Author Success Stories
Real authors. Real results. See how Scribe helped them write, publish, and leverage their books.
Joey Coleman's Never Lose a Customer Again Hit the Wall Street Journal Bestseller List and Transformed His Career
Joey Coleman is a relationship expert…just not in the way you might think. When he’s up on stage or working with clients, he’s not talking to desperate singles looking for love. He’s talking to managers, executives, and …
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Why Harvard Business Review and Forbes Paid Attention to the Launch of Dr. Nashater Deu Solheim’s Book
By all accounts, Dr. Nashater Deu Solheim is accomplished. She’s a former forensic psychologist who studied the minds of psychopaths. At Harvard Law School, she fine-tuned her negotiation skills. Her career has included …
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How Will Leach Used Monthly Content to Land a $200k Client, Launch a New Business, and Speak in Front of Thousands Across North America
During his time spearheading innovation research in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, there was one mantra that Will Leach kept at the forefront of his mind: Repetition, repetition, repetition. To get customers…
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Nikki Barua Clarified Her Mission and Launched A Global Platform After Writing Her Book with Scribe
For twenty years, Nikki Barua has helped some of the world’s greatest brands innovate their products and platforms for better performance. During that time, Nikki established herself as a leader in the digital transforma…
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Charles Daly’s Life of Service Inspired a Book That Encourages People to Ask “What Can I Do For My Country?”
Charles Daly is many things. He’s a war hero, the last living member of JFK’s West Wing congressional liaison staff, former Vice President of Harvard, past director of the Joyce Foundation, former director of the Kennedy…
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How Jawad Ahsan Used Scribe to Show Other Leaders the Path to the C-Suite
Many people say they want to make a positive impact on the world. For Jawad Ahsan, though, it’s far more than just words. Jawad’s parents came to the United States from Pakistan in the late ‘70s. As a first-generation Am…
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Michael Mogill’s Book Brought Him Six-Figure Clients and $5 Million in New Business Within Two Years
The best cases go to the best marketers. It’s this unfortunate truth about law firms that fuels Michael Mogill every day. Michael knows the difference between choosing a great attorney who cares deeply and an average one…
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How Iona Holloway Used Her Book to Help Women Reclaim Their Power and Their Sense of Self
When the world looks at Iona Holloway, they see a healthy, dynamic, and successful woman. But that’s not always how she saw herself. For a long time, Iona was suffering. She felt like a fraud, even though on the outside,…
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Pam Marmon’s Book Helped Her Become the Woman She’d Always Dreamed of Being—And Quadrupled Her Revenue
Change is hard. Change is scary. Or so we often believe. To Pam Marmon, however, change is joy. As an expert in change management, Pam helps major organizations turn the fear of change into the courage to progress. Every…
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How Chad Willardson Used Scribe to Help People Achieve Financial Freedom—Without Ever Meeting Them
Chad Willardson is used to seeing worry and stress on the faces of the people coming to his office. When they first arrive, they’re tense. Their faces are tight with anxiety. But it isn’t long before Chad sees them relax…
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Ron Thurston Used Scribe to Celebrate America’s Unsung Heroes (And Launched a New Career Along the Way)
To say that Ron Thurston loves retail is an understatement. For him, it’s a way of life. He’s spent over 20 years working in the industry, and he’s seen the impact it has on people every single day. Like so many other re…
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Wayne McCulloch’s Book Re-energized the Customer Success Industry and Landed Him the Job of His Dreams
For more than 20 years, Wayne McCulloch has worked as a customer success professional for some of the biggest companies around. He’s watched CEOs, marketers, and everyone in between buy expensive software with the hope t…
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Patty Beach’s Book Tripled Her Coaching Income and Carried Her Message Across the Globe
Over the past 25 years, Patty Beach has seen far too many business leaders struggle to effectively connect with their teams, staff, and other stakeholders. She’s watched them try—and fail—to motivate their people so they…
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How Brian Scott Used Scribe to Create His Legacy and Transform the Lives of Thousands
