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Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

Dr. Judith Briles
Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing
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  • Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

    Building Communications to Make Authors Shine 08-13-2026

    14/08/2026 | 56 mins.
    Writing and publishing in today’s world is NOT as hard as most believe. To “ease the overwhelm and stress,” bring your authentic communication skills to your book marketing and in person events. Joining Judith Briles today is Terri Murphy, author and TED Talk speaker. She has spent decades translating her entrepreneurial and sales experience into insights that authors can use.

    Think of this session as an envelope opening to reveal savvy tips for your author success.

    -Author tips to make your communications shine.
    -Use the power of humor to bring energy to your communications.
    -Feel the beast within to create proactive building of your community.
    -Why the AMInstitute.com Headline Analyzer is part of your secret communicating sauce.
    -Why storytelling eliminates the frazzled, fragmented, and frustrated in any audience.
    -Why understanding behavior styles facilitates better communication.
    -Why integrating humbleness accelerates your connecting.
    -Why it’s essential to have outside filters.

    And of course, much more.

    Join in ... you will learn a lot!

    Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
  • Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

    Creating Mindful Change for Authors 08-06-2026

    07/08/2026 | 56 mins.
    Authors hidden beliefs shape their publishing journey and success. Joining Judith Briles on today’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is Heather Elliott, author of Same Sh*T, Different Day and 7 Critical Mindset Strategies to dive into why so many authors get stuck in completing books and supporting them once they are published. How authors sabotage their goal intentions and how others do. Heather reminds listeners that their brain … their creativity … is their intellectual property. And only the owner of the brain can make changes to it. Heather’s website is www.MindfulChange.com

    Your takeaways include:

    -Recognizing that most personal beliefs that include behavior and actions are seeded by the age of seven.
    -Why so many live the same live over and over.
    -Why trying to “apply tools” often breaks down under pressure.
    -Why and how personal change can be sabotaged internally and externally.
    -Why the secret sauce for successful authors is that they write and market from their hearts, writing from the inside out.
    -How to break the “Ground Hog Day” effect and how profound change can emerge.
    Discover what 3D and 5D psychology is and why authors should care.
    How authors can avoid limiting beliefs and mindsets.
    Why the infrastructure mindset creates the blueprint for author success.

    Join in ... you will learn a lot!

    Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 22 million listeners and viewers downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
  • Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

    How to Gather eMails with Your Ultimate OPT-IN 07-30-2026

    31/07/2026 | 57 mins.
    How to Grow Your eMails with the Ultimate Opt-In

    In this week’s AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing, Host Dr. Judith Briles invites dives down into the elements of the Why and How to create an Opt-In lead magnet for the website. The goal—to attract new visitors and gather emails of followers. Available in audio only and video on YouTube.

    You will take away:
    -Why an Opt-In is an essential website element.
    -What your website needs.
    -Why types of Opt-Ins work best.
    -Where an Opt-In should be places.
    -How to create a marketing campaign for your author’s Opt-In.
    -When to replace an Opt-In.
    -How to create a funnel release of additional info after an Opt-In is downloaded.


    And, of course, much more.
    Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
  • Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

    Inner Method - Use Your Life in Your Writing 07-23-2026

    24/07/2026 | 56 mins.
    The Inner Method … How to Use Your Life in Your Writing

    Joining Judith Briles today is Viki King who brings 40 years of consulting and how to expertise to screenwriters. Her How to Write a Movie in 21 Days-The Inner Movie Method is considered a classic. Her latest books is How to Be the Hero of Your Own Life … her autobiography is well-told of a life well-lived. It’s funny, cheeky, and filled with wisdom. Viki’s website is www.VikiKing.com.

    Your takeaways include:

    -How to heart do the talking and writing.
    -How to step into your own spotlight
    -How to get from surviving to thriving.
    -Why you should create and write what you want … not what others say to do.
    -Why you should move from the fright and flight to the FEEL.

    Join in ... you will learn a lot!

    Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
  • Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing

    Secrets to Writing Enticing Book Marketing Copy 07-16-2026

    17/07/2026 | 56 mins.
    Joining Judith Briles today is Casey Demchak, an author himself and expert in creating book and marketing copy that lures in book buyers and readers. Using emotional triggers in your pitching, in bookstores, even in media means you understand the psychology of creating engagement between you who “whoever” your crowd is. Casey’s website is www.CaseyDemchak.com.

    Your takeaways include:

    -How to write “YOU” directed copy.
    -How to write “at-a-glance-friendly” copy.
    -How to write, confident call-to-action lines.
    -How to catch the skimmers.
    -How to get perfect endorsements.
    -How to use testimonials to support your marketing copy.
    -How to write your own testimonials for others to use.
    -Why a “P.S.” after your close creates the sense of a juicy secret or bonus the sender has to share.
    -Why you should always focus on what people will get out of your book … not what your book is about.
    -Why headlines should be simple and straightforward—never cutesy.

    Join in ... you will learn a lot!

    Tune in for lots of ideas and how-to tactics via the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast. It’s ranked in the Top Ten of bookmarketing campaigns. Since its inception seven years ago, the AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with over 22 million listeners downloading various shows for practical publishing and book marketing guidance. Join me and become a regular subscriber.
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About Author U Your Guide to Book Publishing
The AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast is ranked by Feedspot in the TOP 10 podcasts for Book Marketing and in the Top 100 in Author-Publishing Careers by Goodpods. If you want to write and publish a book ... if you want to know the latest in book marketing strategies ... if you want to know what tools an author should be using ... and if you want to be successful as an author, Author YOU - Your Guide to Book Publishing with Dr. Judith Briles ... Everything You Want to Know But Didn't Know What to Ask is for you. You will hear about statistics, scenarios, and strategies on what to do now! Judith features a variety of experts, besides herself, that are visionaries in publishing, book marketing experts, book design experts—anything that will get your book and YOU as the author—to the next, next level of success. Sometimes, it's one step at a time; other times, you will leapfrog up the ladder. As The Book Shepherd, Dr. Judith Briles leads the conversation each week. She will include publishing professionals that will reveal tips and secrets to the author's journey. Sometimes, she goes solo and just shares her expertise that she has earned and learned over a 40-year period from the publication of her first book. Each week, you will get a new show, no repeats. If there is a book in you, then you will want to listen and learn each and every week with Dr. Judith Briles, your Book Shepherd.
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