Day 5: Kathrine Farris: Beyond writing – increasing profitability and impact with Speaking, Consulting, Training and more.

by Women in Publishing Summit | Mar 6, 2020

Beyond writing – increasing profitability and impact with Speaking, Consulting, Training and more.

Description: Kathrine Farris, CEO of Marketecs on how to leverage your book to increase your earning potential with speaking, consulting, training and more.

Format: Video Q&A

Level: This presentation is for all levels.

Kathrine Farris

CEO, Marketecs

CEO/Founder of the Marketecs Digital Marketing team, blending marketing and technology since 2009. Kathrine and her team combine business acumen, professional experiences, and professional training to help consultants, authors, and speakers bring ideas life and increase their impact.

Mentioned in this video:

Growing your business with your book, courses, speaking, and more
Increasing your impact
Steps to take to get speaking engagements
Using your book as a springboard for other streams of revenue
How Marketecs, her company, can help you build your speaker profile, pitch for events, set up your website, create your courses, and more
You're not bound by the topic of your book; you can pivot the experience of writing the book into another product or offering.
Brainstorm a list of ALL the things you've done, that you're passionate about, that you've achieved
What is your motivation? Making money fast? Building an audience?
Thinking critically about your goals, short-term and long-term
Taking available time and resources into account when pursuing goals
Be realistic about the season of life you're in
At the very least, have a website or some place where you can drive traffic.
What you want to tell the world vs. what the world wants to hear — do your market research
Put the WHY behind your book
What's going to grab your audience's attention without resorting to clickbait?
Networking is the key to finding opportunities
What's your networking style?
Get out to in-person events, professional conferences–they are effective!
Building partnerships with people who have similar target audience

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Day 5: Sasha Simmons: Speak Like a Boss!

by Women in Publishing Summit | Mar 6, 2020

Speak Like a Boss!

Description: Podcast host Sasha Simmons on nailing speaking engagements, no matter your comfort level.

Format: Video Q&A

Level: This presentation is for all levels.

Sasha Simmons

Speaker, Author, Podcast Host

Sasha R. Simmons is a Speaker, Writer and SevenThirtyOne Podcast Host, who is committed to teaching people how to create their lives! Sasha’s mantra is that anyone can achieve anything; it is simply a matter of “how bad” they want it!

Sasha is the founder of SpeakLife, LLC., a member of Toastmasters International, and Immediate Past President of the Greater Phoenix Urban League Young Professionals. Sasha holds a Master of Public Health from the University of North Florida and is the author of 20 Major Keys to Establish Your Own Greatness.

Much of Sasha’s inspiration stems from her own life. As a child, she was raised in an economically challenged community and oppressive religious institution causing her to encounter many difficult situations. Though faced with seemingly impossible challenges, she was determined to conquer the cycle of poverty that plagued her family. While studying at New York University, Sasha tapped into a power that taught her the formula for designing the life you want. With a clear vision and much resilience, Sasha is on a mission to empower, elevate, and encourage all to take charge of their lives and Never Stop at No!

Mentioned in this video:

Sasha's podcast, http://seventhirtyone.co/podcast/

Sasha’s amazing story!
Taking your message to a bigger stage
How she began her speaking career (it had to do with a guy!)
Believing you are a speaker is the first step
How to define your message – focusing and narrowing down
Taking a big story and narrowing it down with the SLAB formula to pull out the most important points
Understanding the business of speaking
How to determine the part people really want to hear about
Importance of providing value
How to find places to speak
You have to be a LION!
Sasha graciously mentored me through my thought process – what a coach would do with you
Start speaking for free
Things you need as a speaker
The importance of practice

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Day 5: Nina Amir: Getting Out of Your Own Way

by Women in Publishing Summit | Mar 6, 2020

Getting Out of Your Own Way

Description: Book Marketing Expert and Certified High Performance Coach, Nina Amir on the mindset challenges that keep us from achieving our goals as authors.

Format: Video Q&A

Level: This presentation is for all levels.

