many helpful courses. He's written many books including the power of creativity which has over 400 reviews on Amazon. He’s also contributed to publication...

Anna David is an all-around bada$$! She's a NYT bestselling author of 8 books (both fiction and nonfiction), a publisher, a TEDxer, a TV personality,  podcaster, and much, much more. She’s been published by the likes of Harper Collins and Simon & Schuster. She’s been on Good Morning America, written for Time Magazine, The Huffington Post, US Weekly and many others. Her podcast is one of m...

With The Bezos Letters, Steve Anderson went from being a small time entrepreneur just outside of Nashville to becoming an International bestselling author, hitting the WSJ list.  Steve was just looking to put together a lead magnet to offer prospects but in doing so realized he had something much bigger on his hands. After reviewing shareholder letters from Jeff Bezos since the company went public...

Hayden Crabtree is the author of Skip The Flip which, in just a year, has racked up 600+ reviews on Amazon. He’s sold thousands of copies as a first time author and uses the book to grow his 7-figure real estate business - all at the age of 25.  I wanted to bring him on to talk about how he has such a high engagement rate with his readers, his omnipresence approach to online marketing, and even ta...

When you hear Chronicles of Narnia or Harry Potter, you think of the top .001% of fiction books. These are often cited as the pinnacles of success for fiction authors who build something bigger than a book, go on to become major blockbusters, and bring in billions of dollars. Today’s author is very much on his way to becoming the next Chronicles of Narnia and I could not be more excited to share h...

Jesse is a younger version of Richard Branson. He's also built and sold a record company along with a dozen other entrepreneurial pursuits. He comes across as one of the most low-key guys but he also speaks mandarin, was a bestseller in Asia, with his publishing company he’s behind some of the biggest book launches and now he’s just launched a software company that could rival Amazon and comp...

Ryan holiday and others have made their living taking what's old and making it new. A lot of time, what is old is new again. Take bell bottom jeans or bomber jackets. I love listening to how things were done 10 years ago because you’ll often find things that no ones doing now. That’s why I wanted to bring on WSJ bestselling author Jon Spoelstra. Who’s got a long history of being a successful...

A Radical Approach to the Akashic Records has racked up over 1,000 reviews on Amazon. It’s been a bestseller on amazon for years, not just for a day or two during the launch.  It was written by our guest in this chat, Melissa Feick. She breaks down the exact blueprint she used to write and market her bestselling book as a no-name self-published author.  Although Melissa calls it out herself that s...

Today, we’ve got a very special guest.  I feel so fortunate to know him because he just gives, gives, and gives. Money aside, I think he runs one of the most integral businesses and just really leads with compassion and thoughtfulness for the people he works with. He’s helped thousands of business owners around the world create better marketing. In 2019, Mike launched Bite Sized Books, a publishin...

Today’s guest is one of my favorite people in self-publishing. He’s a great friend and mentor of mine and is one of the most innovative people I know when it comes to implementing new strategies and technologies. Brian went from living below the poverty line to being a 6-figure author of both fiction and nonfiction books. After making it as a fiction author, he then went on to teach and write non-...

Today we’ve got one of the most humble entrepreneurs/authors I know. After selling 2 million-dollar tech companies early on, he spent all his money and ended up broke. From there, he’s built incredibly strong values which have built him back into the Mike Michalowicz we all know today. Mike started off his author career as The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, who after buying 20K copies of his book pers...

Krista Mashore has been in the top 1 % of realtors nationwide for 20 years. Krista is the author of four best selling books focusing on digital marketing and has been named Yahoo Finance’s #1 digital marketer to watch in 2021! She has been featured in Forbes, Inman News, The Wall Street Journal, NBC, Fox, and many more!  Krista recently took her new coaching business from zero to 18 million dollar...

Welcome to the Before The Bestseller Podcast This show is for book lovers and creators who want to go behind the scenes with their favorite authors to hear about how they were able to not just write a book but create a movement.  How did this author write a story that would resonate with thousands of people? How did they launch their book to the top of the Amazon, WSJ, and NYT charts? Did they hav...

Becoming George Washington: Hamilton's Tamar Greene by The Young Professionals Podcast — Subscribe and leave a review. Your support helps more people discover the show, the author and their books.  — Get the popular weekly book marketing 3-2-1 and get access to our $299 Amazon Ads course when you subscribe to our newsletter here:   https://getshelflife.com/category/newsletter/ Head to our new...

We're in a war for talent. We brought in Dan Black, Head of Global Recruiting @ EY to consult with us on how to make sure we're beating competitors to the best talent. — Subscribe and leave a review. Your support helps more people discover the show, the author and their books.  — Get the popular weekly book marketing 3-2-1 and get access to our $299 Amazon Ads course when you subscribe t...

Antione Douglas is Alex's boxing coach. He's also a boxing champion drawing comparisons to some of the greats. Here, he talks about his earlier years in life which set him up for who he is today. It's also why he calls his proudest fight ever, one he lost. — Subscribe and leave a review. Your support helps more people discover the show, the author and their books.  — Get the popular...

Michael Beckley is the CTO of the 2017 Top-Tech IPO, Appian. We wanted to know what CTO's do all day, so we thought this would be a good time to ask. Along the way we learned about changing majors, cofounding a company, and got to ask him what tech is maybe even too complex for him to wrap his head around. — Subscribe and leave a review. Your support helps more people discover the show, the a...

We bring back Rashique from episode 6 to walk us through the blueprint of how to have that awkward conversation around how much you're worth! Luckily we have Rashique to walk us through it. — Subscribe and leave a review. Your support helps more people discover the show, the author and their books.  — Get the popular weekly book marketing 3-2-1 and get access to our $299 Amazon Ads course whe...

Today’s episode is another focused on the blueprint for pursuing entrepreneurship. In fact, possibly even a more attainable form of entrepreneurship because our guest says it himself, he didn’t try to reinvent the mousetrap, him and his friends just built a better one. Sometimes we get so caught up on the next idea that’s going to totally create a whole new industry, instead of just improving some...

Who else knows those ads of Jennifer Gardner asking you what's in your wallet, Mastercard's “Priceless” commercials, or Amex, “Don’t leave home without it”. All of these so that they can continue to make sure that 4/10 Americans have credit card debt. But what if we got to change the narrative and instead use these credit cards to increase our own wealth in terms of experiences? Tim, who...

If there’s something season 3 really needs, it’s shooting the shit with 2 true blue aussies about travel. We’re young adults, It’s on all of our minds, especially mine since I just quit my job to go travel the world. Who knows? Maybe this episode is more forme than it is for you but nonetheless, if you’re someone who’s dying to get out there in the world, we got the blueprint for making sure you’r...

We’ve all had that one great idea that we think could really be a great business, unfortunately we give into roadblock and get paralysis by over analysis and after leaving the idea on the backburner long enough, it ends up just fading away. On the other hand, there's a group of individuals that are not just able to take the one good idea and turn it into something, but are able to do that wit...

I don’t think anyone here’s those words and doesn’t have that reaction. And that sucks! Being able to financially support ourselves is oftentimes why we do what we do between the hours of 9-5 every M-F. PAUSE What if we were able to have a greater financial consciousness so that we could spend more time of our life doing what we love and not just to support ourselves. This episode is all about the...