Brian Scott thought he had life figured out. He’s a huge book junkie, which made his career choice—owning an online bookstore—perfect. He spent his time reading, devouring information, and connecting with customers who l…
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How Dr. Valerie Rein’s Book Helped Her Create the Thriving 7-Figure Business She Always Dreamed Of
From the outside, Dr. Valerie Rein’s life looked perfect. She had a thriving psychology practice, a beautiful family, and a home in the suburbs. She spent her days helping her clients—most of them high-achieving women st…
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Patti Temple Rocks Defied Ageist Stereotypes and Launched a New Career with Her Book
Patti Temple Rocks spent the first 40 years of her career working in marketing and communications. She loved helping her clients solve problems and grow their businesses, but what really fulfilled her was mentoring up-an…
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Praveen Suthrum’s Book is Improving the Lives of GI Doctors Worldwide (and Landed Him a Seat Inside a Million-Dollar Startup)
Praveen Suthrum loves working in the healthcare industry. In fact, he’s made it his life’s work, because he realized early on it was the key to helping as many people as he possibly could. “You can’t have a greater impac…
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How Sean Rogers’ #1 Bestseller Helped Give People the Courage to Heal Their Deepest Insecurities
Sean Rogers is no stranger to adversity. His father walked out when he was only 1, and his mom struggled with alcoholism and an opioid addiction. The traumas he experienced as a result of having a drug addict mother and …
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How Quan Huynh Used His Book to Show Other Incarcerated People They Can Transform Their Lives
Quan Huynh knows what it’s like to have the odds stacked against you. After being in and out of prison from a young age, his future was bleak. As a convicted felon, he knew it would be a battle to find a job. He knew rei…
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By Sharing His Own Grief, John Sardella Helped Others Move Through Unspeakable Pain
John Sardella was on top of the world. He was married to the love of his life, Margaret, and they had three beautiful children together. His job as a principal was deeply fulfilling, and he was able to indulge his dual p…
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How Britt East’s Book Catapulted Him in Front of Queer Audiences Across the World
Britt East wouldn’t trade places with anyone. He’s married to a wonderful, supportive man. He has a great job. He’s secure in himself. But it wasn’t always that way. As a gay man in America, Britt knows firsthand how pai…
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Meet Our Authors: Craig Stanland
One decision cost Craig Stanland his job, his wife, and his freedom. Craig was a successful enterprise account manager for a large technology firm. He sold the stuff that makes the internet work. Then he defrauded the co…
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Erik Huberman's Book Was A Huge Success (And a Waste Of $300,000)
Erik made a mistake. It’s a mistake entrepreneurs make all the time. He was at a party, talking to Scribe Media’s founder Tucker Max about publishing a book to grow his business. When Tucker told him writing and publishi…
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Jeremy Burrows thought he knew all the things a book could do for him…
He knew it would be a great tool for lead generation. He knew that being a published author would bring him credibility. What he didn’t know was—almost overnight—the speaking fees he could earn were much, much higher. Ho…
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Nick Sonnenberg Built Two Businesses and Wrote the Books That Helped Entrepreneurs Execute Faster
Nick Sonnenberg is an engineer by trade. He loves building things and solving problems so much that he started two businesses that provide him ample opportunities to do both. Leverage is an outsourcing platform of high-e…
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Ben Woodward’s Book Gives People the Inspiration They Need to Confront Adversity Head-On
Ben Woodward loves to ask audiences he’s speaking to one simple question: How many of you have found that life has turned out exactly as you expected? His audiences are made up of executives, middle managers, and frontli…
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Jonathan Levi’s Book Provided a 10X Return on His Investment—And Became the Comprehensive Guide on Learning How to Learn
Jonathan Levi knows exactly how painful it is to grow up unhappy with who you are as a person. For years, he struggled because he didn’t love himself. And then, one day, he had an epiphany. “I realized if you don’t like …
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How Brian Reese’s Book Has Helped Over 60,000 Veterans Change Their Lives for the Better
For Brian Reese, nothing is more important in life than being of service. As a member of the Air Force, he risked his life to defend his country. In 2012, faced with a variety of health conditions—some physical, some men…
