Panel: Record Your Own Audiobook, Podcasts, and Community Engagement Strategies
And what is one of the things successful authors (and other entrepreneurs) have that unsuccessful authors don’t have? It’s COMMUNITY! Community is the new economy, and it is critically important to your ability to generate repeat sales over time. I’ll share more about why community is important and I’ll tell you how to create and manage a book community that creates endless opportunities for more sales, more books, more reading, and more fun!
Donna Maria is an author, certified entrepreneur mentor, motivational speaker, business coach and the founder and CEO of the Indie Business Network. Launched in 2000 from a spare bedroom in a sparsely furnished rented clapboard house in Washington, DC, IBN is the first continuously operating membership-based entrepreneurial training company on the Internet, and has been consistently 6-figure profitable for nearly 25 years.
Also known as The Community Queen, Donna Maria helps people turn connections into cash by showing them how to create, nurture, and grow a personal brand community that produces endless sales opportunities for life.
Currently, Donna Maria maintains home bases in the Carolinas and in her hometown of Washington, DC. She travels extensively and has intentionally organized her life so she can host virtual and physical events and manage her business from anywhere in the world. Follow IBN at Instagram.com/IndieBusiness, and connect with Donna Maria personally at Instagram.com/DonnaMariaCEO.