Can A Book Brand You as an Industry Expert?

In today’s economy, when businesses are struggling to stay afloat, corporate execs need to think out of the box more than ever before.  They need to find a way to set themselves apart from others in their industry.  Thus my mantra: a book is America’s new business card.

As the author of a book you are more than just a published writer – you are a valued expert, a credible authority, a proven professional AND a go-to source for print journalists and talk show hosts. Read more on Can A Book Brand You as an Industry Expert →

Embrace the Celebrity Within

Why Everyone Has a Little Celebrity in Them – And What to Do About It

Everyone is a celebrity at something, and by “celebrity” I’m not talking about movie stars, professional athletes or those overnight sensations that are here today, on the cover of People tomorrow and gone by Friday.

True celebrities are experts. In a lot of cases they’re experts at acting, putting a ball in a hoop or looking sexy in next to nothing. But believe it or not, most celebrities these days – the ones that keep auditoriums and hotel conference rooms and even bookstore shelves full – are folks like you and I; people who realized what they are very, very good at and put it to use by celebritizing themselves (or putting their expert status to use as a modern celebrity). Read more on Array →

New Rules of Social Media Expert – David Meerman Scott

This is the third in the 3-part series of my interview with David Meerman Scott. As you know by now, David is the author of the number-one bestseller “The New Rules of Marketing and PR” (Wiley…published in 22 languages) and his hit new book “World Wide Rave” (Wiley).

David is an internationally recognized viral marketing strategist and speaker at conferences and corporate events around the world. Read more on New Rules of Social Media Expert - David Meerman Scott →

Celebritize Yourself: How to Build Your Brand as the Leader in Your Field

It’s one thing to talk about becoming a celebrity in your field. It’s quite another to actually begin the process. To make celebrity an authentic goal, we must first desensitize ourselves to the very word “celebrity.”

The best place to start is to refocus away from Hollywood or the Big Apple and turn it inward, toward yourself, your company, product, service, or expertise, and your industry. Celebritizing yourself from the ground up brings to mind two of my favorite domestic goddesses turned celebrities: Julia Child and Erma Bombeck. I point to these two iconoclastic women because we’re talking about specific industries, and these two virtually created their own. Read more on Celebritize Yourself: How to Build Your Brand as the Leader in Your Field →

5 Tips for Building Viral Buzz

We hear a lot about buzz, but what is “buzz” exactly – and how does it start? First, a buzz is something that you create. It starts small, like ripples in a pond. It builds slowly. But when cultivated and capitalized on, the buzz eventually gets too loud to ignore. This is our goal when we work with you to turn a book into credibility into celebrity: create a buzz that makes your name, your face, your book, and your message instantly synonymous – and ultimately recognizable.

When a movie like Transformers or Star Trek is an instant box office smash, that’s not a buzz; that’s a million-dollar marketing blitz that literally created an overnight hit. Most of our clients aren’t millionaires with unlimited marketing budgets, so we rely on building a buzz instead. Read more on 5 Tips for Building Viral Buzz →

Exploring the New Breed of Celebrity

Hi Friends,

I just wanted to share with you an article that was distributed to the media about Celebritize Yourself….hope you enjoy!


It used to be that the only way to be a celebrity was to be on TV, in the movies, or to do something completely lame.

However, over the last decade, a new kind of celebrity has emerged – the expert celebrity. These are people who are absolutely at the top of their professions, and find a way to use the media to offer their expertise to the masses. Read more on Exploring the New Breed of Celebrity →

Don’t Wait for the Opportunity – Create It!

Three Steps for Harnessing Opportunities to Increase Your Visibility as an Expert in Your Field

Every day we see, hear and read people who call themselves “experts” espousing their advice or touting their services on national talk shows, on the radio or in popular blogs. Who are these people, where did they come from and how did they get that coveted prime-time, drive-time or screen-time slot when, after all, you deserve it so much more than they do? Read more on Don’t Wait for the Opportunity – Create It! →

Are You Ready to Become the “Dr. Phil” in Your Field? 5 Signs That You Are Ready for Your Own Brand of Celebrity

In today’s world, celebrity isn’t just for celebrities anymore.  We have celebrity political pundits, celebrity cooks, lawyers, financial experts, fitness gurus, even celebrity bail bondsmen!  Professionals from a wide array of fields are now taking full advantage of this new media age – and the “New Age of Celebrity” we are living in!

For example, it might be an expert turned author like Timothy Ferriss, whose first book The 4-Hour Workweek became an instant classic and perennial bestseller, launching his status as a gold-standard consultant, speaker, expert, pundit… you name it. Read more on Are You Ready to Become the “Dr. Phil” in Your Field? →

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