Smart Women Publish

Here's how to work on your best book title! What a great brainstorming session. Thank you Louise Karch for generously sharing your naming wisdom with Kelly Maniatis, who is currently writing her book, and is stuck on the title. Louise loves words and has built her fame and her business working with some of the biggest companies, helping them come up with brilliant names. Her book 'Word Glue - Find Your Million Dollar Brand Name' now gives us all a chance to name our books, businesses and products with pizzazz. (www.wordglue.co)

Emily Pereira is an International retreat leader, yoga teacher and coach, specialising in helping women call really aligned-love into their lives. She is also the author of the forthcoming book, 'The Quest: from the Hollywood Hills to the Amazon Jungle, one woman's search for enough'. After several years of unsuccessfully dealing with traditional book agents, Emily crowd-funded through the book platform, Publishizer, and scored a publishing deal as well. .

Louise Karch is a name whisperer and a multi-award-winning marketer, Louise names and re-names brands, resulting in them doubling their income, and then some. Her award-winning book, 'Word Glue', generously shares naming methods that ensure you find the right brand, business or book name - a name that is memorable and will do the heavy lifting for you.

Dr Lois Frankel chats about her latest book, released in late 2019, 'Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out - How to make your voice heard, your point known, and your presence felt'. Released only in audiobook format, this book is designed to let you hear how it sounds to answer questions confidently, engage in difficult conversations, make your point crisply and cogently, and so much more.

Dr Frankel is a bestselling author, executive coach, and an internationally-recognized expert in the field of leadership development for women. She is also President of Corporate Coaching International, a recognized leader in the field of executive development. Her New York Times bestselling books include 'Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office', 'Nice Girls Don't Get Rich' and 'Nice Girls Just Don't Get It'.

Debbie Lee is Senior Manager of Content Acquisition and Business Development with Lightning Source Australia. IngramSpark is a part of that company, and provides print on demand and global distribution for publishers of all shapes and sizes: multinationals based overseas; publishers that are Australian based; and publishers that may only ever produce one book. Authors or multinational publishers can utilize the system and print one book or as many books as they want.

Kris Barrett lives in Brisbane, Australia, and is an Integrative Nutrition Coach specialising in working with children with autism. She has written two books which have helped her build a successful business: 'No Cows Today' (a mother's story, a son's autism recovery) and 'High Thrive Me! A 5 step guide to helping kids with autism live happier, healthier lives'. You can find Kris at www.krisbarrett.com.au.

Carolyn Tate is a writer, educator and publisher from Melbourne, Australia. Carolyn has written five non-fiction books which have shaped her career, the most recent being 'The Purpose Project'. Carolyn has also launched two online learning programs based on that book, and she is also working on her sixth book, a novel. You can find Carolyn at https://carolyntate.co

Jules Brooke assists business owners and authors to connect with media and share their story to a larger audience via her platform 'Handle Your Own PR'. You can find Jules at www.handleyourownpr.com.au.

Angie Hammond is the Director of Garnish Marketing, a niche marketing business specialising in the manufacturing, engineering and distribution industries. Angie's book 'Unpacking' is raw and autobiographical, yet holds an important message for all authors of non-fiction - and business owners as well: You have to be willing to reveal yourself - something she helps her clients do when she begins working with them as a marketer. You can find Angie and her book at http://unpacking.com.au/.

Philippa published 'Rules of Social Engagement' in 2016, and soon after that she won a professional award - B&T Women in Media People's Choice 2015 - and two book awards: 'Global Book Excellence Award Winner - Business 2017' and a Bronze Medal, 2016, International Independent Publisher Book Awards - Business/Career/Sales category. One of the things we include in our conversation today is the idea of publishing as a career strategy - is it feasible that authoring a book will be a point of difference in your CV and help you stand out in your industry as a highly valuable asset to a company?