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How Steve Mastroianni’s Book Took Him From Rock Star to World-Class, Life-Changing Business Coach
From the time he was young, Steve Mastroianni knew exactly what he wanted to be: a rock star. He had dreams of starting a band, writing songs, and touring the world. As passionate as he was about music, though, Steve’s e…
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Kris Holmes’ Book Shows People From All Walks of Life How to Find and Land the Job of Their Dreams
On average, people spend over 13 years of their life working (and that number goes up if you include unpaid overtime). Even if you’re satisfied with your job, that’s a lot of time. And, if you hate your work, or find it …
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Mohammad Anwar is Empowering Organizations Throughout the World to Embrace Love as a Business Strategy
When Mohammad Anwar was 20 years old, he started a technology company. His goal? To become a successful businessman and a millionaire, even though he didn’t have a business degree. Fast forward 10 years, and Mohammad had…
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Using the Power of His Book, Dr. Peter A. Wish is Pioneering a New Approach to Political Campaigns
In the months leading up to the 2012 presidential election, Dr. Peter A. Wish was just where he wanted to be: traveling with Mitt Romney’s campaign. His goal? Help Romney show voters he was their best choice for presiden…
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Bruce Hiland and Former Senator Ted Kaufman Used Their Book to Show People How to Stop Failing at Retirement
Bruce Hiland and former Senator Ted Kaufman, two friends who have known each other for decades, were at their local Burger King, drinking coffee and enjoying one of their regular visits. As it usually did, their conversa…
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Pavel Ythjall’s Book Created His Legacy—And Paved the Way to a Full-Length Feature Film
Pavel Ythjall was on top of the world. One of the best fitness photographers in the world, he had started the fitness company Fighterdiet with his ex-wife, Pauline. The company was a success, helping more than 10,000 wom…
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This Speaker-Turned-Author's New Book is Transforming Education (and his Life)
Airick Journey Crabill, known to his colleagues and readers as AJ, has always been a transformative figure in the field of educational reform. His latest book, Great on Their Behalf: Why School Boards Fail, How Yours Can…
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How Melissa Gonzalez Used a Book to Raise Her Visibility, Create Authority, and Double Her Business
Melissa Gonzalez had a problem: she was great at her job, and not enough potential clients knew it, and as a result, her business was growing slowly. Melissa founded the Lion’esque Group, a firm that produces pop-up reta…
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How Tim Urban (Wait But Why) Turned an Epic Blog Post into a Print Masterpiece with Scribe
When you’ve built something that resonates online, the next step is often to make it tangible. That’s what writer and illustrator Tim Urban, creator of Wait But Why, set out to do. Before Scribe: A Digital Classic Withou…
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How Kyle Thiermann Turned a Viral Podcast Moment into a Breakout Debut Book and a Launch Built on Generosity
The Challenge Kyle Thiermann had never written anything longer than ~3,000 words—despite years of experience as a journalist, copywriter, and podcaster (400+ episodes). The seed of the book came in early 2019, when he fi…
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Why a Top Ghostwriter Chose Scribe for His Debut Novel
The Author Adam Skolnick has spent about 20 years as a freelance journalist. His core habit is to over-research, let people talk at length, and record everything. That same instinct made him a natural ghostwriter: he see…
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Inside Tofe Evans’ Quest to Improve the Self-Worth of the World
Growing up, Tofe Evans was bad at any sport that involved a ball. Tofe took up running to have a sport he could call his own, but he also loved the mental challenge that running provided. Whenever his brain told him to s…
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Bryan Miles’ Manifesto on the Benefits of Remote Work Generated (at least) $1.1 Million in New Revenue for His Company
On the surface, the company that Bryan Miles co-founded offers busy leaders help with services such as bookkeeping, website management, and personal assistance. But look deeper and it becomes clear that the true value Be…
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Myra Evans-Manyweather Used Her Book to Connect Entrepreneurs and Create Life-Changing Outcomes
When Lieutenant Colonel Myra Evans-Manyweather retired from the United States Air Force after more than twenty years of service, she found herself facing an obstacle she hadn’t encountered since she was a teenager: an un…
