by Judith Briles | Jul 14, 2026 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Book Success
The Author’s Inner Circle Seeds Author Success Have you created a special circle of who becomes an advisory board—ready to give you pushback comments and reality checks? Authors need feedback, reality checks, and plain old-fashion butt-kicking. And they need a little...
by Judith Briles | Jul 11, 2026 | Book Marketing, Saturday Blog
“Book Marketing Made Simple” The good news: book marketing today is easier than it was 20 years ago. It is simple. The bad news: most authors fail to set the stage to make it so. What? … you say! Yup … tis what I say … to do. Write a book that others want...
by Judith Briles | Jun 16, 2026 | Author Success, Book Marketing
The System Broke … Last week, several biggies in social media took a nose dive. As in they weren’t accessible for anyone to post on; to receive messages via; to log into. For mega hours, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, and Amazon’s algorithms left the...
by Judith Briles | Jun 2, 2026 | Author Success, Book Marketing, Shark Tank Lessons for Authors
Become Myopically Focused … with 9 Author Tips from the Shark Tank I confess, I still check out ABC’s Shark Tank. It gives a variety—and I mean HUGE variety—of entrepreneurs at every stage the opportunity to pitch their company and product to entrepreneurs with deep...
by Judith Briles | May 19, 2026 | Amazon Bestseller, Author Success, Book Marketing, Book Stores
Do You Want to be a Bestseller? On most authors Wish list is to become a bestseller … I suggest you turn your wish into a reality. And why not do a stretch—how about claiming International Bestseller!? You can … and let Amazon be your venue platform. Today, the vision...
by Judith Briles | Apr 28, 2026 | Author Success, Book Marketing
Author SOS for VA Support Having a VA is part of the successful author‘s MO. Early on, they learn that social media and influence building is work—they can’t do it all. Enter the Virtual Assistant … the VA … who has and uses the tools to create imagery, posts, and...
