AEOAugust 6, 2026
An answer engine has to decide whether the you on your website and the you on your book jacket are the same person. It does that by looking for agreement, and every place your numbers, your title or your name…
CommunicationAugust 5, 2026
The first guest this show ever had returns fifty episodes later. Royce Blake on why your voice is an instrument, why you hate the sound of it on playback, and the one technique he would teach if he could only…
Authority Through AuthorshipJuly 18, 2026
Randy Peyser has helped first time authors land deals with New York publishers for 25 years. In this conversation she breaks down what publishers actually buy: the proposal, the platform, and the moves that make or break a first book.
Authority Through AuthorshipJuly 17, 2026
The thing that stops most first-time authors is not the writing or the publishing. It is fear, and it shows up as a small hesitation at the exact moment action is needed. Here is the simple practice for beating it,…
Authority Through AuthorshipJuly 17, 2026
Not every book has to be sold one copy at a time. The sponsorship model funds a book through corporate donors and foundations so it can be gifted in bulk to the people who need it. Here is how the…
Authority Through AuthorshipJuly 17, 2026
Self-publishing the same book first can end a traditional deal before it starts. Publishers read your Amazon sales record in seconds, and the order you publish in decides whether a traditional deal stays possible.
Authority Through AuthorshipJuly 17, 2026
Publishers decide on your platform before they read your writing. Here is what the gatekeepers count: the follower thresholds, the engagement checks, and the sales math your book proposal has to prove.
Lead GenerationJune 19, 2026
People expect a system. Three posts a week, six comments a day, keep them short. The difficulty was never the complexity.
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Authority Through AuthorshipMay 27, 2026
Franchise owners hold an asset profile no other business shares: the system, the brand, the repeatable model, and the constant job of selling it to franchisees who could pick a hundred other opportunities. Here are ten specific things a franchise…
Authority Through AuthorshipMay 27, 2026
Every chef who decides to write a book wants a cookbook, and the cookbook is the wrong book. Recipes are a commodity, the market is saturated, and the format does almost none of the work a chef actually needs the…
Authority Through AuthorshipMay 27, 2026
Almost no HVAC, plumbing, or electrical owner has a book, which is exactly why the one per service area who does wins the trust game in that ZIP code. Here is what happened to one home-service company over eighteen months…
AI AdoptionMay 27, 2026
Four business decisions, two paths through each: replace fires the humans and hands the job to AI; augment keeps the humans and gives them AI for the boring parts. Same problem, opposite outcomes, every time. Replace saves money on day…
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