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How Nic Kusmich Changed the Course of People’s Lives by Writing a Book
Ask someone who’s worked with Nic Kusmich what he does. They’ll tell you he is the expert when it comes to Facebook advertising and gets outrageous ROI for his clients. Ask Nic what he does and he’ll tell you something d…
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A Book Allowed Matt Bertulli to Scale His Companies and Share His Experience
Matt Bertulli learned retail at the knee of his grandfather. He practically grew up in the backroom of his family’s furniture store, where he vividly recalls watching his grandfather struggle with accounting software so …
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How Jesse Cole Used a Book to Build His Brand and Become an In-Demand Speaker
Jesse Cole saw an opportunity to reinvent the iconic American pastime. He had his eye on a struggling minor-league baseball team in Savannah, Georgia. The team had barely any fans, and their games were littered with empt…
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Lorenzo Gomez’s Journey from Grocery Store Bagger to Geekdom CEO and Published Author
Unlike most successful CEOs, Lorenzo Gomez doesn’t have an MBA, or a famous pedigree, or any family connections to business. In fact, he doesn’t even have a college degree. But he does have a very unique story. Lorenzo G…
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From Money Manager to Unexpected Role Model: Mary Hagerman’s Story
Mary Hagerman helps people develop a healthy relationship with their money. For more than 30 years, Mary has worked as a discretionary money manager—meaning, she systematically creates her own portfolios, then places her…
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How a Doctor Shared His Life-Altering Concussion Treatment with the World
In the early years of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, numerous wounded soldiers were transported back to America. As a teacher at the Military Medical School in Bethesda, Maryland, at the time, Dr. Michael D. Lewis hel…
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How One Entrepreneur Shattered the Startup Culture’s Crippling Assumptions
Jonathan Siegel has always seen the world differently than the people around him. As a kid, he watched his father—a trained nuclear physicist—get laid off and end up working for minimum wage at the local Burger King. “I …
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How John Ruhlin Became Known As “The Gifting Expert”
John Ruhlin carved out a niche for himself by re-inventing corporate gifting John’s career in gifting started when he was selling knives for Cutco. Instead of selling the knives one at a time and door to door, like the r…
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Mark Organ Used His Book to Share the Power of Customer Advocacy and Change How Companies Go to Market
Ten years into his marketing career, Mark Organ made a startling discovery: companies were marketing to prospects completely wrong . It no longer worked to force-feed customers a narrative as you nurtured them through yo…
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Jeremy Burrows Sold 40,000 Copies of His Niche Book and Increased His Speaking Fees by 10x
Jeremy Burrows spent nearly two decades as an Executive Assistant, but his path wasn’t always smooth. After his executive was fired, Jeremy found himself burned out, unemployed, and sitting on a mountaintop in Colorado w…
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Why Sarma Melngailis Turned Down Traditional Publishing to Control Her Own Story
The Author Sarma Melngailis is the founder of the New York restaurant Pure Food and Wine and the brand One Lucky Duck. Before everything fell apart, her place was a “celebrity hotspot” with a loyal following and constant…
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How Rich Kurtzman Turned a COVID Pause into a Category-Defining Playbook
The Author Rich Kurtzman Rich Kurtzman is a Barcelona-based study-abroad veteran and founder of Inverse Labs (acquired 2025). For 23 years he’s helped U.S. students grow overseas through academics, internships, and deep …
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From Bestseller to TEDx Talk: Mindfire by Xenia Kachur and Luke Starbuck
The Challenge Xenia Kachur and Luke Starbuck had a bold idea: to explore how brain inflammation affects mental health and what people can do about it. They wanted to translate their research and expertise into a format t…
Read storyMission Motherhood: How Cheri Bergeron Turned a Decade of Heartbreak into a Lifeline for Aspiring Moms
Cheri Bergeron never set out to become a legal precedent or a fertility‐rights crusader. “This book chose me,” she admitted in a recent conversation with Scribe CEO Eric Jorgensen. “For ten years I struggled to become a …
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How Michel Falcon’s Book Is Inspiring Business Leaders to Create Cultures That Value People above Profit
If one of Michel Falcon’s employees has a dream to open a competing business across the street from one of his restaurants, bars, or nightclubs, conventional wisdom says he should shut them down to avoid the competition.…
