Join Alexa Bigwarfe & Keri-Rae Barnum for an opening keynote / fireside chat about growing your author platform and creating opportunities for visibility of you and your book. To be followed by hors d’oeuvres and happy hour and door prizes! 

Registration for the conference at the hotel begins at 4pm!

We’ll have a full day of marketing training!

9:00 am – Opening/introduction/what to expect – Alexa Bigwarfe & Keri-Rae Barnum

Alexa Bigwarfe: Leveraging Other People’s Audiences for Maximum Growth

You’re working hard to grow your platform and find more readers and sell more books. You’re doing all the things, but it’s a slow process. This is largely because, as an indie author, it’s almost impossible to rapidly grow our own audience – without the help of friends! (And companies who’ve already done the hard work of finding readers!) In this session, we’re going to dig deeply into what type of opportunities exist for you to LEVERAGE, HOW to leverage, and probably most importantly, how to maximize the impact of joining forces with other people and companies. By the end of this session, you’ll be ready to develop this part of your marketing strategy of collaboration and leverage to grow and own your audience.

Keri-Rae Barnum: 7 Tips for Reviving a Backlist

Do you have a book that has never sold well? Or a book that used to sell well but hasn’t been bringing in as much income as it used to? Don’t give up on those books just yet. Keri Barnum is going to share 7 tips with us for reviving those backlist books so you can maximize your sales and profits on the books you already have in your catalogue.

Chelsea Bennett: How to Grow Your Brand and Bank Account with Direct Sales for Books

• Strategies for identifying and reaching your book’s ideal readership.
• How to utilize direct sales to grow your brand
• What to know to get started with direct sales

Roshanda Pratt is a highly sought after international speaker, storyteller strategist, heart-felt producer and television media expert. She’s spoken at conferences in Paris, major social media conferences, at government events, and more. Her expertise allows her to help influencers and media personalities to find and amplify their voice to gain greater influence and monetize their story. Roshanda is a former Television News Producer of more than a decade. Her expertise and background in media and marketing has prepared her in creating brand messaging for corporate clients such as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, nationally published authors, entrepreneurs, small businesses and non-profit organizations. As a bestselling author herself, Roshanda loves working with authors to teach them how effectively use live video to grow their brands.

Be prepared to be wow’d, inspired by, encouraged, and motivated by Roshanda Pratt, the Queen of Live Video. Whether you’re using YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, virtual events, or other video tools, video can be a powerful way to grow your audience and sell more books. As a former television producer, Roshanda knows what it takes to use video like a pro! Step into the world of live video and discover how it can revolutionize your author business. In this keynote, Roshanda Pratt, a leading expert in video marketing and visibility, will explore the transformative power of live video. Learn how to effectively leverage this tool to expand your audience, establish your authority, and significantly increase your book sales and services. Whether you’re a seasoned author or looking to broaden your reach, this session will provide actionable insights and practical strategies to fully utilize live video for your success.

Want to join Alexa, Keri-Rae, Roshanda Pratt, Jenny Proctor, and Aimee Ravichandran for a more intimate dinner? Be sure to grab your VIP ticket. Only 10 spots available, so don’t miss out and at it at checkout! SOLD OUT!

Day 3 is for planning, implementation, 1:1 meetings, and collaboration – so you have time to take action on all the great ideas you got from Day 2 sessions! When you leave, you’ll be ready to take the next steps toward building and implementing your marketing strategy. Throughout the day, we’ll continue door prizes and giveaways!

Have you ever gone to a conference, been firehosed with information for several days, and then returned home excited, but tired, and not sure what to do next? Sunday, our implementation day, is our solution to this. Rather than continue to feed new information, we want to dig into the Action Steps of What’s Next? How can you take this information and use it right away? No more notebooks filled with notes that sit on the shelf. Let’s make a plan! Our conference workbook will be filled with activities for you to work through to think about and start planning your 2025 marketing strategy.

Participate in small group breakout opportunities or working on your plan individually or a combination of both!

Day 3 also includes professional headshots, and our lunchtime keynote presentation with award-winning Romance Author Jenny Proctor.

Sign up to meet for short 1:1 with our guest experts, speakers, & sponsors

• Aimee Ravichandran (Abundantly Social)
• Chelsea Bennett (Lulu)
• Kathy Meis (Bublish)
• The team from Written Word Media
• April Pertuis (Lightbeamers)
• Alexa Bigwarfe (Women in Publishing Summit)
• Keri-Rae Barnum (New Shelves Books)

Each attendee will be able to sign up for 15 minute power sessions with any of the guest experts

*** The photography session is a STEAL of a deal. We’ve hired one of Charlotte’s best and she’ll be doing mini session for $75. You’ll receive 3 edited digital images to use in your marketing. We looked at other events offering similar options, and most are charging $250-$300 for the same EXACT service. So please don’t miss this opportunity!