Nina Amir

The Inspiration to Creation Coach, author, Certified High Performance Coach, and Author Coach

Nina Amir is known as the Inspiration to Creation Coach. As one of 800 elite Certified High Performance Coaches working around the world, she helps her clients Achieve More Inspired Results. The only Certified High Performance Coach® working specifically with writers, she helps all types of creators get from the light-bulb moment to the realization or their dreams without letting anything get in the way of that goal. Nina is also an Author Coach who supports writers on the journey to successful authorship. She has authored three traditionally published books for aspiring authors, How to Blog a Book, The Author Training Manual, and Creative Visualization for Writers, as well as a host of self-published books and ebooks, including the Write Nonfiction NOW! series of guides. She has had 19 books appear on the Amazon Top 100 List and as many as six of her books on the Authorship bestseller list at the same time. Nina is the founder of the Nonfiction Writers’ University, the Write Nonfiction in November Challenge, and the Author of Change Transformational Programs. She also created a proprietary Author Training curriculum and Author Career Planning program. For more information, visit www.ninaamir.com.

Mentioned in this video:

How to gain clarity for better performance
Working on courage to take action
Why authors struggle with being an influencer and putting their work out to the world (based on issues of worth)
Imposter syndrome
Getting UNSTUCK
“Future potentiality” – how it steals our thunder
Focusing on what you want – where you focus is what you’ll create
The things we do to self-sabotage when we’re afraid
Belief systems and fears
The role of positivity
Getting in alignment – and staying in alignment with who you are and who you want to be
Her non fiction writers university
Importance of Planning AND a business plan
What she works on with authors – Career planning for authors

Nina's books

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Day 5: Kasie Whitener: How To Make a Living As A Writer

by Women in Publishing Summit | Mar 6, 2020

How to Make a Living As A Writing

Description: Author Kasie Whitener on the ultimate goal for authors– making a living from your writing!

Format: Video Q&A

Level: This presentation is for all levels.

Kasie Whitener

Author and Founder of Clemson Road Creative

Dr. Kasie Whitener is a professional writer and university lecturer. She hosts a weekly radio show called “Write On SC,” and a weekly Tweet Chat for writers (#wschat). She has delivered workshops on writing for Pat Conroy Literary Center, Winter Wheat Festival, the SC Book Festival, and the Fairfax County Public Library. Her first novel, After December, was published by Chrysalis Press in 2019. She’s President of Clemson Road Creative, a board member with the SC Writers Association, and the Richland County Chairperson for the SC Libertarian Party. She enjoys golf with her husband, Charlie, and swaps stories with her daughter, Hollie (11).

Mentioned in this video:

Many ways to make a living as a writer – doesn’t have to be as a “novelist” – technical writer, ads writer, content creator; corporate writing
Writers often have multiple streams of income
MFA or not?
The Right To Write – Invitation & Initiation Into the Writing Life by Julia Cameron
Feedback – both taking and giving
Writing critique groups
#writeonsc WriteONSC radio show – makethepointradio.com
After December – her debut novel
Book clubs, author signings at bookstores, and how to make them different

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Day 5: All About Mindset: Lorna Fergusson, Zvezdana Rashkovich, Dr. Nicki Steinberger, Unstoppable Tracy

by Women in Publishing Summit | Mar 6, 2020

All About Mindset

Description: In this panel, we hear a variety of perspectives on mindset. Authors will draw inspiration from the stories of our panelists.

Format: Panel Discussion

Level: This presentation is for all levels.

Alexa Bigwarfe

Author, Publisher and Summit Producer

Alexa Bigwarfe is a wife, mother, author, publisher, speaker, and author coach. She has published numerous books of her own and for many other writers and entrepreneurs through her author coaching and hybrid-publishing company Kat Biggie Press (katbiggiepress.com). Kat Biggie Press is dedicated to sharing women’s works of inspiration, self-help, and books that make the world a better place. Her children's book imprint, Purple Butterfly Press, publishes books of encouragement, inspiration, self-love, and healing for children and parents. She is also the founder and producer of the Women in Publishing Summit. Follow her everywhere on instagram @katbiggiepress and on youtube for publishing tips at https://www.youtube.com/writepublishsell.