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How Will Leach’s Book Generated Six Figures in Six Months and Pushed His Marketing to a New Level
Will Leach is not afraid to call it like it is: marketing sucks right now. It keeps us feeling tired and anxious, and for marketers, it doesn’t create the results they want. Will saw this firsthand during his twenty year…
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How David Allison Used Scribe to Create a Wave of Media Interest and New Business with His Book Launch
It’s not hyperbole to say that David Allison’s book We Are All the Same Age Now could rewrite everything we know about human behavior. Since the 18th century, companies have used demographics to define groups of people a…
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Cameron Herold’s Books Changed How Workplaces Operate Worldwide
Growing up, Cameron Herold could not escape the feeling that he was dumb. That’s not to say Cameron thought of himself as dumb, but in school, that messaging hit him every day. No matter how hard he studied, he was consi…
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Shannon Miles’ Search for Work-Life Balance Continues to Inspire Globally
With her first child on the way, Shannon Miles faced an unfair choice: she could work full-time or not at all. She knew a third option existed—to work part-time from home—but her idea was shot down by her boss, leaving h…
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From Health Crisis to Helping Others: How Janet Newman Used a Book to Create Better Lives
When her mother passed away, Janet Newman was devastated. Janet was her mother’s caretaker throughout a long battle with cancer, and still grieving. Taking care of her mother had been extremely exhausting, physically and…
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Dr. Robert Silverman’s Journey from Functional Nutritionist to Speaking at Google
Dr. Robert Silverman has never been very concerned with his patients’ symptoms. His ultimate goal as a functional nutritionist is to find the root cause of his patients’ problems and fix them holistically, rather than fi…
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How Two Authors Brought the Humanity Back to Sales
Ashley Welch and Justin Jones teach salespeople how to fall in love with their clients. As cofounders of Somersault Innovations , Ashley and Justin help companies improve their mindsets and processes to connect sales tea…
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How Two Professors Used a Book to Share Their Ideas with the World
Dr. Terence Tse and Dr. Mark Esposito are experts at analyzing megatrends. The duo, who have collaborated for over ten years, use their unique knowledge to study the trajectory of major world events to help companies und…
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How This Financial Planner Doubled AUM (And Became A Hometown Hero)
Mark Baird is a Certified Financial Planner who takes a holistic approach to financial well-being. Whereas most CFPs focus on just one facet of monetary health–such as insurance or investments–Mark’s guidance stems from …
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How Robin Farmanfarmaian Became “Robin Inc” and Broke Through the Glass Ceiling
When Robin Farmanfarmaian was 16 years old, she was misdiagnosed with an autoimmune disease. Like many patients, she accepted the doctor’s advice without question. She followed traditional medical advice, a parade of new…
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How A Branding Expert Became Her Own Brand (Hint: She Used A Book)
Deb Gabor is a brilliant brand strategist As the founder of Sol Marketing, she works with brands like Microsoft, NBC, and Dell to help them understand their customers and answer the deep existential questions at the core…
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How Ari Meisel Used A Book To Impact The World (And Build His Business)
In 2005, Ari Meisel was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease As a 23 year old running a construction business, Ari was working 12-hour days completely stressed out as he tried to build his reputation in the industry. The diagn…
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How Shark Tank Winner Shaan Patel Leveraged a Book Launch to Drive Record Revenue for Prep Expert
The Challenge Shaan Patel had lived both sides of publishing. He’d published traditionally (and saw what “professional” really looks like), but the royalties were tiny—he earned roughly $0.30–$0.50 per copy on a book tha…
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How John Schachnovsky Turned a Career of International Crime-Fighting into Beyond the Badge
A Hollywood Career That Actually Happened When John graduated college in the early ’90s, he didn’t have a grand plan. His dad had spent a career in government service—first as a police officer, then at a national securit…
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From Circuits to Consciousness: Jim Luisi’s Lifelong Quest to Map the Mind and the Cosmos Beyond
