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Podcast Episode: Your Book as a Business Marketing Tool
How to Write a Book to Promote Your Business | Josh Steimle Josh Steimle is a renowned entrepreneur, speaker, and publishing consultant with unique and compelling advice about books as business marketing tools. In an “All Things Book Marketing” podcast conversation with Dan Smith, he discusses how entrepreneurs, consultants, and business owners of all types […]
Multi-Award Winning Author Shares Her Writing Process and Tips
By Cheryl Campbell I’ve written a few lines of poems (none are complete), several short stories (none are complete), one novelette (complete but not released), and eight novels spread among two series (seven are released and one is pending release in November). I’ve never tried writing songs or other varieties of the written word, so […]
10 Advanced Book Marketing Strategies | Grow Your Audience, Boost Sales
By Stephanie Chandler, CEO, Nonfiction Authors Association There is plenty of information about marketing books, though not every strategy works for every author or book. Also, it takes time to implement each new tactic and determine how well it’s working. It is not uncommon for new authors to feel a bit overwhelmed by all of […]
Meet Smith Publicity’s New Vice President of Publicity
Janet Shapiro is the Now Vice President of Publicity Ms. Shapiro has progressed through increasingly responsible roles at Smith Publicity for more than 12 years, most recently serving as Director of Publicity Services. “Janet is a dynamic, innovative, and charismatic leader whose talents will help elevate Smith to even higher levels of outstanding client service […]
Smith Publicity is Named Among the Top 100 Elite PR Agencies for 2022
Our Industry Leadership Has Earned PRNEWS’ Notice All of us at Smith Publicity are proud to announce our debut on the independently compiled 2022 list of the Top 100 Elite PR Firms from PRNEWS. It’s a listing of leading agencies with expertise in many practice areas, including several of those for which we are well […]
Smith Publicity Announces 2021 Scholarship Recipient
Congratulations to Ayana O’Brien of Loyola Marymount University Smith Publicity is pleased to announce that Ayana O’Brien of Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, is the recipient of the 2021 Smith Publicity Scholarship. O’Brien is a member of the class of 2023. O’Brien’s impactful winning essay, “Kaleidoscopic Words,” was selected out of 365 other submissions and […]
Greatest Hits: The Top 5 Most Downloaded All Things Book Marketing Podcasts
Book Marketing Podcasts See Continuous Audience Growth Any good summer soundtrack is filled with the greatest hits; why should your podcast playlist be any different? Since 2016, Smith Publicity’s All Things Book Marketing podcast, hosted by Vice President of Publicity Mike Onorato, has covered a sweeping range of book marketing and book publicity topics. Whether […]
4 Frequent Writing Mistakes Authors Make: What Top Editors Want You to Know
By Astra Crompton If you want to improve your writing, an editor can provide valuable advice. Is your manuscript ready to be put to the test? FriesenPress’s team of professional editors has more than 100 years’ of combined experience helping authors publish the best books possible. There’s no better group of people to ask to […]
How to Write a Captivating Book Proposal
by Ally Machate Many authors believe they must write a book before they can start trying to pitch their work to agents and publishers, but if you’re writing a prescriptive nonfiction (i.e. problem-solving) book, you can save yourself a lot of time and energy by giving these industry pros what they really want: A captivating […]
Inaugural Publishers Weekly U.S. Book Show Recap
Last month, the Smith Publicity team was pleased to exhibit at the inaugural U.S. Book Show, which ran from May 25 – May 27. The latest numbers reveal that the show – which was hosted by Publishers Weekly – saw nearly 7,000 registrations and reported close to 80,000 booth entries. Professionals from across the industry […]