Lorna Fergusson

Founder of Fictionfire Literary Consultancy, Author, Speaker, Editor and Coach

Lorna Fergusson is a novelist, award-winning short story writer, editor, speaker and writing coach. Passionate about helping writers fulfil their potential, she has just celebrated ten years as head of Fictionfire Literary Consultancy. As well as her own writing courses, workshops and retreats, she has taught on various Oxford University part-time writing programmes since 2002 and been a guest speaker and teacher for many organisations. A member of The Alliance of Independent Authors since it was set up in 2012, she is one of K.M. Weiland’s top recommended editors. She has experience of both trade and indie publishing, having republished her novel The Chase, previously published by Bloomsbury. She contributed a chapter on Pre-writing to Studying Creative Writing. Her story ‘Salt’, winner of the Historical Novel Society’s short story award, was originally published in Distant Echoes; now she has her rights back, it appears in An Oxford Vengeance. Her new book, The Unputdownable Writer’s Mindset, will be published in 2020: the first in a series helping writers ignite their creativity and nurture their craft, all the way from that first buzzy idea through to choosing the right publishing pathway. Married with two sons, she is based in Oxford, England.

Unstoppable Tracy

TV Show host Unstoppable Tracy is a #1 international mega success and TEDX speaker who spoke in 40+ countries. She has been in magazines such as in OPRAH’s “O” and Chatelaine and on covers like Thrive and in Business Booster Today as well as seen on ABC, BBC, CBC and many more globally around the world. She has climbed the Himalaya Mountains and captained tall ships in the Eastern Atlantic and a decorated world cup athlete in a male dominated sport of sailing who has lived as a Premier Awarded Humanitarian.
Tracy is both a Best-Selling Author on Amazon and with her Publisher of the book ‘Unstoppable YOU; Delivering the Limitless Secret’ endorsed by Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul! She was also born a 4 way amputee with no hands and no legs, no problem. Her mantra If I Can Do It You Can Do It! No Excuses! #UnstoppableTracy

Zvezdana Rashkovich

Meditative Writing Coach

Zvezdana Rashkovich is an American prize-nominated author, writer and poet. She was born in the former Yugoslavia and raised in Sudan. Her work can be found in many Anthologies and literary journals, both in print and online in UK, USA, Greece, Australia, Lebanon and Sudan. She has been nominated for the literary Pushcart Prize and was a finalist in the Ernest Hemingway prize for flash fiction.
Additionally, she works with writers as freelance editor and writing coach/mentor. She has degrees in Creative Writing & English plus a Minor in American Studies and an Associate in Liberal Arts. Zvezdana is fluent in English, Arabic, Serbian and Croatian. She facilitates Creative Writing workshops applying meditation, poetry, and sensory elements. She is a certified Nero Linguistic Programming (NLP) Coach, Meditation Coach and Writing Therapy Facilitator. She is in the process of developing a series of Creative Healing retreats: a weeklong fusion of healing via creative methods but focusing on writing as a unifying element. The retreats are set in geographical locations, which aid the process, by drawing from the authentic and rustic energies of their surroundings.

Dr. Nicki Steinberger

Health Psychology Coach, Author, Speaker

Nicki Steinberger, Ph.D. eats, lives, and breathes everything “holistic health,” and loves coaching, speaking, and writing. She’s the author of Wave Goodbye to Type 2 Diabetes: 16 Holistic Practices to Prevent & Reverse Diabetes & Reclaim Joy, Vitality, & Plenty, endorsed by Dr. Christiane Northrup. With a health psychology focus, Dr. Nicki helps middle-aged women kick-start their physical and mental health with zero dieting, and sustain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Nicki blogs at DrNickiSteinberger.com.

Mentioned in this video:

Overcoming limiting beliefs and Unstoppable Tracy’s incredible story
Holistic approach to health – mind, body, spirit
Meditative and therapeutic writing
Lorna’s study on writers and mindset – the internal worries – that hold writers back
Pushing past limiting beliefs as writers
The difference in mind stories and limiting beliefs that women tell themselves than men do
Women feel guilty
Sustaining and fueling the creative flow
Thoughts and beliefs fuel our outcome
Mind, body
Tonya Rineer’s book – the Mindset Switch
Erasing the negative thoughts or at least raising our awareness about those thoughts
Ingrained thoughts / the stories we tell ourselves
Authentic stories
Each panelist’s Top Tips

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