“Geek is our middle name, I guess,” Jim Luisi joked in a recent chat with host Eric Jorgensen, neatly summing up a career spent turning science-fiction daydreams into rigorously researched manuals for the future-minded. …
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How a Book Helped Mike Brunel Create a Second Career
Mike Brunel knows the truth: we’re all in sales, whether we realize it or not. The problem? Most people, including many small business owners, hate the idea of selling. Sales either makes them uncomfortable, or because t…
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A Book Helped Colin Dombroski Get More People Back on Their Feet
At the age of 17, Colin Dombroski had hip reconstruction surgery. A congenital disorder called avascular necrosis had stopped the flow of blood to his hips, leaving Colin with terrible arthritis. The surgery was a succes…
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How Mark Aho Used His Book to Share His Story, His Faith, and His Philosophy
Mark Aho was adopted. And even though he had an amazing adopted family that loved and cared for him, this has always left a deep impression on Mark. In fact, you could almost draw a straight line from being adopted to be…
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How Jeb White Helps Students Get into Their Dream Schools
The odds were stacked against Jeb White going to college. His family moved nineteen times before his 16th birthday, and when it came time for the twentieth move, Jeb was done. He applied to the country’s top boarding sch…
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How Doug Brackmann Used a Book to Grow His Business and Help Top Performers Overcome Limiting Beliefs
For a long time, Doug Brackmann thought he was broken. Doug grew up with the diagnosis of ADHD and was told his whole life that he wasn’t good enough. He dropped out of high school at seventeen and became homeless shortl…
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Cliff Lerner Turned His Business Failures into the Entrepreneurship Playbook
It was 2005, and Cliff Lerner had a revolutionary idea: What if online dating actually worked? At the time, modern online dating was in its early stages, and was a pretty awful user experience. If you were lucky, you’d e…
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How Kirk Drake Used His Book to Help Reinvent the Credit Union Industry (and Create a Million Dollar Business in the Process)
From the time he was a kid, Kirk Drake was determined to work in the banking industry. That’s not hyperbole: at sixteen years old, he established a bank for his high school. At twenty-one, his college’s credit union hire…
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How One Financial Advisor’s Book Led To Speaking And Media
Sam Marrella has spent his entire life in finance. It started in his childhood, when Sam first learned the industry from his father, a financial advisor. “I used to go on appointments with my dad and just observe what he…
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Jorge Newbery: From Struggling $26MM In Debt To Breakthrough Success
Jorge Newbery is a serial entrepreneur who wrote a book that helped him attract speaking gigs and investors. As the founder of American Homeowner Preservation, Jorge helps struggling homeowners restructure their debt to …
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How Robert Glazer Used A Book To Raise The Profile Of His Industry (And Get On TV)
Robert Glazer is a pioneer in the performance marketing world. As the Founder and Managing Director of Acceleration Partners , Robert and his team work with companies like Target, Adidas, Warby Parker, and Reebok to crea…
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How Stephan Aarstol Used His Book To Generate Massive Media Attention
As the founder and CEO of Tower Paddle Boards, Stephan Aarstol succeeded in building and growing an amazing company. He even went on Shark Tank and got an investment from Mark Cuban, and he had Tower poised to expand fro…
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How Chris Dessi’s New Book Accelerated His Speaking Career
Chris Dessi was speaking at a prestigious event in Philadelphia when he had a realization As the CEO of Silverback Social, a social-first digital marketing agency, Chris is an expert in social media marketing. He works w…
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Dr. Joseph Field Wrote a Book That Ranked Him as the #3 Cosmetic Dentist in the US on ChatGPT
The Challenge: An Outline Stuck in a Drawer for 5 Years Dr. Joseph Field knew he had a book in him. For years, patients told him he needed to share his unique approach to cosmetic dentistry with the world. He even had an…
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Ron Thurston Leveraged His Second Book to Secure Spotify Sponsorships and Interview Sarah Jessica Parker
When Ron Thurston published his first book, Retail Pride , the result was a massive career shift. He went from a corporate Vice President of Stores to a recognized thought leader, launching a speaking career that took hi…
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